Curtis Sittenfeld Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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A new Tom Perrotta novel is coming out in April 2026! And it's narrated by a neurotic middle-aged prep school teacher turned Iowa Writers' Workshop grad novelist! (Also a New Jersey man who was 13 in the early 1970s.) I just read an early copy of Ghost Town and found it moving, evocative, wise and funny.

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Meanwhile in the book world...this very buzzy 2022 novel Lessons in Chemistry is by Bonnie Garmus, a debut author in her 60s 🤗 I'm doubly lucky because I got a U.S. copy (the one on the left) and a U.K. copy https://t.co/5kywpq83bl

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I'm a huge fan of this short and extremely funny collection. Yes, champagne, fancy clothes, and first kisses are lovely while they last, but I suspect this version of the domestic long haul is more recognizable to many of us, and Kenney captures it with hilarious specificity.

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Just read the 2021 autofiction-ish novel I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins and it's incredible--blazingly smart and honest, fearless in ignoring the spoken and unspoken rules around the "likeability" of women, women protagonists, and women writers https://t.co/CtRVAHoUnM

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So looking forward to talking to Claire Lombardo about The Most Fun We Ever Had on Tues, April 20, hosted by @MoonPalaceBooks 🤗🤗 https://t.co/9vRsUvR7Vb

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Another new first novel that I absolutely loved is Everything’s Fine by Cecilia Rabess. In New York, in their early 20s, a conservative white guy and a progressive Black woman work together at Goldman Sachs and stumble through their unexpected friendship and budding romance.

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@tkiramadden This describes Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood (it's the title story in the collection)

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I'm currently reading this very intelligent, touching, and thought-provoking memoir and I suspect that a lot of people who don't imagine a book about debt would be fascinating will be fascinated by a book about debt.

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What a delight to share my love of first novels Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by @pnashjenkins and Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess (@cesafras) with the Guardian / the world 🌞📚 https://t.co/FPE8mpUfpX

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On Tues, April 11, I'll be in my former hometown St. Louis, talking to Edward McPherson, whose essay collection The History of the Future I love. I also will be reuniting with my beloved @LeftBankBooks ❤️ https://t.co/feBb0lQXSS