CBC Books 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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Middlemarch
George EliotCBC BooksVirginia Woolf called it "one of the few English novels written for grownup people." George Eliot's Middlemarch was published in the 1870's. And 150 years later, it's still one of the most read — and re-read — English novels of all time. https://t.co/5dR2mDk2Zw
Hardcover, 2011
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Foundation
Isaac AsimovCBC BooksWild Rivers guitarist Andrew Oliver on why he's reading Foundation by Isaac Asimov. https://t.co/bpEVo4rmIF
Paperback, Mass Market, 1991
$10.00Member price:$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyCBC BooksSally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You was one of the most hyped novels of 2021, but @MsBeckyToyne says the book doesn't quite meet the expectation. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/sally-rooney-s-new-novel-is-exquisitely-written-but-doesn-t-live-up-to-the-hype-toyne-1.6180853
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--And Keep--Friends
Marisa G. FrancoCBC BooksAuthor Marisa Franco examined how people tend to hierarchize relationships in her book Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make — And Keep — Friends. https://t.co/XgQDtvdpGA
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley JacksonCBC BooksDonna Bailey Nurse recommends Canadian books for fans of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House https://t.co/L9OuFmvcCD
Paperback, 2006
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Death at the Party
Amy StuartCBC BooksAmy Stuart talks to Shelagh Rogers about her new thriller, A Death at the Party. Set over the course of a day, the book centres on Nadine Walsh who, while hosting a garden party, mysteriously finds herself standing over a dead body in her basement. https://t.co/l57WIsZ43y
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadCBC BooksPulitzer Prize-winning novelist @colsonwhitehead talks about his new novel — a crime caper set in late '50s and early '60s Harlem. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-50-q/clip/15867816-colson-whitehead-crime-novel-harlem-shuffle
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fabulous Zed Watson!
Basil SylvesterCBC BooksIn January 2021, middle-grade novel The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester (@kevinarts), will be released. https://t.co/wRRZwlWcJ0 https://t.co/YTH3heHKHy
Paperback, 2022
$10.50Member price:$5.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Room
Emma DonoghueCBC BooksAuthor @EDonoghueWriter's hugely successful work Room is heading to the Broadway stage in New York City for a limited run starting in April. https://t.co/opVocAwLf1
Paperback, 2011
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crossroads
Jonathan FranzenCBC Books"You're forgiving another person when you laugh with them — and you forgive yourself when you can laugh at yourself," says Jonathan Franzen. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/in-his-new-novel-crossroads-jonathan-franzen-explores-crises-of-faith-and-family-in-1970s-america-1.6255293
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book