Chad Young 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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Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Douglas StuartChad YoungBest Fiction: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue. Such a well woven story with well developed characters. Need to get to her second book. Honorable mention: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Skyward
Brandon SandersonChad YoungBest with the kids: Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. Great YA Sci-Fi with the 8yo.
Paperback, 2019
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel (Alex Award Winner)
Quan BarryChad YoungMost fun read: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots. Creative spin on a classic genre. Honorable mention: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (this could've been honorable mention for fiction too - more than just a fun read).
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Behold the Dreamers
Imbolo MbueChad YoungBest Fiction: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue. Such a well woven story with well developed characters. Need to get to her second book. Honorable mention: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
Paperback, 2017
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel WilkersonChad Young@tangible_uno Listening to audiobook of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson right now. She goes into some detail on how the Nazi regime used US law as a model but also thought the US laws were *too extreme* and had to be tempered down.
Paperback, 2023
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hench
Natalie Zina WalschotsChad YoungMost fun read: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots. Creative spin on a classic genre. Honorable mention: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry (this could've been honorable mention for fiction too - more than just a fun read).
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
Mehrsa BaradaranChad YoungA few others worth mentioning: Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings by Sayaka Murata; Murderbot series by Martha Wells; The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X; The Color of Money by Mehrsa Baradaran.
Paperback, 2019
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom
Brittany K. BarnettChad YoungBest Non-fiction: A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K. Barnett. Depressing and inspiring in equal measure. Barnett is an incredibly impressive person but the book is reminder of how broken our justice system is. Honorable mention: 1491 by Charles C. Mann.
Paperback, 2021
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka MurataChad YoungA few others worth mentioning: Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings by Sayaka Murata; Murderbot series by Martha Wells; The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X; The Color of Money by Mehrsa Baradaran.
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Charles C. MannChad YoungBest Non-fiction: A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K. Barnett. Depressing and inspiring in equal measure. Barnett is an incredibly impressive person but the book is reminder of how broken our justice system is. Honorable mention: 1491 by Charles C. Mann.
Hardcover, 2005
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book