The 2024 Best Books by the Economist → Culture and arts

The 2024 Best Books by the Economist → Culture and arts 1-All that Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art. By Orlando Whitfield 2-The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Lives. By Adam Smyth 3-Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV. By Emily Nussbaum 4-Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See. By Bianca Bosker 5-Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English. By Ben Yagoda 6-The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading. By Sam Leith 7-Origin Uncertain: Unravelling the Mysteries of Etymology. By Anatoly Liberman 8-Reading Genesis. By Marilynne Robinson 9-Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel. By Edwin Frank 10-Written in Water: The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art. By Rochelle Gurstein. All added to my wish list. You might find 1/2 that catches your attention. https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/11/22/the-best-books-of-2024-as-chosen-by-the-economist

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