goatboy 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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Moon Palace
Paul AustergoatboyI'm reading Paul Auster's Moon Palace right now and there are times when it feels like he's describing a better novel than he's actually writing
Paperback, 1990
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Solenoid
Mircea CartarescugoatboyIf you're currently stalled out reading Solenoid I quietly urge you to keep going, the ending is strange and beautiful. It's just one of those things, you just have to read the whole book
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ancient History: A Paraphrase
Joseph McElroygoatboy@AmericanGwyn Have you ever read Ancient History by Joseph McElroy?
Paperback, 2014
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harvest Home
Thomas TryongoatboyInteresting that Thomas Tryon's Harvest Home came out the same year as The Wicker Man. Was folk horror big in the 70s?
Paperback, 2018
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel
Tom PhillipsgoatboyVery sorry to hear this, A Humument is one of the most interesting and beautiful books I've ever read https://t.co/R6J85P6UvV
Out of stock
Burr
Gore VidalgoatboyI'm reading Burr but knowing Gore Vidal thought The Sot-Weed Factor was an "astonishingly dull book" brings his sanity into question
Paperback, 2000
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor
John BarthgoatboyI finished Barth's The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor this morning and I can say I did enjoy it by the end
Paperback, 2016
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Novel: An Alternative History: Beginnings to 1600
Steven Mooregoatboy@St_Orberose Do I read past the first paragraph? Those of us who have read their Steven Moore know the history of the maximalist novel is as long as the history of the novel itself. Anyway I have a suspicion that these books exist today to be talked about rather than read
Paperback, 2011
$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mrs. Ted Bliss
Stanley ElkingoatboyCan never find the Stanley Elkin novels I really want either, though I could have a dozen copies of Mrs. Ted Bliss if I wanted https://t.co/p00bq4QI4L
Paperback, 2002
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bookworm: Conversations with Michael Silverblatt
Michael Silverblattgoatboy@kjalee Bookworm! 30+ years of absolutely brilliant author interviews by Michael Silverblatt
Paperback, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book