Angela Lashbrook Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Angela Lashbrook on XAngela Lashbrook is a writer. Sr. Reporter @consumerreports, books @nytimesbooks. Sense of humor of a twelve-year-old.

The Bell Jar
Sylvia PlathI wish I'd read this book when I was a teen--I think it may have helped me understand what I was going through more than The Bell Jar did. Love this piece by @lequincampe https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/05/i-never-promised-you-a-rose-garden-review/629941/
Paperback, 2005
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Edge Case
YZ ChinBook releases this week include!! @LyndsayFaye's "smart and suspenseful" Hamlet retelling THE KING OF INFINITE SPACE; @yz_chin's "subtly provocative" tech world novel EDGE CASE; & MRS. MARCH, which has intense Shirley Jackson vibes https://angelalashbrook.medium.com/new-book-releases-august-10-2021-3ff4badcc59e
Paperback, 2022
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hell Bent
Leigh BardugoIn the midst of a home renovation nightmare, I was saved by Leigh Bardugo's Hell Bent and I am not sure how I'm gonna get through the next, like, 8 weeks now that I'm done
Paperback, Mass Market, 2024
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka@blgtylr Alfonso, Lucrezia de Medici's husband in The Marriage Portrait! Chilling character. And Ansel Packer in Danya Kukafka's Notes on an Execution--that's honestly an incredible portrayal of a villain
Paperback, 2023
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Eleutheria
Allegra HydeA very impressive book week, feat. @kellyekell's hilarious thriller LIKE A SISTER (loved it!), @allegra_hyde's "exquisite" cli-fi ELEUTHERIA, @maxgladstone's "stunning" LAST EXIT, and Karen Joy Fowler's "riveting and chilling" BOOTH https://t.co/ISCo9jdfw2
Paperback, 2022
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Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadNew book releases this week include the tense thriller THE MISSING HOURS from @juliadahl, a "dark, twisty" thriller MY SWEET GIRL by @AmandaJayatissa, the highly anticipated HARLEM SHUFFLE from @colsonwhitehead, &+! https://angelalashbrook.medium.com/new-book-releases-september-14-2021-cae03ac3f7d8
Paperback, 2022
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle ZevinI reviewed Gabrielle Zevin's outstanding novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow," which is about as close to perfect as it's possible for a book to be https://t.co/liuaddkyW4
Paperback, 2024
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gold Diggers
Sanjena Sathian@JoshSeybert ok so for a book about work with a surreal/fantastical element and a strong voice a la Temporary: GOLD DIGGERS by Sanjena Sathian. I'd also recommend PIRANESI by Susanna Clarke for a gentle, mind-bending, beautiful novel.
Paperback, 2022
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What Strange Paradise
Omar El AkkadAn exciting book release week includes @hermionehoby's "delicious" VIRTUE, @smariedowning's "perfect" thriller FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, @shelleypchan's "fascinating" SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN, and @omarelakkad's "compassionate" WHAT STRANGE PARADISE. https://angelalashbrook.medium.com/new-book-releases-july-20-2021-e8eabf1dc946
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke@JoshSeybert ok so for a book about work with a surreal/fantastical element and a strong voice a la Temporary: GOLD DIGGERS by Sanjena Sathian. I'd also recommend PIRANESI by Susanna Clarke for a gentle, mind-bending, beautiful novel.
Paperback, 2021
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book