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From Mt Sugarloaf
Our group: Missing Peter L, Kenny H
A men's group dedicated to the best in literature, politics and life.
NMBG 2024
Welcome
Welcome to the Northampton Men's book Group (NMBG) blogger site. The NMBG was founded in 1997 by a carefully curated group of intellectual and curious men in Northampton MA. Use this site to obtain the list of books, see schedule and leave messages for other to read and discuss books prior to the group.
BOOKS 253+
- 253. THERE THERE, TOMMY ORANGE
- 254. IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD RINPOCHE
- 255. LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, C WARD
- 256. NICKEL BOYS, C WHITEHEAD
- 257. LIFES EDGE, ZIMMER
- 258. EXHALATION, CHIANG
- 259. GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS , ENG
- 260. THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE: PUTIN, GESSEN
- 261. PEOPLE LIKE DEAD JEWS, HORN
- 262. KLARA AND THE SUN, ISHIGURU
- 263. REMAINS OF THE DAY, ISHIGURU
- 264. IN THE NAME OF WAR, LEPORE
- 265. LINCOLN HIGHWAY, TOWLES
- 266. HARLEM SHUFFLE, WHITEHEAD
- 267. THE BURIED GIANT, ISHIGURU
- 268.ENTANGLED LIFE, SHENDRAKE
- 269. DRIVE YOUR PLOW, TOKARCZUK
- 270. THIS IS HAPPINESS, WILLIAMS
- 271. LIBERATION DAY, SAUNDERS
- 272. Sometimes a Great Notion, Kesey
- 274. Lessons in Chemistry, Garmus
- 275. All the Sinners Bleed, Cosby
- 276. Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, McBride
- 277. Best of O'Henry Short Stories
- 278. God Human Animal Machine
- 279. The winter Soldier, Mason
- 280. Northwoods, MAson
- 281. My Beloved World, Sotomayor
- 282. The Wager, Grann
- 283. Playground, Powers
- 284. James, by P Everett
- 285. MARTYR! KAVEH AKBAR
- 286. THE LATE COMER by J Korelitz
- 287. When we Cease to understand the World
Top Books
- A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Ahab's Wife
- Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
- Angela's Ashes
- Apierogon by Collum McCann
- Blindness
- Cold Mountain
- Cutting for Stone
- Endurance
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- Fortress of Solitude
- History of Love
- Homegoing
- How to Change your Mind
- Let the great world spin
- Lincoln in the Bardo
- Namesake
- Netherland
- Out Stealing Horses
- Poisonwood Bible
- Revolutionary Road
- Rules of the Bone
- Sing unburied Sing
- The Brothers K
- The Given Day
- The Sense of an Ending
- Tinkers
- Train Dreams
- What is the what
The second (and third) 100 books (see below for First 100)
- 252. Life's Edge by Zimmer
- 251. New Yorker Fiction short Stories
- 250. The spy who came in from the Cold by LeCarre
- 249. In. Love with the World by Rinpoche
- 248. Apierogon by Collum McCann
- 247. Anxious People Backman
- 246. The Water Dancer by Ta Nahesi Coates
- 245. Caste by E Wilkerson
- 244. Washington Black by Esi Eguygan
- 243. In the Garden of Beasts by Larson
- 242. Machines Like Me by Iam McEwan
- 241. Lunch with Buddha
- 240. On Earth we are briefly gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- 239. True Grit by Portis
- 238. Night Boat to Tangier by K. Barry
- 237. Solitary by A. Woodfox
- 236. Circe by Miller
- 235. The Golden Spruce by Vaillant
- 234. Shores beyond Shores by Irene Butter
- 233. A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley
- 232. Sapiens by Harari
- 231. Salvage the Bones by J Ward
- 230. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
- 229. The Fifth Season by Jemison
- 228. How to Change your mind by M. Pollan
- 227. Lincoln in the Bardo by Saunders
- 226.The Beautiful Forevers by
- 225. Kindred by Octavia Butler
- 224. The Emigrants by Sebald
- 223. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- 222. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- 221. Rufus by Phoebe Sheldon
- 220. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (group pick)
- 219. The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace at Neil's
- 218. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood at Jim's
- 217. The North Water by Ian McGuire at Peter H's
- 216. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Moshin Hamid at Evan's
- 215. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson at Dan's
- 214. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi at Bruce's
- 213. Hunger by Roxanne Gay at Barry's
- 212. Tigerman by Nick Harkaway at Peter Elder's
- 211. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin at Neil's
- 210. The Circle by Dave Eggers at Paul's
- 209. Dueling with Kings by Daniel Barbarisi at Evans
- 208. The Shell Collector and Other Stories by Anthony Doerr at Jim's
- 207. Spartina by John Casey
- 206. Dissident Gardens by J Lethem
- 205. Ka Boom by Bryan Adams
- 204. Hurricane Island by ?
- 203. King of the World by ?
