Jane Hu 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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Jane Hu is a critic, editor and professor. postdoctoral fellow @usc_sofh; editing @nplusonemag

Benefit
Siobhan Phillips
siobhan phillips's debut novel *benefit* is out today -- for every bookish girl who went to grad school wanting to write a dissertation on henry james, this one's for you đź https://t.co/DrqNwksdf1
Paperback, 2022
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What Maisie Knew: Original Classics and Annotated
Henry James
siobhan phillips's debut novel *benefit* is out today -- for every bookish girl who went to grad school wanting to write a dissertation on henry james, this one's for you đź https://t.co/DrqNwksdf1
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Romantic Comedy: Reese's Book Club
Curtis Sittenfeld
Sittenfeld deftly toggles between deconstructing a well-worn genre and leaning into its most predictable beats. She does this, in part, by setting her novel in the entertainment industry and, more specifically, by making her protagonist a professional comedian...
Hardcover, 2023
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Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
Kazuo Ishiguro
my review of my dad Kazuo Ishiguroâs* novel Klara and the Sun for @nybooks âď¸ *not my biological dad https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/11/04/kazuo-ishiguro-klara-robot-woman/
Paperback, 2022
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Mantel's... most famous creation is arguably Thomas Cromwell, the ruthless, implacably organized antihero of the âWolf Hallâ trilogy, who is the fulcrum of a world-historical epic that features a cast of hundreds of major and minor characters.
Paperback, 2021
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How to Read Now: Essays
Elaine Castillo
âHow to Read Nowâ is not so much an instruction manual as an earnest invitation â âa question, open-ended,â she writes. âI, too, want to know how to read now.â What emerges is an engaging and provocative conversation with a playful interlocutor who wanted meâŚto talk back.
Hardcover, 2022
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Love at Six Thousand Degrees
Maki Kashimada
i reviewed maki kashimadaâs âlove at six thousand degreesâ â a strange, surreal rewriting of âhiroshima, mon amourâ https://t.co/sjkVz7xTs8
Paperback, 2023
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Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy
Erich Schwartzel
Much of the intrigue in reading âRed Carpetâ lies in the revelation of all the cinematic editing that would otherwise be undetectable.
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