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Mark O’Connell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Mark O'Connell is a writer. Writer of A Thread of Violence (2023), Notes from an Apocalypse (2020), To Be a Machine (2017) Agent: karolina.sutton@caa.com (UK); amelia.atlas@caa.com (US)

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Book Cover for: The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Goethe
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

@libella_lawson Huge congrats to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose "The Sorrows of Young Werther" has just been snapped up by Simon and Schuster's new NA imprint!

Paperback, 2016

$6.25$3.13 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Herzog: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), Saul Bellow

Herzog: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Saul Bellow
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

Say what you like about Saul Bellow, but he basically invented the reply guy with Herzog

Paperback, 2015

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Sorrows of Young Werther: Illustrated (The Maple Classic Edition), Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther: Illustrated (The Maple Classic Edition)

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

@libella_lawson Huge congrats to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose "The Sorrows of Young Werther" has just been snapped up by Simon and Schuster's new NA imprint!

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Book Cover for: The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

@libella_lawson Huge congrats to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose "The Sorrows of Young Werther" has just been snapped up by Simon and Schuster's new NA imprint!

Out of stock

Book Cover for: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

David Grann’s The Wager is the most relentlessly compelling book I’ve read in a very long time. Grann is a master storyteller, and he unfurls this tale of a disastrous sea voyage with almost unparalleled skill and subtlety.

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wolfgang Von Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Wolfgang Von Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

@libella_lawson Huge congrats to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose "The Sorrows of Young Werther" has just been snapped up by Simon and Schuster's new NA imprint!

Paperback, 2007

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us, Adam Kirsch

The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us

Adam Kirsch
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

For the new @nybooks, I wrote about Adam Kirsch’s The Revolt Against Humanity, and the idea that the end of our species would be a good thing https://t.co/TrHSHt2hlO

Paperback, 2023

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ulysses: Second Edition, James Joyce

Ulysses: Second Edition

James Joyce
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

BLOOM: (Doing Borat Voice) My wife ––James Joyce, "Circe", Ulysses

Paperback, 2022

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Sorrows of Young Werther, J. W. Von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

J. W. Von Goethe
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

@libella_lawson Huge congrats to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose "The Sorrows of Young Werther" has just been snapped up by Simon and Schuster's new NA imprint!

Paperback, 2015

$6.50$3.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest, Ed Caesar

The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest

Ed Caesar
Mark O’ConnellMark O’Connell

You should read @edcaesar’s The Moth and the Mountain for selfish reasons, because it’s a great book, but now you should also read it for humanitarian reasons https://twitter.com/edcaesar/status/1516701224468426754

Paperback, 2021

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book