Category: Book Notes

These are notes written for the Aptos Men’s Book Club and others about books I have read.

The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai

 March 14, 2020

This seriously good novel of gay life during the AIDS crisis in Chicago tells a story that has a simple message.

Brother and Sister
by Diane Keaton

 March 14, 2020

The book is not what the critics say it is.

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
by Jason Stanley

 March 7, 2020

Jason Stanley uses the tools of academic philosophy to bring the horror of fascism into focus.

Red Notice:
A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder

 February 20, 2020

The mysterious “Magnitsky Act” explained in 380 pages of real life intrigue.

Supreme Inequality:
The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
by Adam Cohen

 February 15, 2020

This is the most important book written about the modern Supreme Court.