Rainesford Stauffer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Rainesford Stauffer on XRainesford Stauffer is a freelance writer, reporter, and author Writer, author (All the Gold Stars, 6/6/23 & An Ordinary Age), @teenvogue columnist, supporter of youth journalism. 22-23 @CarterCenter Fellow. Kentuckian.

Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
Sara PetersenHappy Publication Day and biggest congratulations to @slouisepetersen and Momfluenced! 🎉🎉🎉 This incredible book is brimming with insight, deep, thoughtful analysis and research, and wit, and it is one you won't want to put down. Get your copy today!
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99Member price:$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pas de Don't
Chloe AngyalI was lucky enough to read a galley of @ChloeAngyal's debut novel, PAS DE DON'T, and trust me: you want this one the day it comes out. Preorder it so you can have this gem of a book come May 2nd: https://t.co/0NlEvHB1kE https://t.co/L5luRYAKhA
Paperback, 2023
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
Angela GarbesExtraordinary interview by @slouisepetersen with @agarbes (whose new book, ESSENTIAL LABOR, is out today—can’t wait to dive in) for @TheCut: “I was hoping the pandemic would shake us out of the delusion that we can individually save ourselves. We cannot.” https://www.thecut.com/2022/05/angela-garbes-essential-labor-interview.html
Hardcover, 2022
$25.99Member price:$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter
John Hendrickson...It’s personal, investigative, and brimming with curiosity and empathy. Grounded in Hendrickson’s personal story, the book interweaves research, telling us it’s only since the turn of the millennium that stuttering has been understood as a neurological disorder...
Paperback, 2024
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I give up
Alan CursonI was thrilled to get to contribute to @CatapultStory's #IGiveUp series with an essay on striving, that's also about my health, and about writing about ambition while losing mine. I hope you'll read it! (And share, if it resonates.) https://twitter.com/CatapultStory/status/1533841515113500672
Paperback, 2008
$12.50Member price:$11.88 + Free shipping5% off
Rise to the Sun
Leah JohnsonHappiest of birthdays to one of the kindest, most brilliant, joyful-to-work-with people I've ever had the honor of meeting via the internet! @byleahjohnson is AMAZING and you need to preorder Rise to the Sun right now! 🎉🎈💕✨☀️ https://t.co/uowpp4YZJ6
Paperback, 2024
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families
Nicole Lynn LewisIf you haven’t read Pregnant Girl, you should add it to your reading list. https://t.co/5pl452NVmq
Hardcover, 2021
$22.95Member price:$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
Simone StolzoffHonored to see All the Gold Stars in this conversation, and really appreciate @SimoneStolzoff including it— his book, The Good Enough Job, just came out this week! Read more about it: https://t.co/aj7YhncvIN
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive
Rainesford StaufferThrilled that All the Gold Stars was named to the list of June 2023 Must-Read Books by @NextBigIdeaClub! ⭐️💡 (cc: @thebookgrp @HachetteBooks) So grateful for the kindness that's been shown to this book. https://t.co/CcOQmmznX5
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Choice: The Destruction of Roe V. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right
Becca AndrewsSo many amazing books on this list, but especially thrilled to see NO CHOICE by my brilliant friend @kbeccaandrews here! If you're looking to give the gift of a book that's urgent and deeply empathetic, you have to gift (and read!) this one: https://t.co/RtfaOmFCCY https://t.co/NmD0TlYXpl
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book