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Mirin Fader 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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Sports writer. Storyteller. Senior staff writer @Ringer. NYT best-selling author of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion https://t.co/Nc3veawppx

17 books
Book Cover for: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

“Nan Graham, his longtime editor, said that where other writers might live by the diktat “write what you know,” for Doerr, it’s “write what you want to know.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/books/anthony-doerr-cloud-cuckoo-land.html?referringSource=articleShare

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original, Howard Bryant

Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

Howard Bryant
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

@Texiancurtis Thanks for reading! I really appreciate it. Might I suggest “Rickey” by Howard Bryant? It was amazing.

Paperback, 2023

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Swimmers, Julie Otsuka

The Swimmers

Julie Otsuka
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

Julie Otsuka writes beautifully (from “The Swimmers”) https://t.co/kJnc4yGVnE

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Plot, Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

@JeanHanffKoreli I couldn’t put The Plot down! Thank you so much for writing it! Suspenseful and hilarious. Spot on parody of parts of the literary world. Great stuff. Thanks again.

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks, Chris Herring

Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

Chris Herring
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

@FriescianV Thank you so much for reading! Might I recommend Blood in the Garden by Chris Herring. So many amazing anecdotes in there.

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner, Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner

Joan Didion
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

“The way I write is who I am.” One of my favorite Joan Didion passages. RIP. (From “The Year of Magical Thinking.”). https://t.co/RvI3cOf1sw

Paperback, 2007

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: An Arrow to the Moon, Emily X. R. Pan

An Arrow to the Moon

Emily X. R. Pan
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

I love this (“An Arrow to the Moon” by Emily X.R. Pan). https://t.co/cwIt6mxyWz

Paperback, 2023

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion, Mirin Fader

Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion

Mirin Fader
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

Thank you so much for reading my work this year, and for buying my “Giannis” book. Becoming an author was a life-long dream, and I’m so grateful to you for helping me achieve that dream 💜 https://www.amazon.com/Giannis-Improbable-Rise-NBA-MVP/dp/0306924129/ref=sr_1_2?crid=Z5124MIR87X0&keywords=giannis+the+improbable+rise+of+an+nba+mvp&qid=1640197333&s=books&sprefix=giannis%2Cstripbooks%2C152&sr=1-2 & here are stories I wrote this year @ringer I’m most proud of:

Paperback, 2022

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made, David Halberstam

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made

David Halberstam
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

Always remember the joy of this… (from David Halberstam’s classic “Playing For Keeps”) https://t.co/IAHgJJMkjg

Paperback, 2000

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Milk Blood Heat, Dantiel W. Moniz

Milk Blood Heat

Dantiel W. Moniz
Mirin FaderMirin Fader

@dantielwmoniz I loved, loved, loved Milk Blood Heat. It was so cool to listen to you talk about the book at Roxane Gay’s book club. Thanks for writing this.

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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