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.
Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style
W. David MarxJason DiamondDavid is one of my favorite writers. His first book, Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style, is one of the great books on style and culture. His latest is going to have a lot of people talking. It's one of the most important books of the year. https://t.co/Kg1HO18tOF
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Burmese Days
George OrwellJason DiamondBe wild if one of them was like “We’re living in a George Orwell book! The one where people who work in the restaurant industry are treated like shit.”
Paperback, 1974
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature
Josh LambertJason DiamondReading Josh Lambert’s The Literary Mafia and Jack Kerouac and other writers complaining about Jewish writers “controlling” things reminds me of JCO’s “friend who is a literary agent” complaints and a lot of other stupid 2022 literary discourse. https://t.co/0F1iIy8rn9
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Isaac FitzgeraldJason DiamondI'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 WilliamsJason DiamondJust 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
Cult Classic
Sloane CrosleyJason DiamondNot 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
2666
Roberto BolañoJason DiamondEvery year on Roberto Bolaño's birthday I like to think about how I carried around a big ass hardcover copy of 2666 after it came out in the U.S. I was sitting in a coffee shop as I was about to finish the last page and this guy yells "Aye, Bobby Bolaño!"
Paperback, 2009
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Best of Everything
Rona JaffeJason DiamondMight just turn this into a thread featuring intros and forewords I like. Starting with @rachsyme on Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything. https://t.co/gxGvaFKp8W
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chain Gang All Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahJason DiamondStarted reading Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. I don’t usually love near-future dystopian stuff because I get enough of that IRL, but holy crap this book is ridiculously great.
Paperback, 2024
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$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
Jesse RussellJason DiamondAfter three decades I’ve decided that season 5, episode 10, $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling), is the ultimate episode of The Simpsons.
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