Adrienne Westenfeld Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Adrienne Westenfeld

Masterfully structured from a wealth of firsthand accounts, like logbooks, correspondence, and court martial testimony, The Wager is a thrilling voyage about tall tales, at sea and on land.

Adrienne Westenfeld

Our November @esquire Book Club pick is Butts: A Backstory! I loved talking with Heather Radke about everything from specious butt science to the shocking realities of the garment industry. https://t.co/q6yAtmMwn8

Adrienne Westenfeld

Happy #Bridgerton day! I loved speaking with Julia Quinn about her male fandom, and about why romance novels are both good and good for you. https://t.co/wnzov2AldV

Adrienne Westenfeld

New at @esquire today: this beautiful, searching, vulnerable excerpt from @maudnewton's Ancestor Trouble. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a39475357/ancestor-trouble-maud-newton/

Adrienne Westenfeld

Chung describes her father’s death as “negligent homicide, facilitated and sped by the state’s failure to fulfill its most basic responsibilities to him and others like him.” Keep the tissues close for this visceral and wrenching memoir—you’ll need them.

Adrienne Westenfeld

Whether you've dabbled in Dune lore before or you're completely new to the wild world of Arrakis, there’s something for everyone in this Titanic-sized series about power, violence, and fate... It's also considered one of the best books of all time, as well as a seminal work in the sci-fi genre.

Adrienne Westenfeld

One of our finest comic writers returns with a gut-busting variety pack of intimate essays. As ever, Irby shines... Bracing and brutally honest, Quietly Hostile reminds us why Irby is one of our most essential essayists.

Adrienne Westenfeld

Propulsive and twisty, Small Game is a gripping thrill ride about human nature at its best and its worst.

Adrienne Westenfeld

It all hurtles toward the inexorable historical conclusion, though the descent into madness is packed with dark surprises. In this hallucinogenic tale of desire and obsession, nothing is as it seems.

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Adrienne Westenfeld

…the undisputed master of horror shift seamlessly into the realm of noir thrillers is proof that King can still surprise and astound us, all these decades later.