Open Magazine 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 Beetle
Richard MarshOpen MagazineRichard Marsh’s the Beetle is a thrilling horror novel of mesmerism, murder and shape-shifting terror where a creature from ancient Egypt arrives in London to take revenge for crimes against an Egyptian cult, writes Shylashri Shankar #NewYearDoubleIssue https://t.co/Zk7EdOnmFC https://t.co/qk8ciPEi8u
Hardcover, 2018
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mormons: Or Latter-day Saints, With Memoirs of the Life and Death of Joseph Smith, the American Mahomet.
Joseph SmithOpen MagazineJoseph Smith had a vision that declared all existing Christian churches wrong. His first followers fled western New York for Ohio. Conflict with Ohio’s Christians pushed the Mormons into the unsettled west of the continent, writes @AmitMajmudar https://t.co/r02ImUfLBm https://t.co/cotiq3Xif1
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Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali ShreeOpen MagazineGeetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand is a book with physical and intellectual heft, it was one of the great bookish treats of 2022, says @NamitaGokhale_, #BestOf2022, 2022InReview, #Books https://t.co/lpKwk4oynj https://t.co/A2wBUdMzGc
Hardcover, 2023
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A Mind of Their Own: Building Your Child's Emotional Wellbeing in a Post-Pandemic World
Katharine HillOpen MagazineA Mind of Their Own: Life Ceremony | The Years | The Trees | The Birth Lottery and Other Surprises | The Last White Man ~ by @NandiniNai #BestOf2022, 2022InReview, #Books https://t.co/5cWhFYwvj2 https://t.co/arW1peGO3E
Paperback, 2021
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The English Patient
Michael OndaatjeOpen MagazineBooker Comes to Sri Lanka: Karunatilaka (@ShehanKaru) is the second Sri Lankan author to win the Booker Prize after #MichaelOndaatje in 1992 for The English Patient, writes @NandiniNai, @TheBookerPrizes https://t.co/o5qv2xSF0N https://t.co/fq5Gd78IvQ
Paperback, 1993
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Murder Most Royal
Sj BennettOpen MagazineFans of the crown will love the murder most royal series. Its author SJ Bennett has a gentle touch, and takes us into the drawing rooms of the Queen and her family and the British upper crust, writes Shylashri Shankar #Bestof2022 #CrimeFiction https://t.co/vWLQGUzj2K https://t.co/rVj8NZBgfD
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Khwabnama
Arunava SinhaOpen MagazineAkhtaruzzaman Elias’ Khwabnama, deftly translated by Arunava Sinha, ranks among the greatest works of modern South Asian literature, says @srinathraghava3 #BestOf2022, 2022InReview, #Books https://t.co/lpKwk4oynj https://t.co/SfyRsK4y3L
Hardcover, 2021
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The Navy: Observations Upon A Letter Addressed To The Earl Of Minto, First Lord Of The Admiralty, By One Of The People (1839)
A. Naval OfficerOpen MagazineThe original suggestion for a change had come from Vice Admiral VEC Barboza, who retired from the Navy as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, writes PR Ramesh, #IndianNavy https://t.co/JoZtugTrXt https://t.co/TfEWTp99wC
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Whips
Cleo WatsonOpen MagazineWith a mischievous brio that outmatches her narrative flair, Cleo Watson (@TheGazelle69) may have updated Yes Minister as Sex Minister. And it may have the life of an English summer, writes @prasannara, #Whips, @CorsairBooks https://t.co/SczFNdRwlS https://t.co/pRHlWEFgDm
Paperback, 2024
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Art
Auguste RodinOpen MagazineThe dancing Nataraj became the most iconic image of Hinduism, promoted by the half-english art historian Ananda Coomaraswamy and the 19th century French sculptor Auguste Rodin, writes @ZareerMasani https://t.co/TT5deO6jPy https://t.co/gQdBBCbLbh
Paperback, 2022
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