Damon Darlin✒️ 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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Executive Editor at KFF Health News in D.C. / ddarlin at kff dot org. Also found at @damondarlin.bsky.social.

The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America
Ethan Michaeli
Good review of ‘The Defender,’ by Ethan Michaeli https://t.co/125Wqfr78y
Paperback, 2018
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart
I think Gary Shteyngart had this idea in “Super Sad True Love Story” @Shteyngart https://t.co/5xeF2rHznq
Paperback, 2011
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
Shelby Foote
"Beloved Southern novelist and historian Shelby Foote kept a portrait of Forrest on his desk, and in Ken Burns’s massively popular documentary series “The Civil War,” Foote described Forrest as a 'genius.'" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/12/07/nashville-forrest-confederate-statue-removed/?tid=ss_tw
Paperback, 1986
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blue Moon: Too Good To Be True
A. E. Via
This Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True https://t.co/myLgThhikj via @khnews
Paperback, 2019
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stat: Notes from Experience
Clark Allison
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ podcast is on my favorite topic: health care costs. Click here for an excellent reading list. (The private equity story on Stat is especially good.) https://khn.org/MTIxMDIzMg via @khnews
Paperback, 2011
$12.50$6.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Civil War: The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series
Geoffrey C. Ward
"Beloved Southern novelist and historian Shelby Foote kept a portrait of Forrest on his desk, and in Ken Burns’s massively popular documentary series “The Civil War,” Foote described Forrest as a 'genius.'" https://t.co/CxGkE51QT6
Paperback, 1994
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, and the Sacking of Local Government
Lawrence Tabak
@TimAeppel @CapTimes A really good new book on #Foxconn: Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, and the Sacking of Local Government https://t.co/J6EwvsbtX9
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Civil War: V3 Red River to Appomattox
Shelby Foote
"Beloved Southern novelist and historian Shelby Foote kept a portrait of Forrest on his desk, and in Ken Burns’s massively popular documentary series “The Civil War,” Foote described Forrest as a 'genius.'" https://t.co/CxGkE51QT6
Paperback, 1986
$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick--Or Keep You Well
Joseph G. Allen
“The science is airtight,” said Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “The evidence is overwhelming.” https://t.co/BypbE1IR7k via @khnews
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book