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Doug Bradley Author Of The Tracks of My Years

From Doug's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Doug's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Doug Bradley Why Doug loves this book

Very refreshes to emphasis on American women and their experiences in Vietnam in the early 1960s. And about what happens years later.

By Alice McDermott ,

Why should I read it?

9 authors picked Absolution as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Oprah Daily, Real Simple, and Vogue

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award.

You have no idea what it was like. For us. The women, I mean. The wives.

American women―American wives―have been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in Absolution they take center stage. Tricia is a shy newlywed, married to a rising attorney on…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Doug Bradley Author Of The Tracks of My Years

From Doug's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author

Doug's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Doug Bradley Why Doug loves this book

Powerful, poignant, and raw. Painful too. Writing is exceptional; the world is overwhelming.

By Omar El Akkad ,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS • From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values.

"[A] bracing memoir and manifesto." —The New York Times

"I can't think of a more important piece of writing to read right now. I found hope here, and help, to face what the world is now, all that it isn't anymore. Please read this. I promise you won't regret it." —Tommy Orange, bestselling author…


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