Hamilton Cain 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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Hamilton Cain is a writer and book critic. Expat Tennessean in NYC. Bylines: @nytimesbooks, @wsj, @oprahdaily, @washingtonpost, @TheAtlantic, @BostonGlobe, @StarTribune, @PublishersWkly, @chapter16, &c.
So Far Gone
Jess WalterHamilton CainAmid a spike in white nationalism, as our country reels from threats within, Walter seeks deeper bonds of affection, a holistic vision of We the People, even if it’s a mirage...A Witty Caper Starring Gun-Toting Christians in Rural Washington.
Hardcover, 2025
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last White Man
Mohsin HamidHamilton CainThe acclaimed author of "Exit West" is back with the spellbinding, beautifully written "The Last White Man," out tomorrow from @riverheadbooks. Here's my review for @OprahDaily. @beckysaletan @glory_anne @jynnnne: https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a40360348/mohsin-hamid-last-white-man-book-review/
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Night of the Living Rez
Morgan TaltyHamilton CainHuge congrats to @Morgan_J_Talty on winning @bookcritics' Leonard Prize for his stunning début, "Night of the Living Rez." Re-upping @OprahDaily's exclusive excerpt from last year: https://t.co/EojPZ6BAhx
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories
Mariana EnriquezHamilton CainEnríquez unflinchingly regards the pain of others ... Feels as vivid and essential as Kafka’s tales. Considered by many to be a Nobel contender, Enríquez is surely on a path to Stockholm.
Hardcover, 2024
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Good Girl
Aria AberHamilton CainOnce in a blue moon a debut novel comes along, announcing a voice quite unlike any other, with a layered story and sentences that crackle and pop, begging to be read aloud. Aria Aber’s splendid Good Girl introduces just such a voice.
Hardcover, 2025
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrHamilton CainMy critic's choice for @StribBooks is Anthony Doerr's "Cloud Cuckoo Land," out from @ScribnerBooks: https://www.startribune.com/holiday-books-2021-50-essential-books-for-winter-reading-and-holiday-shopping-fiction-nonfiction/600120008/
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadHamilton Cain@TheFreeMFA @libbytheflores The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel, Colson Whitehead's Harlem Shuffle, All Things Cormac McCarthy.
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
David QuammenHamilton CainA major achievement in science journalism, a nonfiction page-turner, a finalist for the National Book Award. My @OprahDaily review of David Quammen's "Breathless," just out from @SimonBooks: https://t.co/PDv67qB8Is
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crossroads
Jonathan FranzenHamilton CainJonathan Franzen's sumptuous "Crossroads" is not only about the implosion of a Midwestern pastor's family in 1971, it's also a novel in conversation with other literary works, including the Old Testament's "Ecclesiastes." My review for @OprahDaily: https://t.co/tW7Tsq0iso
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Audition
Katie KitamuraHamilton CainNobody writes like her, those lissome lines and abundance of commas. She’s one of the few who can pull off tell-don’t-show ... An alluring addition to an oeuvre whose works are larger on the inside than the outside, rendered in glittering sentences.
Hardcover, 2025
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book