Timothy McSweeney 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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Shadow ACT: An Elegy for Journalist James Foley
Daniel Brock Johnson
Boston readers: be sure to join us in just ten days at Porter Square Books where Daniel Brock Johnson will be reading from upcoming poetry book, Shadow Act. https://t.co/vyCcMrdxK1
Hardcover, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Red Clocks
Leni Zumas
“A thrillingly personal and political response to the emergency we’re in.” —Leni Zumas, author of Red Clocks I Know What's Best for You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom is out next week from McSweeney's. https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/i-know-what-s-best-for-you-stories-on-reproductive-freedom?taxon_id=1 https://t.co/r6oQiXW9sn
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Akhmatova: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington
Anna Akhmatova
Featuring “Willie the Weirdo,” a brand-new story by legendary horror writer @StephenKing; plus stories by @kitaiskaia, Hernan Diaz, and @tcboyle; poems by Soviet poet Anna Akhmatova newly translated by @katiefar and @ilya_poet…
Hardcover, 2006
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
“Smart, funny, and heartfelt, The Domestic Crusaders is a relentless and very personal examination of a deeply confusing time.” —Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit West https://t.co/bhVeYVmCLU https://t.co/XTImwEj1qy
Paperback, 2018
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ivory Shoals
John Brandon
The @nytimesbooks lists John Brandon’s Ivory Shoals as one of its ten recommended books this week! https://t.co/iNBG6jRug0
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What's Good: Notes on Rap and Language
Daniel Levin Becker
don't miss our dear friend Daniel Levin Becker (@dlb) online with @SeminaryCoop discussing his new @CityLightsBooks book What's Good! https://t.co/rBgJNo1lCb
Paperback, 2022
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Still Life
Jay Hopler
Absolutely thrilled to see several dear friends and McSweeney's alumni in this year's crop of Guggenheim fellows, including poet Jay Hopler who's book Still Life we'll be publishing later this spring! https://t.co/rw7hUcu0qp
Hardcover, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
This is Eggers at the top of his game.” —Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Great Believers
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!
Danny Caine
Read "How to Resist Amazon and Why" author (and indie bookstore legend) Danny Caine in conversation with Dave Eggers for @BOMBmagazine! https://t.co/mUuroKKspb
Paperback, 2022
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Stories
Stephen King
this is not a drill: after months of delays McSweeney's 66 has arrived in our warehouse! Subscribe today to be among the very first to receive it in your mailbox! Featuring stories by Stephen King, Taisia Kitaiskaia, Hernan Diaz, TC Boyle, and More! https://t.co/0lFig2urux https://t.co/qNvLvWKWSS
Paperback, 2017
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book