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Joumana Khatib Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Joumana Khatib is an editor and books columnist. editor and columnist, @nytimesbooks

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Book Cover for: The Iliad, Homer

The Iliad

Homer
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This translation is done by Emily Wilson, who is a classicist. She really made waves with her previous translation of the Odyssey... I love the idea of people across America waking up and saying, 'Honey, a new Homer just dropped.' That seems like a beautiful world to me.

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday

Asymmetry

Lisa Halliday
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It’s so good, it’s so elegant, and it’s so sharp, it’s just so intelligent and it’s delightful to watch her pull this off, it keeps you surprised, it’s not overly invective, it’s entertaining, it’s thought provoking, it’s really good.

Paperback, 2018

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Colony, Annika Norlin

The Colony

Annika Norlin
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Disturbing, engrossing ... Norlin is in full command of her characters’ histories and marshals a tremendous level of detail ... The story’s open-ended questions...arise organically, without forcing stale answers.

Paperback, 2025

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop, Martin Puchner

Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop

Martin Puchner
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A Harvard professor goes wide in this study of the humanities and human creativity... As he guides readers along a Nefertiti to TikTok continuum, he shows how cultural exchange and innovation help societies address some of life’s most existential questions.

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Pageboy: A Memoir, Elliot Page

Pageboy: A Memoir

Elliot Page
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Page rose to prominence for roles in “Juno” and “Inception,” and came out as trans in 2020... In his story, he offers moving descriptions of what it’s like to experience gender dysphoria, and details the happiness and self-acceptance he now feels.

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Recitatif: A Story, Toni Morrison

Recitatif: A Story

Toni Morrison
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers reviews "Recitatif," Toni Morrison's only short story that's now been published as a standalone book. It follows two friends, one Black and the other white, but never confirms the race of either character. https://t.co/4mFJivGfgf

Hardcover, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Toni Morrison

Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner

Toni Morrison
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“If you focus on five passages, you’ve got obscenity,” Ms. Caldwell-Stone said. “If you broaden your view and read the work as a whole, you’ve got Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved.’” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html

Paperback, 2004

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe
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There's a lot going on here, but I promise that she pulls it off...it really does come together, and it's just a-- it's just a romp.

Hardcover, 2024

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Latecomer, Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Latecomer

Jean Hanff Korelitz
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what a joy to talk with @KCRWPressPlay about some recent books I've loved (all good for summer!), feat: "Trust," by Hernan Diaz "Also a Poet," by Ada Calhoun "The Latecomer," by Jean Hanff Korelitz & "Carnality," by Lina Wolff (trans. by Frank Perry) https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/insurrection-real-estate-reading-music/summer-books

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner), Hernan Diaz

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Hernan Diaz
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what a joy to talk with @KCRWPressPlay about some recent books I've loved (all good for summer!), feat: "Trust," by Hernan Diaz "Also a Poet," by Ada Calhoun "The Latecomer," by Jean Hanff Korelitz & "Carnality," by Lina Wolff (trans. by Frank Perry) https://t.co/vtzfUIYtSg

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book