Rusty Barnes 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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poet | novelist, author of Reckoning, Ridgerunner, Knuckledragger, Kraj the Enforcer | editor of Tough | Appalachian | bisexual | schizoaffective disorder
Amazing Grace: Poems
Larry D. ThomasRusty BarnesI went to my shelves looking for Thomas Hardy's poems, but got distracted on the way by Larry Levi's. Don't ask me how that logic works. I just. . .dunno. https://t.co/spDV27wFMa
Paperback, 2002
$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ross MacDonald: A Biography
Tom NolanRusty BarnesI'm reading the Tom Nolan bio of Ross Macdonald, and it's really good. In his career, he periodically sold his rights to a "Detective Book Club" for additional cash. Does such a thing still exist? Heather and I were in the Quality PB Book Club for years before we were booksellers
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Works: The Trumpet Major...
Thomas HardyRusty BarnesI went to my shelves looking for Thomas Hardy's poems, but got distracted on the way by Larry Levi's. Don't ask me how that logic works. I just. . .dunno. https://t.co/spDV27wFMa
Paperback, 2012
$34.75Member price:$17.38 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Wild Dance: Poems
S. R. HardyRusty BarnesI went to my shelves looking for Thomas Hardy's poems, but got distracted on the way by Larry Levi's. Don't ask me how that logic works. I just. . .dunno. https://t.co/spDV27wFMa
Paperback, 2021
$12.99Member price:$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hardy: Poems
Thomas HardyRusty BarnesI went to my shelves looking for Thomas Hardy's poems, but got distracted on the way by Larry Levi's. Don't ask me how that logic works. I just. . .dunno. https://t.co/spDV27wFMa
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Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of British Noir
Nick TriplowRusty Barnes@RonEarl Getting Carter, by Nick Triplow.
Hardcover, 2026
$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beyond Twisted Sorrow: The Promise of Country Noir
Jay A. GertzmanRusty BarnesIf you're interested in country noir or noir in general, you'll want to buy this book by Jay A Gertzman. Beyond Twisted Sorrow: The Promise of Country Noir https://t.co/jy2a0G8qkR
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