Matt Bell Book Recommendations
Matt Bell is an author. Writer, teacher. Out now: APPLESEED, a novel (2021, @marinerbooks). REFUSE TO BE DONE, a guide to novel revision (2022, @soho_press). He/him.
Gangster Nation
Tod GoldbergMatt BellShow up for the mob hitman turned rabbi, stay for the surprise inclusion of one of the best literary depictions of the morning of 9/11 that I’ve read. So good.
Paperback, 2018
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookAge of Wire and String: Stories
Ben MarcusMatt Bell@Aaron__Burch I always talk about reviews of Ben Marcus, which have the same pattern. Critics disliked Age of Wire and String. When Notable American Women arrived, they went, It's not as good as AOWAS—and then, when Flame Alphabet released: What happened to the Marcus of AOWAS and NAW?
Paperback, 1998
$12.50$6.25 + Free shipping50% off your first bookCounterfeit: A Reese's Book Club Pick
Kirstin ChenMatt BellThis week’s audiobook listens: COUNTERFEIT by @kirstin_chen and MACHINE by Susan Steinberg. Both read by excellent narrators! https://t.co/MA3XjwP7Lq
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first bookTomboyland: Essays
Melissa FalivenoMatt BellI loved @melissafaliveno's TOMBOYLAND! If you haven't read it yet, its first birthday is as good a time as any to dive in. Congratulations, Melissa! https://t.co/SVld61Kl97
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first bookStrange Beasts of China
Yan GeMatt BellI listened to the first half of @YanGeMay’s STRANGE BEASTS OF CHINA today (translated by @JeremyTiang and performed by @zwooman), and even though I’m not finished I already know it’s going to rank among my favorite reads of the year. Give this one a look! https://t.co/HeJdmlKqBE
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Body Scout
Lincoln MichelMatt BellRT @tordotcom: @nhyphenc @QueenOfRats New school = maybe The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel? kind of an sf/noir/baseball mashup Long time vi…
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe War for Gloria
Atticus LishMatt BellYesterday's book purchases: THE WAR FOR GLORIA by Atticus Lish (@AAKnopf) and AMONG THIEVES by @mjkuhnbooks (@SagaSFF). https://t.co/md7E7VpApq
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookDesert Creatures
Kay ChronisterMatt Bell@mattkeeley Brian Evenson’s LAST DAYS and Kay Chronister’s DESERT CREATURES, the latter of which isn’t out yet.
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Souvenir Museum: Stories
Elizabeth McCrackenMatt BellToday’s book mail: THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM by @elizmccracken, one of my most anticipated story collections of the year. Can’t wait! https://t.co/fTjYTtSItg
Paperback, Large Print, 2021
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookBerserk: Volume 13
Kentaro MiuraMatt BellBook #27 of 2022: BERSERK, vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura. Digital comic. https://t.co/BJetxrLC3B
Paperback, 2006
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book