Charlie Lee Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Charlie Lee on XCharlie Lee is an assistant editor at Harper’s Magazine. associate editor @harpers // writing @newyorker @parisreview @nytimes @thenation @gawker etc

Panics
Barbara MolinardThrough Ramadan’s spare and exacting translation, Molinard presents a terrifying portrait of violence and mental illness. The reader is immersed entirely in the minds of her characters, seeing the world only through their warped gazes…
Paperback, 2022
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities
Ken Corbett@johnpmerrick ken corbett’s Boyhoods is terrific, as are the academic papers of his i’ve read! highly recommend
Paperback, 2011
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Migraine
Oliver Sacks@aliner @parisreview i remember feeling the same when i first came across it—though i think for me it also fed a certain (not unwelcome) romanticizing of the whole ordeal. (the OED says it was first used by oliver sacks in his migraine book, in 1970—huh)
Paperback, 1999
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Handwriting
Sara MesaMesa renders these lapses with a delicate force, animated by the knowledge that cruelty lurks in small gestures and idle thoughts; that, like a virus, it mutates and spreads.
Paperback, 2022
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Gamelife
Michael W. Clune@roddyhj not an academic book, but gamelife by michael clune is excellent
Paperback, 2016
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Birthday Party
Laurent Mauvignieri reviewed The Birthday Party for @Gawker ! https://t.co/FSE1aC12IB
Paperback, 2023
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brenner
Hermann BurgerI wrote about Hermann Burger’s Brenner, one of the most emotionally intense and unforgettable novels I’ve encountered in a long time, for @thenation https://t.co/Bkks8ugJxe
Paperback, 2022
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book