Megan Abbott 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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Megan Abbott is a novelist. NYT Bestselling author of BEWARE THE WOMAN (5/30), THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on @netflix
The Accomplice
Lisa LutzMegan AbbottHappy pub day to @lisalutz, whose brilliant new novel THE ACCOMPLICE comes out today. Twisty, mordant, deeply funny and utterly beguiling, it's a dark gem. Get yours! https://twitter.com/SLCL/status/1485644426600923144
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saint of the Narrows Street
William BoyleMegan AbbottA tragic crime opera transplanted to Gravesend, Brooklyn, it shattered me. You will love it.
Hardcover, 2025
$28.95Member price:$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scoundrel
Ron SharrowMegan AbbottHappy pub day to the brilliant @sarahw , whose extraordinary new book, SCOUNDREL, is a must-read. True crime at its very best, its richest and most revelatory--about crime and justice but also about the genre itself. Get it! https://twitter.com/sarahw/status/1496099005213904899
Paperback, 2011
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scene: A Memoir
Abel FerraraMegan Abbotta wildly entertaining memoir by one of the cinematic pulp greats
Hardcover, 2025
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Winterland
Rae MeadowsMegan AbbottThough it covers 25 years, three continents...“Winterland” is a novel of intimacies in small spaces: the tactile pleasure of enjoying strawberry candies, cuddling close with a fellow gymnast, of Anya’s father braiding her hair.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Red Riding Hood
Paul GaldoneMegan Abbott“I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.” Happy birthday, the incomparable Paul Newman ... 📸Mark Kauffman, 1967 https://t.co/mVuUkBkNI8
Hardcover, 2012
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay GreshamMegan AbbottIn 1962, William Lindsay Gresham took his own life in the same Times Square hotel where he wrote much of his classic NIGHTMARE ALLEY 16 years earlier. Purportedly, these cards were in his pocket: https://t.co/qJVlVcx2jf
Paperback, 2010
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Time Tomorrow
Emma StraubMegan AbbottAn impossibly charming profile of an impossibly charming writer. I can't wait to read @emmastraub's THIS TIME TOMORROW, out today, thank goodness ❤️❤️ https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/1526436185475887105
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Godfather
Mario PuzoMegan Abbott“Whenever the Godfather opened his mouth, I heard the voice of my mother. She was a fairly ruthless woman.” Happy birthday, the divine Mario Puzo … 📸Daniel Kramer, Beverly Hills Hotel, 1972 https://t.co/aOz0WW5Pan
Hardcover, 2002
$34.70Member price:$17.35 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography
Peter Ames CarlinMegan Abbottthis new book is... a thoughtful exploration of what made them feel so different, special, revelatory, as individuals and especially as a band.
Hardcover, 2024
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book