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Matthew Cory was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and graduated from Fitchburg High School in 1992. He and his wife Cheryl have been living in Worcester, Massachusetts since 2004.

Matthew has been dealing in comedy for the past twenty-two years. His current comedy TV show is Sketch Worcester, a direct successor to the legendary Sketch Karma that he co-founded. He has recorded several comedy CDs including Nigel Hickenbottom’s England Kicks U.S. Hiney and The Matthew Cory Comedy CD. He also wrote the comic children’s musical "Professor Smellbottom & the P.U. Patrol.”

Matthew has written numerous comedy plays and starred in many community theater farces, including "It Runs in the Family," "Up and Running," "You Can’t Take it With You," "A Bit B ...more

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Best Non-Fiction books of 2025

It's the end of the year and I don't have a Book of the Year yet. I'll keep reading 2025 books until the spring and hopefully I find one I can universally recommend. In the meantime, here is the rest of the Top Ten...

2) Dark Squares: How Chess Saved My Life - Danny Rensch
3) Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum - Michael J. Fox
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	Snarky Responses to Yahoo! Answers 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Snarky Responses to Yahoo! Answers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Freud Where Prohibited it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Matthew Cory wrote a new blog post Best Non-Fiction books of 2025 It's the end of the year and I don't have a Book of the Year yet. I'll keep reading 2025 books until the spring and hopefully I find one I can univers Read more of this blog post »
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Matthew Cory and 5 other people liked Leon Markham's review of Move: How Mass Migration Will Reshape the World – and What It Means for You: "important topics. this book might make you dumber on all of them. The author is clearly well read and well connected, and shares a lot of interesting insights, anecdotes and data points. Unfortunately he then goes on to string them together in an uns" Read more of this review »
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Matthew Cory and 20 other people liked Jeff's review of Move: The Forces Uprooting Us: "A Gold Mine Of Technotyrannical Neoarchy. Wow. Where to begin. I suppose I should specify what I mean by "Gold mine": It is my personal designation for the worst books possible, the ones where you shift through tons of detritus to find even the small" Read more of this review »
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Matthew Cory rated a book really liked it Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience by Eli Saslow (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
THE GOOD: I love that the author gives different viewpoints a voice. One person may say: "Everyone in every store should always be masked" and the next essay will have a person say: "It's my individual freedom to choose to wear a mask." THE BAD: This is ...more
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Matthew Cory rated a book it was amazing Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A fantastic history of reality TV. This book is #3 on the most prestigious list in the world, the Matthew Cory Awards for 2024, a clear indication of how good this book is. My highest recommendation, especially if you are a fan of reality TV. ...more
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Matthew Cory rated a book it was amazing Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The 2024 winner of the highly coveted Matthew Cory Award. This book is a complete page-turner that will cause your brain to think in unexpected directions. My highest possible recommendation. ...more
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Matthew Cory wants to read Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matthew Cory rated a book did not like it Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Highly disappointing. Dan Ariely has been one of my favorite authors because of his innovative studies and unique perspectives. This book regrettably feels like a money grab. There is no new information here, just rehashes of already famous studies. P ...more
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