The Walrus 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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Neuromancer
William Gibson
RT @ElevatedBliss: William Gibson is one of my fave authors. I'm currently re-reading Neuromancer. He was ahead of his time. A legend. htt…
Paperback, 2000
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Women Talking
Miriam Toews
Women Talking “provokes profound despair, unspeakable rage, and a guttural, screaming empathy for the characters who speak within it,” wrote @caseyplett. Here’s the full review of Miriam Toews’s novel from #TheWalrusArchive: https://t.co/VMWzEbG9TW #Oscars2023 #Oscars95
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dead Mom Walking: A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters
Rachel Matlow
Congratulations to @RachelMatlow on the launch of their book Dead Mom Walking: A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters, out today! Take a look at part of their mom’s alternative-healing journey in this piece from a few years back: https://t.co/8y9vnWPtDm cc: @PenguinCanada
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Five Little Indians
Michelle Good
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good was the must-read fiction book last year, and she won The Amazon First Novel Award for her novel about the criss-crossing lives of residential-school survivors struggling to overcome the trauma they endured. https://t.co/y0L0azIYNL
Paperback, 2020
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Loser
Thomas Bernhard
“As my final concert approached, I quit without notice, like the hero of Thomas Bernhard’s novel The Loser who abandons music on realizing he would never ‘play as well as Glenn Gould.’”—@JRPatterson9 on why so many promising players quit early. https://t.co/3LNuiERzKA
Paperback, 2006
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time
Steve Jenkins
From #TheWalrusArchive: "Steve Jenkins narrates Esther the Wonder Pig and, in the book, comes off as self-deprecating, sentimental, and unabashedly corny. In person, however, both he and Walter are thoughtful and clearly devoted to their work." https://t.co/IM58ueGnb0
Paperback, 2017
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Upper Country
Kai Thomas
In Kai Thomas' debut novel, In the Upper Country (@PenguinCanada), the fates of two unforgettable women intertwine in this sweeping, powerful novel set at the terminus of the Underground Railroad. https://t.co/qvPvh6Unjc. #AmazonFNA 7/8 https://t.co/uB5GByXtDA
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Avenue of Champions
Conor Kerr
WATCH Conor Kerr, one of the six finalists for the 2022 @amazonca First Novel Award, talk about his book Avenue of Champions (@NightwoodEd). Listen to Conor share more about his novel and what he’s reading now: https://t.co/OPrifjtY8P #AmazonFNA
Paperback, 2022
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Deep Dive
Sara Herrnstadt Crosby Msw
🎙 The Deep Dive: @karmicangel is in conversation with @tajjaisen about her new book, Some of my Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service. 🎧 LISTEN HERE: https://t.co/YrKqyjPyGz https://t.co/t1oPS4GBlW
Paperback, 2021
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance
Jesse Wente
In an excerpt from his book “Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance,” @jessewente shows the power and importance of Indigenous storytelling. #TruthandReconciliationDay #TheWalrusArchive https://t.co/lD5PHYrzuy
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book