Frances Goldin Literary Agency 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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New York City-based literary agency, representing books that matter since 1977.

Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility
Michelle Tea
Happy pub day to @TeaMichelle, whose "blazing new memoir" (@voguemagazine) KNOCKING MYSELF UP is out today from @deystreet! More from Michelle's excellent @autostraddle interview: https://t.co/5VwG6WhcGz
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mrs. S
K. Patrick
MRS S by @K__Patrick holding it down in that coveted upper right hand corner! https://t.co/2yRwItl97m https://t.co/l6vrmmhDy1
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Celebrating that DEMON COPPERHEAD has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize, Britain's longest-running book award! https://t.co/8dwQlNQYVf
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Actual Star
Monica Byrne
It’s great to see Monica Byrne’s THE ACTUAL STAR included in @esquire's round-up of recent books in the “speculative epic” genre: https://t.co/yNmZdz3jba
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny Odell
A big, loud happy publication day to @the_jennitaur's brilliant SAVING TIME: DISCOVERING A LIFE BEYOND THE CLOCK, which @edyong209 called "rigorous, compassionate, profound, and hopeful...one of the most important books I’ve read in my life.” https://t.co/o8l52Pm5X2
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mrs. S
K. Patrick
The @nytimes calls MRS S "an entirely captivating read" and we simply must agree! Happy publication day to @K__Patrick https://t.co/1cYn7EIbF0
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning
Meghan O'Gieblyn
Happy pub day to Meghan O’Gieblyn, whose latest book God, Human, Animal, Machine is out in paperback today – @nytimesbooks called it “a hybrid beast, a remarkably erudite work of history, criticism and philosophy, but it is also, crucially, a memoir.” https://t.co/FmnZE4pVHN
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday
Rob Walker
An excellent pick from @austinkleon for the @literati Sept. bookclub: @notrobwalker's THE ART OF NOTICING! https://t.co/tRClh3T1vd
Hardcover, 2019
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Desolation Canyon: A Mystery
P. J. Tracy
Loving this 🌟starred🌟 @PublishersWkly review of PJ Tracy's latest, DESOLATION CANYON: "Tracy should win new fans with this vivid, twisty crime novel." Out from @MinotaurBooks next January: https://t.co/iqOFVMaN2X
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tunnels
Rutu Modan
We’re excited that Rutu Modan’s wonderful graphic novel TUNNELS is one of this week’s @nytimesbooks recommended titles! https://t.co/ORRK006iJB
Hardcover, 2021
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book