Tim Murphy 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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Tim Murphy is a journalist and novelist. Novels CHRISTODORA, CORRESPONDENTS & SPEECH TEAM. Reporter, https://t.co/CdxgK35JUA. Fiction prof NYU. Substack THE CAFTAN CHRONICLES, deep chat w/gay men ages 60+.

This Time for Me: A Memoir
Alexandra Billings
I interviewed @IamABillings, the fabulous Davina on "Transparent," about her new memoir "This Time for Me." It's a great read! Oh, wait? Do I mean the memoir or our interview, you ask? BOTH! https://www.thebody.com/article/transgender-hiv-positive-transparent-star-alexandra-billings-discusses-memoir
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Will Schwalbe
The Caftan Chronicles : Will Schwalbe's "We Should Not Be Friends" Is About His 40-Year Bond With a (Sensitive) Straight Jock https://t.co/QunClDMH6S
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Kingdom of Sand
Andrew Holleran
I can’t tell you how this book tore me up. This is Holleran at 79, the closest to death’s door his fictional avatars have ever been. The isolation and aura of senescence and decline in this book is almost unbearable.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dancer from the Dance
Andrew Holleran
I am so excited to share my Caftan Chronicles interview for Pride month - it's with Andrew Holleran, author of the iconic "Dancer from the Dance," and also the gorgeous new "Kingdom of Sand. Please consider supporting The Caftan Chronicles at $5/month! https://t.co/T35pd8xCUt
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Lost Americans
Christopher Bollen
The Caftan Chronicles : "The Lost Americans" Is the Latest Gay-Infused Thriller from The Dashing Christopher Bollen https://t.co/cCwHgjRHfI
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Christodora
Tim Murphy
If you liked my novel #christodora, I think you will be very moved by #TheGreatBelievers by @rebeccamakkai, a tale of AIDS among a group of 1980s Chicago friends and their aftermath 30 years on. Last chapter had me weeping! Here is my review for @Newsday https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/rebecca-makkai-great-believers-review-1.19048348
Paperback, 2017
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
If you liked my novel #christodora, I think you will be very moved by #TheGreatBelievers by @rebeccamakkai, a tale of AIDS among a group of 1980s Chicago friends and their aftermath 30 years on. Last chapter had me weeping! Here is my review for @Newsday https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/rebecca-makkai-great-believers-review-1.19048348
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addiction
Maia Szalavitz
I loved having this great convo with @maiasz about "Undoing Drugs," her new history of the harm reduction movement (needle exchange & much more) in the U.S. We covered so much ground...check it out! https://www.thebody.com/article/maia-szalavitz-undoing-drugs
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Kingdom of Sand: A Tale of The White Raven
Daniel J. Johnston
I am so excited to share my Caftan Chronicles interview for Pride month - it's with Andrew Holleran, author of the iconic "Dancer from the Dance," and also the gorgeous new "Kingdom of Sand. Please consider supporting The Caftan Chronicles at $5/month! https://thecaftanchronicles.substack.com/p/andrew-hollerans-dancer-from-the?s=w
Paperback, 2019
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book