So you think you can read III

Book recommendations "n" stuff for late August

Good day, reader.

When I wrote a books recommendation newsletter for the New York Times there was a commenter¹ who often expressed irritation when I depicted used copies of books instead of new copies. The commenter found the very concept of used books to be an affectation; whenever he commented, I heard it in the voice of an undiscovered third Affleck br…