Brendan Schlagel 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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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie DillardBrendan Schlagel@packyM The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) for urbanism Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau) for writing Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard) for, like, the poetics of the natural world Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Donella H. Meadows) for systems thinking!
Paperback, 2013
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
Douglas R. HofstadterBrendan Schlagel@isabelunraveled probably most recced that most people don't already know: hofstadter's le ton beau de marot
Paperback, 1998
$49.99$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
P. D. JamesBrendan Schlagel@jasminewsun a few I enjoyed recently! Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead) - not short but v good sprawling adventure An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (PD James) - nice fun mystery The Anomaly (Hervé Le Tellier) - weird existential thriller Abigail (Magda Szabó) - great coming of age novel
Paperback, 2001
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
Donella MeadowsBrendan Schlagel@packyM The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) for urbanism Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau) for writing Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard) for, like, the poetics of the natural world Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Donella H. Meadows) for systems thinking!
Paperback, 2008
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Delights
Ross GayBrendan Schlagel@ZoharAtkins Annie Dillard is the first that comes to mind Ross Gay's "The Book of Delights" I think fits the bill
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Finalist)
Maggie ShipsteadBrendan Schlagel@jasminewsun a few I enjoyed recently! Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead) - not short but v good sprawling adventure An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (PD James) - nice fun mystery The Anomaly (Hervé Le Tellier) - weird existential thriller Abigail (Magda Szabó) - great coming of age novel
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Anomaly
Hervé Le TellierBrendan Schlagel@jasminewsun a few I enjoyed recently! Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead) - not short but v good sprawling adventure An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (PD James) - nice fun mystery The Anomaly (Hervé Le Tellier) - weird existential thriller Abigail (Magda Szabó) - great coming of age novel
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Eunoia: The Upgraded Edition
Christian BökBrendan Schlagel@bookwormgirl910 Joe Brainard's "I Remember" is a good one Christian Bök' "Eunoia" is great (repetition not of words/phrase but sounds — univocalic chapters!)
Paperback, 2005
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
César AiraBrendan Schlagel@sashachapin An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (idk if other César Aira fits that vibe, that's the only one I've read) Cosmicomics? The Incal? Flatland?
Paperback, 2006
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Exercises in Style
Raymond QueneauBrendan Schlagel@packyM The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs) for urbanism Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau) for writing Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard) for, like, the poetics of the natural world Thinking in Systems: A Primer (Donella H. Meadows) for systems thinking!
Paperback, 2013
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book