49th Shelf Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Anxious People
Fredrik Backman
Check out SEVEN DOWN – for fans of Fredrik Backman (Anxious People) and Matt Haig (The Midnight Library) – it’s an Editors’ Pick this month! https://49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/2022-05/Editors-Picks-for-February-2022 @dundurnpress https://t.co/toppung1F0
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Almost Visible
Michelle Sinclair
ALMOST VISIBLE, by Michelle Sinclair, is an Editors' Pick for September! Come check it out: https://t.co/WFZ6DGtCmL @BarakaBooks https://t.co/J9er3IYJ88
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Giju's Gift
Brandon Mitchell
The Chat with Brandon Mitchell, author of the amazing new graphic novel Giju's Gift https://t.co/HeA0GvaPZ1 @PortageMainPres @trevcorkum #indigenous #yalit https://t.co/H5ooU8W4RX
Paperback, 2022
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What Strange Paradise
Omar El Akkad
The Island of Forgetting, by @JasmineSealy, is a #GIVEAWAY this week! "With this stunning debut [Sealy] has crafted a moving world of a book...sprinkled throughout with fire."—Omar El Akkad, author of @GillerPrize winning What Strange Paradise https://49thshelf.com/Giveaways https://t.co/7tcuvmCzrF
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Eat Alberta First: A Year of Local Recipes from Where the Prairies Meet the Mountains
Karen Anderson
Love the title of this very cool book, recommended by Levi from @AudreysBooks. Among other treats, EAT ALBERTA FIRST shows readers that there are infinite ways to think about coleslaw! https://t.co/u759IZgQEo @TouchWoodEd https://t.co/1puu8QOJf6
Paperback, 2023
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Beautiful Place
Lee Gowan
10 book recos from Lee Gowan, whose new novel is The Beautiful Place, "an audacious sequel to Sinclair Ross’ prairie classic, As for Me and My House” https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2021/11/02/Becoming-CanLit @McClellandBooks @ReadThistledown @ronsdalepress @HouseofAnansi https://t.co/sUevTubMgp
Paperback, 2021
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cambium Blue
Maureen Brownlee
A fantastic annotated list of BC books & writers from Maureen Brownlee, whose new novel is CAMBIUM BLUE https://t.co/AYjgoh1rsB @DMPublishers @coachhousebooks @UBCPress @TerryGlavin @ericennotamm @OolichanBooks #britishcolumbia https://t.co/cwttHgkbbJ
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Light Lifting
Alexander MacLeod
Light Lifting was one of the most exciting Canadian short story collections in the first decade of the 2020s. Animal Person (2022) is also by Alexander MacLeod, also excellent, and you can explore it here https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2022/The-Chat-with-Alexander-MacLeod https://t.co/zb1nr34VT6
Paperback, 2011
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Secrets of the Crown
Adam Jay Epstein
The Secrets of the Crown: Reading Queen Elizabeth II https://t.co/DUsCtzKt0P @houseofanansi @harpercollinsca @BooksJgs @MissMarciaJ @brynturnbull @AuthorJenniferR
Paperback, 2012
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Monster Child
Rahela Nayebzadah
Not Another Afghan Immigrant Story, a recommended reading list by Rahela Nayebzadah, author of MONSTER CHILD Childhttps://49thshelf.com/Blog/2021/10/14/Not-Another-Afghan-Immigrant-Story https://t.co/JGNAXaLqt6
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