Rumaan Alam Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Rumaan Alam on XRumaan Alam is an author. I wrote the books Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother, and Leave the World Behind.
Harrow: A Novel (Kirkus Prize)
Joy WilliamsRumaan AlamReally enjoyed @xwaldie on Joy Williams's Harrow, I couldn't isolate a sentence to quote so just look at the first graph https://t.co/7vnF1KcDcA https://t.co/I9manBuIe2
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookNo Modernism Without Lesbians
Diana SouhamiRumaan Alama thrill to talk to the incredibly charming Diana Souhami about her new book, No Modernism Without Lesbians (how's that for a title) *and* to talk trash about bad period movies about lesbians with @jbryanlowder and @c_cauterucci and @junethomas https://t.co/5A7xh1rR8S
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Mighty Red
Louise ErdrichRumaan AlamA family story, its central focus the bond between a mother and daughter, but like all of Louise Erdrich’s novels, the book broadens to tackle such vast subjects... It’s a thrilling book that reminds us — as if we needed further proof — that Erdrich is one of this country’s greatest writers.
Hardcover, 2024
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Makioka Sisters
Junichiro TanizakiRumaan Alam@austinkleon I feel you might enjoy the makioka sisters, by junichiro Tanizaki
Paperback, 1995
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Furrows
Namwali SerpellRumaan AlamI wrote about Namwali Serpell’s “The Furrows” for the new @nybooks https://t.co/UntFSBnuNW
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookA Children's Bible
Lydia MilletRumaan Alam@KeithOB Thanks! Have you read A Children’s Bible, by Lydia Millet? Superb book
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first bookTreasure Island!!!
Sara LevineRumaan Alam@TheHarderLine I LOVE Sara Levine’s Treasure Island!!!
Paperback, 2011
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Elizabeth TaylorRumaan AlamThe best contemporary novel I read this year was My Phantoms, by Gwendoline Riley; the best non-contemporary novel I read this year was Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, by Elizabeth Taylor
Paperback, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Death of the Heart
Elizabeth BowenRumaan Alammarveling at @Danchaon's taste but also his MEMORY.... he did indeed give me Elizabeth Bowen's THE DEATH OF THE HEART 20+ years ago... superb novel!!!!!! https://t.co/iFevEFT37D
Paperback, 2000
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookLeave the World Behind
Rumaan AlamRumaan AlamRT @BookWorld: NOW IN PAPERBACK @Rumaan Alam’s ‘Leave the World Behind’ is a brilliant, suspenseful examination of race and class @eccobook…
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book