Thursday, December 31, 2015

The Year In Books

Apparently I finished nine books this year.  I started more like fifteen.  It was a funny year ...


The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy
of John F. Kennedy
, Larry Sabato

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Robert A. Caro

One Nation Under Gods: A New American History, Peter Manseau

1453: The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West, Roger Crowley

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, Neil Sheehan

Dissent: The History of an American Idea, Ralph Young

The Wright Brothers, David McCullough

2 comments:

  1. Some good ones there. Not sure if one stands out over the others. The Caro book took the longest. Maybe because it was 1162 pages ; )

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