Gary Shteyngart Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Gary 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
The Female Persuasion
Meg Wolitzer
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
An Obedient Father
Akhil Sharma
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
How the Soviet Jew Was Made
Sasha Senderovich
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
The Guest
Emma Cline
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
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie
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
The Boys
Katie Hafner
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
Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)
Charles Yu
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
The Torn Skirt
Rebecca Godfrey
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
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
Tsering Yangzom Lama
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