The Joy Harris Literary Agency Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Lover
Bee Sacks
"Sacks’ talent as a novelist who takes on thorny, multifaceted, unanswerable questions is clearly unmatched. A brilliantly rendered novel...." Great @KirkusReviews for Rebecca Sacks' THE LOVER, out 8/1! @harperbooks @bsnacks https://t.co/CSVWirYvl5
Hardcover, 2023
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Late in the Day
Tessa Hadley
"Once more, Hadley and Thaw prove ideally paired—hopefully a sign for more collaborations to come." STARRED @ALA_Booklist review for the audiobook of Tessa Hadley's FREE LOVE, read by Abigail Thaw, who also read Hadley's LATE IN THE DAY! 🌟 @harperbooks https://t.co/O0S8GrJxef
Paperback, 2023
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On Swift Horses
Shannon Pufahl
We keep getting more and more excited for the movie of Shannon Pufahl's ON SWIFT HORSES! @riverheadbooks https://t.co/EoIxld5iKt
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000
Alice Walker
GATHERING BLOSSOMS UNDER FIRE by Alice Walker, edited by Valerie Boyd, is one of @LibraryJournal's best memoirs of 2022! We agree! @SimonBooks https://t.co/oyODO7WtXu
Paperback, 2024
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
We love to see Zora Neale Hurston's new YOU DON'T KNOW US NEGROES as well as THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD and Alice Walker's THE COLOR PURPLE on this list of 20 essential reads for Black History Month! @Zoranealehurs15 @AmistadBooks @PenguinClassics @CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/cnn-underscored/black-history-month-books
Paperback, 2019
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Making of Butterflies
Zora Neale Hurston
Lovely to see @Zoranealehurs15 and @DrIbram's THE MAKING OF BUTTERFLIES (illustrated by @KahYangni) in this @TheRoot roundup of the most anticipated books by Black Authors for March! Out 3/7 from @HarperChildrens!🦋 https://t.co/VoWUAqzwaV
Board Book, 2023
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Skinship: Stories
Yoon Choi
Love to see Yoon Choi's SKINSHIP on this Read the World list of Authors of Korean Heritage by @Powells! Get 20% off when you purchase from this list! 🌟 @VintageAnchor @AAKnopf https://t.co/7FHpbjuZCC
Paperback, 2022
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Brightest Star: A Historical Novel Based on the True Story of Anna May Wong
Gail Tsukiyama
Check out this Tubi TV author interview with Gail Tsukiyama on creating THE SAMAURI'S GARDEN & her new novel THE BRIGHTEST STAR, out now! @HarperViaBooks https://t.co/5Ul4qfex6n
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Me and Muhammad Ali
Jabari Asim
"@jabariasim pays tribute to Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) in this uplifting picture book....With vibrant colors, @AGFordArt's acrylic paintings evoke the pride Langston and his community take in Ali." Great @PublishersWkly review for ME AND MUHAMMAD ALI! https://t.co/QAze4qdrQN
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent
Love to see Gabriel Tallent's MY ABSOLUTE DARLING on this @PureWow list of 10 Books Like WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING to Read Until the Movie Comes Out in July - great summer reading! @riverheadbooks https://t.co/ZwylL4GNAw
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book