Kara Swisher 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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Kara Swisher is a tech journalist and podcaster. “Vitriolic” and now “shrill”media lady, though dogs can hear me loud and clear
The Candy House
Jennifer EganKara SwisherWhat would happen if we could upload our consciousnesses to a computer? Kara Swisher speculates on the terrifying dystopia imagined in The Candy House in this interview with author Jennifer Egan.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings
Chrysta BiltonKara SwisherChrysta Bilton is the author of this amazing book, called Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings, a memoir of her unconventional childhood and her revelation that her father was a prolific sperm donor. ... I loved the book. It's fantastic.
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Isaac FitzgeraldKara SwisherAnyway, this is a really wonderful book and you are a really wonderful writer. I think that's the best part of it. ... it's a really fun and easy read and also full of just really vivid writing. ... I think a lot of people should pick it up.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Gabriel DebenedettiKara SwisherFascinating... really interesting.
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Maggie HabermanKara Swisher[Haberman's] coverage of Donald Trump since 2015 has been, I'm gonna say unparalleled in my opinion. She's just released a new book called Confidence Man... [and] in my opinion, [this] is the one people have been waiting for...
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Newsroom Confidential: Lessons (and Worries) from an Ink-Stained Life
Margaret SullivanKara SwisherIn her new memoir, she recounts her long career in journalism, including her time as the public editor of the New York Times.
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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
Malcolm HarrisKara SwisherMalcolm Harris is the author of “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World” about how his hometown played an outsized role in the 20th century’s social and political movements, and what it means for the 21st century.
Hardcover, 2023
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Breaking History: A White House Memoir
Jared KushnerKara SwisherKinda sums it up: “Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo.” Review: Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir - The New York Times https://t.co/d0AziRqlYx
Paperback, 2023
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elon Musk
Walter IsaacsonKara SwisherMy mini review of Musk bio: Sad & smart son slowly morphs into mentally abusive father he abhors except with rockets, cars & more money. Often right, sometimes wrong, petty jerk always. Might be crazy in good way, but also a bad way. Pile o’ babies. Not Steve Jobs. You’re…
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus
David O. SacksKara SwisherSome history: Here is an interesting piece I did in 2016 on David Sacks, who is now one of the leaders at Twitter, in which he apologized calling rape “belated regret” in a book he wrote with Peter Thiel in 1996. Note too $70k to @HillaryClinton campaign
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