Josh Levin 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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Editorial director Slow Burn + One Year. Podcast host: ONE YEAR (77, 86, 95, 42, 55), SLOW BURN (David Duke), HANG UP AND LISTEN. Author: NBCC winner THE QUEEN.

6 books

The Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth II

Ben Pimlott

Josh Levin

Very excited to announce that my book THE QUEEN, the life story of America’s original “welfare queen” Linda Taylor, is being published this spring (May 21!) by Little Brown and is now available for preorder https://t.co/KpP9p6jCLh

Paperback, 1998

$26.50Member price:$13.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World

Henry Grabar

Josh Levin

Happy pub day to the legend @henrygrabar, whose book PAVED PARADISE is getting rave reviews. BUY IT! https://t.co/0hv5X04TFq

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth

Josh Levin

If you enjoyed today's "welfare queen" episode of @yourewrongabout w/@Remember_Sarah+@DivaLaci, please check out my book The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth, on Linda Taylor and the politicians and press that sold her story https://t.co/pATGwXIVe9

Paperback, 2020

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis

Giri Nathan

Josh Levin

Changeover is the inverse of a glossy documentary, and it is ultimately more rewarding than one... With his critic’s eye and powers of description, Nathan delivers loads of insight without the benefit of access... In diagramming their play, Nathan conjures his own vivid imagery.

Hardcover, 2025

$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Vintage Contemporaries

Dan Kois

Josh Levin

VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES by @dankois is a rare combination of breezily delightful and deeply moving. It rushes by and sticks with you. Read it! https://t.co/oFg8wvwrGK

Paperback, 2024

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Year of Peril: America in 1942

Tracy Campbell

Josh Levin

Special thanks to our interviewees: --Tracy Campbell, author of The Year of Peril, whose interest in Leon Henderson helped fuel our own: https://t.co/WVxVWVMxMN --Sarah Frohardt-Lane, whose work on rubber rationing changed my views on the WW2 homefront https://t.co/sUydoOusz1

Paperback, 2021

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book