Spectrum Culture 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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A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara#ToParadise is a bold diversion from her sophomore novel, A Little Life, while still maintaining a rich, emotional depth paired with a strong political eye. #HanyaYanagihara https://buff.ly/3s7ajqe https://t.co/QSYVXdVXi2
Paperback, 2016
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Phantoms
Gwendoline RileyThe British writer examines a family through awkward conversations and hard-to-sit-through anecdotes. #MyPhantoms #GwendolineRiley https://t.co/XOMjk7pama https://t.co/ylYr5MotS3
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast
Dorthe NorsThe quest for self-knowledge and the drive to cast light on the dark waters that nourish @DortheNors' roots drive A Line in the World, a personal, poetic and achingly beautiful mixture of travelogue and memoir. https://t.co/ij36ZfJl0r https://t.co/DnF8tfg5bt
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Birnam Wood
Eleanor CattonA taut, thoughtful examination of generational conflict and environmental activism. #BirnamWood #EleanorCatton https://t.co/eyCKKnTmTz https://t.co/J9lGLfa95x
Paperback, 2024
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We All Want Impossible Things
Catherine Newman#CatherineNewman shines the most when she is talking about what it means to be a parent, a skill she no doubt perfected when writing her earlier books. #WeAllWantImpossibleThings https://t.co/6h4GGv81kJ https://t.co/7cgz98hx2c
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Goose
Yiyun LiTwo kids in a small French village trick the world in a funny, lovely saga. #TheBookOfGoose #YiyunLi https://t.co/UsgVyWYTXx https://t.co/n3wJfS0oW0
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lincoln Highway
Amor TowlesWhile the prose is enjoyable and the story is put together so expertly that the novel can be fairly considered “hard to put down,” there is something inherently regressive in the way the plot is composed. #TheLincolnHighway https://buff.ly/3tCDMbo https://t.co/HTpc6tSJCc
Paperback, 2023
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Faith, Hope and Carnage
Nick CaveFaith, Hope and Carnage is an essential read not only for fans of @nickcave, but for anyone interested in the artistic process, coping with grief and questioning the existence of God. https://t.co/CxE1wnwXh0 https://t.co/P49o6KzSx4
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beasts of 42nd Street
Preston FasselAn homage to seedy ‘70s New York as well as a paean to physical media, @PrestonFassel’s book immerses you among people you don’t want to meet in places you don’t want to visit; yet it’s thoroughly compelling. #BeastsOf42ndStreet https://t.co/RCmZ39gmX7 https://t.co/YNA4jJeck5
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Winter Work
Dan FespermanA veteran genre novelist practicing his craft can really be a wonder. @DanFesperman #WinterWork https://t.co/hvEpvc8Wed https://t.co/Gl872AmlO5
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book