Ron Charles 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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Ron Charles is a book critic I write about books at The Washington Post. I’m no longer posting here on Elon Musk's hellscape.
![Book Cover for: Creatures of Passage, Morowa Yejidé](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781617758768.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1710751013)
Creatures of Passage
Morowa Yejidé![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
RT @dataylor1: Novelist Morowa Yejidé and Edward P. Jones talk about her novel Creatures of Passage, and re-creating a vanishing city. My p…
Hardcover, 2021
$41.95$20.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Twain Mark](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781500830236.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1722040064)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Twain Mark![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
There is, apparently, no statute of limitations on spoilers. Today, a Gentle Reader takes us to task for incidentally revealing the endings of Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” and Leo Tolstoy's “War and Peace.” https://t.co/vDopclahhE
Paperback, 2014
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Books of Jacob, Olga Tokarczuk](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593087503.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1722040064)
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
So happy to see "The Books of Jacob," written by Olga Tokarczuk and translated by Jennifer Croft, on the longlist for #2022InternationalBooker Prize. https://t.co/D6ag4oFhTo
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Loot, Tania James](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593535974.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1722040064)
Loot
Tania James![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
James is a master miniaturist who can create the illusion of a saga in a chapter. And she’s not afraid to radically reset the novel’s place and tone. Her pages feel as full as a 19th-century bildungsroman, with collapsing kingdoms, sailing ships and elaborate schemes.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Attack of the Black Rectangles, A. S. King](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781338680522.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1712034509)
Attack of the Black Rectangles
A. S. King![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
I’ve read *a lot* of smart takes on censorship this year, but honestly the best thing I’ve run across recently is a new middle grade novel from @Scholastic called “Attack of the Black Rectangles,” by @AS_King. More in today's newsletter: https://t.co/x4SYB1L49Z
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Tremor, Teju Cole](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780812997118.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709848400)
Tremor
Teju Cole![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
Cole continues to demonstrate just how elastic a novel can be and how trenchant he is. His book crosses national boundaries just as confidently as it crosses literary ones... To read some of these chapters is to see the essay form in its most elegiac, elastic and epiphanic mode.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, Diana Gabaldon](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781101885703.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1722040064)
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Diana Gabaldon![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
Diana Gabaldon's "Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone" debuts at No. 1 on the indie bookstore bestseller list. https://t.co/pnOMcA4IYB
Paperback, 2022
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: Nightcrawling: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club), Leila Mottley](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780593312605.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709846201)
Nightcrawling: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
Leila Mottley![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
Last week, 19-year-old Leila Mottley released her debut novel, “Nightcrawling,” with @AAKnopf. And then @Oprah picked it for her book club. And now it's on the bestseller list. And damn if it isn't also really good.... https://t.co/NgBiDfAiXG
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Latecomer, Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9781250790781.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709848379)
The Latecomer
Jean Hanff Korelitz![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
Like a latter-day Edith Wharton, Korelitz simultaneously mocks and embraces these upper-class combatants. Other readers will hear in this vivisection of a dysfunctional family a Franzenesque attention to the great forces pulsing through American culture.
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book![Book Cover for: The Unfolding, A. M. Homes](https://d16057n354qyo4.cloudfront.net/9780735225374.jpg?nextExtension=webp&version=1709847257)
The Unfolding
A. M. Homes![Ron Charles](https://d1iyvy95qprisd.cloudfront.net/avatars/twt_18681934.jpeg?version=1718738177)
The dialogue in these cringingly hilarious scenes sparks off the page with such vibrancy that I felt as if I were in the room where it happened.
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book