Dan Chaon (@danchaon.bsky.social) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Dan Chaon (@danchaon.bsky.social) on XDan Chaon is an author. Chaon, pronounced like shawn--not like chaos. I write books. He/Him. Official Site: https://t.co/vSDmmY9W7Y.

Fever Dream
Samanta Schweblin@barrettbowlin Samanta Schweblin's FEVER DREAM
Paperback, 2018
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald"And so we fucking beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the fucking past." --F. Scott Fitzgerald, THE GREAT GATSBY https://t.co/aeVtPfEZE7
Paperback, 2004
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Poet's House
Jean ThompsonHeads up, everybody! I'll be in conversation with the fabulous Jean Thompson, talking about her new book THE POET'S HOUSE on Tuesday July 12 at 7 pm! You can register for zoom at McNally Jackson Bookstore website! https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/jean-thompson-presents-poets-house
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay GreshamI read the NYRB edition of “Nightmare Alley,” by William Lindsay Gresham, after the movie came out... I was impressed by how wonderfully weird it was, and how 1940s high modernist in its structure and use of interior. Kind of Nabokovian, even.
Paperback, 2010
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear Miss Metropolitan
Carolyn FerrellCarolyn Ferrell’s “Dear Miss Metropolitan” is so jaw-droppingly disturbing and yet enchantingly, achingly beautiful.
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Mount Chicago
Adam Levin“Mount Chicago” has passages of real charm and brilliance ... In the closing sections, ... the author achieves a sustained, operatic balance of comedy, grief and despair that is worth the wait. It’s a genuinely breathtaking achievement and brought tears to my eyes.
Paperback, 2023
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sleepwalk
Dan ChaonYou guys I'm super excited about the Word Theatre event in Santa Monica on May 28. Check it out! "Actors Amy Brenneman, Jon Tenney, Jeffrey Nordling and Xander Berkeley will read short stories by Dan Chaon." Then I read from SLEEPWALK! Wild!!! https://t.co/CO9YoyyWgl
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner
Maurice SendakMaurice Sendak illustration. I believe this was the original ending to WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE... https://t.co/tZvvD4wSK3
Paperback, 2012
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Still Life
Jay HoplerRIP Jay Hopler, 1970-2022. Just got a copy of his beautiful, heartbreaking new book STILL LIFE. God, what a poet! https://t.co/YG6guLcRHI
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender@MarkJEngleson Clare Morrall's ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR and Aimee Bender's THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE are two novels that deal with types of synesthesia
Paperback, 2011
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book