My Year in Books (“The Iliad” to “Midwinter Day”)–2024

Reading is a lifeline to me, as much a part of me as breathing, as vital as running, as familiar as my sons. As each year begins anew, I never quite know what books I’ll read throughout the year, whether Booker short-listed or finalists, Pulitzer Prize winners, recommendations from “The Guardian’s” Sunday book section, selections …

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my year in books (2022): The mighty cell, years of the plague, love, loss, and so much more

This year’s list of books stretched from the cell and its impact on medicine, to reconsidering history, to a deeper understanding of human nature. Books written by favorite authors (Louise Erdrich, Ian McEwan, Anthony Doerr, Isabel Allende, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Ali Smith) and non-American authors (Valerie Perrin, Giuseppe Di Lampedusa, Werner Herzog, Maggie O’Farrell). Science, nature, …

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