Josh Spero 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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Josh Spero is a journalist and author. Associate arts editor @FT. Pictures/personal stuff on IG @joshspero. Things formerly known as tweets on Bluesky @joshspero.bsky.social
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books: 4
William BlackstoneJosh SperoMy 29th City church today (out of 48): All Hallows by the Tower (of London), the oldest church in the City. Pic 2 is a C2 Roman pavement in surprisingly good nick; 3 is John Quincy Adams’ entry in the marriage register https://t.co/ZBbm0kRszm
Hardcover, 2022
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Turn of the Screw: Illustrated Edition
Henry JamesJosh SperoI’m reading The Turn of the Screw and Henry James pretending to be a governess is as annoying as you might imagine
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The Works of Shakespear: [with the Author's Life; A Glossary; And Copious Indexes. in Eight Volumes]: 2
William ShakespeareJosh SperoMy 29th City church today (out of 48): All Hallows by the Tower (of London), the oldest church in the City. Pic 2 is a C2 Roman pavement in surprisingly good nick; 3 is John Quincy Adams’ entry in the marriage register https://t.co/ZBbm0kRszm
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White Noise: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Don DelilloJosh SperoWhite Noise review — Noah Baumbach adapts Don DeLillo’s unfilmable novel https://t.co/SqXx1L0fBE
Paperback, 2009
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Conversations with Friends
Sally RooneyJosh SperoConversations with Friends review — earnest Sally Rooney adaptation is no Normal People https://t.co/ahqru1KOKW
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Little Life
Hanya YanagiharaJosh SperoRT @Will_Kellogg: Hanya Yanagihara to all the characters in A Little Life https://t.co/RHR4QvxNEP
Paperback, 2016
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
Andrea LawlorJosh Spero@monisha_rajesh I have loved 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell (more short stories) and Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (Andrea Lawlor). Both are totally filthy tho 😂
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Artful Dickens: The Tricks and Ploys of the Great Novelist
John MullanJosh SperoThe chapter on how Dickens uses changing tenses in John Mullan’s The Artful Dickens to unsettle moral certainties is *exceptional* — close readings combined with eye-opening theory
Hardcover, 2021
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orlando
V. WoolfJosh SperoJust finished Woolf’s Orlando. Love the bit where Mickey carries her off to Cinderella’s Castle (Knole).
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally RooneyJosh SperoRT @chrisbrooke: Finally caught up with a copy of Sally Rooney's new book, Beautiful World, Where Are You and was delighted to see that *ev…
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book