Maggie Smith 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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Maggie Smith is a poet. Not the dame, the other one. NYT bestselling author of YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL & 5 other books. Substack: FOR DEAR LIFE. Booking: @blueflowerarts

The Banshees of Inisherin
Martin McDonagh
Finally watched The Banshees of Inisherin, and kept saying, all the way though, "this sounds like a play," only to see at the end that it was written by Martin McDonagh, whose play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" is a favorite of mine. Spot on. So beautifully written and paced.
Paperback, 2023
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Alchemy of My Mortal Form
Sandy Longhorn
@tracyfuad Sandy Longhorn comes to mind--The Alchemy of My Mortal Form
Paperback, 2015
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive
Rainesford Stauffer
@ElizabethLQuant @PSLiterary So far my fave this year is @Rainesford Stauffer’s forthcoming All the Gold Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Glassmaker's Wife
Lee Martin
On Wednesday 1/18 I'll be chatting with @LeeMartinAuthor about his terrific new novel, The Glassmaker's Wife, @GramercyBexley. (Fun fact: Lee is the only person I've ever taken a fiction workshop with, 20+ years ago!) Register here to join us👇 https://t.co/wqZYDQbMdD
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer
I muttered to myself—yes! this exactly! so fucking smart!—and dogeared, underlined, and starred passages through this whole brilliant book.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Consolation
Chauncey Giles
This must be the most thoughtful gift a poet has ever sent me: a handmade scarf in KEEP MOVING colors with part of a favorite Szymborska poem on it. From “Consolation”: True or not, I’m ready to believe it. @fascicles, you are a wonder. Your book is a wonder, too. Thank you. x https://t.co/HFojGGnygr
Hardcover, 2019
$31.95Member price:$28.75 + Free shipping10% off
If You Love It, Let It Kill You
Hannah Pittard
Pittard in any genre is deeply, darkly funny... Pittard has fully claimed her story here. She’s written an unflinching, meticulously observed, clever as hell account of a life post divorce. She kept it weird, as promised. Lucky us.
Hardcover, 2025
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Picture of Me: Who I Am in 221 Questions
Kate Marshall
I tweeted once about taking my wedding dress on a road trip…and then @mountain_goats wrote “Picture of My Dress”…and then we got to talk about all that & more. God I love cross-pollination in the arts. Big thanks to John Darnielle, who is brilliant & funny & kind.💛 https://t.co/UZx704zBTO
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Devil House
John Darnielle
This day just got infinitely better: new novel by John Darnielle @mountain_goats & a bleeding devil house candle I lit right away like a kid on Christmas morning. Tonight I have a hot date with this book. I’m such a fan of John’s writing & cannot wait to dig in. 🖤🩸📖 https://t.co/TKOyUALldk
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love: Gepunktetes A5 Notizbuch oder Heft für Schüler, Studenten und Erwachsene
Pm Books
Ohio friends: If you’re in the North Canton area, come say hello later! I’ll be at the library 6-7pm tonight for a free reading, & if you’d like a book signed for yourself or someone you love, books will be sold, too. Or byob(ook)! Ahem Mother’s Day is just around the corner….
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