Jan Carson 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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Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman
Lucy Worsley
Guess who’s so unbelievably happy to be in BBC-land tonight and able to watch the new Lucy Worsley Agatha Christie doc? ( it is me)
Hardcover, 2022
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What Happens at Night
Peter Cameron
Making a wee list of good books set in hotels: Laura Van den Berg-The Third Hotel Will Wiles-The Way Inn Eimear McBride- Strange Hotel JG Farrell- Troubles Peter Cameron- What Happens At Night Agatha Christie- Evil Under the Sun Stephen King- The Shining What else should I read?
Hardcover, 2020
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invasion of the Spirit People
Juan Pablo Villalobos
Here’s April's @mexico_and_below read. Invasion of the Spirit People by Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey. We’re meeting April 19th at 6:30pm @NOALIBISBOOKS all welcome. The book’s on sale in store for 10% off. Follow us on Instagram for more info https://t.co/5RVMcJv7Na
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Shining
Stephen King
Making a wee list of good books set in hotels: Laura Van den Berg-The Third Hotel Will Wiles-The Way Inn Eimear McBride- Strange Hotel JG Farrell- Troubles Peter Cameron- What Happens At Night Agatha Christie- Evil Under the Sun Stephen King- The Shining What else should I read?
Paperback, Mass Market, 2012
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Excellent Women
Barbara Pym
I should have started reading Barbara Pym many, many years ago. “It was not the excellent women who got married but people like Allegra Gray, who was not good at sewing, and Helen Napier, who left all the washing up.” https://t.co/C6iANumWrS
Paperback, 2007
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Kurt Vonnegut
Classic Kurt Vonnegut quote. Full of honesty and humanity. Just learnt it’s from “God Bless You Mr Rosewater” #MyYearWithKV https://t.co/zWpyJcvE6U
Paperback, 1998
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mouthful of Birds: Stories
Samanta Schweblin
New Samanta Schweblin short stories incoming and they are very very good https://t.co/UCNHmrwEbk
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Juno Loves Legs
Karl Geary
My pal Karl Geary is launching his very extremely brilliant new novel #JunoLovesLegs @Hodges_Figgis Dublin on March 7th and I really think you should be there https://t.co/C66noy7gXs
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Seven Steeples
Sara Baume
A lovely lovely thing to see Sara Baume’s brilliant Seven Steeples on this fab list https://t.co/QAhywSMdka
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strange Hotel
Eimear McBride
Making a wee list of good books set in hotels: Laura Van den Berg-The Third Hotel Will Wiles-The Way Inn Eimear McBride- Strange Hotel JG Farrell- Troubles Peter Cameron- What Happens At Night Agatha Christie- Evil Under the Sun Stephen King- The Shining What else should I read?
Paperback, 2021
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book