MaryLauraPh Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
MaryLauraPh on XMary Laura Philpott is an author. Author of BOMB SHELTER (@nytimes Editors' Choice & @npr Best Books of 2022) + I MISS YOU WHEN I BLINK | Anxious optimist https://t.co/lThvWWtG0G .
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
Kate BowlerMaryLauraPhOh lord, I’m crying laughing. Which — actually, I think this book is precisely for when you need to laugh while crying? Thank you, @katecbowler, for this. I love it all, especially your words.
Hardcover, 2024
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Comfort of Crows (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Backyard Year
Margaret RenklMaryLauraPhHere’s what I said about it on the back cover, and I stand by it: Margaret Renkl has the mind of a naturalist and the soul of a poet. Let this magnificent devotional be your eye-opening, heart-expanding daily companion, and it will change how you see the world.
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookIona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
Clare PooleyMaryLauraPh@ErikaSwyler A relatively new one that's high on the feel-good scale is Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting (that's the US title; in the UK it's The People on Platform Five) by Clare Pooley. It's a delight!
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookTime Is a Mother
Ocean VuongMaryLauraPhAt Ocean Vuong's readings, his mom positioned her chair so she could watch people watching him. She'd say, "I don’t know what you’re saying, but I can see how their faces change when you speak.” ❤️ I loved TIME IS A MOTHER. Profile by @nicolesjchung: https://t.co/4fjVaXq2k8
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookSignal Fires
Dani ShapiroMaryLauraPhIt feels like this is the story Dani has been building toward all these years: a parabolic family drama about the way certain moments echo through time. I’ll never stop thinking about it. ✨🔥✨
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe God of the Woods
Liz MooreMaryLauraPhThis is a good one to read while poolside or on a flight or otherwise lucky enough to have some uninterrupted time... Don’t expect to set it down until you find out what happened to the missing kid(s) from this old-money family who run a summer camp. Atmospheric and haunting and thrilling.
Hardcover, 2024
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookLeave the World Behind
Rumaan AlamMaryLauraPh“Family life to me is like the emotional on-ramp to a text, for any reader. That gives you your access into the book.” The new spot for @Rumaan's eerie, pitch-perfect LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND starts airing on @npt8 this weekend. Read our full conversation: https://t.co/qBxfHOvxQ8
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Resisters
Gish JenMaryLauraPhCurrently sitting in the very last row of a plane and taking a break from reading @pronounced_ing’s upcoming Our Missing Hearts only to say: it’s fabulous. Just started but it’s reminding me a bit of Gish Jen’s The Resisters. Thanks for keeping me company, Celeste!
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That Summer
Jennifer WeinerMaryLauraPhMake your Monday less Monday-ish by ending it on a fun note! Join @jenniferweiner and me for a conversation about friendship, family, beaches we have loved -- and of course, her latest novel, THAT SUMMER. Get tix here: https://www.rjjulia.com/event/virtual-jennifer-weiner-summer-conversation-mary-laura-philpott https://t.co/ycOChAC9c7
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookOur Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club
Celeste NgMaryLauraPhCurrently sitting in the very last row of a plane and taking a break from reading @pronounced_ing’s upcoming Our Missing Hearts only to say: it’s fabulous. Just started but it’s reminding me a bit of Gish Jen’s The Resisters. Thanks for keeping me company, Celeste!
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book