Daneet Steffens Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Daneet Steffens on XDaneet Steffens is a writer, editor, researcher and book critic. Bookish words for @bostonglobe @CrimeReads @LitHub @LAReviewofBooks @seattlereviewof Also: swimfan.

Small World
Laura Zigman‘Small World’ is a love letter to a sisterhood forged through disability and death ... Zigman is terrific at melding heartbreaking situations with humorous, evocative details without once veering off into saccharine sentimentality.
Paperback, 2024
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kate Atkinson
Armelle PareyThe new #KateAtkinson is a reading pleasure. My review of #ShrinesOfGaiety for @BGlobeBooks: https://t.co/L3v7wKp3Yi
Hardcover, 2022
$120.00Member price:$120.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
B Is for Burglar: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
Sue Grafton“I want the character to inform the plot, and not the plot to inform the character.” Also: Sue Grafton’s B IS FOR BURGLAR, sprinting with friends, and rewriting to the max. @kellyekell chats with @elicranor and it is ace: https://t.co/kyU9r0I44c
Paperback, Mass Market, 2005
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Cactus League
Emily NemensAlready one of my favorite books of 2020: the perfectly formed, exciting and engaging read that is THE CACTUS LEAGUE by @EmilyNemens.
Paperback, 2021
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shrines of Gaiety
Kate AtkinsonThe new #KateAtkinson is a reading pleasure. My review of #ShrinesOfGaiety for @BGlobeBooks: https://t.co/L3v7wKp3Yi
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. SutantoA suspicious death in Vera Wong’s San Francisco “World-Famous” tea shop throws a motley crew of individuals together in this madcap murder mystery rife with malapropisms, misunderstandings, misdirection, and the comforting power of a proper, familial meal.
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes
Anthony Veasna SoAnthony Veasna So's talent for evoking the anxieties, longings, and memories of diasporic Cambodian Americans is put to vivid use in this new collection of delicately hinged essays that address everything from "deep reality TV" to So's stint as an art student.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Prom Mom
Laura LippmanLippman, a master of chill-inducing misdirection and slow-burn suspense, spins a noir-inflected story that’s both timeless and utterly contemporary.
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book