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Richard Plepler's Reading List

The chief executive of HBO treasures his volume of John Cheever's collected stories: "There's a lot in there about what Kant called 'the crooked timber of humanity.' It's a masterpiece."

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By the Book: Richard Plepler (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-09-19).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Jon Meacham · Buy on Amazon
"I loved Jon Meacham's "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush," which was a beautifully crafted look at the 41st president's life. As always with Jon, he captures the emotional as well as the objective truth of his subject."
Cover of American Pastoral
Philip Roth · 1997 · Buy on Amazon
"Roth, particularly "American Pastoral," which is probably my favorite novel of the last 20 years."
Joseph J. Ellis · Buy on Amazon
"I loved Joseph J. Ellis's "The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789," which in its own way doubles as a business book, because it shows the art of decision making at its best by building consensus."
John Cheever · Buy on Amazon
"The stories of John Cheever. A jewel. I reread many of them throughout the year."

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