Judith Light Updates Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Persian Boy
Mary Renault
@turdducken @kamilumin @onyxaminedlife @peachofababy Read The Persian Boy by Mary Renault for a fictional account of Alexander’s conquests told from Bagoas’s POV
Paperback, 1988
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Renegades: Born in the USA
Barack Obama
@bedwyrssong Bruce Springsteen every time a conservative plays “Born in the USA” at a rally
Hardcover, 2021
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Byrds: 1964-1967
Roger McGuinn
David Crosby was a big fixture in the soundtrack of my childhood. Thinking of “Turn! Turn! Turn!” by The Byrds now, the lyrics of which come from a verse in Ecclesiastes we hear frequently at funerals: it is “a time to mourn”
Hardcover, 2022
$149.00$124.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Fire from Heaven: A Novel of Alexander the Great
Mary Renault
Mary Renault wrote a bunch of homosexual love stories set in Ancient Greece. I lLOVED The Last of the Wine and Fire from Heaven so I’m excited to dive into this depiction of the life of mythology’s #1 fuckboi: Theseus. #JusticeForAriadne
Paperback, 2002
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last of the Wine
Mary Renault
@patjrogers Highly recommend The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault if you like books about ancient Greeks being gay!
Paperback, 2001
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Swan Lake
New York City Ballet
Today marks the three year anniversary of my first ever visit to the New York City Ballet. I was absolutely enraptured by their Swan Lake. When things began to open up again returning to NYCB was top of my list. Becoming a subscriber was one of the best decisions I ever made.
Hardcover, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fosse
Sam Wasson
@Bussyoftheopera Fosse by Sam Wasson is SOOOOOOOOO good
Paperback, 2014
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Small Place
Jamaica Kincaid
@puertofico Have you ever read A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid?
Paperback, 2025
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
James: Simply the Gospel
John D. Barry
How did John Barry never receive a single Oscar nomination for any of his work on the James Bond films???
Paperback, 2014
$12.97$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Das Boot: The Boat
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
Das Boot. Highly highly HIGHLY recommend if you enjoy intense ~4 hour German war cinema https://t.co/ahVmJjoDfm
Paperback, 2007
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book