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Chicago Review of Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

ICYMI: “Broken Icarus,” “The Devil in the White City,” and the World’s Fair Nonfiction Novel https://t.co/dzNjwtobxu

Paperback, 2004

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Trespasses, Louise Kennedy

Trespasses

Louise Kennedy
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

An 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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Book Cover for: Hysterical: A Memoir, Elissa Bassist

Hysterical: A Memoir

Elissa Bassist
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

ICYMI: Guilty of Consenting in Elissa Bassist's memoir, “Hysterical” (@HachetteUS) review by @LABacchione https://t.co/WT7zFJ8KTW

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, Howard W. French

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

Howard W. French
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

3. 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

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Kibogo, Scholastique Mukasonga

Kibogo

Scholastique Mukasonga
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

ICYMI: 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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Book Cover for: A Map for the Missing, Belinda Huijuan Tang

A Map for the Missing

Belinda Huijuan Tang
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

Belinda 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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Book Cover for: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself, Marisa Crane

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Marisa Crane
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"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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Book Cover for: The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid

The Last White Man

Mohsin Hamid
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

In "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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Book Cover for: Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

REVIEW: 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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Book Cover for: Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club, Celeste Ng

Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club

Celeste Ng
Chicago Review of BooksChicago Review of Books

In 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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