Lisa Lucas 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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Lisa Lucas is a publishing executive. Book publisher. Gardener. Must love cats.

The Great American Read: The Book of Books: Explore America's 100 Best-Loved Novels
PBS
I love a food adventure and so I was looking forward to hunting for the ingredients. It was busy time (I was also working and filming for PBSâ The Great American Read).I was behind.
Hardcover, 2018
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trauma Plot: A Life
Jamie Hood
This book is exceptional. An introduction to a voice that will be with us for many, many years. Youâd do well to pre-order this one. Bravo, @veryhotmommm. And huge congrats to her brilliant editor @zachybabes. đ„
Hardcover, 2025
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Song Everlasting
Ha Jin
RT @priscillagilman: My review of A Song Everlasting, the new novel by National Book Award winning author Ha Jin, is in this weekend's @BGlâŠ
Hardcover, Large Print, 2021
$38.95$19.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Nursery
Szilvia Molnar
Happy pub day to @szilmolnar's incredible debut novel THE NURSERY!!!!!!! https://t.co/ZSh7WtCiAY
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Serenade: A Balanchine Story
Toni Bentley
A beautiful review of Toni Bentley's forthcoming Serenade!!! @PantheonBooks https://t.co/VKnH0m82db
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Laura Warrell
âThere are myriad contemporary novels that follow Morrisonâs blueprint, including Laura Warrellâs âSweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm,â Sidik Fofanaâs âStories From the Tenants Downstairsâ and Deesha Philyawâs âThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies.â
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Drowned World
J. G. Ballard
Iâm reading J.G. Ballardâs âThe Drowned Worldâ and it is very much freaking me out.
Paperback, 2013
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson
Been thinking about Rikers and am reminded that *everyone* should read Heather Ann Thompsonâs NBA finalist and Pulitzer and Bancroft-winning BLOOD IN THE WATER about the Attica Uprising. Itâs stunning. Itâs important. Itâs exceptionally relevant.
Paperback, 2017
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Margo Jefferson
Congrats to Kelly Blair who brought home a best book cover of the year for Margo Jeffersonâs Constructing a Nervous System!!!! âŠ@PantheonBooksâ© https://t.co/kgCHYs8VHP
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann
David Grann is amongst the very best and kindest of humans and THE WAGER is amazing. Run donât walk. https://t.co/BAbcAb8lzG https://t.co/X7scWeFd6R
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book