NIGHTLY READING THREAD: And so we come to Edition #100 of #GMGReads! Every night through this weird time, I've been tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
Well, we've done it. We're 100 days into this weird, strange, sad spring—or, as of Saturday, actually summer. I had no idea this list would go this long and, appearances to the contrary, don't have an endless supply of book recommendations, so tonight's the penultimate #GMGReads.
It's Tuesday, the day I've been traditionally featuring new books, and today especially is exciting for me as the US pub date for Catherine Belton's (@CatherineBelton) PUTIN'S PEOPLE about how Putin and the KGB recaptured Russia: bookshop.org/books/putin-s-…
And so, keeping with the typical Tuesday theme, for our hundredth and second-to-last #GMGReads, I wanted to feature an *expanded* list of books I'm looking forward to reading this summer and fall when they publish—preorder today!
PS: Before I start, here's a thread (way back at #82!) I did about great upcoming books by Black writers. Please check these out too:
1) Rick Perlstein's (@rickperlstein) REAGANLAND brings his vital, deeply researched trilogy about American conservatism up to 1980 and will surely be a hugely important read to understand the fall election: bookshop.org/books/reaganla…
2) Few people remember that Hot Springs, Arkansas, was once organized crime USA, but David Hill's (@davehill77) THE VAPORS dives into its old culture, a southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of America’s "forgotten capital of vice": bookshop.org/books/the-vapo…
3) Kimberly Drew (@museummammy) and Jenna Wortham (@jennydeluxe) have amassed what looks to be a captivating multi-media and multi-format collection of stories in BLACK FUTURES: bookshop.org/books/black-fu…
4) Ravi Somaiya's (@ravisomaiya) THE GOLDEN THREAD, an investigation into the mysterious death of UN chief Dag Hammarskjold in the midst of the Cold War seems like it's going to be a fantastic window in a long forgotten story: bookshop.org/books/the-gold…
5) I had the chance to read this spring Tim Weiner's (@TimWeiner3) forthcoming history of Russia and America's political warfare, THE FOLLY AND THE GLORY, and its history will knock your socks off: bookshop.org/books/the-foll…
6) The book I'm honestly most looking forward to this fall is THE MAN WHO RAN WASHINGTON, the biography of DC's archetypal power broker, James Baker III, by Susan Glasser (@sbg1) and Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt): bookshop.org/books/the-man-…
7) James Baldwin has been on a lot of minds in recent weeks and Eddie Glaude's (@esglaude) BEGIN AGAIN translates his message to modern day: bookshop.org/books/begin-ag…
8) Two intriguing books on geopolitics: Anne Applebaum's (@anneapplebaum) TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY, about the lure of authoritarianism, ... bookshop.org/books/twilight…
... and AN OPEN WORLD, about America's role in the 21st century, by two super smart observers, Mira Rapp-Hooper (@MiraRappHooper) and Rebecca Lissner (@RebeccaLissner): bookshop.org/books/an-open-…
8) Two intriguing books on modern geopolitics: Anne Applebaum's (@anneapplebaum) TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY, about the lure of authoritarianism, ... bookshop.org/books/twilight…
... and AN OPEN WORLD, about America's role in the 21st century, by two super smart observers, Mira Rapp-Hooper (@MiraRappHooper) and Rebecca Lissner (@RebeccaLissner): bookshop.org/books/an-open-…
9) Jon Meacham's forthcoming biography of John Lewis (@repjohnlewis), HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON, seems perfectly timed for an important moment in history: bookshop.org/books/his-trut…
10) Brian Stelter's (@brianstelter) HOAX about the toxic codependency of Donald Trump and Fox News: bookshop.org/books/hoax-don…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. Preorder all these books today—buy a book! Expand your mind! Save a job! What books are you really excited about this summer/fall? Share! And tune in tomorrow night for the final #GMGReads! #avidreadersunite
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