Longform Fiction 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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The Dinner Guest
Gabriela YbarraLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "The Dinner Guest [Excerpt]" A political kidnapping. https://t.co/kwd3ux7fA4 (Gabriela Ybarra, @lithub)
Paperback, 2019
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sweetest Scoundrel
Elizabeth HoytLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "Sweet Scoundrel" A double life across two cultures. https://t.co/c34NdZd6z1 (@_diana_xin, @ElectricLit)
Out of stock
The Mighty Oak
Jeff W. BensLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "The Mighty Oak" A hockey player's life spirals. https://t.co/MdVGhEMO2I (Jeff W. Bens, @GuernicaMag)
Paperback, 2021
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Railroad Blues
Pete TownsendLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "Railroad Blues" Small town loneliness, memories, mistakes https://t.co/4waHDlPlfr (@jilltalbot, @Little_Fiction)
Paperback, 2019
$14.28Member price:$12.85 + Free shipping10% off
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn WardLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "Sing, Unburied, Sing" [Excerpt] Southern crimes and nightmares. https://t.co/2Niil35WuD (@jesmimi, @Buzzfeed)
Paperback, 2018
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Color and Light
Perfection Learning CorporationLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "Color and Light" Two brothers; a peculiar visitor. https://t.co/rESQMTG9uQ (Sally Rooney, @NYerFiction)
Out of stock
Gas Station: How to make an old gas station diorama
Ignacio PerezLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "Gas Station" An Indian-American journalist, racism, a crime ring https://t.co/48TwcQX1yN (@chayab77, @barrelhouse)
Paperback, 2012
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cupid In London, Or, Some Passages In The Life Of Love: An Extravaganza In Two Acts
William Leman RedeLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "An Extravaganza in Two Acts" An arrangement in frontier Alaska. https://t.co/wMMKaL1LlR (@leighnew, @ElectricLit)
Paperback, 2019
$13.95Member price:$12.56 + Free shipping10% off
Wait Time: A Memoir of Cancer
Kenneth ShermanLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "Wait Time" A woman copes with her husband's terminal illness. https://t.co/9MKhKuyQcH (@khrunde, @PitheadChapel)
Paperback, 2016
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Like sisters
Julio MillaresLongform FictionFiction Pick of the Week: "Like Sisters" The rise and fall of friendship. https://t.co/KxHAqYpkjh (@jeffschroeck, @vol1brooklyn)
Paperback, 2019
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book