PEN America 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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1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellPEN AmericaThe famous dystopian novel “1984” by British author George Orwell is being withdrawn from sale in Belarus. https://bit.ly/3LCgn0u
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dead End
Jason MyersPEN AmericaLeon County Schools superintendent bans five books following Moms for Liberty objections: "Doomed" by Chuck Palahniuk. "Dead End" by Jason Myer. "Lucky" by Alice Sebold. "Push" by Sapphire. "Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl" by Jesse Andrews. https://t.co/AAycvRRkDl #BannedBooks
Paperback, 2011
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick
Jodi PicoultPEN America'Mad Honey' authors speak about new best-selling novel: @JujuChangABC speaks with @jodipicoult and @JennyBoylan about their new book that explores gender identity issues through the lens of a trans character. https://t.co/4899zEzzcC
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Need a New Butt!
Dawn McMillanPEN AmericaIn #Mississippi, an assistant principal was fired for reading to a group of 2nd graders on Zoom. The offending content? "I Need a New Butt!" a humorous picture book by Dawn McMillan that some in the school district found “inappropriate.” https://t.co/JIjyEGVRqu #EdScare (11/15)
Paperback, 2014
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lucky Breaks
Yevgenia BelorusetsPEN AmericaLearn more about writer & @PENUkraine president Andrey Kurkov's book GREY BEES and Yevgenia Belorusets's LUCKY BREAKS in this @nytimes review as newly translated books that highlight everyday lives transformed by conflict. https://t.co/2QJkAc70Pz
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
Kelly LinkPEN AmericaHow does the surreality of 21st century life inhabit the fairy-tales & horror stories now being written? Join Pulitzer Prize Finalist Kelly Link, award-winning writer/poet Sabrina Orah Mark, novelist Monica Brashears, & moderator Maria Tatar to discuss! https://t.co/zFNJZkfm8Z https://t.co/rCOpDoX08t
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony DoerrPEN AmericaFor this week's episode of #ThePENPod, we sat down Anthony Doerr for a conversation about his latest novel CLOUD CUCKOO LAND, which he describes as a tribute to the idea that books are "portals to other worlds, other lives, and other times". LISTEN 🎧: https://t.co/iHIWJwYoff. https://t.co/PhdcBZwwJP
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America
Jacquelyn Dowd HallPEN AmericaJacquelyn Dowd Hall (@jhalldowd) is the 2020 winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. Hall’s biography, SISTERS AND REBELS: A STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA, is a rich combination of historical inquiry and creative writing. #PENLitAwards https://t.co/5uOjZLDfVV
Paperback, 2020
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluest Eye
Toni MorrisonPEN AmericaRT @jzfriedman: Toni Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' is on this list of -- 6-- books being targeted for banning in Virginia Beach Why are peop…
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Prophets
Robert Jones JrPEN AmericaIn celebration of #PrideMonth, revisit our #PENTen with Robert Jones Jr. (@SonofBaldwin), author of THE PROPHETS, for his advice to young writers, coming to terms with embracing the writer's identity, and needing to write every first draft by hand. https://t.co/QMC7bB4eUN
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book