Alexander Pyles Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson
63 - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson I've tweeted a lot about it already, but there are so many better fantasy books/series that do what he was doing here better and in 1/2 or >1/2 amount of pages. Pleading with publishers to let editors stick to their guns. https://t.co/e6h49WobhN
Paperback, Mass Market, 2011
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Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes
Jazmina Barrera
Just read the first few pages of LINEA NIGRA by Jazmina Barrera and wooooow I'm in love with it already.
Paperback, 2023
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
91 - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy This was at times unsettling, but also a darkly hilarious memoir. The abuse from both being a child actor and from her own mother was heartbreaking to read. Her prose is sharp, intimate, and above all--in her own voice. https://t.co/6Ik74DnL60
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgaard
84 - Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgaard I only got one word for this collection of mini-essays/reflections/meditations...sublime. The fact that these are translated blows my mind and makes me want to learn Norwegian in order to read it in the OG--I am instantly a Knausgarrd fan. https://t.co/1B742QXWxT
Paperback, 2019
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Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1
Tatsuki Fujimoto
69 - Chainsaw Man Vol. 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto Kind of a palette cleanser. The concept is good and I think there's a lot of potential, so we'll just have to see where this goes. Leans into the worst manga/anime vibes/themes, so we'll see if it becomes intolerable. https://t.co/cqc272iIQT
Paperback, 2020
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Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh
87 - Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh This one gave me some pause because it felt this could have worked better in a more fabulist lens - rather than the somewhat dark realism Moshfegh employed. The prose is good and the characters are rich, if not perverse, but expected--more? https://t.co/dKtrpjFfms
Paperback, 2023
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Glory
Noviolet Bulawayo
96 - Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo This was a hard one because of the fable-like story, that's also grounded in the real, just didn't connect for me. I need to read more African literature as a whole, so a good re-read in the future will help pull more from this. https://t.co/f7sTM9MTVR
Paperback, 2023
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Arboreality
Rebecca Campbell
83 - Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell A somewhat mosaic novel that is centered on a small Vancouver community as it weathers climate change in the next century. Both intimate and heart-breaking at times. A lovingly quiet work. https://t.co/GEhXxr3PXS
Paperback, 2022
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
Claire Keegan
71 - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan This was both a hard read at times, but also one of the best reads I've had all year. Keegan's prose is smooth, agile, and heartfelt. Loved this book and I hope to read more of her in the future. https://t.co/j3r7Ydy2Hd
Hardcover, 2021
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The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner
Joan Didion
100 - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion A gift, in a strange way, for those of us struggling to put these feelings into words, whereas Didion achieved that and more. https://t.co/0M0pRPGYmc
Paperback, 2007
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