David Gregory takes on weighty issues every Sunday on "Meet the Press," so it's no surprise that his reading list is just as serious. The show's host explains why he recently devoured "Istanbul: Memories and the City" by Orhan Pamuk.

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"I'm taking my wife to Turkey for our 10th anniversary, so it's helping me to prepare. The author presents a portrait of growing up in the state of melancholy around an Ottoman empire that completely crumbled."