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National Book Critics Circle 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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Book Cover for: Life Ceremony: Stories, Sayaka Murata

Life Ceremony: Stories

Sayaka Murata
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Kathleen Rooney @KathleenMRooney reviewed the short story collection Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murada for @LiberReview https://www.liberreview.com/issue-1-3-people-bathing

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry
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Charles Green reviewed Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind “A Raisin in the Sun” by Charles J. Shields for @GLReview https://glreview.org/article/a-playwrights-first-act/

Paperback, Mass Market, 2004

$8.95Member price:$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life, Kyle Beachy

The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life

Kyle Beachy
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NBCC member Jeff Alessandrelli interviewed skateboarder/writer @kylebeachy about his new essay collection, "The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life," for @fullstopmag: https://www.full-stop.net/2021/12/21/interviews/jeff-alessandrelli/kyle-beachy/

Hardcover, 2021

$27.00Member price:$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Right to Be Lazy, Paul Lafargue

The Right to Be Lazy

Paul Lafargue
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@CharlieTyson1 reviewed Paul Lafargue’s The Right to be Lazy for @JewishCurrents https://t.co/7nTf2azVgJ

Paperback, 2025

$8.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath
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NBCC Vice President/Events and Fiction Chair @janeciab's @lithub interview with Lee Kravetz covers "The Bell Jar," 1950s psychiatry, and the confessional poets. https://lithub.com/lee-kravetz-on-sylvia-plath-1950s-psychiatry-and-confessional-poets/

Paperback, 2005

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Presence of Absence, Simon Van Booy

The Presence of Absence

Simon Van Booy
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Joan Frank spoke with Simon Van Booy about his recent novel The Presence of Absence for Magers & Quinn Booksellers https://t.co/2IGuDokej4

Paperback, 2022

$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Stuff Mom Never Told You: The Feminist Past, Present, and Future, Anney Reese

Stuff Mom Never Told You: The Feminist Past, Present, and Future

Anney Reese
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NBCC member Nell Beram reviewed "Stuff Mom Never Told You: The Feminist Past, Present, and Future" by Anney Reese and Samantha McVey for @ShelfAwareness: https://t.co/JI593TiGFp

Hardcover, 2023

$31.99Member price:$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Matchmaker's Gift, Lynda Cohen Loigman

The Matchmaker's Gift

Lynda Cohen Loigman
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Fran Hawthorne @hawthornewriter reviewed The Matchmaker's Gift by Linda Cohen Loigman for the @NYJournalofBook https://t.co/nuYL6fsBVh

Paperback, 2023

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Code 6, James Grippando

Code 6

James Grippando
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Oline H Cogdill reviewed Code 6 by James Grippando and A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin, plus two Charlie Parker Novels by John Connolly for @SunSentinel https://t.co/9a6yviGg50 https://t.co/GfFAypY4k6

Paperback, 2024

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Aran Islands, J. M. Synge

The Aran Islands

J. M. Synge
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NBCC Vice President/Awards @janeciab spoke with @LamornaAsh about books about the sea (including J.M. Synge’s "The Aran Islands") for @bookmarksreads: https://t.co/JiXDC661hO

Hardcover, 2023

$24.95Member price:$24.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)