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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Harlem Shuffle
Colson WhiteheadNational Book Foundation#NBAwards Winner Colson Whitehead talks to Alison Stewart about his novel, HARLEM SHUFFLE. | @AllOfItWNYC https://t.co/N7caSdhkVO
Paperback, 2022
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A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance
Hanif AbdurraqibNational Book Foundation"I wish more people talked about the moments that build up to a potential brawl as intimacy." An excerpt from A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA by #NBAwards Finalist Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad). | @lithub https://t.co/xSlDY1fPT2
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)
Emily St John MandelNational Book FoundationEmily St. John Mandel (@EmilyMandel) talks to @IsaacFitzgerald about the Station Eleven adaptation (@Station11onmax), being homeschooled in rural Canada, and releasing two books during the pandemic. https://t.co/nbbJZdqbU6
Paperback, 2015
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrNational Book Foundation#NBAwards Finalist Anthony Doerr talks to Mary Beth Keane about the inspiration for CLOUD CUCKOO LAND and its focus on technology, destruction, preservation, and humanity’s vast interconnectedness. | @aspenideas https://www.aspenideas.org/podcasts/a-conversation-with-author-anthony-doerr
Paperback, 2022
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The Prophets
Robert Jones JrNational Book FoundationCongratulations to #NBAwards Finalist Robert Jones Jr. (@SonofBaldwin), winner of The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction for THE PROPHETS! | @pubtri https://t.co/ESI0WM3y3b
Paperback, 2022
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Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan
Randall KenanNational Book FoundationBLACK FOLK COULD FLY "provide[s] rare insight into Kenan’s life and mind, while retaining the humor, humanity and elegant power for which he is loved." A review of #NBAwards Longlister Randall Kenan's posthumous essay collection. | @nytimesbooks https://t.co/QgjVofTmio
Paperback, 2023
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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
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The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Brit BennettNational Book Foundation#NBAwards-honored author Jennifer Egan (@Egangoonsquad) on the book that shaped her worldview, INTERIOR CHINATOWN, and why she wants her copy of THE VANISHING HALF signed by Brit Bennett. | @ELLEmagazine https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a39451152/shelf-life-jennifer-egan/
Paperback, 2022
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Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Viet Thanh NguyenNational Book FoundationViet Thanh Nguyen’s book Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War was a finalist for the #NBAwards in nonfiction. His novel The Sympathizer is a New York Times bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Paperback, 2017
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From from: Poems
Monica YounNational Book Foundation"Ultimately, for all the vexed duplicities mapped in this volume, the most vexing—and ravishing—duplicity is that of art itself." @nytimes reviews FROM FROM, #NBAwards-honored poet Monica Youn's (@MonicaYoun) latest collection. https://t.co/2i9KAP8XmK
Paperback, 2023
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