Dr Deborah Harkness (PhD, LHD) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Dr Deborah Harkness (PhD, LHD) on X
Professor. Novelist. Feels too much. Never enough children, islands, mourners, gossips & vegetables. Warms the stars. Essentially a spy. She/her. 🐦⬛ #TBBO

The Origin of Species: Deluxe Hardbound Edition
Charles Darwin
RT @royalsociety: #OnThisDay in 1852, Charles Darwin's landmark text 'On the Origin of Species' was published. Watch our People of Science…
Hardcover, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team
Arshay Cooper
You know how I feel about the magic of rowing! Can't wait to see this movie based on the extraordinary book A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING by @arshaycooper & made into a film by my @mtholyoke friend @marymazzio, narrated by @common. So inspiring. Watch on #Vimeo https://t.co/2Fo1WR31hO
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Conjure Women
Afia Atakora
Last night I started CONJURE WOMEN by @AfiaAtakora. It is AMAZING. Drop everything. Get on the phone or your computer and BUY THIS BOOK. I read nonstop for three hours and only put the book down because I felt utterly suspended by the story and her prose and needed to process.
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Time's Convert
Deborah Harkness
Well. It's not the show's mantra. It's my book's mantra. And the show is only three books. I wrote a fourth TIME'S CONVERT that continues the story, and am working on a fifth. Sadly, stage 2C ovarian cancer--not "bad taste"--has slowed me down. https://t.co/UOXnpsUa3i
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Massage: A Primer for Nurses
Sarah E. Post
Today's gratitude: 👣 reflexology massage to whisk my post op aches and pains away 🎽 shopping for sports bras with zippers in the front for next week 🫖 a cup of Sarah's Blend tea from @AdagioTeas
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A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness
RT @PenguinBooks: “Deborah Harkness, the author of A Discovery of Witches, spins a tale of life-ever-after, romance, and family drama, and…
Paperback, 2011
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Witching Hour
Anne Rice
The world feels smaller and less magical without this extraordinary woman. THE WITCHING HOUR was the first novel I stayed up all night to read. She had an answering machine (!) for fan messages. Anne Rice was a force of nature in a deceptively small package. She will be missed. https://t.co/vEmWZE4iPa
Paperback, 1991
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Phosphorescence: A Memoir of Finding Joy When Your World Goes Dark
Julia Baird
Today's #gratitude: 👩🦲 the re-emergence of my formidable cowlick, standing straight up because hair is so short 📚 the luminous book PHOSPHORESCENCE by @bairdjulia --highly recommended to any suffering chronic illness, loss, or grief 🖍 starting my new Amy Cesari coloring book https://t.co/dbDDWV31pa
Paperback, 2022
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The River Between Us
Liz Fenwick
Wishing a fantastic book birthday to @liz_fenwick whose latest novel, THE RIVER BETWEEN US, is out today! Reminder: Liz and I will be talking about the book, her writing process, and the dreaminess of Cornwall tonight at 7 pm UK time live on @instagram. #summerreading https://t.co/mXxEuhzbJ5
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Coloring Book of Shadows: Southern Hemisphere Planner for a Magical 2021
Amy Cesari
Today's #gratitude: 🎨 setting up an island coloring & inspiration station w/some help from @caseyscrafts & Amy Cesari's COLORING BOOK OF SHADOWS 🛒 my neighborhood community's non-profit grocery store, The Goose 🟢 the green Darner dragonflies flying around in the meadow #🏝life https://t.co/LnVStHUTTF
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