Laura Bassett 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 Bassett on XOutgoing EIC of Jezebel. Previously: GQ, HuffPost

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel WilkersonThe banned books included Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings. https://t.co/BwWV68hYxk
Paperback, 2023
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tapped Out: Water: The Coming World Crisis and What We Can Do About It
Paul SimonWent upstate, grilled burgers outside, napped on a blanket, got a spider bite, cuddled a baby, took walks to observe bodies of water, drank cheap beer in a lawn chair listening to Paul Simon. In short, I touched grass, and I am healed now
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs
Josh HawleyNot sure I can go one more day without reading Josh Hawley's book on manhood
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
Jazz JenningsThe banned books included Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings. https://t.co/BwWV68hYxk
Paperback, 2017
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison@stclair_dj "Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped, and @nhannahjones The 1619 Project have all been banned in certain school districts, which, plot twist, has resulted in an even higher demand for these books."
Paperback, 2007
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
Susan Campbell BartolettiThe banned books included Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings. https://t.co/BwWV68hYxk
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
Jason Reynolds@stclair_dj "Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped, and @nhannahjones The 1619 Project have all been banned in certain school districts, which, plot twist, has resulted in an even higher demand for these books."
Hardcover, 2020
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book