Michael Luo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Michael Luo on X
Michael M. Luo is a journalist and the editor of NewYorker.com. editor of @newyorker dot com; writing a narrative history of Chinese exclusion for @doubledaybooks; previously investigations @nytimes

The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Viet Thanh Nguyen
On what it’s like being on set for her latest project, The Sympathizer, based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s masterful book: “Oh, my God, this is just like a geyser of community, a geyser of story, a geyser of pain, a geyser of richness that hopefully we’re capturing.”
Paperback, 2016
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
Harvey Karp
.@hels returns from maternity leave with an interview with Harvey Karp, of the famous 5 S’s. His book, Happiest Baby on the Block, is my go to gift for @newyorker new parents. https://t.co/cDZ80avs8l
Paperback, 2015
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
Ken Auletta
In this week’s @newyorker, an excerpt from @kenauletta’s “Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence.” https://t.co/4ppIHhUQ7m
Out of stock

Wilmington's Lie (Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize): The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
David Zucchino
Beach reading.
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Peter Baker
Must read. Juicy, deeply reported, tautly written. Kudos @sbg1@peterbakernyt.
Paperback, 2023
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chronicles: Volume One
Bob Dylan
“One last thing, though,” he said. “ “What’s that?” “Bob wants the cover.” “What do you mean?” “Bob wants the cover. Of the magazine.” Remnick on Dylan, how @NewYorker lost an excerpt of “Chronicles” to Newsweek, and other stories. https://t.co/sV0y76zrPE
Paperback, 2005
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
Peter Hessler
Fascinating story by Peter Hessler, revisiting the students from Fuling that he wrote about in his book "River Town." Stunning to me that it's been 20 years! Gorgeous book, gorgeous piece. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/03/chinas-reform-generation-adapts-to-life-in-the-middle-class
Paperback, 2006
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen
RT @MarshallProj: Sara Gruen, author of the massive bestseller “Water for Elephants” embarked on an obsessive quest to help overturn the co…
Paperback, 2007
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
Ian Urbina
Congrats to @ian_urbina and the entire team at The Outlaw Ocean Project, as well as everyone @newyorker who worked on this, for winning the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award @ONA. https://t.co/oAGmpNdt5a
Paperback, 2020
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney
The Sally Rooney story in the fiction issue is drawn from her third novel, “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” which will be published in September. Here's a Q&A with her. https://t.co/6qldJFwGDy
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book