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Carrie Johnson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Carrie Johnson covers the Justice Department for NPR. Nieman Class of 2020. Loud laugher, dog spoiler, prosecco fan. Email to cjohnson2@npr.org

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Book Cover for: Poems, Emily Dickinson

Poems

Emily Dickinson
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

The annual ⁦@HoughtonLib⁩ birthday celebration for Emily Dickinson is one of the most beautiful events of the year. Poet Tracy K. Smith read two Dickinson poems and one of her own. https://t.co/OC9vwGOh9a

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, Gilbert King

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Gilbert King
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

Just finished the masterful “Devil in the Grove” about Marshall’s great bravery and skill at @NAACP_LDF https://t.co/0IpTEXGzVb

Paperback, 2013

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

Diving into “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin - so good 📚

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club), Ann Napolitano

Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club)

Ann Napolitano
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

Ann Napolitano on her new novel 'Hello Beautiful' ⁦@NPRWeekend⁩ - a great way to spend a rainy day 📖 https://t.co/E5SO1WHSZn

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

‘The Lincoln Highway,’ by ⁦@amortowles⁩ “remarkably brisk, remarkably buoyant” - exactly right 📚 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/review/amor-towles-lincoln-highway.html

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

Barbara Kingsolver’s writing in Demon Copperhead is 🔥

Hardcover, 2022

$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Red at the Bone, Jacqueline Woodson

Red at the Bone

Jacqueline Woodson
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

Christmas week reading: The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine, The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, and Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. 📚 👓 ❄️

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers, Mary Rodgers

Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

Mary Rodgers
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

Yesterday a friend asked me to tell her something good. Two things: Brandi Carlisle on Austin City Limits and Shy, the hilarious memoir by Mary Rodgers with Jesse Greene.

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Latecomer, Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Latecomer

Jean Hanff Korelitz
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

Just finished The Latecomer by @JeanHanffKoreli - a good read 📚

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sinatra: The Chairman, James Kaplan

Sinatra: The Chairman

James Kaplan
Carrie JohnsonCarrie Johnson

@theglipper Lucy by the Sea, Less Is Lost and finishing up the second Sinatra biography by James Kaplan

Paperback, 2016

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book