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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![Book Cover for: The Sunbearer Trials, Aiden Thomas](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781250822130.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1712610301)
The Sunbearer Trials
Aiden Thomas![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
Read 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![Book Cover for: Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands, Kelly Lytle Hernández](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781324064411.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709848423)
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Kelly Lytle Hernández![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
Congratulations 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![Book Cover for: Woman of Light, Kali Fajardo-Anstine](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780525511335.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1712611548)
Woman of Light
Kali Fajardo-Anstine![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
"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![Book Cover for: Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest, Nate Powell](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781419749131.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709849669)
Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest
Nate Powell![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
On 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![Book Cover for: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780743273565.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725751216)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
"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![Book Cover for: Me (Moth): (National Book Award Finalist), Amber McBride](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781250833037.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1710233225)
Me (Moth): (National Book Award Finalist)
Amber McBride![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
ME (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![Book Cover for: Bitter, Akwaeke Emezi](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593309063.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725751216)
Bitter
Akwaeke Emezi![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
BITTER 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![Book Cover for: A Sitting in St. James, Rita Williams-Garcia](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780062367310.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709848533)
A Sitting in St. James
Rita Williams-Garcia![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
Congrats 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![Book Cover for: The Book of Goose, Yiyun Li](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781250872418.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1725751216)
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
For @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![Book Cover for: Lakelore, Anna-Marie McLemore](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781250624147.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1713718456)
Lakelore
Anna-Marie McLemore![National Book Foundation](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars-md/544f400d-e3ff-4060-97d6-756008caa540.webp)
"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