Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander

One of the things Lander says that white people like is irony. And this book is all irony. It’s a fairly flippant piece that lists a hundred or so things that ‘white people like’ but by white people, he means middle class people and/or those striving to impress. The list makes you alternately cringe and laugh out loud: coffee, farmers’ markets, gifted children, Prius cars, renovations, NGOs, having gay/black/other ethnicity friends and so forth. There’s something there for all of us. But while Lander clearly wants to have a dig at political correctness and people trying hard to impress, this is a lightweight book cobbled together quickly from his widely read blog at the behest of a publisher in a big hurry, so you can expect no more than a columnist style wit and depth. Entertaining enough but not worth buying. 2 stars