Good Books You Cant Put Down
Discover unputdownable good books you can't put down, from George Crile's Charlie Wilson's War to Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine—a curated list of gripping fiction and page-turners for your next must-read obsession.
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Charlie Wilson's War
by George Crile
Describes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and recounts the repercussions of that covert operation.
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The Mezzanine
by Nicholson Baker
Turns an ordinary ride up an office escalator into a meditation on our relations with familiar objects--shoelaces, straws, and more. Baker's debut novel, and a favorite amongst many of us here.