Anna Keesey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Anna Keesey on XNot a robot, not a girl. Writer, mother, teacher, gardener. Priority of the foregoing in constant fluctuation. Largely responsible for LITTLE CENTURY.

The Fortunes
Peter Ho Davies@Sam_Schmir @Jack_Petocz Peter Ho Davies’novel THE FORTUNES does a complex reading of the lives of Wong and other Chinese-Americans. Effing great book.
Hardcover, Large Print, 2017
$36.95Member price:$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Friend of My Youth: Large Print Edition
Alice Munro@Ursulaofthebook It’s just…which two Alice Munro? I may go with Friend of my Youth and Open Secrets. Must verify.
Paperback, Large Print, 1997
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Story and Discourse
Seymour Chatman@EthanChatagnier @alexanderchee Oh, I’m only disputing the term “plot” —what we have traditionally called plot (and rarely agreed upon as to meaning) is really the interaction between what narrative theorists call “story” and “discourse” (per Seymour Chatman).
Paperback, 1980
$33.95Member price:$33.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Open Secrets: Stories
Alice Munro@Ursulaofthebook It’s just…which two Alice Munro? I may go with Friend of my Youth and Open Secrets. Must verify.
Paperback, 1995
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil
M. Scott Peck@NormOrnstein Did you ever read that M Scott Peck book, People of the Lie? About normal appearing people who have no empathy and are truly sources of evil? He’s not just a politician. He’s a sociopath.
Paperback, 1998
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles@MaureenLangloss The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles? Don’t know who reads it but lovely, funny and unbrutal
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rules of Civility
Amor Towles@RoomofOnesOwn @LeahNTorres The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Paperback, 2012
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book