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Daniel José Older Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Daniel José Older is an author. NYT bestselling author of Ballad & Dagger and Midnight Horizon; a story architect of Star Wars: The High Republic. (he/him)

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Book Cover for: El Monte: Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba, Lydia Cabrera

El Monte: Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba

Lydia Cabrera
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@UnlockAstrology @astrospeccion @EricEsoterica It’s def something we use in Santeria but not sure the origins. Lydia Cabrera might have something on it in El Monte, which is not a 100% but has some useful insights

Paperback, 2023

$36.95$18.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Star Wars: The High Republic: Midnight Horizon, Daniel José Older

Star Wars: The High Republic: Midnight Horizon

Daniel José Older
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Speaking of MIDNIGHT HORIZON, a new excerpt just dropped! Is @CBR: Star Wars: The High Republic - Midnight Horizon Excerpt Splits Up a Core Team https://t.co/FTIyUTcVai

Hardcover, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Rick Riordan Presents: Last Canto of the Dead -An Outlaw Saints Novel (Outlaw Sa Ints, 2), Daniel José Older

Rick Riordan Presents: Last Canto of the Dead -An Outlaw Saints Novel (Outlaw Sa Ints, 2)

Daniel José Older
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“The Last Canto of the Dead is one of those rare books that stands out in its sheer audacity of creation…Daniel José Older has outdone himself” THANK YOU @laughing_place for this gorgeous and thoughtful review <3 https://t.co/0IMbGGrWJ1

Hardcover, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Il primo amore non si scorda mai, Vincenzo Berghella

Il primo amore non si scorda mai

Vincenzo Berghella
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When I asked @tonibru which High Republic character he has the most fun drawing in our run, he began with this: “In Italy we say ‘Il primo amore non si scorda mai.’” The full interview along with brand new concept art drops next week on my first Substack https://t.co/FJKXrGeYLh https://t.co/mpKsY9U2EI

Paperback, 2014

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space, Zoraida Córdova

Reclaim the Stars: 17 Tales Across Realms & Space

Zoraida Córdova
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✨✨✨✨RECLAIM THE STARS is out!! An amazing anthology I'm so proud to be part of! Go get your copyyy https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250790637/reclaimthestars https://twitter.com/zlikeinzorro/status/1493580164730662914

Hardcover, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Naked Lunch: The Restored Text, William S. Burroughs Jr

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

William S. Burroughs Jr
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Maybe she’s learning about how they’re named after a prosthetic phallus from William Burroughs’ Naked Lunch 🧐 https://t.co/8wEsz4FT4T

Paperback, 2013

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo
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This book is every bit as amazing as the cover implies and more: @LBardugo reveals haunting cover, excerpt for adult debut ‘Ninth House’ https://ew.com/books/2019/03/20/leigh-bardugo-ninth-house-preview/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-button-sharing via @ew

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai

I Have Some Questions for You

Rebecca Makkai
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I read #IHaveSomeQuestionsForYou by @rebeccamakkai in damn near one gulp because it was so riveting and when I wasn't reading it I was thinking about it. What a book!! Blew my mind

Paperback, 2024

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Raybearer, Jordan Ifueko

Raybearer

Jordan Ifueko
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RT @aidenschmaiden: hey y’all, there’s been some comparison between Jordan Ifueko’s terrific book, RAYBEARER, and my forthcoming book, THE…

Paperback, 2021

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, And The Sting That Launched The War On Drugs, Jason Ryan

Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, And The Sting That Launched The War On Drugs

Jason Ryan
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Since I’m constantly writing pirates and smugglers both in Star Wars and out, picked up Jackpot: High Times, High Seas and the Sting that Launched the Drug War by Jason Ryan after hearing about it on @MandyMatney’s Murdaugh Murder Podcast. Loving it so far

Paperback, 2012

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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