Elizabeth McCracken Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Elizabeth McCracken

...most of this book is enigmatic. It's also one of the funniest books I know, but it's about the dangers of objects, how the love of collecting can bend a collector's morals into prison bars.

Elizabeth McCracken

I had a great time talking to to Tom & Mike for @Book_Fight about Mary Gaitskill's Veronica, though it's possible I threatened to deck @clnichols6 at some point. https://t.co/bLyXZOiLUc

Elizabeth McCracken

I was the first person to ever read Bel Canto ... I read it in manuscript while sitting up at a bar ... All of her books are astonishing, of course, but I still remember the feeling of being entirely pinned to my barstool, not knowing what would come next, or how she did it.

Elizabeth McCracken

Austin! My wonderful colleague @aaronhaceves is launching his first book, a YA novel called THIS IS WHY THEY HATE US, this Tuesday, at @BookPeople. @ut_english Come celebrate! https://t.co/OjqwICzYFK

Elizabeth McCracken

Hilarious, dark, twisty, meaningfully fun & also terrifying: The Bandit Queens is just a pleasure.

Elizabeth McCracken

In this household, after The Little Mermaid bit, we are demanding justice for Hans Christian Andersen.

Elizabeth McCracken

Tomás Morín's phenomenal new book, Machete, is just out. Here's a review from @TexasObserver https://t.co/H52esLIsn6

Elizabeth McCracken

This Wednesday! I'm talking to my dear pal Deb Olin Unferth about her fantastic book Barn 8: https://t.co/IXdDxggXA9

Elizabeth McCracken

& on Thursday I will be in Philadelphia with my most beloved Yiyun Li, whose extraordinary dark hilarious brilliant The Book of Goose was published last month. https://t.co/2Vs8HFwneA

Elizabeth McCracken

I love this profile of my dear pal Paul Harding. His new novel, This Other Eden, is absolutely beautiful. https://t.co/hQSHPEPbpX