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On “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” April 15
1. “Postcapitalism,” by Paul Mason: Information technology is killing capitalism as we know it. But this could be a good thing.
2. “Moscow 1937," by Karl Schlögel: A portrait of the Soviet capital at the height of Stalin’s reign.
3. The Oxford English Dictionary: It’s 20 volumes. 21,728 pages. 171,476 words. And she owns them all.
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” April 21
1. “Africa Adorned,” by Angela Fisher: A photography book from 1984 with a fascination for the body art and natural jewelry of Africa.
2. “The Night Tiger,” by Yangsze Choo: Set in 1930s colonial Malaya, this 2019 novel is the kind of book reviewers like to call “sumptuous,” with a plot featuring the search for a severed finger and a supernatural tiger.
What Do Famous People’s Bookshelves Reveal? (Published 2020)
In quarantine, people are inadvertently exposing their reading habits — embarrassing, surprising and impressive.
www.nytimes.com