Tina Jordan 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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Hell Bent
Leigh Bardugo"Just like its predecessor, this novel conjures a Yale swirling with all manner of magic — by turns frivolous, self-enriching, reckless, amusing and very dark indeed," @sarahlyall writes. https://t.co/oShhL38RXa
Paperback, Mass Market, 2024
$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery
Casey ParksGracing our cover this Sunday is Casey Parks's coming-of-age, coming-out memoir,"Diary of a Misfit," which I loved. https://t.co/M3lbhVm2G8 https://t.co/P55TKTfkKa
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon JamesHere's @michikokakutani on "Black Leopard, Red Wolf": "In these pages, James conjures the literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe — filled with dizzying, magpie references to old movies and recent TV, ancient myths and classic comic books...." https://t.co/HyLCErVK1e
Paperback, 2020
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Roald Dahl: Teller of the Unexpected: A Biography
Matthew DennisonHere's the inestimable Alexandra Jacobs on Matthew Dennison's Roald Dahl biography: "From the Dahl legacy, chocolate and bile and personality sloshing messily in all directions, he molds a digestive biscuit." https://t.co/zqIBxkVFO0
Hardcover, 2023
$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Return of Faraz Ali
Aamina AhmadSo many wonderful books out this week and next! There's Aamina Ahmad's "The Return of Faraz Ali." Omar El Akkad, who reviewed it for us, marveled that "a book this unflinching in its depiction of class & institutional injustice can still feel so tender." https://t.co/fEFrmaDKVm
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book
Alice B. ToklasRT @nytimesbooks: Nov. 1954: Rex Stout reviewed “The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.” "A recipe for an omelet calls for four tablespoons of dic…
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Philip Roth: The Biography
Blake BaileyNorton is taking "Philip Roth: The Biography" and Blake Bailey's own memoir, "The Splendid Things We Planned," out of print. https://t.co/n8ajYc1bEJ
Paperback, 2021
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Something New Under the Sun
Alexandra KleemanSomething is burning in “Something New Under the Sun, Alexandra Kleeman's new novel. "The land is on fire, dully but durably, its condition relayed from time to time in the measured tones of the weather report." https://t.co/a68sAwrnIl
Paperback, 2022
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan DiazHernan Diaz’s “Trust,” a searing and glorious examination of the human costs of great wealth. https://t.co/bqssPQhR6T
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gold Diggers
Sanjena SathianThere are so many good books out today — like Sanjena Sathian's "Gold Diggers," which Book Review editor @lachristensen read and loved: https://t.co/oHYsAC53Ch
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book