penguinpress Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
🗣 Los Angeles, get ready! Join @pronounced_ing and Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, to celebrate Ng's latest novel #OurMissingHearts at @SECONDHOME_IO, presented by @PENamerica, @skylightbooks, and @scrippscollege. https://t.co/p73DzJFRA3 https://t.co/n5IpUqdJGN
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club
Celeste Ng
Our Missing Hearts by @pronounced is coming to paperback this August. This instant @nytimes bestseller and @ReesesBookClub Pick is the inspiring story of a boy and his mother, and the sacrifices they will make in the name of truth. Pre-order: https://t.co/IWwY46pbPf https://t.co/B3D96GEDSe
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Michael Pollan
.@washingtonpost has picked a perfect book to read at every age, including In Defense of Food by @michaelpollan (for the 29-year-olds) and Devotions by Mary Oliver (for the 81-year-olds). Check out the full list here: http://ow.ly/ctvr30p0Mcj
Paperback, 2009
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgaard
#ThrowbackThursday With Karl Ove Knausgaard's newest novel, The Morning Star, out this week we're celebrating all his works. We're officially beyond summer, so what better way to celebrate than by picking up Autumn? https://t.co/xlyRxIweq5 https://t.co/hakr8irMkC
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gold Diggers
Sanjena Sathian
Atlanta! Don't miss @sanjenasathian, author of Gold Diggers, for her first in-person event to celebrate her dazzling debut novel. Hosted by our friends @ATLHistCenter, learn more here: http://ow.ly/31Xq50ISrRc https://t.co/nNYTKrfkQk
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
Kelefa Sanneh
ICYMI: Kelefa Sanneh was on @kcrw discussing his new book, Major Labels! Listen here: https://t.co/bAQsvCzTRg
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses: Second Edition
James Joyce
Kevin Birmingham writes for @Slate on Bloomsday and the fight to legalize James Joyce's Ulysses, now 100 years old. https://t.co/RLxn2oePe1
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg
#ThrowbackThursday We're reading @GretaThunberg's No One is Too Small To Make a Difference in honor of International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict on November 6. http://ow.ly/hXWP50GhhfZ https://t.co/s1BcdhQeAb
Paperback, 2019
$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt
Stephen Dubner of @Freakonomics recommends The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen, on sale tomorrow! Learn more: https://t.co/FWm2LmTC8J. https://t.co/IagLTkkcIo
Paperback, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club
Celeste Ng
Looking for books to read with your mom at Mother's Day? @PureWow recommends Our Missing Hearts by @pronounced_ing and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. https://t.co/3Ml0tCorxS
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book