Andrew Porter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Author of THE DISAPPEARED (stories, @AAKnopf 2023), THE THEORY OF LIGHT AND MATTER (stories, @VintageAnchor), IN BETWEEN DAYS (@AAKnopf). Prof of CW. He/him.

Out There: Stories
Kate Folk
Life has been busy lately, but when I’ve had the chance to read I’ve been loving the stories in @katefolk’s brilliant collection OUT THERE! https://t.co/O5vr59HbcJ
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Desperate Characters
Paula Fox
@TomBobohula Hmm . . . Lots of good ones. I’d maybe add Paula Fox’s Desperate Characters or Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams.
Paperback, 2015
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Swimmers
Julie Otsuka
Next book is this book! Julie Otsuka’s The Swimmers. Can’t wait! https://t.co/kTtWDd1s35
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Night In Question: Stories
Tobias Wolff
@cxhmorales Oh, so many —probably too many to name. Mary Gaitskill, Karen Russell, Alice Munro, ZZ Packer, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Tobias Wolff. You have a lot of incredible collections in that pile. Lots of good stories to look forward to! :-)
Paperback, 1997
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Know You Know Who I Am: Stories
Peter Kispert
@AnuKandikuppa Thom Jones’s The Puglist at Rest is organized in sections. Same with Peter Orner’s Esther Stories. Also Peter Kispert’s I Know You Know Who I Am.
Paperback, 2020
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Want What We Want: Stories
Alix Ohlin
I’ve discovered so many of my favorite writers through the BASS anthologies, and I’m always so excited when a new one arrives. This year especially looking to the stories by @yodelnyc, @elizmccracken, Alix Ohlin, Bryan Washington,@SomersErin, @KenanOrhan93, & Karen Russell! https://t.co/3XET7B8OPq
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Two Nurses, Smoking: Stories
David Means
@DavidWrites1 Thank you so much for pre-ordering, David! That means a lot. Hope you enjoy the stories!
Hardcover, 2022
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Roxane Gay
@theopward Oh, I didn’t realize she read the audiobook. I love when authors do that, especially w/ nonfiction. Like Roxane Gay’s reading of Hunger. Incredible.
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Frozen Woman
Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux’s descriptions of the mother character in this novel are so good (from A Frozen Woman) https://t.co/Z3GHABcBFP
Paperback, 1996
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Night of the Living Rez
Morgan Talty
Looking forward to @Morgan_J_Talty’s debut collection Night of the Living Rez, which just arrived! https://t.co/JyqfiCLssw
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book