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Fall Book Roundup 2014

It's Officially Fall - Here Are The 28 Books You Should Be Curling Up With

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James Bassil's Recommendations


How To Speak Money by John Lanchester

John Lanchester is an English novelist who was sufficiently inspired/horrified by the 2008 financial crisis to become an explainer and critic of the global banking industry — his explanation of what exactly happened back then — published in the London Review of Books under the title "Short Cuts," is the clearest and most infuriating one I have ever read. His newest book, How To Speak Money, is technically a glossary of financial terms. Don’t be misled by such a dull categorization, though. Lanchester has said, “when it comes to discussing money, incomprehension is a form of consent.” So consider this book your resistance weapon, and one that you will want to hit a banker over the head with after reading.
$17.04 at Amazon.com



Fear
by Gabriel Chevallier


Yes, it’s still the 100th anniversary of the first World War. Nine months into 2014, we’ve seen a lot of takes on the topic, which wasn’t a terribly interesting one to begin with (let’s face it: WWI ain’t no WWII). This book will make it feel fresh, and by fresh I mean jarring, and gruesome, and mucky with trench mud and gore. This translation is new, but the book isn’t: Fear was first published in 1930.
$7.50 at Amazon.com



Sapiens
by Yuval Harari


If you have absolutely nothing lined up to read this fall — no books, no magazines, broken Kindle, spotty wifi — this is your book. Why do I qualify it that way? Just look at that subtitle: A Brief History Of Humankind. The author, Jerusalem-based history professor Yuval Harari, has managed to cram it all into less than 500 pages, so you can anticipate that this will be a pretty dense read. Perfect for rainy fall nights when looking out the window is just depressing.
$20.90 at Amazon.com



The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
by Hilary Mantel


There was a time when I didn’t know who Oliver Cromwell was, and had zero interest in hearing even a 10-second explanation. Hilary Mantel magically awakened an interest in Tudor England in me with her Wolf Hall trilogy, so I trust that she can do the same with the Iron Lady. In fact, the title is a bit misleading here — only one of the short stories in this collection is about Thatcher. But you get my point. If you haven’t discovered Mantel yet, reading any of her books will inspire you to plow through her entire catalogue.
$17.08 at Amazon.com


The Dunning Man by Kevin Fortuna

Kevin Fortuna's debut short story collection exhibits a powerful new voice on the literary scene making itself known. Fortuna's gritty stories feature rebels, characters who make their livings and live their dreams at the margins of society. Exploring the often grim realities of contemporary urban America, The Dunning Man follows Fortuna's misfits down dark alleys and never turns away from what it finds. You'll be glad it didn't.
$9.62 at Amazon.com

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