2015 selection · Poetry

Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse (And Other Lessons From Modern Life)

Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse (And Other Lessons From Modern Life) by David Mitchell appears in NPR’s 2015 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around funny stuff, tales from around the world, nonfiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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