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Jenny Lawson Book Recommendations

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Jennifer Lawson is a journalist, author and blogger. NYT bestselling writer. Proprietress of @nowherebookshop. Weirdo. (she/her)

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Book Cover for: Don't Fear the Reaper, Stephen Graham Jones

Don't Fear the Reaper

Stephen Graham Jones
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

Did you read My Heart is a Chainsaw? Because I did and it was brilliant. This book is the next in the trilogy.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sign Here, Claudia Lux

Sign Here

Claudia Lux
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

A darkly comedy about a guy who works in Hell (literally) and is on the cusp of a big promotion if only he can get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul. Like if The Good Place was a murder mystery.

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

Eerie. Unsettling. Beautiful. Heartbreaking. Fascinating. A story about the complexities of family, of neurodivergence, of impossible choices, of parenthood, of misogyny and consumption. It’s a modern take on vampires and like nothing else I’ve ever read.

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: We Are the Light, Matthew Quick

We Are the Light

Matthew Quick
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

A timely, heartbreaking and poignant novel about a town surviving after a mass shooting. A terrible but hopeful look at the mind-altering destruction left behind after such a tragedy.

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper, Daniel Stashower

American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

Daniel Stashower
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

This historical true crime book explores Elliot Ness and the hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS STORY? SO MANY TORSOS.

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lute, Jennifer Thorne

Lute

Jennifer Thorne
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

This book was such a dark delight that I felt a little guilty for enjoying it. SUCH A ROLLERCOASTER. I loved that I had a hard time figuring out what this book is really about. Is it about duty? Is it about obligation? Is it about faith and brainwashing? Fate or free-will?

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ghost Eaters, Clay McLeod Chapman

Ghost Eaters

Clay McLeod Chapman
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

A terrifying and haunting page-turner that explores ghost, grief and god complexes.

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Still Life: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel), Sarah Winman

Still Life: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)

Sarah Winman
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

Psst. Want to see the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club pick for this month? Still Life by Sarah Winman . Captivating, bighearted, extraordinary. https://t.co/dfx7i13zQg https://t.co/1yof25BOxO

Paperback, 2022

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Hacienda, Isabel Cañas

The Hacienda

Isabel Cañas
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

It's a good night to talk about books: https://thebloggess.com/2022/05/07/lets-talk-about-books-baby/ And introducing this month's Fantastic Strangelings Book Club book - The Hacienda by @isabelcanas_ (reposting bc I used the wrong link.) .

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Chlorine, Jade Song

Chlorine

Jade Song
Jenny LawsonJenny Lawson

An unsettling novel about immigration, sapphic longing, and fierce, defiant becoming. Also, mermaids.

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book