Matt Leibel 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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3 books

Equilateral

Ken Kalfus

Matt Leibel

Loved Ken Kalfus' crazy-brilliant "Equilateral":about 19th C. Astronomer digging giant triangular trench in desert to communicate w/Martians

Out of stock

The Investigation

Philippe Claudel

Matt Leibel

"The Investigation" by Phillippe Claudel is in many ways a fairly blatant Kafka ripoff but I still really enjoyed and would recommend it

Paperback, 2013

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

Keith Houston

Matt Leibel

I give Keith Houston's "Shady Characters", about the history of unusual punctuation marks, 5 manicules ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ #thisiscalledanoctothorpe

Paperback, 2014

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book