ReviserEditorial 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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Handle of writer-editor Jay A. Fernandez, @writer730. Editor at @lareviewofbooks. Formerly @latimes, @washingtonpost, @THR. Here for the love of language.

A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende
Read @_sambuckland_ on Isabel Allende’s “A Long Petal of the Sea,” me editing, @Writer730 @LAReviewofBooks @PenguinRandom #BallantineBooks Love and Solitude in Exile: Isabel Allende’s “A Long Petal of the Sea” https://t.co/p7aX4sitxx via @lareviewofbooks
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
Esmé Weijun Wang
Give this smart review of Esmé Weijun Wang’s “The Collected Schizophrenias” by @lareviewofbooks regular @ferrifrigida a read. Edited by me, @writer730 @graywolfpress // Fractured Origins in Esmé Weijun Wang’s “The Collected Schizophrenias” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fractured-origins-in-esme-weijun-wangs-the-collected-schizophrenias/
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hark
Sam Lipsyte
Check out this review of Sam Lipsyte's latest novel by @ryanjsmernoff that I edited for @lareviewofbooks // Pamphlets for Sale: How Sam Lipsyte’s “Hark” Will Save Us All https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/pamphlets-for-sale-how-sam-lipsytes-hark-will-save-us-all/ via @lareviewofbooks
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mostly Dead Things
Kristen Arnett
Give a read to @Brad_Sides interviewing international ravioli expert @Kristen_Arnett about her "beautiful, transcendent" debut novel, "Mostly Dead Things," for @LAReviewofBooks, me in the editing suite @Writer730 // https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/loneliness-resurrection-and-taxidermy-a-conversation-with-kristen-arnett/ via @LAReviewofBooks
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Walking on the Ceiling
Aysegül Savas
For @LAReviewofBooks, @LoriBrister reviews Ayşegül Savaş’s debut novel, "Walking on the Ceiling," in which she hears echoes of "Mrs. Dalloway"; me editing @Writer730 @RiverheadBooks // "The Pain and Pleasure of Creating Worlds" https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-pain-and-pleasure-of-creating-worlds-in-aysegul-savass-walking-on-the-ceiling/ via @lareviewofbooks
Paperback, 2020
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Flights: Nobel Prize and Booker Prize Winner
Olga Tokarczuk
Belated congrats to @jenniferlcroft on being a #NBAwards finalist for her translation of Olga Tokarczuk's "Flights." Here, a pair of reviews (Rachel Kushner, Sheila Heti) she wrote that I edited for @LAReviewofBooks. @nationalbook / https://t.co/9qRlphZDS9 https://t.co/EY4X22JGZE
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Florida
Lauren Groff
Belated congrats to @legroff on being a #NBAwards finalist. Here's @JosephPeschel's review of "Florida" that I edited for @LAReviewofBooks . @nationalbook / Braving Every Storm: Lauren Groff's "Florida" https://t.co/e9He9pveQF
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Lucky Man: Stories
Jamel Brinkley
Belated congrats to @jamelbrinkley on being a #NBAwards finalist. Here's a sharp review of "A Lucky Man" written by @evanmcgarvey that I edited for @LAReviewofBooks @nationalbook / The Shifting Horizon of Masculinity in Jamel Brinkley’s “A Lucky Man” http://disq.us/t/350o9pm
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Last Night in Nuuk
Niviaq Korneliussen
Is the Icelandic sensation "Last Night in Nuuk" worthy of its hype? Read @ferrifrigida's take for @lareviewofbooks to find out. Edited by me/@writer730 // A Layover in Greenlandic Fiction Via Niviaq Korneliussen’s “Last Night in Nuuk” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-layover-in-greenlandic-fiction-via-niviaq-korneliussens-last-night-in-nuuk/ via @lareviewofbooks
Paperback, 2019
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Normal People
Sally Rooney
Check out @AnnaElizClark's take on Sally Rooney's latest, edit by @writer730 for @lareviewofbooks // Damaged Intimacies: Sally Rooney’s “Normal People” https://t.co/5ygtl4ojnF via @lareviewofbooks
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book