The Sunday Long Read 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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The Boy's Life of Edison: Classic Reads
William H. MeadowcroftThe Sunday Long Read"What’s beautiful about the beatings the Angels dealt both metaphorically and literally to Thompson is how it only reinforced his romantic view of the world." #ClassicRead curated by @jackshafer https://t.co/xcpoWOIDSl
Paperback, 2015
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus
Charles MingusThe Sunday Long ReadIn this profile-ish ride-along published just as Charles Mingus’ autobiography, Beneath the Underdog, was making print, jazz critic Whitney Balliett accompanies the great bassist-composer-band leader in a Manhattan restaurant and bar crawl. #ClassicRead https://t.co/ZQhUurtRwE
Paperback, 1991
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Table for Two: Recipes for the Ones You Love
Bre GrahamThe Sunday Long ReadHow can the experience of cooking at home feel more like going to a restaurant? In this review of Bre Audrey Graham’s Table for Two: Recipes for the Ones You Love we get some useful clues. By @bettinamak https://t.co/poKO44IP0d
Hardcover, 2023
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics
Ed BrubakerThe Sunday Long ReadA thoughtful exploration of two very different works—the rural noir film, Blue Ruin, and Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillps’ masterful take on the street-level vigilante, Kill or Be Killed, by writer Dan Clark. #SundayComix https://t.co/iXZxUrE48O
Hardcover, 2020
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Art of Remembering
Alison RagsdaleThe Sunday Long ReadIn our fourth and final episode of 'The Art of Remembering,' Garrett Graff joins Don to discuss one of the toughest assignments of his career: writing the obituary of his friend, New York Times editor and reporter Blake Hounshell. https://t.co/ue7Cs9BpIn
Paperback, 2019
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever
Justin TaylorThe Sunday Long ReadFifteen years after “The Road,” Cormac McCarthy is back—with not one book, but two. Justin Taylor brings his own authorial flair to decipher the new, connected stories, while reflecting on McCarthy. @bookforum https://t.co/Y3F0Jv1rIv
Paperback, 2010
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Cormac McCarthyThe Sunday Long ReadFifteen years after “The Road,” Cormac McCarthy is back—with not one book, but two. Justin Taylor brings his own authorial flair to decipher the new, connected stories, while reflecting on McCarthy. @bookforum https://t.co/Y3F0Jv1rIv
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Angels
Vinita Hampton WrightThe Sunday Long Read"What’s beautiful about the beatings the Angels dealt both metaphorically and literally to Thompson is how it only reinforced his romantic view of the world." #ClassicRead curated by @jackshafer https://t.co/xcpoWOIDSl
Paperback, 2000
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It
Kaitlyn TiffanyThe Sunday Long ReadMorning! This week's guest editor is @kait_tiffany, a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the new book Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It. Take it away, Kaitlyn... https://mailchi.mp/sundaylongread/the-sunday-long-read-1-23-1043664?e=d38334bdf0
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
Dipo FaloyinThe Sunday Long Read"Faloyin's book is a very important counter to the usual lazy narratives about Africa. His style is very entertaining, and you’ll find this a quick and fairly easy read." #SundayBook curated by @shonatiger https://t.co/kxS5hVvEPk
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book