shinan govani Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
shinan govani on XSocial columnist, pop culture buff, novelist. Weekly: Toronto Star. Tatler, Town & Country, Air Mail, Hello!, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair. Former Blue Check.

Dear Edward: A Read with Jenna Pick
Ann NapolitanoYour next great weeper binge: #DearEdward is out today. From the makers of Parenthood and Friday Night Lights (and based on a sublime novel), it gets INTO it: grief and grace and fate. Connie Britton, in particular, is great - Coolidge-level obsessive-great! @AppleTVPlus ✈️ https://t.co/jvOB7l6MH5
Paperback, 2021
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
William Styron@BethanyJarmul Blood Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton On the Move by Oliver Sacks Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur Going There by Katie Couric How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell Darkness Visible by William Styron The Vanity Fairy Diaries by Tina Brown
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Little Fires Everywhere: Reese's Book Club
Celeste NgA civilized lunch! At last! Celebrating Celeste Ng at Le Select Bistro. Author of the megabit Little Fires Everywhere, her new novel, Our Missing Hearts, out soon. @PenguinCanada @pronounced_ing https://t.co/J7xGO9tu5W
Paperback, 2019
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Believers
Rebecca MakkaiPart of the book loot this week: the latest by @rebeccamakkai. 🕺 🕺 Her follow-up to The Great Believers, one of the most extraordinary novels of the last decade, in my opinion. https://t.co/0NQbpSPDB3
Paperback, 2019
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste NgA civilized lunch! At last! Celebrating Celeste Ng at Le Select Bistro. Author of the megabit Little Fires Everywhere, her new novel, Our Missing Hearts, out soon. @PenguinCanada @pronounced_ing https://t.co/J7xGO9tu5W
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Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club
Celeste NgA civilized lunch! At last! Celebrating Celeste Ng at Le Select Bistro. Author of the megabit Little Fires Everywhere, her new novel, Our Missing Hearts, out soon. @PenguinCanada @pronounced_ing https://t.co/J7xGO9tu5W
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story
Anne Rice“We always wanted Anne Rice in the room.” Wrote about the beautiful resurrection that is the ‘Interview With the Vampire’ series. As far as remounts go, the most hauntingly lyrical of the year. https://t.co/AwH6ezrlWZ… @Immortal_AMC via @torontostar #IWTV https://t.co/rZ1Wpzgde0
Hardcover, 2012
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Revolutionary Road
Richard YatesI kept thinking - this is like an even more screwed-up Revolutionary Road. Then, on episode 5 of the new #YouNetflix, a character actually name-drops "Richard Yates." A bit on-the-nose, but I'LL TAKE IT. https://t.co/WFzT7gIvHN
Paperback, 2000
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Publication day for the first big monster novel of 2023…and one that a lot of people are gonna be talking about. The one that they are calling The Godfather meets Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance. https://t.co/TXihh6oZFY @riverheadbooks #AgeofVice https://t.co/hbwdPWm7ti
Paperback, 2001
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Shards
Bret Easton EllisMAJOR: The Shards. A big fat @BretEastonEllis novel comeback, coming January. Reads like both the prequel (sorta) AND the sequel (sorta) to the iconic 80s-era Less Than Zero. The real and the unreal, all the glamour and the dread: https://t.co/B49tm7LhyA https://t.co/VpsUIxz55R
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book