Summer Reading, with City Journal

City Journal editor Brian Anderson joins Vanessa Mendoza, executive vice president of the Manhattan Institute, for our second annual discussion of Brian’s summer and vacation reading list.

Summer is upon us, and the City Journal editors are ready for some vacation. We asked Brian to tell us what books he’s taking with him to the beach this year and why.

Check out Brian’s summer reading list, in the order discussed:

The Conservative Sensibility  , by George Will
Curing Mad Truths: Medieval Wisdom for the Modern Age  , Remi Brague
Infinite Baseball  , by Alve Noë
The Awfully Big Adventure of Michael Jackson in the Afterlife  , by Paul Morley
Orange World and Other Stories  , by Karen Russell
Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder  , Nassim Nicolas Taleb
The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century  , Alan Brinkley

Also discussed in the episode:

Swamplandia!   and Vampires in the Lemon Grove  , by Karen Russell
Seeing Things Politically: Interviews with Benedicte Delorme-Montini  , by Pierre Manent
Killing Commendatore  , Haruki Murakami
MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom  , by Tony Robbins
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story  , by Wilfred M. McClay