Karen Fink Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Karen Fink on XExecutive Publicist for @RandomHouse & @PenguinRandom. All about books, boats, and beaches. 📚⛵️🌊 She/her. Opinions all my own.

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Richard Preston@TheBookMaven Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone…reads like a Crichton novel but is real life. I read it for the first time in high school and read it again at the start of the Covid pandemic — the book holds up nearly 30 years later.
Paperback, 1999
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Serious Face: Essays
Jon MooallemGreat reading recommendations here, including @IsaacFitzgerald’s #SeriousFace pick. It’s the adventure of diving into the soul of humanity. @jmooallem @randomhouse https://twitter.com/todayshow/status/1529811966277083137
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bandit Queens
Parini Shroff'The Bandit Queens' by Parini Shroff is this week's 'GMA' Buzz Pick https://t.co/KtYYYknST9 via @GMA
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--And Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion
Phil Stutz@SonyaBonczek @fraugrau00 Still practice the Tools — Phil Stutz is like a Jedi Master!
Paperback, 2013
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book