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Dan Saltzstein 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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Senior editor, Special Projects at @nytimes. Ruthless Cosmopolitan in Queens. Cocktail and rye whiskey enthusiast. https://t.co/URgJvsKJy1

19 books
Book Cover for: Hotel Iris, Yoko Ogawa

Hotel Iris

Yoko Ogawa
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

@blgtylr The man in Hotel Iris, by Yoko Ogawa. I can’t think of a bad guy that’s stayed with me in the same way.

Paperback, 2010

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Designated Mourner, Wallace Shawn

The Designated Mourner

Wallace Shawn
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

(If you’ve never heard of THE DESIGNATED MOURNER, don’t feel bad. It’s a David Hare filmed adaptation of a Wallace Shawn play starring Mike Nichols!!)

Paperback, 2010

$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Crash: Deluxe Edition, J. G. Ballard

Crash: Deluxe Edition

J. G. Ballard
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

@alexanderchee The first thing that comes to mind is Ballard’s CRASH, but that’s probably not what you’re looking for. I haven’t read it, but I know people who love GO LIKE HELL, about Ford v. Ferrari at Le Mans.

Hardcover, 2019

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mike Nichols: A Life, Mark Harris

Mike Nichols: A Life

Mark Harris
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

@paulrimple @lospilares11 Indeed! If you haven't read Mark Harris's excellent Mike Nichols biography, I highly recommend it. Spends some time on their Compass Theater years.

Paperback, 2022

$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

@afrosypaella Octavia Butler! Fused with sci-fi/futurism. Most notably "Parable of the Sower" but other stuff too.

Paperback, 2019

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood, Mark Harris

Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

Mark Harris
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

@BCDreyer (Also, as Mark Harris writes in Pictures at a Revolution, Steiger was heavily favored two years earlier for The Pawnbroker, but lost to … Lee Marvin. So, you know, [gestures vaguely at the Academy])

Paperback, 2009

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot, Mark Vanhoenacker

Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot

Mark Vanhoenacker
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

Great shoutout to my old classmate @markv747 in here! Listen to Ms. Brooks and read his book "Skyfaring." https://twitter.com/nytimesbooks/status/1537446164609392642

Paperback, 2016

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dictee, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Dictee

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

RT @sarahw: So so glad Theresa Hak-Kyung Cha, author of the wondrous DICTEE, life cruelly and horribly cut short, gets a decades-overdue ob…

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Book Cover for: Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts, Matt Bell

Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts

Matt Bell
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

For more advice on this, read @mdbell79’s REFUSE TO BE DONE. It’s about revision in fiction writing but it’s also about removing obstacles for yourself and keeping that momentum going. https://t.co/Ebtrk5OexH

Paperback, 2022

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann
Dan SaltzsteinDan Saltzstein

This is such a good author’s note. From @DavidGrann’s new book, “The Wager,” which I’m about to gobble up. https://t.co/YZMQIeSM3t

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book