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The bookcase backdrop is ubiquitous this year, with people dialing into video calls from their personal libraries. @nytimesbooks looked at the bookcases of a few celebrities and notable figures. Here’s some of what they found. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
On Dr. Anthony Fauci’s bookshelf:
“The LoFrisco Family Cookbook,” by Anthony F. LoFrisco: All the Sicilian spaghetti and linguine recipes a scientist in quarantine could want. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
“The LoFrisco Family Cookbook,” by Anthony F. LoFrisco: All the Sicilian spaghetti and linguine recipes a scientist in quarantine could want. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
On Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s bookshelf:
“Born a Crime,” by Trevor Noah: The host of The Daily Show tells the story of growing up mixed race in Apartheid South Africa. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
“Born a Crime,” by Trevor Noah: The host of The Daily Show tells the story of growing up mixed race in Apartheid South Africa. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
On Jeff Bezos’s bookshelf:
“Sapiens” and “Homo Deus,” by Yuval Noah Harari: Bezos has the double whammy of Harari’s two big books, both drawing on the worlds of biology, anthropology, paleontology and economics. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
“Sapiens” and “Homo Deus,” by Yuval Noah Harari: Bezos has the double whammy of Harari’s two big books, both drawing on the worlds of biology, anthropology, paleontology and economics. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
On Rosie Perez’s bookshelf:
“In This Corner … !,” by Peter Heller: An extraordinary oral history of boxing that covers many of the greats, from Jake LaMotta and Jack Dempsey to Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
“In This Corner … !,” by Peter Heller: An extraordinary oral history of boxing that covers many of the greats, from Jake LaMotta and Jack Dempsey to Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
On Chris Rock’s bookshelf:
“Malcolm X,” by Manning Marable: This Pulitzer Prize-winning biography recounts the fascinating life of Malcolm X with thoroughness and breadth — not an easy feat given the benchmark set by Alex Haley. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
“Malcolm X,” by Manning Marable: This Pulitzer Prize-winning biography recounts the fascinating life of Malcolm X with thoroughness and breadth — not an easy feat given the benchmark set by Alex Haley. https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
See more bookcase backgrounds here: https://nyti.ms/2W3FNNl
Check out our other rounds of celebrity bookshelf sleuthing here. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/books/tom-hanks-gwyneth-paltrow-bookshelves.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
