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Lena Dunham 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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Lena Dunham is a writer, director, actor, and producer. Good Thing Going | Stream #CatherineCalledBirdy on Amazon Prime 🕊️

11 books
Book Cover for: They Went Another Way: A Hollywood Memoir, Bruce Eric Kaplan

They Went Another Way: A Hollywood Memoir

Bruce Eric Kaplan
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

Bruce Eric Kaplan’s They Went Another Way is a droll study in the disappointments of a writer’s career, proving that they too can be turned into an act of creative defiance. Bruce is so funny it makes me want to dress as him for Halloween (baseball hat, t shirt, slight frown.)

Hardcover, 2024

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Rejection: Fiction, Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection: Fiction

Tony Tulathimutte
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

...a portal and a perfect excuse to burrow deep under gingham sheets. Join me in the universal bed where we all meet when we read!

Hardcover, 2024

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius, Carrie Courogen

Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius

Carrie Courogen
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

Here are some of my summer 2024 reads- all thought provoking, page turning, divinely personal- and all my favorite kind, the ones that make me want to write. Wishing you a summer of happy reading and- if the outdoors is your thang- bathing suits that dry quickly in the sun ☀️ 👙 📕

Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work, Charlotte Shane

An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work

Charlotte Shane
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

*2025 is cute*

Hardcover, 2024

$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Didion and Babitz, Lili Anolik

Didion and Babitz

Lili Anolik
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

Enjoy this deep dive into a pair of women who are both separated at birth and embodying absolutely opposite poles of the American psyche. It’s rare you have two of your favorite writers explored on a parallel track, and the humor, insight and specificity of this is just… sooo dope.

Hardcover, 2024

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir, Griffin Dunne

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

August is the Sunday of months- aka the time to read like your life depends on it.

Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Acts of Service, Lillian Fishman

Acts of Service

Lillian Fishman
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

Join me and Lillian Fishman tomorrow, for a conversation about her new book 'Acts of Service'! Sign up for the virtual event here: https://t.co/bYfLBHaiv0 https://t.co/Go5evmIMoD

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Making a Scene, Constance Wu

Making a Scene

Constance Wu
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

I read in one night because it was so captivatingly immediate. It has something to say about both the inner life of an artist and the perils of public attention that I've never seen expressed before, and it's adorably funny.

Hardcover, 2022

$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor Maté

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Gabor Maté
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

Congrats to my esteemed & infinitely wise friend @DrGaborMate on his groundbreaking new book, #TheMythOfNormal. It was an honor to be interviewed for this- it will change lives. Start at https://t.co/0UHPOmTpaG https://t.co/K3SqFRkScD

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Literally Show Me a Healthy Person, Darcie Wilder

Literally Show Me a Healthy Person

Darcie Wilder
Lena DunhamLena Dunham

Who finished reading the October book of the month #LiterallyShowMeAHealthyPerson by @333333333433333? Remember to tag #KeepIt100LD to stay in the discussion. https://t.co/0ltUUuiX9B

Paperback, 2017

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book