Megha Majumdar Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Megha Majumdar is a novelist. Author, A BURNING. NYT Notable & bestseller. National Book Award, ALA Carnegie Medal & NBCC Leonard Prize nominee. Whiting Award.
Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia ArmfieldMegha MajumdarSuch a fantastic, eerie, haunted, emotionally astute novel with two levels of questions: What happened in the submarine/ocean? And what happened to the marriage?
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War
Ghaith Abdul-AhadMegha MajumdarFantastic portrait of Iraq from the perspective of one who grew up there, lovingly interested in the experiences of ordinary people—a wedding, a passport office queue, a ninth grade classroom.
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Woman of Light
Kali Fajardo-AnstineMegha Majumdar“For every lucky person, unluckiness arrives. Our existence shouldn’t depend on luck. It should depend on justice, what is good, what is right.” — @kalimaja, WOMAN OF LIGHT
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Aimee NezhukumatathilMegha MajumdarThere are coconut harvesting competitions for monkeys? Aristotle thought cinnamon came from the nests of giant birds? I’m fascinated by this book of delights and reflections. Thank you Aimee and Cordelia ❤️
Hardcover, 2024
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonaldMegha MajumdarMorning dip into this beautiful collection. My current favorite essay is about watching bird migrations from the Empire State Building
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts
Jessica J. LeeMegha MajumdarFor your Friday afternoon! Stars @jessicajlee and @brdemuth in conversation hosted by @PointReyesBooks at 3 pm Eastern / 12 pm Pacific, to celebrate publication of TWO TREES MAKE A FOREST. Please come by if you can! https://t.co/YZ9Aku4RMo https://t.co/og0w5IsPYH
Paperback, 2020
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Earthspinner
Anuradha RoyMegha MajumdarLunchtime event! Come join Booker nominee Anuradha Roy and me at 12 pm ET today as we chat about her new novel THE EARTHSPINNER, hosted by the @torontolibrary. We'll talk about clay horses, artmaking, dogs as star characters...! https://t.co/neboGFraMU
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice
Elizabeth FlockMegha MajumdarReading this harrowing and powerful book following three women in three different countries who fought back
Hardcover, 2024
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Looking for Miss America: A Pageant's 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood
Margot MifflinMegha MajumdarCan't wait for this conversation between @Msmifflin and @jessicabennett for the launch of LOOKING FOR MISS AMERICA. It's at 7 pm Eastern, and hosted by @POWERHOUSEArena, come by— https://t.co/5ExBzIqxBH
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mother In the Dark
Kayla MaiuriMegha MajumdarFascinated by the mother in this novel, so full and odd. She tells stories of how she was mistreated so that her daughters will laugh. She puts oranges on trees for the birds too weak to migrate
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book