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Conversations with Tyler is produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Today's conversation includes Michael Orthover, a voracious reader and reviewer of fiction. Watch to learn how he thinks about books, why he reads, and what he has to tell us about the world of fiction.

Michael Orthofer, one of the world’s most prolific book reviewers, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on — what else? — books. Read to discover why Michael believes everyone should read more fiction, how we should choose books, why American popular literature is overrated, what he thinks about authors like Herman Melville, Fyoder Dostoevsky, Goethe, J.K. Rowling, Arno Schmidt, and many others, his recommendations for the best sites for readers, why studying literature at college was such a big disappointment, how much book covers matter, and why his opinion will never be the final word.

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