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The High Low 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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Book Cover for: We Need New Stories: The Myths That Subvert Freedom, Nesrine Malik

We Need New Stories: The Myths That Subvert Freedom

Nesrine Malik
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We loved speaking to @NesrineMalik about why we must resist cultural myths. Here's more about her book, We Need New Stories: https://t.co/7G1NrTioSu

Hardcover, 2021

$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick, Matt Haig

The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick

Matt Haig
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We loved The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. You can find out more here: https://t.co/K8MceK3qYm https://t.co/rJ66dW8Uxv

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May
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This week's episode (our penultimate!) features an author special with the ONE AND ONLY Graham Norton @TheGNShow whose new novel Home Stretch is out now. Also today, we discuss Katherine May's concept of 'wintering' & lying fallow when things get tough https://t.co/gJWauDhg9i

Hardcover, 2020

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Olive

Emma Gannon
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Some brilliant content on the subject of child-freedom: Helen Mirren on WTF with Marc Maron Sian Harries and Grace Dent are ambivalent about motherhood https://t.co/5iDBtZ4SXI… Guardian US series on being child-free https://t.co/Sh1lYMhr9X… Olive, by Emma Gannon

Paperback, 2021

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: The Complete Original Edition, Arnold Bennett

How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: The Complete Original Edition

Arnold Bennett
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How can we make best use of our lives? This week we also talked about Arnold Bennett’s book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, which you can read about here: https://t.co/dlKiKNDJ4J https://t.co/XIqOOfkNJu

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day: How to Live, Arnold Bennett

How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day: How to Live

Arnold Bennett
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How can we make best use of our lives? This week we also talked about Arnold Bennett’s book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, which you can read about here: https://t.co/dlKiKNDJ4J https://t.co/XIqOOfkNJu

Paperback, 2016

$5.95$2.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel), Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)

Brit Bennett
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We also recommend Brit Bennett's new novel, The Vanishing Half, published by @dialoguebooks on 2nd June. It's about a set of twins who run away aged 16 and enter new lives: one white, one black. More info here: https://t.co/homVfAv5DN

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both, Juno Dawson

The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both

Juno Dawson
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This week we recommended The Gender Games, by Juno Dawson. You can find out more about it here: https://t.co/AToXwXowRM!' https://t.co/9EjPbNFUUE

Paperback, 2018

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: I Am Not Your Baby Mother, Candice Brathwaite

I Am Not Your Baby Mother

Candice Brathwaite
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Many of our listeners told us they loved listening to Candice Brathwaite, author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother, on the show. Here's her interview with @JohannaTC' for the Observer: https://t.co/cp3ke6Zqno https://t.co/AJuemn2PGU

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nora Ephron: Everything Is Copy, Liz Dance

Nora Ephron: Everything Is Copy

Liz Dance
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In this week's episode, we talked about the Nora Ephron documentary Everything Is Copy. Read this 2009 Nora Ephron profile by Ariel Levy: https://t.co/iTkhJy53OP

Paperback, 2015

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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