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Gary Shteyngart Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Gary Shteyngart

The Russian Debutante's Handbook

Gary Shteyngart
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

My first novel, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, was published exactly twenty years ago! The lurid original cover was reportedly stolen from a Bolivian narco thriller and every moment of my life since its publication has been equally insane.

Paperback, 2003

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Female Persuasion, Meg Wolitzer

The Female Persuasion

Meg Wolitzer
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

Loving me three amazing books this spring, The Female Persuasion by @MegWolitzer, Patriot Number One by @lehilgers and Look Alive Out There by @askanyone https://t.co/DT3UnycL7p

Paperback, 2019

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: An Obedient Father, Akhil Sharma

An Obedient Father

Akhil Sharma
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

My buddy Akhil Sharma has rewritten his first brilliant novel, An Obedient Father. And he did it for free! As a fellow immigrant, I am shocked and awed. https://t.co/Pfdb5muxaX

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How the Soviet Jew Was Made, Sasha Senderovich

How the Soviet Jew Was Made

Sasha Senderovich
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

My review of How the Soviet Jew Was Made by @returnstosender, a book that helped this Soviet Jew connect some dots. https://t.co/fG5FagEjx7

Hardcover, 2022

$41.00$20.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Guest

Emma Cline
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

I like how it has more plot than many other… novels out there, but it’s still mainly about a young woman stumbling from place to place without doing much, which is my favorite kind of novel. Also, it’s set in the Hamptons which proves conclusively that living Upstate is better.

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, Salman Rushdie

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

Knife by Salman Rushdie is a true miracle. Yes, it describes in painful detail the horror of what happened, but it’s also a mediation on happiness and love. Surviving the attack took strength, but this kind of writing takes wisdom.

Hardcover, 2024

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Boys

Katie Hafner
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

The Boys by Katie Hafner was one of my favorite novels this year and one with a shocking twist all writers could learn from. Please join me and Katie at 7pm on Dec 7th. https://t.co/Yj9gVsoEgG

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner), Charles Yu

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

Charles Yu
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

Congrats to @charles_yu for his much-deserved National Book Award win for Interior Chinatown. Get yer copy today!

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Torn Skirt, Rebecca Godfrey

The Torn Skirt

Rebecca Godfrey
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

Rebecca Godfrey was an incredible friend and neighbor throughout the years. Her passing hurts deeply. Please read Under the Bridge (soon to be a Hulu series) and The Torn Skirt. She was every bit as good a writer as a she was a friend. https://t.co/P5oEGIGQtj

Paperback, 2008

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, Tsering Yangzom Lama

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

Tsering Yangzom Lama
Gary ShteyngartGary Shteyngart

We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by @tseringylama joins amazing books by @diksha_basu, @jessamine.chan, @crystalhanak and so many other contemporary greats I’ve had the honor of teaching at the Columbia MFA writing program.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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