Gary Shteyngart 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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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
$17.00Member price:$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
$18.00Member price:$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
$41.00Member price:$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
$28.00Member price:$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
$28.00Member price:$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
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
Julia Ioffe
While on tour I bring a nice fat book to keep me company, since I can’t bring a dachshund. This year is Motherland...It’s super engrossing and keeping me sane.
Hardcover, 2025
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + 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
$17.00Member price:$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
$16.99Member price:$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
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book