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Ryan's Boring Book Club turns one!
My top 5 posts, how I respond to feedback, my favorite post and more reflections on one year on Substack
Feb 1
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January 2025
Blessed are the meek
Remembering my grandfather, Frank Ribble (1937-2025)
Jan 26
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Ryan Self
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What if you're a sociopath?
Patric Gagne's memoir, "Sociopath," gives insights into the life and mind of those who struggle with empathy and remorse.
Jan 4
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Ryan Self
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December 2024
My Top 10 Books of 2024
Fraternity hazing, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Burning Man were some of the subjects of a my favorite reads this year
Dec 8, 2024
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Ryan Self
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November 2024
The reckoning and wreckage of a progressive evangelical church
Eliza Griswold's "Circle of Hope" documents the implosion of a once thriving church torn apart by political infighting
Nov 3, 2024
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Ryan Self
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October 2024
Scout Finch can't go home again
Reflections on home towns, Natalie Maines of The (Dixie) Chicks and Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman"
Oct 19, 2024
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September 2024
Why good people are divided by politics and religion
Reflections on Jonathan Haidt's "The Righteous Mind"
Sep 29, 2024
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Sam Bankman-Fried's risky business
Two recent books by Nate Silver (On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything) and Michael Lewis (Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon) shed…
Sep 7, 2024
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August 2024
The late Christian performer Carman was a diva who demanded certain types of pens
A wild story I heard while an inexperienced book publicist
Aug 18, 2024
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Ryan Self
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The New York Times did not consult me for their Top 100 Books list
But I am going to share my picks anyway.
Aug 3, 2024
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July 2024
Like her husbands, Jackie Kennedy Onassis was appalling
Details in "Jackie: Public. Private. Secret." paint a portrait of a complicated person. But it is often not a flattering picture.
Jul 13, 2024
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June 2024
My face is on the cover of a book about not boring young people to death
Oh, you haven't heard of this book?
Jun 15, 2024
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