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An Easement to Appeasement in the Penny Press
Reading the latest New Yorker
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Penguins on Parade: Salammbo
Re-reading Flaubert's novel about doomed Carthage
Jan 11
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Steve Donoghue
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Shark: The Illustrated Biography
Ending the year with a fascinating book!
Jan 6
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Steve Donoghue
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Starting the Year with Persius
Perhaps inviting disaster, I started my 2026 reading year off with a thorough dunking in Stoicism, a philosophical framework for exactly the kind of…
Jan 3
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Steve Donoghue
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The Best Books of 2025: Nonfiction
In 2025, as in most other years, I offered up prayers of thanksgiving to whatever gods may be that general-interest nonfiction titles of all kinds…
Dec 12, 2025
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The Best Books of 2025: Fiction
As mentioned, 2025 wasn’t a particularly good year for fiction.
Dec 12, 2025
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The Worst Books of 2025: Nonfiction
There are layers to every year’s Worst Books lists, of course.
Dec 10, 2025
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Steve Donoghue
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The Worst Books of 2025: Fiction
As mentioned, 2025 was a rough year for fiction.
Dec 10, 2025
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