Jason Diamond 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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Jason Diamond is a writer and memoirist. "Twitter user" - NY Post. "Writer" - The New Yorker. Wrote SEARCHING FOR JOHN HUGHES and THE SPRAWL. Upcoming: New York Nico & Friends.

Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
W. David Marx
Excited that people are excited about @wdavidmarx’s “Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change.” It’s our Sept. 6th. https://t.co/spn6qcpoyS
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sag Harbor
Colson Whitehead
I mention Colson Whitehead's Sag Harbor every year around this time as one of the best books to wind down summer with. Somebody should make that one into an end of August movie.
Paperback, 2010
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orwell's Roses
Rebecca Solnit
After putting it down a few months ago and finishing it today, “Orwell’s Roses” by Rebecca Solnit is the kind of book I wish I’d see more of.
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Isaac Fitzgerald
I'm in Sandusky, Ohio right now so I can be in Chicago tomorrow to interview @IsaacFitzgerald live at @SemicolonChi about Dirtbag, Massachusetts. If you're in and around come out and let's talk about how somebody needs to write a book called Jagoff, Chicago.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stoner
John Williams
Just realized what I want the next Indiana Jones movie to be is Stoner by John Williams or The Headmaster by John McPhee.
Paperback, 2006
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records
Jim Ruland
If you’re in NYC Friday and like any of these albums, I’m interviewing @JimVermin about his book Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records at Unnamable Books at 7. https://t.co/HbP80nPhG7
Out of stock

Cult Classic
Sloane Crosley
Not sure anybody has summed up the lack of highs and crushing lows of working in media as well as Sloane Crosley in Cult Classic. https://t.co/Kyxvll5y2q
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style
Jason Jules
I don't usually get to call books "necessary," but I do just that writing about Black Ivy for my latest at @GQMagazine. Jason Jules fixed the narrative with his book and I hope lots of people see it. https://t.co/KTcErh0JA3
Hardcover, 2021
$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Quest
John Wilson
In my ongoing quest to chill and help others chill, I binged Chillin Island, How to With John Wilson and Painting With John and wrote about the joys of meditative TV for @GQMagazine. https://t.co/Xq69CtxPsE
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Devil House
John Darnielle
Started reading Devil House and got to thinking about how if they don't all gut the humanities, I bet some college is going to offer a class on the work of John Darnielle.
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book