Alexandra Alter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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![Book Cover for: Less Is Lost, Andrew Sean Greer](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780316498913.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753525)
Less Is Lost
Andrew Sean Greer![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
“Less is Lost”... follows [the author's] hapless hero and alter-ego, the struggling novelist Arthur Less, as he takes a cross-country tour of the American South in a camper van with a pug named Dolly. Calamity and hilarity ensue.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner), Douglas Stuart](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780802148506.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753525)
Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Douglas Stuart![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
This year's Booker Prize goes to Douglas Stuart's debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain.’ I spoke to him about his writing last month. https://t.co/cet5XDKgWn
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781982168445.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709849310)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book,” Anthony Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land” and Lauren Groff’s “Matrix” are among this year’s National Book Award fiction finalists https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/national-book-awards-shortlist-finalists-2021.html
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Rabbit Hutch: A Novel (National Book Award Winner), Tess Gunty](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593467879.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709848423)
The Rabbit Hutch: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)
Tess Gunty![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
Imani Perry won National Book Award for ‘South to America’ and Tess Gunty won the fiction prize for her debut novel, “The Rabbit Hutch.” @Liz_A_Harris covered all the winners and speeches last night. https://t.co/rjKPDAjVMM
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Victory City, Salman Rushdie](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593243411.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1715036046)
Victory City
Salman Rushdie![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
Friends of Salman Rushdie spoke to us about his novel, "Victory City," which marks his return to the literary stage. “He is saying something quite profound,” said Colum McCann. “‘You will never take the fundamental act of storytelling away from people.’ https://t.co/pw5rb8sMvE
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593321201.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753525)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
For a lot of readers, Gabrielle Zevin seemed to come out of nowhere with her bestseller "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow." I spoke to her about all the successes and failure that came before. https://t.co/IobslfSqjt
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing, Jacob Goldstein](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780316417204.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753525)
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
Jacob Goldstein![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
Mo is riveted by the glorious New York Times Book Review of @jacobgoldstein's "Money," which @RD_Economist calls "vibrant and accessible." https://t.co/idXN9eL9Z1 @nytimesbooks @planetmoney https://t.co/OvDZXq7Y1H
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, Imani Perry](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780062977373.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725753525)
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
Imani Perry won National Book Award for ‘South to America’ and Tess Gunty won the fiction prize for her debut novel, “The Rabbit Hutch.” @Liz_A_Harris covered all the winners and speeches last night. https://t.co/rjKPDAjVMM
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Twilight World, Werner Herzog](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593490280.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1713115572)
The Twilight World
Werner Herzog![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
Most of the narrative takes place in the claustrophobic, delirious confines of the jungle, an environment Herzog is intimately familiar with and evokes with eerie precision. “I function well there,” he said. “It’s a place of fever dreams.”
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Working, Robert A. Caro](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593081914.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709841258)
Working
Robert A. Caro![Alexandra Alter](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/38703351-466c-4f92-ac11-092124e29cd6.webp)
Obit for the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb. Several years ago when I spoke to Robert Caro about working with Gottlieb, he said, “We’re two people out of another age. Sometimes I feel like we’re the last two.” https://t.co/0G10cJPYYW
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book