- 202. Never Home by Hunt
- 201. Between the World and Me. T. Coates
- 200. Spider in the Tree by Susan Stinson
- 199. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 198. Memory Wall by A Doerr
- 197. What we talk about when we talk about Ann Frank. by N. Englander
- 196. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
- 195. Brewster by Sloula
- 194. Ready Player One
- 193. All the light you cannot see
- 192. Tale for the Time being
- 191. All the Kings Men
- 190. Second Person singular by Kashua
- 189. Love in the Time of Climate Change
- 188. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
- 187. Take Me Home
- 186. The Anthologist by Baker
- 185. Light Years by Salter
- 184. Land of the Blind
- 183. The Road to Burgundy
- 182. Song Unsung
- 181. A drink before the War
- 180. The Given Day by D. Lehane
- 179. Long Division
- 178. The Righteous Mind by Haidt
- 177. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
- 176. Arcadia
- 175. Immortal Life of Henrietaa Lacks
- 174. Unbroken
- 173.Lost Memory of Skin by Banks
- 172. The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
- 171. A Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
- 170. In the Fall by Jeffery Lent
- 169. The Road. C. McCarthy (DF)
- 168. White Noise. D. Delillo. (EB)
- 167. The Finkler Question. H Jacobson (BF)
- 166. The Gift of Rain (SW)
- 165. Super sad true love story G. Steingart (jhd)
- 164. The sense of an ending by Julian Barnes (SH)
- 163. Sweeping Up Glass (kh)
- 162. Let the great world spin by Colum McCann (PKL)
- 161. Infidel (PH)
- 160. wine and war (NK)
- 159. By Nightfall (ps)
- 158. A visit from the goon squad by Jennifer Egan (JS )
- 157. River of Doubt (DF)
- 156. Felicia's journey (bf)
- 155. Tinkers by Paul Harding (EB)
- 154. Angels Game (sw)
- 153. When a heart turns rock solid(jhd)
- 152. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini(sh)
- 151. Called to Serve by T Weiner(kh)
- 150. Things we didn't see coming by Steve Amsterdam (PKL)
- 149. Ghostwritten by D. Mitchell (PH)
- 148. Just Kids by P Smith (NK)
- 147. this is where i leave you by Jonathan Tropper
- 146. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (JS)
- 145. Freakonomics by Steven Dubner (DF)
- 144. Runaway by Alice Munro (EB)
- 143. Cutting for Stone by Verghese (SW)
- 142. that old cape magic by Richard Russo (BF)
- 141. Feed by MT anderson (JHD)
- 140. Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie (SH)
- 139. the girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson (PKL)
- 138. Unaccustomed Earth by Lahiri (PH)
- 137. City of thieves by Benioff (NK)
- 136. Terrorist by Updike (PS)
- 135. the White Tiger (JS)
- 134. The Glass Castle (DF)
- 133. The Brothers K by David Duncan (EB)
- 132. The Piano Tuner by Mason (SW)
- 131. Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace(BF)
- 130. Neverland by O'neill (JHD)
- 129. You are not a stranger by Haslet (KH)
- 128. Rising from the Rails by Larry Tye (SH)
- 127. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Diaz (PKL)
- 126. Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (PH)
- 125. History of Love by Kraus (PS)
- 124. Quiet Girl by Hoeg (NK)
- 123. Out stealing Horses by Petterson (JS)
- 122. Collapse by J. Diamond (DF)
- 121. Animal Vegetable and Miracle by Kingsolver (SW)
- 120. Yiddish Policeman's Union by Chabon (EB)
- 119. Dark Voyage by Furst (JHD)
- 118.The Emporer's Children by Messud. (BF)
- 117. Suite Francais by Nemirovsky (SH)
- 116. What is the What by Eggers (PKL)
- 115. Seeing by Saramago (PH)
- 114. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (NK)
- 113. Quarentine by Crace (PS)
- 112. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Foer (JS)
- 111. Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carloe Eire (DF)
- 110. After Lucy by Dan Jones (EB)
- 109. Thirteen Moons by Frazier (SW)
- 108. Absurdistan by Shteyngart (JHD)
- 107. The book of Illusions by Paul Auster (BF)
- 106. The Sports Writer by Richard Ford (SH)
- 105. Fearless Jones by Walter Mosely (PKL)
- 104. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (PH)
- 103. How to be good by Nick Hornby (NK)
- 102. The Blind Assasin by Margret Atwood (PS)
- 101. The things they carried by Tim O'Brien (JS)
Blog Archive
Book Ideas
- Freedom by j franzen
- Solar by McCewan
- Luna by Kingsolver
- Mueenuddin: In other Rooms Other wonders
- Alice Munro: Too much Happiness
- Chicago
- Bridge of Sighs by Russo
- A Woman in Jerusalem
- 1491
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1 comment :
Evan, you ignorant slut
Interesting article, sounds like something Neil would write, especially the part about page 69. And where's the list of science fiction for Peter to borrow from since Steve so desperately wants to read scifi. The article nailed the part about guys talking about college and private v public education, but it says nothing about being able to get killer insider secrets to financial security for life. I liked the article but didn't understand why it didn't make fun of men with pony tails, guys who think Alex Supertramp might not be crazy, lived in San Francisco only to move to the less-but-only-slightly-less strange Northampton, men who like european football or who have used up all their waiver rights (and I'm talking to you, KH), or guys who threaten to mess with the sacred entry rites into the hallowed halls of NMBG.
Have I missed anyone? I'd insult Barry, but he doesn't count.
MLBG
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