David Varno 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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Crook Manifesto
Colson WhiteheadDavid VarnoCROOK MANIFESTO is... a novel that I will be reading next year.
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Tiny Upward Shove
Melissa ChadburnDavid VarnoThe prose in 'A Tiny Upward Shove' by Melissa Chadburn is really something. It reminds me of Marlon James https://t.co/PPDcZqyHxl via @publisherswkly
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Furrows
Namwali SerpellDavid VarnoTHE FURROWS! What an amazing and daring novel. Was so fun to read after Stranger Faces. It's like a mix of Vertigo, Remainder, and "Mind Playing Tricks On Me." Our reviewer at @PublishersWkly loved it, too. https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593448915
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Revenge of the Scapegoat
Caren BeilinDavid VarnoRevenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin sounds like the satire of pastoral art enclaves that I need right now. https://t.co/A2SvlelkEr via @publisherswkly
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Father's Diet
Adrian Nathan WestDavid VarnoMy Father’s Diet by Adrian Nathan West, a "coming-of-age body horror" about "late-blooming meatheads," definitely sounds like one for me https://t.co/g5aJ9ySfbV via @publisherswkly
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No-Good English Professor
Ralph James SavareseDavid Varno@cteicher Was really touched by 'See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No-Good English Professor' by Ralph James Savarese, a few years back.
Hardcover, 2018
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Very Cold People
Sarah MangusoDavid VarnoRT @bookcritics: NBCC President @DavidVarno profiled Sarah Manguso for @PublishersWkly. Manguso's debut novel "Very Cold People" (Hogarth)…
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nets
Jen BervinDavid Varno@blgtylr If we're being picky, would have to add that most of these books aren't "tiny." A tiny book is, like, Jen Bervin's Nets. Or The Little Prince.
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A Shining
Jon FosseDavid VarnoIts horror-moving opening is worthy of the Halloween on-sale date.... Somewhat like Lorrie Moore’s excellent recent novel I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home (Knopf), which revolves around a snowy car crash, the narrator exits his doomed vehicle and enters a world of magic and dreams.
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lean Fall Stand
Jon McGregorDavid VarnoGlad to have this conversation with Aaron Gwyn and @jon_mcgregor for @PublishersWkly about 'Lean Fall Stand.' It's a beautiful and ingenious survival narrative. https://t.co/kgFqXbtVaL
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book