Justine Jordan 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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Crossroads

Jonathan Franzen

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'A lavish spread of self-doubt and dysfunction': Xan Brooks relishes Jonathan Franzen's Crossroads https://t.co/lwZBpHqt90

Paperback, 2022

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Normal People

Sally Rooney

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'The characters' taut high-achieving neuroticism is a stylistic coup de grace': excellent piece on Sally Rooney's Normal People by Helen Charman at @TheWhiteReview https://t.co/fpI5f3Lf09

Paperback, 2020

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

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr

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'Black queer love becomes, in this magnificent novel, synonymous with freedom': Novuyo Rosa Tshuma reviews brilliant debut The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr https://t.co/cF7CuVcJ2q

Paperback, 2022

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The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)

Brit Bennett

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'A timely testament to the redemptive powers of community, connection and looking beyond the self': Michael Donkor reviews The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett https://t.co/KxnAczprG4

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: Death in Venice, Thomas Mann

'When I was 16 and a very horny if guilt-ridden gay boy I read Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice...' fascinating window on to Edmund White's reading life in our latest Books of My Life column https://t.co/YK2TuplQGa

Paperback, 1999

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Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead

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'Whitehead renders the humanity of hustlers. He gets their sweetness down': Ian Williams on Colson Whitehead's Harlem Shuffle https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/23/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-review-a-delicious-heist-novel

Paperback, 2022

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Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr

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Been raving about Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land for ages - delighted to have Elizabeth Knox reviewing https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/24/cloud-cuckoo-land-by-anthony-doerr-review-a-joyous-epic-of-love-and-survival

Paperback, 2022

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino

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Somewhere between Jackie Collins and Elmore Leonard? Peter Bradshaw reviews Quentin Tarantino's novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood https://t.co/pYwWBovgEv

Paperback, Mass Market, 2021

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Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)

Claire Keegan

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'This is a novel, efficiently told': fascinating interview with Claire Keegan by @carmitstead, review of Small Things Like These coming on Friday https://t.co/nT3yYjiOYa

Hardcover, 2021

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A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

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I'm baffled not to see To Paradise on the @WomensPrize list - but then I was baffled to see A Little Life on the Booker shortlist. Hanya Yanagihara, dividing readers (and even individuals) since 2013

Paperback, 2016

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