The co-op bookstore for avid readers

Dave Itzkoff Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

Dave Itzkoff on X
User avatar

Dave Itzkoff is a culture reporter

10 books
Book Cover for: This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir, Cecily Strong

This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir

Cecily Strong
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

I wrote about Cecily Strong, the @nbcsnl and Schmigadoon star whose new book, This Will All Be Over Soon, is no traditional showbiz memoir - it's a candid account of her time during the pandemic and a life often touched by grief. https://t.co/lwo0buAuhQ

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Life's Work: A Memoir, David Milch

Life's Work: A Memoir

David Milch
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

I spent some time with David Milch, whose new memoir, Life's Work, recounts his troubled upbringing, his work on shows like NYPD Blue and Deadwood, and his experience with Alzheimer's disease.

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir, Paul Newman

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

Paul Newman
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

The book is surprising for the remarkable candor of its subject, one of the most accomplished and reticent actors from an era when the perpetual documentation of daily life was not a precondition for fame... The vulnerability that Newman reveals in the book is astonishing...

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus, Stan Lee

Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus

Stan Lee
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

you gotta love reading an old Marvel back issue where even Stan Lee was basically like, "I have no idea how this fits with our current continuity" https://t.co/V43xMNIhXt

Hardcover, 2021

$150.00$125.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Fables, Aesop

Fables

Aesop
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

The judge at the trial said, "There are very few nightclub acts which have fairy tales or Aesop's fables."

Paperback, 2022

$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory, Sarah Polley

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

Sarah Polley
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

My profile of Sarah Polley, the actor and filmmaker, whose first book is "Run Towards the Danger," a collection of personal essays. https://t.co/3CVjki4hFA

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: tick tick ... BOOM!: The Complete Book and Lyrics, Jonathan Larson

tick tick ... BOOM!: The Complete Book and Lyrics

Jonathan Larson
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

my post-nomination interview with Andrew Garfield, talking "Tick, Tick...Boom!", Jonathan Larson, Bernadette Peters and, sure, a bit of Spidey. https://t.co/3L6fDLujEN

Paperback, 2008

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Beauty of Living Twice, Sharon Stone

The Beauty of Living Twice

Sharon Stone
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

A very interesting conversation I had with Sharon Stone about her new memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, her writing process and her perspective on her own career. https://t.co/jmbxJt57Gt

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Misfits: A Personal Manifesto, Michaela Coel

Misfits: A Personal Manifesto

Michaela Coel
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

I wrote about Michaela Coel, whose new book, "Misfits: A Personal Manifesto," codifies her efforts to achieve transparency in her work and in her life. (📸s by the amazing Wulf Bradley) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/books/michaela-coel-misfits-book.html

Out of stock

Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy
Dave ItzkoffDave Itzkoff

Of the title and cover image: [It] might be off-putting to some readers; the author is well aware. But she also feels it accurately encapsulates a coming-of-age story that is alternately harrowing and mordantly funny.

Hardcover, 2022

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon