Literary Boston 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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Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World

Traci Baxley

Literary Boston

Tonight from @PorterSqBooks: Traci Baxley discusses SOCIAL JUSTICE PARENTING: HOW TO RAISE COMPASSIONATE, ANTI-RACIST, JUSTICE-MINDED KIDS IN AN UNJUST WORLD, in conversation with Maria Sansone https://t.co/XEV9tU7Mv9

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Who's on First?: New and Selected Poems

Lloyd Schwartz

Literary Boston

Tonight from @BsmithPoetry: Blacksmith House Poetry Series, featuring Lloyd Schwartz discusses WHO'S ON FIRST?: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, and Peter Shippy discusses KAPUTNIKS https://t.co/cEWOZLUQjE

Paperback, 2021

$23.00Member price:$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Literary Boston

Tonight from @LamplighterBrew, @cambridgepl, and All She Wrote Books: Lamplighter's Book Club, discussing MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite https://t.co/rNyPeUKnFR

Paperback, 2019

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Our Oldest Companions: The Story of the First Dogs

Pat Shipman

Literary Boston

Today from @HarvardBooks: Pat Shipman discusses OUR OLDEST COMPANIONS: THE STORY OF THE FIRST DOGS, in conversation with Wendy Williams https://t.co/hyCsjTP0tf

Paperback, 2023

$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious

Antonio Damasio

Literary Boston

Tonight from @HarvardBooks: Antonio Damasio discusses FEELING & KNOWING: MAKING MINDS CONSCIOUS https://t.co/TLKoGkCVIc

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Woodrow on the Bench: Life Lessons from a Wise Old Dog

Jenna Blum

Literary Boston

Tonight from @booksmithtweets: Jenna Blum discusses WOODROW ON THE BENCH: LIFE LESSONS FROM A WISE OLD DOG, in conversation with Jodi Picoult https://t.co/PDkCeR3pID

Paperback, 2022

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears

Farah Stockman

Literary Boston

Tonight from @HarvardBooks: Farah Stockman discusses AMERICAN MADE: WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS, in conversation with Margery Eagan https://t.co/gYo3kRFcuQ

Hardcover, 2021

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge

David Hajdu

Literary Boston

Today from @HarvardBooks: David Hajdu and John Carey discuss A REVOLUTION IN THREE ACTS: THE RADICAL VAUDEVILLE OF BERT WILLIAMS, EVA TANGUAY, AND JULIAN ELTINGE, in conversation with Eric K. Washington https://t.co/0bmGjQMCjw

Paperback, 2023

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870

Daniel Carpenter

Literary Boston

Tonight from @HarvardBooks: Daniel Carpenter discusses DEMOCRACY BY PETITION: POPULAR POLITICS IN TRANSFORMATION, 1790–1870, in conversation with Jennifer Hochschild https://t.co/Tpi5uXtXuo

Hardcover, 2021

$53.00Member price:$28.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)

Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer

Kate Clifford Larson

Literary Boston

Today from @bostonathenaeum: Kate Larson discusses WALK WITH ME: A BIOGRAPHY OF FANNIE LOU HAMER https://t.co/LUhYLcVUi6

Hardcover, 2021

$31.99Member price:$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book