Chicago Review of 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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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik LarsonChicago Review of BooksICYMI: “Broken Icarus,” “The Devil in the White City,” and the World’s Fair Nonfiction Novel https://t.co/dzNjwtobxu
Paperback, 2004
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Trespasses
Louise KennedyChicago Review of BooksAn illicit affair set to the backdrop of Northern Ireland during the Troubles? Sign us up. Louise Kennedy’s Trespasses is a devastating novel filled with love and passion amid a brutal and desperate time.
Paperback, 2023
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Hysterical: A Memoir
Elissa BassistChicago Review of BooksICYMI: Guilty of Consenting in Elissa Bassist's memoir, “Hysterical” (@HachetteUS) review by @LABacchione https://t.co/WT7zFJ8KTW
Hardcover, 2022
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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. FrenchChicago Review of Books3. Howard W. French's "Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War" (@LiverightPub) by #TomiOnabanjo https://t.co/OtA1fNPRou
Paperback, 2022
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Kibogo
Scholastique MukasongaChicago Review of BooksICYMI: Rwandan Myth and Christianization in Scholastique Mukasonga's @nationalbook-nominated novel “Kibogo” (translated by #MarkPolizzotti) @archipelagobks https://t.co/4q2bWWTAQy
Paperback, 2022
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A Map for the Missing
Belinda Huijuan TangChicago Review of BooksBelinda Huijuan Tang, author of the debut novel "A Map for the Missing" (@penguinrandom), talks to @yfbpodcast about her favorite book, Wang Anyi’s 1995 "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow" https://t.co/JxYGlNuLls
Paperback, 2023
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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
Marisa CraneChicago Review of Books"I like to give characters histories that aren’t so palatable. And have that history be at odds with how they are received by others in the present tense." @AMrjoian575 speaks to @mcrane_12 ab their novel "I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself" @CatapultStory https://t.co/I8VVEFwVXP
Paperback, 2024
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The Last White Man
Mohsin HamidChicago Review of BooksIn "The Last White Man" (@riverheadbooks), Mohsin Hamid offers important insight into how racism can anesthetize people to the essential humanity in themselves and others, leading to alienation that damages society. Reviewed by #FouadMami https://t.co/QRD7g1QzTV
Paperback, 2023
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyChicago Review of BooksREVIEW: Searching for real life in Sally Rooney's BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU (@fsgbooks), by #DanielLopilato https://chireviewofbooks.com/2021/09/15/beautiful-world-where-are-you/
Paperback, 2022
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Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club
Celeste NgChicago Review of BooksIn an era in which books are being banned and our most foundational civil liberties are under threat, Ng’s work is a critical tale on the power of art in the fight for autonomy.
Paperback, 2023
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