Monica Byrne Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Monica Byrne on XMonica Byrne is a playwright and science fiction author. Buy THE ACTUAL STAR: https://t.co/1h6FqSpUgR. Itinerant writer. Reps at Kaplan/Perrone and CAA. She/her.

Specimen Days
Michael Cunningham@niallharrison @montsamu @NussbaumAbigail Yeah I’d say braided, and Stan said that and ‘interwoven,’ too. Another example of the linear pattern is Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham.
Paperback, 2006
$25.99Member price:$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sixteen Pleasures
Robert HellengaOther terrific nun content: 1. Lying Awake by Mark Salzman 2. Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen 3. Exiles by Ron Hansen 4. The Sixteen Pleasures by Robert Hellenga (Hmmm, all men…🤔😅)
Paperback, 1995
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Legendborn
Tracy DeonnAmid everything else going on today: BLOODMARKED, the second installment in the LEGENDBORN trilogy, is out today from Tracy Deonn. Legendborn was absolutely stunning and I have just stabbed tf out of the "buy" button for the sequel. https://t.co/ka2qRuTJPt
Hardcover, 2020
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Joan of Arc: A Life
Mary GordonTwo major influences I forgot to list in the acknowledgements of The Actual Star and it’s driving me mad: 1. Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn 2. Joan of Arc: A Life by Mary Gordon Please don’t sue me
Paperback, 2008
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In One Hour: ... Babylon will fall
Raymond McCulloughIN ONE HOUR: catch me and Kim Stanley Robinson in conversation, followed by Q&A, hosted by @FlyleafBooks! To attend, just buy a paperback of The Actual Star and put in the comments that you’d like to attend: https://t.co/2FAsoNddNb https://t.co/mC5H2dyGoB
Paperback, 2019
$13.99Member price:$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson@noahgittell There’s an entire book about exactly that, called The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Paperback, 2021
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir
Toni Bentley@jessicaesquire The Surrender by Toni Bentley.
Paperback, 2024
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
New York 2140
Kim Stanley RobinsonI keep fantasizing about a massive bill strike, like Kim Stanley Robinson describes in New York 2140, Red Moon, and Ministry for the Future. Stop paying medical bills. Stop paying utility bills. Stop paying mortgage bills. Bring the banks to their knees in a matter of days.
Paperback, 2018
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri@lesbrains Short story collections: The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, and Story of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang.
Paperback, 2019
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Piranesi
Susanna ClarkeLiterati: It’s pretentious to capitalize nouns in fiction Susanna Clarke: *bursts in and slams down a copy of Piranesi* GUESS WHAT MOTHERFUCKERS
Paperback, 2021
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book