Karen Heller 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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Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie GarmusKaren Heller"Lessons in Chemistry" by @BonnieGarmus is Barnes & Noble's book of the year. Here's our review @BNbuzz @doubledaybooks https://t.co/Igw0EpvYGX
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Demon Copperhead
Barbara KingsolverKaren HellerThe amazing Hernan Diaz just won the Pulitzer for fiction for "Trust," along with Barbara Kingsolver for "Demon Copperhead," 2022's best novels. I'll introduce him at the @FreeLibrary of Philadelphia at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 9. Please come and celebrate! https://t.co/pEcDt1LXHM https://t.co/aRLkCkTsN7
Paperback, 2024
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Distance
Hernan DiazKaren HellerEndorse. Hernan Diaz’s Trust is one of the year’s great books. Reading his smashing In the Distance. @BonnieGarmus Lessons in Chemistry is a delight. @RonCharles @BookWorld https://t.co/2fd3c1k2v9
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Heartburn
Nora EphronKaren HellerEphron’s only novel, published in March of that year, quickly became something greater than the slim bagatelle it appears to be. The book is no 179-page weakling. “Heartburn,” a swift bestseller, became tinder for gossip and news coverage, a movie, a moment.
Paperback, 1996
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall KimmererKaren HellerIt took more than six years for "Braiding Sweetgrass" to reach the bestseller list. It's been there for 129 weeks. Today, author Robin Wall Kimmerer was named a MacArthur fellow. Here's our profile @BookWorld @Milkweed_Books https://t.co/ExB3C4qX9i
Paperback, 2015
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Noah J. GoldsteinKaren HellerMartin Short: "Yes, I went to pick up a script and said to Steve Martin, “How did you get this rich? Because I’ve seen your work,” which is true. @rachsyme https://t.co/opuXSTFa2H
Paperback, 2009
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Chairlift
John IrvingKaren HellerBut everyone is likely to sympathize with the narrator of “The Last Chairlift,” who confesses on Page 856, “It seemed to me I was reading forever.” Every line of this @RonCharles review is a chef’s kiss. @BookWorld https://t.co/dTfrwsVOYs
Paperback, 2023
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leopoldstadt
Tom StoppardKaren HellerAn absolute rave from @petermarksdrama for Tom Stoppard's "Leopoldstadt." https://t.co/7FOuHlDI6b
Paperback, 2020
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa MoshfeghKaren Heller"They were in mourning, having survived the Reign of Terror. Many loved ones lost their heads, literally. Yet they responded with eros." @SebastianSmee on the painting that graces the cover of Ottessa Moshfegh's wondrous "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" https://t.co/rD8cGvwwBt
Paperback, 2019
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Free Food for Millionaires
Min Jin LeeKaren HellerFor her novels, “Free Food for Millionaires,” and “Pachinko,” a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award for fiction, @minjinlee11 filled more than ten Bankers Boxes with interview notes and other background material. Great @michaelluo interview https://bit.ly/3LKBWgz
Paperback, 2022
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book