John Wiswell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
John Wiswell on X
Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Debut novel SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (DAW Books 2024). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. Rep: @hannahnpbowman
Dracula
Bram StokerJohn WiswellEver wonder what the rest of the first page of Bram Stoker's Dracula looks like? I used the most advanced AI tools to fill in the background of one of the most famous books in the world. https://t.co/3OVbEOfSw6
Paperback, 2003
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Grendel
John Gardner GardnerJohn Wiswell@GoranLowie The question then is: Does the monster get to do objectionable things while still being sympathetic? We love Murderbot, but Murderbot is a sweetheart, as opposed to John Gardner's Grendel or Madeline Miller's Circe.
Hardcover, 2001
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Color Purple
Alice WalkerJohn WiswellLet's do a meme. Name four novels that had an impact on you. I'll start. 1. Jo Walton's Among Others 2. Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 3. Alice Walker's The Color Purple 4. Stephen King's Needful Things https://t.co/6FUGciWKOS
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bone Shard War
Andrea StewartJohn WiswellHappy book birthday to @AndreaGStewart's THE BONE SHARD WAR! Today we get to learn how this awesome trilogy ends. https://t.co/Z8C797WBZo
Hardcover, 2023
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mongrels
Stephen Graham JonesJohn Wiswell@GoranLowie One I particularly adore is Stephen Graham Jones's Mongrels, about werewolves and the pains they go through to avoid being noticed. Getting noticed gets them killed.
Paperback, 2017
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Grendel
John GardnerJohn Wiswell@GoranLowie The question then is: Does the monster get to do objectionable things while still being sympathetic? We love Murderbot, but Murderbot is a sweetheart, as opposed to John Gardner's Grendel or Madeline Miller's Circe.
Paperback, 1989
$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley JacksonJohn Wiswell@Jee_vuh This is a fun exercise! Middlemarch - Eliot Kindred - Butler The Things They Carried - O'Brien Love in the Time of Cholera - Marquez Library at Mount Char - Hawkins A Brief History of Seven Killings - James We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Jackson Gone Girl - Flynn
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)
Marlon JamesJohn Wiswell@Jee_vuh This is a fun exercise! Middlemarch - Eliot Kindred - Butler The Things They Carried - O'Brien Love in the Time of Cholera - Marquez Library at Mount Char - Hawkins A Brief History of Seven Killings - James We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Jackson Gone Girl - Flynn
Paperback, 2015
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Project Hail Mary
Andy WeirJohn WiswellIn the last week I read P. Djeli Clark's Master of Djinn and Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects. Right now I'm deep in Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary. Hot take: books are really good.
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No One Will Come Back For Us
Premee MohamedJohn WiswellHappy book day to Premee Mohamed's new NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US! It's packed with brilliant storytelling that only @premeesaurus could pull off. https://t.co/f5Bwci02kP
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book