In times like these, we need books—for comfort, for challenge, for escape, for revelation. Here are some of the books I most enjoyed in 2024. I hope you’ll find some inspiration for your own reading adventures.
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2023 My Year in Books

Looking for a good book? Who isn’t? It’s an eternal quest, but luckily one that’s not hard to fulfill. I hope you’ll find a few in this list of books I read in 2023.
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Like all years, 2022 was a good year for reading. I found myself drawn both to books that addressed our current dilemmas in some way and books that provided an immersive escape. I hope you’ll find some good options in this list, which begins with fiction and moves on to nonfiction.
Continue readingBooks for springtime
Springtime means reading time! Actually, every season is the right time to read, so I thought I’d share a list of books I’ve read so far in 2021.
The most important book you’ll read in 2021
I have a prediction for 2021. Readers across the country, from book group members to policymakers, will be passionately discussing the same book: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee.
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