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Russell Ricard Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Novelist. Content Writer. Screenwriter. Playwright. Veteran Theater Performer. Actor at SAG-AFTRA

26 books
Book Cover for: Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner), Douglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

Douglas Stuart
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Indeed. A stunning novel. @Doug_D_Stuart’s #ShuggieBain 👏🏽 https://t.co/0P4AKYcPtk

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century, Roseanne Montillo

Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

Roseanne Montillo
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Roseanne Montillo's Deliberate Cruelty. Intoxicating. Haunting. Impressively structured (like a detective solving a murder mystery) w/backstories of both #AnnWoodward & #TrumanCapote. Riveting examination of their shared destructive attributes. #authorbiographies #TrueCrime https://t.co/Hsh1tQih4n

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Book Cover for: We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship, Will Schwalbe

We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship

Will Schwalbe
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Gorgeous memoir, #WeShouldNotBeFriends. Beautifully written, as is always the case w/@WillSch's books. An emotionally fulfilling story of an unlikely, decades-long friendship that nurtures many life lessons. A must read! #friendshipstories #memoir https://t.co/gTAOI8Boam

Paperback, 2024

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Daughters of Erietown, Connie Schultz

The Daughters of Erietown

Connie Schultz
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Congrats to @ConnieSchultz. The new cover is stunning. The Daughters of Erietown is out now on paperback. Such a gorgeous novel. Everybody out there give it a read, you’ll love it. ❤️✌🏽 https://t.co/Vx8pVTST8L

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Leave the World Behind, Rumaan Alam

Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam
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@Rumaan's Leave the World Behind. Family bonds, surrealistic trip. Alam masterfully layers psychological anxiety steeped in issues of parenthood, isolation, race & class. Can’t wait to read his other novels. #psychologicalthriller #ParentandChildFiction #DystopianFiction https://t.co/fYi46RY9d4

Paperback, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir, Harvey Fierstein

I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir

Harvey Fierstein
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Legendary actor-writer-activist @HarveyFierstein memoir, I was Better Last Night. So much heart. Backstories of his acting/ writing process & projects particularly riveting. What a life! And his story goes on. Bravo Mr. Fierstein.

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Eternal, Lisa Scottoline

Eternal

Lisa Scottoline
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@ksparks369 I just finished reading The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. Beautifully written. Family saga. Sibling dynamics. Mystical elements. Also, Eternal by Lisa Scottoline is gorgeous.

Paperback, 2022

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wild Horses, A Novel, Amy Pendino

Wild Horses, A Novel

Amy Pendino
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@AmyP5204's Wild Horses: A Novel. Moving exploration of how animals provide comfort & healing. Lyrical prose, small town settings & layering of #cozymystery well supported by an exhilarating build of dramatic action. If u ❤️#AnneTyler, you’ll appreciate Pendino’s storytelling. https://t.co/XtE30wlpUa

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Pema Chodron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chodron
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron.💜✌🏽 https://t.co/YJ27lakEjQ

Paperback, 2016

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Loyalty, Lisa Scottoline

Loyalty

Lisa Scottoline
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Congrats! Happy Publication Day to amazing ⁦writer & literary citizen @LisaScottoline⁩.🌟✅🎉 #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline presents #Loyalty, an emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice, set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily.” https://t.co/L7Dp8Ittol

Paperback, 2024

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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