Glenda Burgess Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Glenda Burgess on XWriter, traveler, art nerd. Former US State Dept. Books | SO LONG AS WE’RE TOGETHER, THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE, EXPOSURES, LOOSE THREADS | single malt Virgo

Today Show: Transforming Morning Television
Cathleen M. LondinoElizabeth! @elizmccracken's THE HERO OF THIS BOOK recommended by lovely @emmastraub on THE TODAY SHOW 🌟🌟🌟 https://t.co/oa3lFNlvNj
Hardcover, 2016
$53.00Member price:$50.35 + Free shipping5% off
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande@alexanderchee Atul Gawande's BEING MORTAL. Thoughtful, factual, philosophical, compassionate.
Paperback, 2017
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny@NathanDunbar @hopedellon @StMartinsPress @ErikaSwyler Yes, the 19th of February. She was a close friend. She introduced me to Louise Penny. I just finally read LP's mystery, All the Devils Are Here, which is beautifully dedicated to Hope, as well as a big part of the acknowledgements. Hope was beloved of many.
Paperback, 2021
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki Murakami@TheBookMaven Haruki Murakami's Novelist as a Vocation.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sweat: A History of Exercise
Bill Hayes@lacy_crawford The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, Sweat by Bill Hayes, Hotel Portofino by J P O'Connell, I Came All This Way to Meet You by Jami Attenberg.
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthyHoly moly. Sixteen Years After ‘The Road,’ Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels https://t.co/gKYDQXNrcN
Paperback, 2007
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
David de JongRiveting, stunning, shocking, historically significant. Nazi Billionaires by David De Jong, @davidthejong, caught my attention as discussed at length by economic historian @adam_tooze in a recent Chartbook newsletter. Everything at play today has roots in yesterday. https://t.co/PjBn2sq79V
Paperback, 2023
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mouth to Mouth
Antoine Wilson@summerbrennan I enjoyed Antoine Wilson's Mouth to Mouth very much. Sharp, like Rooney, self observant, that social edge.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna RaybournDeanna! @deannaraybourn's KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE recommended by @emmastraub as a favorite read on the TODAY SHOW. 🌟🌟🌟 https://t.co/pSZgguVr7E
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman"The room is packed with young people in black—nobody looking at the paintings, which are huge and looking at us actually." —Madly, Deeply, Alan Rickman diaries #SundaySentence
Paperback, 2024
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book