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america

berg, lindbergh
berman, central park
bird & sherwin, american prometheus
bordewich, washington
brinnin, the sway of the grand saloon
estabrook, tomatoland
fehrenbacher, the dred scott case
freinkel, plastic
gidley, photography and the usa
gillespie, finding amelia
kazin, a godly hero
mckibben, deep economy
marcosson, original sin
michaelis, schulz and peanuts
okrent, last call
sandweiss, passing strange
savage, the commitment
schwartz, ed ruscha's los angeles
shapiro, julia child
tobin & dobard, hidden in plain view
yellin, your call is (not that) important to us

civilization

curtis, disarmed
devlin, the unfinished game
edmonds & eidinow, bobby fischer goes to war
larson, in the garden of beasts
meyer, the year that changed the world
morris, believing is seeing
schiff, cleopatra
sundman, the flight of the eagle
wenke, the ancient egyptian state

food

apple (janik)
banana (koeppel)
bread (rubel)
cake (humble)
caviar (fletcher)
champagne (epstein)
cheese (dalby)
chocolate (moss & badenoch)
curry (sen)
currywurst, die entdeckung der (timm)
dates (nasrallah)
food, in defense of (pollan)
hamburger (smith)
hot dog (kraig)
ice cream (weiss)
lobster (king)
lobster (townsend)
milk (velten)
oyster (stott)
pancake (albala)
pecans (manaster)
pie (clarkson)
pizza (helstosky)
[pork] pig (mizelle)
potato (smith)
salmon (coates)
sandwich (wilson)
season to taste (birnbaum)
soup (clarkson)
spices (czarra)
taste for war, a (davis)
tea (saberi)
tomatoland (estabrook)
whiskey (kosar)

kids

an na, a step from heaven
baum, the road to oz
blume, forever
chambers, postcards from no man's land
collins, the hunger games
cormier, the chocolate war
crutcher, chinese handcuffs
dodge, hans brinker
hinton, the outsiders
johnson, the first part last
mafi, shatter me
pullman, clockwork
rockwood, bomba the jungle boy
rosoff, how i live now
roth, divergent
rowling, harry potter and the deathly hallows
rowling, harry potter and the half-blood prince
ruiz zafón, el palacio de la medianoche
salinger, the catcher in the rye
yang, american born chinese

language & literature

bayard, le hors-sujet
bayard, how to talk about books you haven't read
bayard, le plagiat par anticipation
blum, my word
everett, don't sleep, there are snakes
howard & robillard: pluralizing plagiarism
kenneally, the first word
moll, cryptogram-a-day book
okrent, in the land of invented languages
pinker, the stuff of thought
sanders, german

song

addonizio, what is this thing called love
finch, calendars
jordan, m-a-c-n-o-l-i-a

sport

bascomb, the perfect mile
century, barney ross
crutcher, chinese handcuffs
feinstein, a good walk spoiled
mcdonagh & pappano, playing with the boys
riess, the sport of kings and the kings of crime

story

austen, persuasion
bainbridge, a quiet life
barbery, the elegance of the hedgehog
barnes, the sense of an ending
benson, queen lucia
brooks, people of the book
dickens, great expectations
ferreira de castro, o senhor dos navegantes
goncharov, oblomov
goncharov, the precipice
goolrick, a reliable wife
grimbert, un secret
griner, collectors
hugo, les travailleurs de la mer
kadare, the palace of dreams
keller, jackpot
krauss, the history of love
kunzru, transmission
kurkov, death and the penguin
levi, the jewish husband
mcewan, on chesil beach
maugham, the razor's edge
miéville, perdido street station
murakami, 1Q84
oksanen, purge
paasilinna, le fils du dieu de l'orage
paasilinna, la forêt des renards pendus
paasilinna, the howling miller
paasilinna, the year of the hare
proust, à la recherche du temps perdu
robinson, gilead
saramago, all the names
scliar, max e os felinos
simenon, le confessional
simenon, le coup de vague
simenon, la maison des sept jeunes filles
spark, the ballad of peckham rye
swift, tomorrow
steinbeck, in dubious battle
stendhal, la chartreuse de parme
vaughan & guerra, y: the last man
whitehead, apex hides the hurt
whitehead, sag harbor
winterson, lighthousekeeping
yates, revolutionary road
zola, l'assommoir
zola, au bonheur des dames