National Book Foundation 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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The Sunbearer Trials
Aiden ThomasNational Book FoundationRead an excerpt from THE SUNBEARER TRIALS by #NBAwards Longlister Aiden Thomas (@aidenschmaiden). | @tordotcom https://t.co/nCt8OQMd4r
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Kelly Lytle HernándezNational Book FoundationCongratulations to #NBAwards Longlister Kelly Lytle Hernández (@klytlehernandez)! BAD MEXICANS is among the winners of this year’s Bancroft Prize. | @nytimes https://t.co/0ZlBesEF6I
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Woman of Light
Kali Fajardo-AnstineNational Book Foundation"When I was working on this book (it took me over 10 years), it felt like I was visiting my friends and my family and would make me feel really at home and warm." #NBAwards Finalist Kali Fajardo-Anstine talks about her novel, WOMAN OF LIGHT. | @CPRNews https://t.co/h9ydtvkb2o
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest
Nate PowellNational Book FoundationOn April 13 @RainTaxiReview hosts #NBAwards Winner @Nate_Powell_Art for a virtual event for his new book Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest https://t.co/VQgiVDaBJu https://t.co/Bj6kLN0l3w
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Me (Moth): (National Book Award Finalist)
Amber McBrideNational Book FoundationME (MOTH) by #NBAwards Finalist Amber McBride (@ambsmcbride) is the YA Read Across America book for July! | @NEAToday https://t.co/0UVe4ariDe
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bitter
Akwaeke EmeziNational Book FoundationBITTER by #NBAward Finalist Akwaeke Emezi (@azemezi) and LAKELORE by #NBAward Longlister Anna-Marie McLemore (@LaAnnaMarie) are among @BuzzFeed's most anticipated YA books releasing in 2022. | @BuzzFeedBooks https://t.co/ZdnHfbgYyC
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Sitting in St. James
Rita Williams-GarciaNational Book FoundationCongrats to three-time #NBAwards Finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, @OneCrazyRita, for winning the 2021 Boston Globe–@HornBook Award for Fiction and Poetry for A Sitting in St. James! | #BGHB21 https://t.co/1ldReyRemJ
Paperback, 2022
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hate U Give
Angie ThomasNational Book FoundationNYC! Angie Thomas (@angiecthomas), author of the bestselling #NBAwards longlister THE HATE U GIVE, will be at @SymphonySpace next month (2/6) to talk with @angelayee about her highly anticipated new novel, ON THE COME UP. Don't miss it! https://t.co/SIsCit7cE0
Paperback, Large Print, 2022
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Goose
Yiyun LiNational Book FoundationFor @wwborders, #NBAwards Longlister Anna Badkhen considers the parallels between Yiyun Li’s THE BOOK OF GOOSE and one of her own childhood friendships. https://t.co/CmFCVzpb5T
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lakelore
Anna-Marie McLemoreNational Book Foundation"Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumored to be half-air, half-water." Read an excerpt from LAKELORE by #NBAwards-honored author Anna-Marie McLemore (@LaAnnaMarie). | @tordotcom https://t.co/4SRTT1f64v
Hardcover, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book