Matthieu Aikins Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Matthieu Aikins is a contributing writer for The Times Magazine and an author. Contributing writer @NYTMag, fellow @TypeMediaCenter. My book about Afghan refugees, THE NAKED DON'T FEAR THE WATER, is out now: https://t.co/cePuBLhwLQ
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
Jamil Jan KochaiMatthieu AikinsWas privileged to read an advance of @JamilJanKochai's new story collection and it slaps. Wildly inventive and funny, even sharper than his excellent debut novel.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
Matthieu AikinsMatthieu AikinsThank you to @nytimesbooks for selecting THE NAKED DON'T FEAR THE WATER as an Editor's Choice this weekend https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/books/review/11-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fixing Stories: Local Newsmaking and International Media in Turkey and Syria
Noah Amir ArjomandMatthieu AikinsHappy pubday to @narjoman's FIXING STORIES, about the dynamics between fixers and foreign journalists. I read an early version and it taught me a lot about my own profession. A look inside the sausage factory that should be required reading. https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/middle-east-government-politics-and-policy/fixing-stories-local-newsmaking-and-international-media-turkey-and-syria?format=HB&isbn=9781316518007
Paperback, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Midnight in Sicily: On Art, Feed, History, Travel and La Cosa Nostra
Peter RobbMatthieu AikinsAbove all, I love books whose sui generis form feels tailored to their subject and Robb's exploration of food, death, aristocratic literature and the Mafia Maxi Trial in his travels through Sicily expanded my sense of the possible when it came to nonfiction.
Paperback, 2007
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Siddharth KaraMatthieu AikinsA righteous quest to expose injustice through a series of vignettes of exploitation and misery... The strength of the book lies in how Kara... analyzes the exploitation that extracts value from the miners’ labor, then launders their tainted product into the global supply chain.
Hardcover, 2023
$31.00$15.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Old Drift
Namwali SerpellMatthieu AikinsFinally read @namwalien’s chonky THE OLD DRIFT and it exceeded my high expectations, got me salivating for her next THE FURROWS in Sept
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brother Alive
Zain KhalidMatthieu AikinsDope @nytimesbooks review of the excellent BROTHER ALIVE by @zaintkhalid, out this week. I read in advance and can recommend as globe-spanning and mind-bending https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/books/review/zain-khalid-brother-alive.html
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book