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.
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.
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