Mythili Rao 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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Managing editor @NovelPodcasts. Previously executive producer at @guardian’s Today in Focus. Before that @NewYorker and @WNYC

7 books

Danny the Champion of the World

Roald Dahl

Mythili Rao

@AxelKacoutie Goodnight, Little Bear by Richard Scarry; Raj and the Best Day Ever! by Seb Braun; Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (technically a step-dad); Satya’s Boat by Saraswati Nandini Majumdar; when he’s older, Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

Paperback, 2007

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Home in the World: A Memoir

Amartya Sen

Mythili Rao

I reviewed Amartya Sen’s memoir, “Home in the World,” for the Washington Post: https://t.co/Ruqdd5FZ8s

Paperback, 2023

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Night Cars

Teddy Jam

Mythili Rao

@AxelKacoutie Almost forgot an all time favorite! Night Cars by Teddy Jam.

Board Book, 2006

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Companion Piece

Ali Smith

Mythili Rao

She has a point—but podcasts have a kind of asynchronous companionable charm too, no? (This is from Ali Smith’s Companion piece.) https://t.co/Ii2DPPOjkm

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

Rafia Zakaria

Mythili Rao

It’s a provocative book. Here’s my review of “Against White Feminism” by Rafia Zakaria for @BookWorld: https://t.co/yLhrRMAmoK

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book

My Brilliant Life

Ae-Ran Kim

Mythili Rao

Now reading: My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim (translated by Chi-Young Kim). https://t.co/guh3y25Siz

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Raj and the Best Day Ever

Sebastien Braun

Mythili Rao

@AxelKacoutie Goodnight, Little Bear by Richard Scarry; Raj and the Best Day Ever! by Seb Braun; Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (technically a step-dad); Satya’s Boat by Saraswati Nandini Majumdar; when he’s older, Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

Hardcover, 2019

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book