Laura Ansley Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Laura Ansley on XEditor, historian, feminist, & book-lover | Senior managing editor, @AHAhistorians | Emerita, @nursingclio | Opinions my own | she/her

Exiles
Jane Harper@Dr_C_Thompson Just read Jane Harper’s latest and it was excellent. EXILES, 3rd in her Aaron Falk series.
Paperback, Mass Market, 2025
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More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave
Ruth Schwartz CowanHaving one of those Sundays where I can’t help thinking about Ruth Schwartz Cowan’s MORE WORK FOR MOTHER. Truly, laundry just never ends.
Paperback, 1985
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Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa
Joan Jacobs Brumberg3. Read a “classic” of your field that you’ve never read before. FASTING GIRLS: THE HISTORY OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA by Joan Jacobs Brumberg As a historian of girlhood and medicine, I’ve long owned a copy of this book without reading it. But it sits on the TBR no more! #AHAReads https://t.co/QdxkwRU5F3
Paperback, 2000
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sea Ain't Mine Alone
C. L. Beaumont@FatedMates @JenReadsRomance said she's always interested in a surfing book. How about THE SEA AIN'T MINE ALONE by C.L. Beaumont? M/M, set in the 1970s among pro surfers. https://t.co/ie1T0pV7DX
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The Long Game: A Gay Sports Romance
Rachel ReidFive 5-⭐romance reads I've read in 2022: 🎵AMERICAN ROYALTY by Tracey Livesay 🥃A CARIBBEAN HEIRESS IN PARIS by Adriana Herrera ⚾️FIRE SEASON by K. D. Casey 💔HEARTBREAKER by Sarah MacLean 🏒THE LONG GAME by Rachel Reid #FiveRomanceNovels https://t.co/w2J5q13RUT
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A Lady for a Duke
Alexis Hall@llmunro @rebecca_fachner Recent 5-star romance reads: AMERICAN ROYALTY by Tracey Livesay, Zoe York’s Kincaids of Pine Harbor series, KD Casey’s baseball romances, Adriana Herrera’s A CARIBBEAN HEIRESS IN PARIS, Alexis Hall’s A LADY FOR A DUKE. Nonromance: COVER STORY by Rigetti, FLYING SOLO by Holmes
Paperback, 2022
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin@BryanBanksPhD TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin is one of my favorite recent books and is really narratively ambitious.
Paperback, 2024
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bake Off
Cori CooperHeading into the weekend with THE GOLDEN SPOON by @MaxwellJessa—a murder mystery set during a Bake Off–style competition. Really fun so far! #AmReading #FridayReads https://t.co/Ku3WAErfrC
Paperback, 2022
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Granddaughter
Brea Grant2. Read a graphic novel that is a different genre than you normally read. MARY: THE ADVENTURES OF MARY SHELLEY’S GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER by Brea Grant The genre I read the least is horror, so I tried out this YA book by the co-host of @ReadingGPodcast.
Paperback, 2020
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor LavalleThis weekend’s reading has included: Witchy romances THE KISS CURSE by Erin Sterling, EXTRA WITCHY by Ann Aguirre Book club spooky book, THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor LaValle
Paperback, 2016
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book