Monday, December 04, 2023

As the Holidays Approach: Some Slightly Out of the Ordinary Book Recommendations



  • The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli
  • Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras
  • American Breakdown by Gerard Baker
  • In a Cardboard Belt by Joseph Epstein
  • Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow
  • The Dying Citizen by Victor Davis Hanson
  • Life with a Star by Jiri Weil
  • Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
  • Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam
  • Slow Horses by Mick Herron
  • The Wonderful Country by Tom Lea
  • The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
  • All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski
  • America's Cultural Revolution by Christopher Rufo
  • Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz
  • The Fraud by Zadie Smith
  • Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
  • Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
  • Reveille in Washington by Margaret Leech
  • The Big Sort by Bill Bishop
  • Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
  • Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
  • The Earl of Louisiana by A.J. Liebling
[Photo by Tom Hermans at Unsplash]

6 comments:

Jean said...

Slightly, Mr. Wade?

I might take a look at Bowling Alone.

Michael Wade said...

Jean,

Also try Life with a Star.

Michael

Jean said...

That sounds fascinating.
My mother came to this country in 1929 from Czech. Used to say "was born in Czech when it was still Austria-Hungary." She was Byzantine Catholic.

Michael Wade said...

Jean,

I'm not sure if I've ever met a Byzantine Catholic!

By the way: Another good book by Jiri Weil is "Mendelssohn is on the Roof."

Michael

Jean said...

ha...we get around, although not really announcing it.
I shouldn't claim myself in this category any more. Walked away from it and all religions a long time ago.

Michael Wade said...

Jean,

I think that Byzantine Catholic sounds fascinating.

Michael