The Orphan Master's Son

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1. mtmailDec 2019
   List plain text (from https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2019-...)

       “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power,” by Shoshana Zuboff
       “The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company,” by William Dalrymple
       “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” by Casey Cep
       “Girl, Woman, Other,” by Bernardine Evaristo (Booker Prize winner)
       “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1890 to the Present,” by David Treuer
       “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” by Jenny Odell
       “Lost Children Archive,” by Valeria Luiselli
       “Lot: Stories,” by Bryan Washington
       “Normal People,” by Sally Rooney
       “The Orphan Master’s Son,” by Adam Johnson
       “The Yellow House,” by Sarah M. Broom (National Book Award winner, nonfiction)
       “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland,” by Patrick Radden Keefe
       “Solitary,” by Albert Woodfox
       “The Topeka School,” by Ben Lerner
       “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion,” by Jia Tolentino
       “Trust Exercise,” by Susan Choi (National Book Award winner, fiction)
       “We Live in Water: Stories,” by Jess Walter

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2. dredmorbiusDec 2019
   1. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/age-of-surveillance-capitalis...

   2. The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, by William Dalrymple

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/anarchy-the-relentless-rise-o...

   3. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/furious-hours-murder-fraud-an...

   4. Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo (Booker Prize winner)

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/girl-woman-other/oclc/1127909...

   5. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1890 to the Present, by David Treuer

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/heartbeat-of-wounded-knee-nat...

   6. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/how-to-do-nothing-resisting-t...

   7. Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/lost-children-archive/oclc/11...

   8. Lot: Stories, by Bryan Washington

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/lot-stories/oclc/1128099233

   9. Normal People, by Sally Rooney

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/normal-people/oclc/1119769689

   10. The Orphan Master’s Son, by Adam Johnson

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/orphan-masters-son-a-novel/oc...

   11. The Yellow House, by Sarah M. Broom (National Book Award winner, nonfiction)

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/yellow-house/oclc/1122461200

   12. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/say-nothing-a-true-story-of-m...

   13. Solitary, by Albert Woodfox

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/solitary/oclc/1105720325

   14. The Topeka School, by Ben Lerner

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/topeka-school/oclc/1126252713

   15. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/trick-mirror-reflections-on-s...

   16. Trust Exercise, by Susan Choi (National Book Award winner, fiction)

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/trust-exercise/oclc/111435376...

   17. We Live in Water: Stories, by Jess Walter

   https://www.worldcat.org/title/we-live-in-water-stories/oclc...

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3. tcopelandFeb 2017
   Yup, official military reading lists include a fair bit of fiction. Recent ones that I can think of are Ghost Fleet, Starship Troopers, Enders Game, Red Badge of Courage, The Orphan Master's Son, The Kite Runner.

   The really nice thing is that since many of those lists are refreshed yearly, they are an ongoing fountain of interesting books. Good stuff!

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4. nicholastDec 2016
   Here are a few I enjoyed in 2016 by genre:

   Business - Making Things Work by Yaneer Bar-Yam

   Investing - Charlie Munger The Complete Investor by Tren Griffin

   Essays - Michel de Montaigne Complete Essays ($.99 on Kindle!)

   Physics - At Home in the Universe by Stuart Kauffman

   Software - An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language

   Current Events - Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom

   Fiction - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

   Music - Jerry on Jerry (audiobook is a recorded interview of Garcia!)

   Biography - Benjamin Franklin An American Life by Walter Isaacson

   Autobiography - A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

   All of these are highly recomended!

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5. auctiontheoryJan 2014
   If you are interested in North Korea, read The Orphan Master's Son. Fiction, but based on true stories. Won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (I've heard the audiobook is excellent, but the book is quite graphic, so the audio could be a little "intense." I didn't risk it.)
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6. egonschieleJun 2013
   Awesome article, awesome author. Adam Johnson's 'The Orphan Master's Son' is about North Korea and it's the best book I've read this year: http://www.amazon.com/The-Orphan-Masters-Son-ebook/dp/B004X6...
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