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Adam Morgan 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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Adam Morgan is a culture journalist and critic. Culture journalist @Esquire & elsewhere. Writing A DANGER TO THE MINDS OF YOUNG GIRLS (@onesignalpub / @atriabooks). Repped by @nedlovesbooks.

53 books
Book Cover for: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, Robin D. G. Kelley

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

Robin D. G. Kelley
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

Robin D. G. Kelley’s biography is an essential book for jazz fans looking to understand the man behind the myths. Monk’s family provided Kelley with full access to their archives, resulting in chapter after chapter of fascinating detail...

Paperback, 2010

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: End of the World House, Adrienne Celt

End of the World House

Adrienne Celt
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

"I think you are referring to a conversation we had in which I said that the revisions 'practically killed me.' Which, yes. Yes, they did." Over at @BOMBmagazine, I spoke with @celtadri about her apocalyptic time-loop novel, END OF THE WORLD HOUSE. https://t.co/YiHCXZCSiC

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

Moon Witch, Spider King was even better than Marlon James's first novel in the trilogy, Black Leopard, Red Wolf from @riverheadbooks. https://t.co/8raP77V1Mb

Paperback, 2020

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ida: A Sword Among Lions, Paula J. Giddings

Ida: A Sword Among Lions

Paula J. Giddings
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

With the eye of a novelist and an exquisite mix of historical summary and dramatic scenes, Giddings traces Wells’s career fighting for civil rights and women’s suffrage from Memphis to Chicago.

Paperback, 2009

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Children of God, Mary Doria Russell

Children of God

Mary Doria Russell
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

@chronicles_of_n @writersyndrome Ever read Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow? Wild stuff. Still haven't read The Children of God.

Paperback, 1999

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fugue State, Brian Evenson

Fugue State

Brian Evenson
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

What's the best Brian Evenson book for a beginner? Fugue State? Windeye? A Collapse of Horses? I feel like it's one of those three, right?

Paperback, 2009

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Circe, Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

Madeline Miller's CIRCE was one of the most memorable and immersive reading experiences of my adult life. https://t.co/03nmhFJkb7

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller, Alec Nevala-Lee

Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

Alec Nevala-Lee
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

Alec Nevala-Lee’s writing is as serene and precise as one of Fuller’s geodesic domes, and his research into never-before-seen documents makes this a genuinely groundbreaking book full of surprises.

Paperback, 2023

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Circe, Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

That part in Madeline Miller's CIRCE? When she takes the stingray god's tail and turns it into a spear to protect her son? I will remember that for the rest of my life.

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Maud Martha, Gwendolyn Brooks

Maud Martha

Gwendolyn Brooks
Adam MorganAdam Morgan

Not nearly enough people have read Gwendolyn Brooks's only novel, Maud Martha. https://t.co/7SxsDXhTPB

Paperback, 1992

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book