The Amyverse Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
The Amyverse on XI'm Ask Amy: advice person, NYT bestselling author, panelist on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me @npr. Moth host. Memoir: “Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things"

The Lightning Rod: A Zig and Nola Novel
Brad MeltzerBrad Meltzer's new thriller, The Lightning Rod is finally OUT! Featuring a real kick-ass and unforgettable female lead, Nola Brown. 🔥 https://t.co/0aJ6AxezNO
Paperback, 2023
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Horse
Geraldine BrooksMy favorite time to read is pre-dawn. I'm currently reading "Horse," by Geraldine Brooks. It is fascinating and absolutely absorbing, in the way that really good historical fiction can transport the reader into another world, and time. https://t.co/llY5qzSGBq
Paperback, 2024
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crossroads
Jonathan FranzenNo wifi or entertainment on this long flight and so I am forced to read the ONE book downloaded onto my kindle. What is the deal with Jonathan Franzen? I'm reading Crossroads and it is SO BAD. I never ever criticize writers in this space but I am truly baffled.
Paperback, 2022
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
As Timeless as Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling
Rod SerlingFriends who love the work of Rod Serling... I encourage you to watch this short film and consider donating. I just backed As Timeless as Infinity: A Rod Serling Monument on @Kickstarter https://t.co/VI6TUQN6Qg
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Empire Falls
Richard RussoRemember that description of how heavy the daughter's backpack was in Richard Russo's Empire Falls? Mine is like that. It's so heavy, it seems to be begging me for relief. https://t.co/KY1BJSl3pk
Paperback, 2002
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison BechdelAlso: Charged with showing pornography to a child starting when she was four years old. And he believes Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home" presents a danger to children https://t.co/CIFjDjpOTm
Paperback, 2007
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Breaking History: A White House Memoir
Jared KushnerThis review by @DwightGarner is full of delicious descriptors : Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir - The New York Times https://t.co/dk552cG1xz
Paperback, 2023
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #01)
Art SpiegelmanThis is ... baffling: Tennessee school board bans Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus' – author Art Spiegelman condemns the move as 'Orwellian' https://t.co/6EwmjVScg4
Hardcover, 1986
$36.00Member price:$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Escape Artist
Brad MeltzerCelebrating the first porch day in gloomy Upstate NY by sliding hard into The Lightening Rod, a fantastic thriller by fave thriller-writer @bradmeltzer I've waited three seasons for this sequel to The Escape Artist. (Brad, you're forgiven!) https://t.co/1iQP2m6tll
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Heartburn
Nora Ephron@ConnieSchultz @isabelkaplan Before my own memoir, I asked Nora Ephron about her kids, and Heartburn. She gave me great advice -- of course -- "You get to write about your own life. Where they are in your life, you can write about it. But you don't get to write their stories. Their stories belong to them."
Paperback, 1996
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book