Independent Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
Evette DionneWeightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul by @freeblackgirl @eccobooks is included in @MartinChilton's pick of December's best books #fatphobic https://t.co/ILk5jPXyTu
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)
Emily St John Mandel#scifi author @EmilyMandel talks to @annabelnugent about the adaptation of #StationEleven @HBO https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/emily-st-john-mandel-station-eleven-sea-of-tranquillity-b2056370.html
Paperback, 2015
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara KingsolverCongratulations to Barbara Kingsolver, whose Demon Copperhead was joint winner of the #Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2023 - it got ★★★★★ from chief book critic @MartinChilton back in October @FaberBooks https://t.co/fxuQAsKqaK
Paperback, 2024
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine
Ricardo NuilaHappy publication day to @riconuila - his book 'The People’s Hospital: The Real Cost of Life in an Uncaring Health System' @AbacusBooks #nhscrisis is one of the books of the month picked by @MartinChilton https://t.co/FpqB7TAJyE
Paperback, 2024
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love Marriage
Monica AliAfter Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz @GalleyBeggars, Love Marriage by Monica Ali @ViragoBooks & Companion Piece by Ali Smith @HamishH1931 are among the #fiction in our #booksoftheyear, picked by chief critic @MartinChilton https://t.co/UqlxTypNrT
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Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot PageIn a chapter of his new memoir, Pageboy, titled “Famous A--hole at Party,” Elliot Page said an actor who was an “acquaintance” told him: “You aren't gay. That doesn’t exist. You are just afraid of men.” https://t.co/AneziqXqrY
Paperback, 2024
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck'The best writing about #JohnSteinbeck in a milestone year' (Steinbeck Now website, 2018) Here's @MartinChilton's article, reposted for the 120th anniversary of the birth of the author of The Grapes of Wrath https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/john-steinbeck-author-anniversary-death-of-mice-and-men-grapes-wrath-east-eden-a8690851.html
Paperback, 1993
$13.00Member price:$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
Michael Cecchi-AzzolinaHappy publication day for ‘Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D’’ by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina @StMartinsPress @JohnGKarle - it is included in @MartinChilton's pick of December's best books #restaurants https://t.co/ILk5jPXyTu
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyFind out what our chief book critic thinks of the new #SallyRooney novel 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' #BookReview https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/sally-rooney-review-beautiful-world-b1912947.html
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Paul NewmanPaul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man @centurybooksuk @PenguinUKBooks is one of @MartinChilton's #booksoftheyear https://t.co/UqlxTypNrT
Hardcover, Large Print, 2023
$35.99Member price:$35.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)