Christian TeBordo 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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Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir
Norm MacDonaldread norm macdonald's 'based on a true story' this weekend. it's both hilarious and structurally more sophisticated than most contemporary novels. more writers should try to do that combination!
Paperback, 2017
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tess: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy@mikeayoung i'll tell you write now it is not thomas hardy, because the font in my copy of 'tess...' is too small. will need reading glasses for that one.
Paperback, 2016
$18.25Member price:$9.13 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Island City
Laura Adamczykread 'island city' by @Laura_Adamczyk this week, a beautifully-written account of a breaking/broken family and the death of a parent. but it also closes with the glorious, extended meditation on drinking alone in bars and riding a bike home that american lit needed.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Extended Stay
Juan Martinezpretty sure juan martinez left this website, but you should still read his novel 'extended stay,' which is unlike anything i've read before, and is out today. https://t.co/hDEo9X0qMI
Paperback, 2023
$21.95Member price:$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Armand V
Dag Solstadgave in and started reading my last dag solstad ('armand v.'). been allowing myself 30 pages a day, but my supplies will run out tomorrow. somebody needs to translate more quickly.
Paperback, 2018
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mr. Sammler's Planet
Saul Bellownabokov's 'picnic, lightning' is probably still the best parenthetical ever, but saul bellow really gave it everything he had in 'mr. sammler's planet.' https://t.co/dZqXqgwQV7
Paperback, 2004
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellierjust finished 'the anomaly' by herve le tellier. the only positive i took from it is that american writers don't have a monopoly on corniness and self-flattery.
Paperback, 2021
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ironweed
William Kennedyi never hear anyone talk about william kennedy, but i just finished 'ironweed,' which i only picked up cuz it's set where i'm from, and it's fucking rad, like 'dubliners'-era joyce with faulknerian spurts of violence.
Paperback, 1984
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Legs
William Kennedyi like the way william kennedy thinks. (from 'legs') https://t.co/78FyCyO2BF
Paperback, 1983
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book