Shereen Marisol Meraji 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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Audio Producer / Journalist / Asst. Professor @ucbsoj / Founding co-host + senior producer emerita @nprcodeswitch / @niemanfdn

The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner
Joan Didion
I finished reading The Year of Magical thinking a few weeks ago and it was exactly what my soul needed after two of the hardest years of my life. Thank you, Joan Didion, for sharing so much with us (and putting Sacramento on the map) I want to read everything you’ve written. https://t.co/lr1uTaLC2l
Paperback, 2007
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Tricia Hersey
I interviewed Tricia Hersey today for @NPRLifeKit She founded The Nap Ministry and has a new book coming out called: Rest is Resistance She makes the case for prioritizing rest using a racial justice and anti-capitalist framework. https://t.co/912VXTSnk8
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid talking about his new new novel The Last White Man (and so much more) on Ezra Klein’s podcast is the best thing I’ve listened to in a minute: https://t.co/GQhYlSSVYl
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club): How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain
I interviewed @susancain this morning about her new book Bittersweet - which is inspiring me to stop hiding my melancholic tendencies! We talked for an hour about the power of sadness and, believe it or not, it was exhilarating.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Mark Kurlansky
@yamichi I've been reading things I've picked up at little free libraries that look interesting and are nothing like things I'd normally read - recently finished Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Mark Kurlansky) The Year of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion) Now reading
Paperback, 1998
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book