Alexandra Alter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Alexandra Alter

Mary Trump, author of the blockbuster Trump family tell-all "Too Much and Never Enough," is writing a serialized romance novel. E. Jean Carroll is advising her. They are slightly at odds over how erotic it should be. https://t.co/mecwx364Zy https://t.co/dnA4mmTkDm

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Michael Lewis is the latest prominent writer to take on the massive story of the pandemic, with his forthcoming book, "The Premonition." More books are on the way from Sheri Fink, Gabriel Sherman, Lawrence Wright, Andy Slavitt and others. https://t.co/dL7rDb2yAl https://t.co/Zf4xgeUJF0

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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

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Emily St. John Mandel spoke about "Station Eleven" and why people are comforted by a novel and show about a deadly virus. "That experience of dread as the pandemic washes over your entire society, that’s something that we’re just way too familiar with." https://t.co/Hui3bqCQQ8

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"Where were you when you won the Pulitzer?" Andrew Sean Greer has the best story: he was in Tuscany, wrangling a baronessa's incontinent pug into diapers. I spoke to Greer about the majesty of pugs, and also his novel "Less" and its sequel, "Less is Lost." https://t.co/r786rvSjTA

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“You have something like 100 trillion neutrinos passing through you, personally, every second." I spoke to Andy Weir about neutrinos, muons and his new novel, "Project Hail Mary" https://t.co/RCgBjmdLo5

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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

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Vintage is publishing a new novel by "Fifty Shades of Grey" author EL James, in April. It's a contemporary romance set in London.

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A white author steals a manuscript from the home of a Chinese American novelist who has died... and plots to pass it off as her own. What follows is a twisty thriller and a scorching indictment of the publishing industry’s pervasive whiteness and racial blind spots.

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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

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