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

Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
“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
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
Howard Bryant
@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
The Swimmers
Julie Otsuka
Julie Otsuka writes beautifully (from “The Swimmers”) https://t.co/kJnc4yGVnE
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz
@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
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
Chris Herring
@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
The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner
Joan Didion
“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
An Arrow to the Moon
Emily X. R. Pan
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
Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion
Mirin 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
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
David Halberstam
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
Milk Blood Heat
Dantiel W. Moniz
@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