Lauren Christensen 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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Four Treasures of the Sky
Jenny Tinghui ZhangLauren Christensenone of my favorite novels of the year so far: FOUR TREASURES OF THE SKY, by @pantaloonies, reviewed by @Egangoonsquad https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/books/jenny-tinghui-zhang-four-treasures-of-the-sky.html
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Conversations with Friends
Sally RooneyLauren ChristensenRT @nytimes: Sally Rooney's first two books, "Conversations With Friends" and "Normal People," made her more famous than she liked. For her…
Paperback, 2018
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The Furrows
Namwali SerpellLauren ChristensenI profiled @namwalien ahead of her second novel, “The Furrows,” about unresolved grief, the repetition compulsion and the essential sameness of human longing https://t.co/ICHOsukVAr
Paperback, 2023
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Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
Claire KeeganLauren ChristensenLydia Millet reviews Claire Keegan's "Small Things Like These," a slim novel set in 1985 Ireland, when murderous Magdalene Laundries were still condoned by the Catholic Church and society at large. https://t.co/focsh8SyBn
Hardcover, 2021
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh NguyenLauren ChristensenA second-person, stream-of-consciousness memoir... Scattered throughout are the shards of an intimate personal history, leaving the reader to comb through the debris as if searching for the remains of a loved one.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightcrawling
Leila MottleyLauren ChristensenI reviewed “Nightcrawling,” the debut novel by Oakland’s 2018 youth poet laureate, set in a gentrifying city where tech money is “settling the land and calling it entrepreneurship” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/books/review/nightcrawling-leila-mottley.html?referringSource=articleShare
Hardcover, 2022
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When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamin LabatutLauren ChristensenRT @johnwilliamsnyt: I got to speak with Benjamin Labatut on this week's podcast about "When We Cease to Understand the World," one of the…
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Laura WarrellLauren ChristensenReviewed Laura Warrell’s debut, “Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm”: https://t.co/zGMDcpQFPD
Paperback, 2023
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The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila HarrisLauren ChristensenRT @simplylovia: for @newrepublic, i wrote about zakiya dalila harris's "the other black girl" and the stark whiteness of the office novel…
Paperback, 2022
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King Kong Theory
Virginie DespentesLauren Christensen“It’s never seemed particularly obvious to me that hot girls are having such a great time.” Virginie Despentes, King Kong theory
Paperback, 2021
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