David James Poissant Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Author of LAKE LIFE, a NYT Editors' Choice, and THE HEAVEN OF ANIMALS, finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, in print in seven languages. Editor @TheFLReview

The Overstory
Richard Powers
The opening chapters of Richard Powers' THE OVERSTORY contains some of the finest writing I've ever read. Also made me want to plant a tree immediately. So I did. This Satsuma tangerine should fruit in 2-3 years. https://t.co/FqzNIxiuxB
Paperback, 2019
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lake Life
David James Poissant
Want a taste of LAKE LIFE? An excerpt is now online @sewaneereview Want a bigger taste? Subscribe! Ready to make it a meal? LAKE LIFE is available for preorder wherever books are sold! Thanks @adamrosswriter for the feature. LAKE LIFE by @djpoissant July 7 https://t.co/bcGCPxE1Q4
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Had to Remove This Post
Hanna Bervoets
My review of the beguiling new novel WE HAD TO REMOVE THIS POST by @HannaBervoets with a gorgeous translation by @emmarault is up now at the New York Journal of Books @NYJournalofBook @HarperCollins https://t.co/bnx36KjQVj
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Corpus Christi
Bret Anthony Johnston
Hide, Matthew Griffin Crapalachia, Scott McClanahan Sleepovers @woodlandraised The Lightness of Water @RBrowningWhite When These Mountains Burn @DavidJoy_Author Crystal River, Charlie Smith Lady Chevy @JohnWoods333 Corpus Christi, Bret Anthony Johnston Known World, Edward P Jones
Paperback, 2005
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How Far She Went: Stories
Mary Hood
How Far She Went, Mary Hood I Want to Show You More #JamieQuatro Missing Women, June Spence Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven @McelmurrayKaren Lord of Misrule #JaimyGordon Last Encounter with the Enemy, Greg Johnson Approximately Heaven @jameswhortonjr (cont. below)
Paperback, 1992
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Clear View of the Southern Sky: Stories
Mary Hood
After a novel-heavy winter, I'm devouring stories for Spring Break! @BlakeSanz @nycnovel Helen Oyeyemi and Mary Hood https://t.co/tt5rhc0CI9
Hardcover, 2015
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Apartment
Greg Baxter
@mdbell79 Greg Baxter's The Apartment would be an ideal hotel room read
Paperback, 2014
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Out of the Woods: Stories
Chris Offutt
Choosing books is a challenge. Narrowing a list of 40+ to 13 is nearly impossible. Here are the many essential others that I hope to teach in the years to come: The Bible Salesman @edgertonclyde If I Had Two Wings #RandallKenan Out of the Woods @chris_offutt (cont. below)
Paperback, 2010
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fight No More: Stories
Lydia Millet
@bjohnsonauthor So many to choose from, but the last one that destroyed me was Fight No More, by @lydia_millet
Paperback, 2019
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lakelife
Willow Creek Press
Wow! Huge thanks to @TheAVClub for naming LAKE LIFE one of the best book covers of 2021. Thrilled to be in good company with @RachelYoder and so many awesome others. Thanks most of all to designer @Rodrigo_Corral and @SimonBooks for my dream cover! https://t.co/08QnpjjRUL
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