Laura Frey 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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The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
1. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. Add Isabel Archer and Ralph Touchett to the very short list of classic lit cousins who should have got together, actually https://t.co/yI3V7cSG92
Paperback, 2014
$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
19. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. This is the book Jonathan Franzen's been trying to write his entire career. Like Purity mashed up with 27th City & Strong Motion, but better. Incredible! https://t.co/lKJwJmFuCL
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
26. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky tr. David McDuff. One day I will read a Russian classic that isn't ruined by an annoying epilogue, but today is not that day https://t.co/KzrnrXg2wr
Paperback, Mass Market, 2007
$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Finished Part One of The Brothers Karamazov and it is by far the juiciest Dostoyevsky novel, did not expect it... Part Two looks pretty eventful as well #TheBrothersK22 https://t.co/BqGhGJfSPI
Out of stock

Is Mother Dead
Vigdis Hjorth
22. Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth tr. Charlotte Barslund. A good reminder that the question isn't really "do I want to have kids" but "do I want to be a mother" and and all the baggage that goes with!
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh
9. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh. Celebrating International Women's Day by finishing this, and I loved it. Ottessa antis, do not interact https://t.co/4ALe6Oe7Qs
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Quartet
Jean Rhys
https://t.co/cMA4G7H9xo ok I thought I was at 149, but turns out Quartet by Jean Rhys is on there, so I'm at 150!! It only took me..... 10 years to get from 100 to 150....
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass & Purveyor of Fine Footwear
Heidi Jacobs
Molly of the Mall by Heidi L.M. Jacobs https://t.co/NvgOQzVKJq
Paperback, 2019
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)
Emily St John Mandel
My #FridayReads is yesterday's short story advent calendar, plus I finished Sea of Tranquility, while, just like Station Eleven, I enjoyed reading, but isn't sitting right now that I'm done
Paperback, 2015
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone supporting an antivaxer on Instagram and the comments are full of shocked people unfollowing... some of you haven't been cooking from The Kind Diet since 2009 and it shows
Paperback, 2011
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book