UnHerd Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Case Against the Sexual Revolution
Louise Perry
“A culture of sexual hyper-liberalism suits men much more than it does women” | @Louise_m_perry makes the case against the sexual revolution to @Aella_Girl https://t.co/n0oL13cK9Y
Paperback, 2022
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood’s stories are nebulous, messy, and not easily boiled down to a moral soundbite | @katrosenfield https://t.co/KAe3tPGo9R
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Normal People
Sally Rooney
‘Nice’ is a near-universal term of approbation for Sally Rooney: al dente pasta is ‘nice’; the university therapist is ‘nice’; doggystyle is ‘nice’ | @johnmaier_ https://unherd.com/2022/05/why-normal-people-love-sally-rooney/
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Porn: An Oral History
Polly Barton
Polly Barton comes close to admitting that she knows porn is largely horrific, but wants to believe that it isn’t | @johnmaier_ https://t.co/YGdDJGdMDH
Paperback, 2024
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
On China
Henry Kissinger
America’s elites, listening to the pretend wisdom of Henry Kissinger, made a silly, short-sighted bet on China that damaged their own country | @ELuttwak https://t.co/VddZM4YLc8
Paperback, 2012
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Race
David Mamet
It’s time to push back against the race porn that underscores contemporary white guilt | David Mamet https://t.co/8ABfmXpflp
Paperback, 2011
$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama 'overlooks the post-1960s Left-modernist capture of national identity in the West, and its attendant corruption of liberalism'. | @epkaufm https://t.co/IseRJkIDrG
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Prophet
Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran was a terrible bullshitter — but not as terrible as the bullshitters who think the The Prophet is a masterpiece | @giles_fraser https://t.co/fn7xt3oG4M
Paperback, 2024
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Feminism Against Progress
Mary Harrington
NOW: Join UnHerd columnist @moveincircles for a subscriber only live-streamed interview to celebrate the launch of her new book Feminism Against Progress 📚 https://t.co/6MPlhzBfaK
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age
Tom Holland
Join @holland_tom at the UnHerd Club on Wednesday 5th July, where he will be discussing his new book, 'PAX' - about the heyday of the Roman Empire - and considering: what can the ancient superpower teach us about today? Last few tickets remaining 🎟️ https://t.co/eyO5GOzh39
Hardcover, 2023
$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book