Mike Hoinski 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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Magazine Editor : @TexasHighways

Travels with Charley: In Search of America
John Steinbeck
𧔠As a new Texan, @mmaggeler wanted to learn more about her new home, so she took a page out of John Steinbeck's "Travels With Charley" by renting a camper van and tracing the author's path through the state with her dog, Cleo, for @TexasHighways. https://t.co/z5wYGRS8nR
Paperback, 1980
$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
More Than You'll Ever Know: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Katie Gutierrez
The always A+++ @katie_gutz returns to her hometown of Laredo & sees signs of duality that parallel the themes of her forthcoming debut novel, âMore Than Youâll Ever Know,â which you should buy after reading this @TexasHighways piece. #longreads #SundayLR https://t.co/Ws0VpshwJK
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories
Denis Johnson
Revisiting âŠ@TexasHighwaysâ© stories I had the pleasure of working on that didnât get the love they deserved the first time around and this one, by the eternal homie âŠ@R_AndradeFrancoâ©, deserves a call-out. Get ready to cry like Denis Johnson. https://t.co/8DIIQecHY6
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Just got out of a production of A Christmas Carol at Zach theatre that included a Lizzo song, which makes sense because Charles dickens invented twerking.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1986
$5.99$2.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Winter: Notes from Montana
Rick Bass
Earlier this year I read âWinterâ by Rick Bass and was mesmerized. I thought, hey, Rick lives in Montana but heâs from Texas. I wonder if heâd write an essay for @TexasHighways. And then this! And heâs writing another piece for us next year! #longreads https://t.co/E54Qw3lbsP
Paperback, 2011
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Valleyesque: Stories
Fernando A. Flores
New @katie_gutz, Fowzia Karimi, and Fernando A. Flores stories in the February issue of @TexasHighways, online tomorrow at 8 a.m.: https://t.co/vB75TrFegh.
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Just got out of a production of A Christmas Carol at Zach theatre that included a Lizzo song, which makes sense because Charles dickens invented twerking.
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So Sorry for Your Loss: How I Learned to Live with Grief, and Other Grave Concerns
Dina Gachman
Y'all, @DinaGachman is a superstar writer & reporter. She always has ideas. Read her latest for @TexasHighways on black cemeteries striving for protection through the @TxHistComm & then pre-order her new book of essays on grief, "So Sorry for Your Loss." https://t.co/VALwc1O1kZ
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Christmas Carol: The Original Classic Story by Charles Dickens - Great Christmas Gift for Booklovers
Charles Dickens
Just got out of a production of A Christmas Carol at Zach theatre that included a Lizzo song, which makes sense because Charles dickens invented twerking.
Paperback, 2021
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Faust
Goethe
Devilâs Advocate The Faust Hotel in New Braunfels conjures thoughts of Goetheâs Faust By Fernando A. Flores https://t.co/jq99petvi5
Hardcover, 2023
$79.90$54.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)