Laura Miller 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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Laura Miller is a books and culture columnists for Slate. Books and culture columnist for Slate. laura dot miller at slate dot com Chatelaine
The Turn of the Screw
Henry JamesLaura Miller@haszombiesinit Henry James didn’t think much of The Turn of the Screw
Hardcover, 2024
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Trial
Richard North PattersonLaura MillerRichard North Patterson has declared himself a victim of “literary apartheid.” But maybe something else is going on. https://t.co/duEsO0f7Vu via @slate
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley JacksonLaura MillerJust got done revising the intro I wrote for the Penguin Classics edition of The Haunting of Hill House because when I first wrote it in 2006, Shirley Jackson wasn't much read beyond this novel & The Lottery. That has changed a LOT
Paperback, 2006
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Entitlement
Rumaan AlamLaura MillerAlam’s observation of the attitudes and trappings of contemporary upper-middle-class American life has a delicious precision.
Hardcover, 2024
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Reamde
Neal StephensonLaura Miller@literaryeric You’d probably like Neal Stephenson’d REAMDE, which is more of techno thriller
Paperback, 2012
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The Lottery
Shirley JacksonLaura MillerJust got done revising the intro I wrote for the Penguin Classics edition of The Haunting of Hill House because when I first wrote it in 2006, Shirley Jackson wasn't much read beyond this novel & The Lottery. That has changed a LOT
Hardcover, 2008
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire DedererLaura MillerThe book is tangled and fascinating... Dederer’s shrewd, vivid descriptions of movies and books suggest just how much they mean to her and how deeply any sacrifices on the altar of contemporary sexual ethics might cut.
Hardcover, 2023
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBrideLaura MillerMcBride... would never advance any of his books as candidates for the Great American Novel... I'd like to make a case, though, for Deacon King Kong and, now, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store as better contenders for the 21st-century GAN than many other, more vaunted specimens...
Hardcover, 2023
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A Little Life
Hanya YanagiharaLaura MillerThe readers who flocked to A Little Life may not love the author’s new book. https://slate.com/culture/2022/01/paradise-hanya-yanagihara-book-review-little-life.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=twitter_share via @slate
Paperback, 2016
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Lost Children Archive
Valeria LuiselliLaura MillerThis is one of the books featured in the second season of White Lotus... "The first season’s tomes were aspirational props, but the second’s are more like warning signs."
Paperback, 2020
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