Arika Okrent 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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Linguist, author of IN THE LAND OF INVENTED LANGUAGES and HIGHLY IRREGULAR ("I love everything about this book"-@GrammarGirl)
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language
Arika OkrentArika OkrentAn Interview with Arika Okrent, author of Highly Irregular via @LiteraryAshland https://t.co/L4ZVQIePCk
Paperback, 2024
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wolf Hall
Hilary MantelArika OkrentThe audiobook of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy, narrated by Ben Miles, was fantastic. It kept me company for a long time and I miss it.
Paperback, 2021
$20.99Member price:$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wanderers, Kings, Merchants
Peggy MohanArika OkrentBook#3 Wanderers, Kings, Merchants by Peggy Mohan. History of languages of India. Exactly what I was looking for. Having spent so much time on the history of language layering in English I wanted a full account of the process in a totally different environment
Hardcover, 2021
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Emissary
Yoko TawadaArika OkrentBook#4 Yoko Tawada's The Emissary. Assigned to my high school kid so read it too. Not your typical future dystopia novel (of which I have had enough). Very gentle and love centered but gets under the skin
Paperback, 2018
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner
Iris MurdochArika OkrentNext audio The Sea The Sea by Iris Murdoch. Amazing narration by @simvan really makes this strange book.
Paperback, 2001
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book