Motoko Rich 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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Motoko Rich is Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times. リッチ 素子 NYT Tokyo bureau chief. Books, chocolate & coffee. 本好き She/Her richm@nytimes.com. Find me on Instagram @motokorich
Orwell's Roses
Rebecca SolnitMotoko RichAn excellent beach read. Or anywhere read.
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shoguns City
Noel NouetMotoko RichHow exciting: “Minor Feelings,” an extraordinary book I read last year by @cathyparkhong, and “Shogun’s City” by @astanley711, which I look forward to reading this year. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you for keeping us inspired and our minds and souls fed https://t.co/stbPVldKhz
Hardcover, 1995
$180.00$155.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Another Country
James BaldwinMotoko RichGreat list. Adding “The Emperor’s Children” by Claire Messud, E.L. Konigsburg’s “From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” and if you haven’t read “Another Country” by James Baldwin, (no. 3) you are missing out. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/t-magazine/new-york-city-novels-books.html?referringSource=articleShare
Paperback, 1992
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Andrea ElliottMotoko RichCongratulations to @andreafelliott for winning the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for "Invisible Child" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/books/review/invisible-child-dasani-andrea-elliott.html?smid=tw-share
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
Joshua CohenMotoko RichI have not been steered wrong yet by reading @taffyakner or her recommendations. She called The Netanyahus "the best and most relevant novel I’ve read in what feels like forever." And look, it just won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/books/review/joshua-cohen-the-netanyahus.html?smid=tw-share
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
These Women
Ivy PochodaMotoko RichBook people: pandemic "drove sales for celebrities & best-selling authors while new & lesser known writers struggled” https://t.co/JJiGpI0iET Non bestsellers I recommend: “These Women” by @ivypochoda “Courting Mr Lincoln” by @LouisBayard “Bobcat” by Rebecca Lee How ‘bout you?
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bullet Train
Kotaro IsakaMotoko RichIf you’ve seen trailers of “Bullet Train,” you might wonder “is that Japan?” I talked to Kotaro Isaka, author whose novel is the basis for the film. He says it’s “Japan’s future or like a Gotham City…a world people don’t know” pix: @shiho_fukada https://t.co/FAGXYhh80q
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Emperor's Children
Claire MessudMotoko RichGreat list. Adding “The Emperor’s Children” by Claire Messud, E.L. Konigsburg’s “From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” and if you haven’t read “Another Country” by James Baldwin, (no. 3) you are missing out. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/t-magazine/new-york-city-novels-books.html?referringSource=articleShare
Paperback, 2007
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Memory Police
Yoko OgawaMotoko Rich@AllisonAlexy The Makioka Sisters by Tanizaki, The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Vaclav SmilMotoko Rich"Humility — the rarest earth metal of all" @NathanielRich reviews "How the World Really Works" by @VaclavSmil https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/books/review/how-the-world-really-works-vaclev-smil.html?smid=tw-share
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book