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
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
No-No Boy
John OkadaMotoko RichAdding -my year of meats by @ozekiland -no no boy by John Okada -when the emperor was divine @JulieOtsuka https://t.co/7TL3Nf7Kwz
Paperback, 2014
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Grouchy Ladybug
Eric CarleMotoko RichEric Carle, RIP and thank you for your service. You saved many a bedtime and tantrum. Personally, as a mom, "The Grouchy Ladybug" came in very handy for all sorts of moments. https://t.co/YOnC3lxgJq
Hardcover, 1996
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Joan Is Okay
Weike WangMotoko RichJust finished “Joan is O.K.” And it was perfect. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/books/review/weike-wang-joan-is-okay.html?referringSource=articleShare
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + 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
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 20
Kazuki TakahashiMotoko RichKazuki Takahashi, the creator of the international smash hit manga and trading card game Yu-Gi-Oh!, was found dead in southern Japan off the coast of Okinawa. RIP by @benjamindooley https://t.co/rggJtzmvnz
Paperback, 2007
$7.95$3.97 + 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 Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric CarleMotoko RichPiece of literary history: first edition of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle printed in Japan because editor "found no U.S. publisher capable of printing and binding book as it had been designed, with perforated pages and pages in various width” https://t.co/c6ZeHqnh9D
Board Book, 1994
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book