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Alexander Pyles Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Alexander Pyles is a writer and editor. Father of 5 - Writer - Critic - Gardener - NBCC member https://t.co/s8CYaIqCsX

46 books
Book Cover for: The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson

The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive

Brandon Sanderson
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes, Jazmina Barrera

Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes

Jazmina Barrera
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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
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Book Cover for: I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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
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Book Cover for: Autumn, Karl Ove Knausgaard

Autumn

Karl Ove Knausgaard
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1, Tatsuki Fujimoto

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1

Tatsuki Fujimoto
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Lapvona, Ottessa Moshfegh

Lapvona

Ottessa Moshfegh
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Glory, Noviolet Bulawayo

Glory

Noviolet Bulawayo
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Arboreality, Rebecca Campbell

Arboreality

Rebecca Campbell
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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
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Book Cover for: Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club), Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)

Claire Keegan
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner, Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner

Joan Didion
Alexander PylesAlexander Pyles

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

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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