Observer Arts 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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Trans Girl Suicide Museum
Hannah Baer
Feel Pieces: Hannah Baer On ‘Trans Girl Suicide Museum’ and Memes https://t.co/mDgydQZeZc https://t.co/wvz9zNTlm8
Out of stock

How Could She
Lauren Mechling
‘How Could She’ author Lauren Mechling on her novel, a book she tried to make “as scandalous and important as my conversations and text messages with friends.” https://bit.ly/3oA40IR
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Don Carlos: Libretto
Giuseppe Verdi
The Met Opera performs Giuseppe Verdi's epic 'Don Carlos' with opera favorites Matthew Polenzani and Sonya Yoncheva. https://t.co/Dc9qfvtebM
Paperback, 1986
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orwell's Roses
Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit's new novel 'Orwell’s Roses' shifts lyrically between George Orwell’s life and a history of roses. https://t.co/aSuX8vr9dt
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Manhunt
Gretchen Felker-Martin
Gretchen Felker-Martin's long awaited 'Manhunt' is out today. A masterful genre-bending horror novel, it's is a must read. https://t.co/fYo88wE3Si
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Spindle Splintered
Alix E. Harrow
Mona Awad's "All's Well," Alix E. Harrow’s "A Spindle Splintered," and Bethany C. Morrow's "So Many Beginnings" all tackle chronic illness and disability in unique ways. https://t.co/61uQdLMow1
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
Like ‘The Bell Jar,’ Sylvia Plath’s semi-recently discovered short story deals with a central character riddled with guilt for not being in control of her own destiny. https://bit.ly/3bXso1c
Paperback, 2005
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995
Patricia Highsmith
'Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks' begin in 1941, following a twenty-year old woman living at home and going to college in New York. https://t.co/A6VVpUiyZk
Hardcover, 2021
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Utopia
David Byrne
David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ gives audiences a chance to reflect on the world they want to see. https://t.co/x5leJRJiIt
Hardcover, 2020
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Matrix
Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff riddles out questions of power, gender, desire, and control that remain as relevant now as they were in the hushed hallways of a British monastery untouched by electricity. https://bit.ly/3EOBPwO
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book