Lauren Puckett-Pope 🔜 #TIFF23 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Lauren Puckett-Pope is a staff culture writer at ELLE. staff culture writer @ellemagazine, writing about film, tv and books

Hot Girls with Balls
Benedict Nguyen
A mixed-media satire told with style and verve...Benedict Nguyễn’s sharp, funny-yet-serious debut explores the constant pressure to present identity ‘correctly,’ especially when that identity is under equally constant threat.
Hardcover, 2025
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Pineapple Street: A GMA Book Club Pick
Jenny Jackson
Aptly described as “zeitgeisty” for its setting amongst an old-money family of Brooklyn one-percenters, Knopf Vice President Jenny Jackson’s Pineapple Street is a witty, easy-to-devour story of wealth and love’s never-ending war in the modern age.
Paperback, 2024
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Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
Michael Schulman
Even if you’re not familiar with Schulman’s unique talent for capturing Hollywood madness, you’re sure to find something of intrigue in Oscar Wars.
Paperback, 2024
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The View From Lake Como
Adriana Trigiani
Adriana Trigiani’s heroine is stuck in Lake Como, New Jersey, her childhood home, where she’s fled after a recent divorce...Effervescent and big-hearted, The View from Lake Como is an ideal vacation read.
Paperback, Large Print, 2025
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Among Friends
Hal Ebbott
Within the first few pages of Hal Ebbott’s debut novel Among Friends, I knew I needed to go scrounge up a highlighter. There are so many of Ebbott’s lines that sing...Among Friends is utterly engrossing; I’m already begging my friends to read it so we can discuss the ending.
Hardcover, 2025
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These Summer Storms
Sarah MacLean
Simmering tensions, sibling rivalries, and undeniable attraction fuel MacLean’s excellent foray into contemporary romance-slash-drama. This one’s a treat.
Hardcover, 2025
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People Collide
Isle McElroy
Fascinating ... an entertaining, thoughtful depiction of how we choose to exist, and its implications for how we love.
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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst
A Marriage at Sea was such an emotionally vivid portrait of a couple in isolation that I was shocked it wasn’t fiction. How could a writer get so deeply into the minds of two real people in such extraordinary circumstances?
Hardcover, 2025
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The End of Drum-Time
Hanna Pylväinen
A monumental feat of melodic prose and astute observation, Hanna Pylväinen’s historical fiction novel The End of Drum-Time transports readers to the otherworldly tundra of Scandinavia... the resulting adventure is one as powerful and profound as the book’s awe-inspiring setting.
Hardcover, 2023
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The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--The Truth and the Turmoil
Tina Brown
With Brown's signature dry wit and keen eye, The Palace Papers is an essential primer for anyone with even a passing interest in what's going on across the pond—and, more importantly, why it matters.
Paperback, 2023
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