Tint Journal 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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We’re an online literary journal for writers who write in English as their 2nd or non-native language. Issue Spring 2023 out now! Working on a print anthology.

Above Us the Milky Way
Fowzia Karimi
Afghani-American writer Fowzia Karimi’s ‘Above Us the Milky Way’ creates a collage of a family’s experience in two lands, a kaleidoscope of a dreamy mind and a bygone era, and an alphabet of memories and imaginations. Read our review at https://t.co/aJ3Hoyuq2v #bookreview https://t.co/MPwrWd16zG
Hardcover, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Fish Is Fowl: Essays of Being
Xu XI
In her last collection of essays, @xuxiwriter masterfully navigates through the terrain of identity, being, and home, while questioning what it means to belong or just to be. Read our full review of This Fish is Fowl at: https://t.co/eY4YuWOQyh #bookreview #ESL https://t.co/NOxJ827dfB
Paperback, 2019
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Curtain: An Anecdote
Alexander Macfarlan
TINT WRITERS | Lara Mayr Austrian, speaks/writes German, English, and French Read Lara's short story "An Anecdote" originally published in our Spring 2020 Issue at https://t.co/8L4dx9wXsA and her bio at https://t.co/almQPHM2Su #ESLwriters #worldlit #fiction #ESL https://t.co/82GH8JoXXV
Hardcover, 2016
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Translating Myself and Others
Jhumpa Lahiri
Unlike our other book reviews, Jhumpa Lahiri is not an ESL writer. She grew up speaking English, but deep into her literary career, decided to write and publish in Italian instead. Translating Myself and Others recounts her journey. Read our review at https://t.co/b9vjzgjRCx https://t.co/7TRSIGmgMd
Paperback, 2023
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Remains of the Day: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Kazuo Ishiguro
Aside from philosophical considerations about servitude and freedom, Ishiguro’s novel touches upon the themes of love, loss and empathy, or rather the lack thereof. Read our full review at https://t.co/uqQY2O07Y1 #bookreview https://t.co/3MA7YU8HNU
Paperback, 1990
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beasts of a Little Land
Juhea Kim
Introducing our first guuest editor for our upcoming anthology Tinted Trails, Juhea Kim! Her debut novel "Beasts of a Little Land" is a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. She is also the founder and editor of @peacedumpling. https://t.co/bGGbaitun2
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Never Let Me Go: Introduction by David Sexton
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro's 2015 novel Never Let Me Go is compelling, outstanding, and thought-provoking. The novel takes place in a parallel universe in the 1990s in England, where human cloning is an accepted practice. Read our full review at https://t.co/Dxtit2dk6X #ESLwriters https://t.co/mUGymOKaUu
Hardcover, 2023
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro's 2015 novel Never Let Me Go is compelling, outstanding, and thought-provoking. The novel takes place in a parallel universe in the 1990s in England, where human cloning is an accepted practice. Read our full review at https://t.co/Dxtit2dk6X #ESLwriters https://t.co/mUGymOKaUu
Paperback, 2006
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Phantompains
Therese Estacion
Therese Estacion's poems have been published in Contemporary Verse 2 and PANK Magazine. Phantompains, listed as Best Poetry of 2021, is her first book. Read our interview with her at https://t.co/91gPjgsLgn #ESLwriters #worldlit #ESL #filipino https://t.co/qcAwiNdoEP
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Mohsin Hamid
In How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Mohsin Hamid relishes in humour that smoothly changes its pace and texture. The novel has a delightful assortment of various twists, from piercing satire to genial comedy. Read our review at https://t.co/ApvYgyntUy #bookreview https://t.co/foJSlKYRd4
Paperback, 2014
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book