John Fullerton 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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Ex-Reuters, 40 countries, 12 wars. 10 novels, one non-fiction work. Bad habit of writing books no-one wants to read except me. Allergic to Tories.

The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small
Neil Jordan
The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small by Neil Jordan review – gripping tale of an unequal friendship https://t.co/oXybjQbakY
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival
Gulchehra Hoja
A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs by Gulchehra Hoja review – a powerful testament of Uyghur persecution https://t.co/krD00QbS4d
Hardcover, 2023
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)
Emily St John Mandel
Emily St John Mandel: ‘HBO’s Station Eleven was better storytelling than what I did’ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/emily-st-john-mandel-station-eleven-sea-of-tranquillity-b2056370.html
Paperback, 2015
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Story of Russia
Orlando Figes
The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes review – what Putin sees in the past https://t.co/WYC80bEopc
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Widow
Alma Katsu
@custaro @thevetauthor Thanks, Pete L. As for mine, the 3-book Cold War series starting with Spy Game might be best. Also recommend Alma Katsu's Red Widow, and Joseph Weisberg's An Ordinary Spy. Like McCarry, they're both ex-CIA.
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ploughshares and Swords: India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War
Jayita Sarkar
"Ploughshares and Swords: India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War" by Jayita Sarkar https://t.co/vMLZTI5Qbi via @BookReviewsAsia
Paperback, 2022
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead review – a delicious heist novel https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/23/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-review-a-delicious-heist-novel
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Eliot After the Waste Land
Robert Crawford
Book review: Eliot After The Waste Land, by Robert Crawford https://t.co/tSrWpyXOu0
Paperback, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hilma AF Klint: A Biography
Julia Voss
Hilma af Klint: A Biography by Julia Voss review – portrait of the painter as a mystic https://t.co/ZXOgYUH5qv
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
David E. Hoffman
@spybrary Difficult...there are so many excellent books on espionage...possibly Roger Faligot's Chinese Spies or David E. Hoffman's The Billion Dollar Spy. Both broke new ground, both relied on massive research and both are well-written.
Paperback, 2016
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book