Public Libraries 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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Marrying the Ketchups
Jennifer Close
.@jenniferclose fantastic new comedy of manners, MARRYING THE KETCHUPS, is one of the most anticipated books of the spring. She talked with us about how politics, pasta, and 90s cover bands informed her book. https://t.co/X4uQdfTEgx https://t.co/qjbmjEn0uO
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Kinship of Secrets
Eugenia Kim
We talk to @Eugenia_Kim about her phenomenal new book THE KINSHIP OF SECRETS and how she captures the emotional impact of family stories in her work. https://t.co/1dok7xknie https://t.co/3prP2uZeVU
Paperback, 2019
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rachel to the Rescue
Elinor Lipman
The New York Times called @ElinorLipman's RACHEL TO THE RESCUE "absolutely delicious." She chatted with us about how an optometrist, the Secret Service, and Shirley Maclaine helped craft her marvelous new comedy of manners. #FridayReads https://t.co/K0Th5PG882 https://t.co/qS8AN78oKx
Paperback, 2021
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story
Darin Strauss
.@Darinstrauss THE QUEEN OF TUESDAY was just named one of @washingtonpost 's top 50 Books of 2020. Read our chat with him about imagining the inner life of Lucille Ball and merging memoir and fiction. https://t.co/kORAytodRo https://t.co/8rmwMWH70j
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Severance
Ling Ma
Ling Ma's SEVERANCE is ideal October reading--deeply unsettling and mordantly funny. Check out our interview with her on the blog! https://t.co/JyL96NuGrj https://t.co/S23Hm4ecsf
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chosen Ones
Veronica Roth
We loved Veronica Roth's #ChosenOnes and think readers will love meeting Sloane, the thorny hero at the heart of the story. Roth chatted with us about Buffy, world building, and her least favorite scene to write. https://t.co/IB0jaVCb1f https://t.co/hl72Dw5OET
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance
Francesca T. Royster
Francesca T. Royster's CHOOSING FAMILY is a gorgeous tribute to the women in her family as well as a compassionate examination of the adoption process. @KirkusReviews called it "a potent love letter to community in all its forms." Read our talk with at https://t.co/zhzEbFcs3i https://t.co/yiS8vv1tm4
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Savage Tongues
Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi talked to us about the fluidity of memory and how she played with the limits of language in her extraordinary new novel SAVAGE TONGUES. https://t.co/z99xWAVtkJ https://t.co/8Mjq7pDEK8
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
These Women
Ivy Pochoda
.@ivypochoda's phenomenal THESE WOMEN is one of the best-reviewed books of the year. She chatted with us about becoming less afraid of plot and writing endings that linger. https://t.co/Qv7EYmT9yJ https://t.co/8KP3KJl2jo
Paperback, 2021
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Friday Black
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
.@NK_Adjei's FRIDAY BLACK is an extraordinary debut collection of short stories, already longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Read his book and our interview with him on the blog! https://t.co/qErWIlMblK https://t.co/3g0tXdxYeR
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book