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
$19.99$9.99 + 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
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldNational Book Foundation"I want you to know that the publication of Gatsby broke Fitzgerald’s heart, and he did not recover from it." #NBAwards Finalist @minjinlee11 on the impact of The Great Gatsby on the writer and herself @nybooks https://t.co/co2FCdxpX9
Paperback, 2004
$17.00$8.50 + 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 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