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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Life Ceremony: Stories
Sayaka MurataNational Book Critics CircleKathleen 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
The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life
Kyle BeachyNational Book Critics CircleNBCC 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
The Right to Be Lazy: And Other Writings
Paul LafargueNational Book Critics Circle@CharlieTyson1 reviewed Paul Lafargue’s The Right to be Lazy for @JewishCurrents https://t.co/7nTf2azVgJ
Paperback, 2022
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bell Jar
Sylvia PlathNational Book Critics CircleNBCC 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
Stuff Mom Never Told You: The Feminist Past, Present, and Future
Anney ReeseNational Book Critics CircleNBCC 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
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Claire Vaye WatkinsNational Book Critics CircleNBCC member @racheljowalker reviewed Claire Vaye Watkins' "I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness" for the @LAReviewofBooks: https://t.co/jsDffXPGLn
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadNational Book Critics CircleNBCC member Jeffrey Mannix reviewed Colson Whitehead’s "Harlem Shuffle" for his "Murder Ink" column in @DgoTelegraph. https://www.durangotelegraph.com/second-section/murder-ink/eavesdrop-into-the-underbelly/
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Matchmaker's Gift
Lynda Cohen LoigmanNational Book Critics CircleFran 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
The Aran Islands
J. M. SyngeNational Book Critics CircleNBCC 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)
The Time of Green Magic
Hilary McKayNational Book Critics CircleNBCC member @SHSmithBooks reviewed Hilary McKay’s "The Time of Green Magic" for @nytimesbooks: https://t.co/5ouRZkCZ3I
Paperback, 2021
$7.99Member price:$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book