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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.

45 books
Book Cover for: Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change, W. David Marx

Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change

W. David Marx
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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Sag Harbor

Colson Whitehead
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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Orwell's Roses

Rebecca Solnit
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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Book Cover for: Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional, Isaac Fitzgerald

Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional

Isaac Fitzgerald
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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Book Cover for: Stoner, John Williams

Stoner

John Williams
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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Book Cover for: Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records, Jim Ruland

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of Sst Records

Jim Ruland
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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

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Book Cover for: Cult Classic, Sloane Crosley

Cult Classic

Sloane Crosley
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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Book Cover for: Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style, Jason Jules

Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style

Jason Jules
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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Quest

John Wilson
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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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Book Cover for: Devil House, John Darnielle

Devil House

John Darnielle
Jason DiamondJason Diamond

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
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