This Is Hell! Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
This Is Hell! on XLongform interview Hell since 1996. Live weekdays 10AM Chicago. https://t.co/d7ANEwN88y

Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny OdellListeners want @the_jennitaur to return to @thisishellradio and discuss her new book, "Saving Time: Discovering Life Beyond the Clock" (@randomhouse). Jenny was on TiH! back in 2019 to discuss "How To Do Nothing." Here's a free link to that interview! https://t.co/EgKapeZMGH
Paperback, 2024
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland
Kristy Nabhan-WarrenNOW: @KristyNabhan on her book "Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland" via @UNC_Press. LISTEN LIVE: https://t.co/GuyvmjCa7q
Paperback, 2021
$24.00Member price:$22.80 + Free shipping5% off
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
Kidada E. WilliamsMONDAY @thisishellradio at 10AM CST, podcast after at https://t.co/SM6dzmz5T8: @KidadaEWilliams on "I Saw Death Coming, A History of Terror and Survival in the War against Reconstruction" (@BloomsburyPub). https://t.co/diyYnK8uEk
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy
James Wilt@thisishellradio Wednesday: @james_m_wilt on his book, "Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy” (@RepeaterBooks), live at 10AM CDT and podcast shortly after at https://t.co/SM6dzmzDIG
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information
Craig RobertsonTODAY IN HELL: An April 2021 favorite interview with @craig2robertson on his book "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information" from @UMinnPress. Suggested by David G. and Braden S. Thank you David G. and Braden S. https://soundcloud.com/this-is-hell/tih20211230
Paperback, 2021
$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution
Heather RogersThis is Hell! on @Patreon now! Central Illinois as metaphor of everything, and a 2010 talk with @HeatherRogers15 on her book, "Green Gone Wrong." Listen now at https://t.co/GntfAbveEg and support completely listener-supported radio. https://t.co/6ywSKtZcZ2
Hardcover, 2010
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
Quinn SlobodianThis is Hell! Wednesday! @zeithistoriker on his book, “Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy" (@MetropolitanBks). Live at 10AM CST at https://t.co/SM6dzmz5T8 and podcast shortly after at the same place. https://t.co/1HbE52ghka
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South
Warren Eugene MilteerTODAY: Historian @WEMilteer on his book "Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South" from @UNC_Press. 10AM Chicago! https://t.co/zZhXiF6vnE
Paperback, 2021
$39.95Member price:$37.95 + Free shipping5% off
Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder Since 1989
Penny M. Von Eschen@thisishellradio today: historian Penny M. Von Eschen on her new book, “Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989" (@DukePress). https://t.co/73tIeXCh2W
Paperback, 2022
$30.95Member price:$29.40 + Free shipping5% off
Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes
James Doucet-BattleNOW: Lindsey is in the studio playing Chuck's April 2021 conversation with James Doucet-Battle about his book "Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes." This one's great! LISTEN LIVE: https://t.co/GuyvmjCa7q
Paperback, 2021
$25.00Member price:$25.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)