Lucy Carson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Lucy Carson on XLiterary Agent at The Friedrich Agency, New Yorker, Anglophile, dog AND cat person, theater nerd, @girlswritenow mentor 📚 she/her

City Under One Roof
Iris YamashitaA very happy publication day to @IrisYamashita for her debut novel, CITY UNDER ONE ROOF! Move over, locked-room mysteries… the locked-city mystery is here! This is the ultimate winter suspense adventure. So happy it’s out in the world! Cc @BerkleyPub https://t.co/eaxHhFEXle
Paperback, 2024
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brood
Jackie PolzinCongratulations to the wonderful Jackie Polzin, who WON the @latimesbooks Prize for First Fiction! This is the second award for her stunning novel BROOD, and we’re over the moon! 🎉🍾🥂 https://t.co/wG8Mj0To98
Paperback, 2022
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lakewood
Megan GiddingsHaving loved THE WOMEN WHO COULD FLY, I’m going backwards and diving into LAKEWOOD because I am now a huge Megan Giddings fan! If you haven’t read her before, Halloween (or anytime) is a good moment to start. https://t.co/HPX9h29nzT
Paperback, 2021
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Semi-Famous: A True Story of Near Celebrity
Josh SundquistHappy Book Birthday to @JoshSundquist whose pseudo-scientific, always funny, often poignant exploration of FAME is out in the world today from @LittleBrownYR ! Go grab your copy of SEMI-FAMOUS, which is fascinating and timely for all ages. https://twitter.com/TheNovl/status/1549401616796745729
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours
Sarah SentillesToday on the TFA blog, @marintakikawa explores the question, "How Do You Write Love?" with a deep dive into two recent titles: STRANGER CARE by @SarahSentilles and ONE TWO THREE by @Laurie_Frankel 💞 http://www.friedrichagency.com/blog/2021/8/19/writinglove
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
Josh RitterHaving my coffee this morning in the company of @joshritter on @CBSThisMorning ! They shot this magical interview among the towering trees of Idaho, where his new novel THE GREAT GLORIOUS GODDAMN OF IT ALL takes place 💓 https://t.co/UH6yGKC450
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Oh William!
Elizabeth StroutRT @BookWorld: Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Oh William!’ is yet another dazzler @randomhouse @LizStrout https://t.co/Bl16yYVWoX
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Women: OR Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
Louisa M. AlcottIf you can believe it, this big-hearted, compulsively readable novel by @Laurie_Frankel (out in hardcover TODAY from @HenryHolt!) has shades of both Erin Brockovich & Little Women. Your summer TBR is incomplete without it! 💚💛🧡 (Photo by bookishbadassthings on Instagram) https://t.co/yAgBwQ9ogM
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Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley“Juneteenth Babies” by the incomparable @leila_mottley is a story not to be missed. 👇👇👇 And next year, Leila’s debut novel, NIGHTCRAWLING, will be published by @AAKnopf @BloomsburyBooks and many others around the world. https://t.co/PpcZwrgvLK
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Booth
Karen Joy FowlerThis is a particularly fun “By the Book” and I love that he is currently reading Karen Joy Fowler’s BOOTH! via @NYTimes https://t.co/XXdDJc4MzP
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book