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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.

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I'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"

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Book Cover for: The Lightning Rod: A Zig and Nola Novel, Brad Meltzer

The Lightning Rod: A Zig and Nola Novel

Brad Meltzer
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

Brad 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
Book Cover for: Horse, Geraldine Brooks

Horse

Geraldine Brooks
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

My 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
Book Cover for: Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen

Crossroads

Jonathan Franzen
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

No 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
Book Cover for: As Timeless as Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling, Rod Serling

As Timeless as Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling

Rod Serling
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

Friends 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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Book Cover for: Empire Falls, Richard Russo

Empire Falls

Richard Russo
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

Remember 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
Book Cover for: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

Also: 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
Book Cover for: Breaking History: A White House Memoir, Jared Kushner

Breaking History: A White House Memoir

Jared Kushner
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

This 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
Book Cover for: Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #01), Art Spiegelman

Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part I: My Father Bleeds History (Maus #01)

Art Spiegelman
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

This 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
Book Cover for: The Escape Artist, Brad Meltzer

The Escape Artist

Brad Meltzer
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

Celebrating 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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Book Cover for: Heartburn, Nora Ephron

Heartburn

Nora Ephron
The AmyverseThe Amyverse

@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