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Olivia Nuzzi

29 Dec, 14 tweets, 5 min read

Last year I set a goal to read 100 books. I did it, but it was not pleasant. This year I didn’t set a goal and ended up reading 56 books, and I think I absorbed them much more, and I certainly enjoyed them more. Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order:

“Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century” by George Packer. indiebound.org/book/978030795…

@wesyang

“The Souls of Yellow Folk” by @wesyang indiebound.org/book/978039324…

@JaneMayerNYer

“The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals” by @JaneMayerNYer indiebound.org/book/978038552…

“Chasing Utopia” by Nikki Giovanni indiebound.org/book/978068815…

“Free Women, Free Men” by Camille Paglia penguinrandomhouse.com/books/126099/f…

“At Home in the World” by Joyce Maynard indiebound.org/book/978125004…

“The Night of the Gun” by David Carr indiebound.org/book/978141654…

“Wiseguy” by Nicholas Pileggi indiebound.org/book/978143918…

@jerrysaltz

“How to be an Artist” by @jerrysaltz indiebound.org/book/978059308…

“Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest” by Hanif Abdurraqib indiebound.org/book/978147731…

@frankrichny

“Ghost Light” by @frankrichny indiebound.org/book/978037575…

@CKlosterman

Oh I also really loved “Raised in Captivity” by @CKlosterman indiebound.org/book/978073521…

Btw I was afraid to start this one because it’s so long and the subject matter intimidated me, but it’s so good it actually changed my life????? Not to be dramatic lol. But I’m so impressed by Packer as a reporter and storyteller and I learned so much.

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