Viv Groskop 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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Tomb of Sand
Geetanjali ShreeA wonderful tribute to Geetanjali Shree’s success with Tomb of Sand and to @shreedaisy’s translation. The party that started with @TheBookerPrizes continues as this brilliant novel makes its way around the world 🎉🍹🍸 https://t.co/WbZhlsiuXi
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine and Eastern Europe
Olia HerculesBooks Of Which I Have Bought Multiple Copies in 2022: No.1: Olia Hercules’ Mamushka (makes you feel like you’re doing something — Olia actually *is* doing something #CookforUkraine) https://t.co/HeaTQ5K2SR https://t.co/9lA4xs7DND
Hardcover, 2015
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cursed Bunny: Stories
Bora ChungCursed Bunny (brilliant warped smart story collection) continues to spread its magic — congrats to translator @AntonHur https://t.co/9StOm2PBET
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America
Barbara EhrenreichSad to see this — loved Ehrenreich’s writing, especially Brightsided: How Positivity Is Undermining America. Brilliant reportage and contemporary philosophy. RIP. Going straight to her backlist https://t.co/zoTmPaEdAC
Paperback, 2010
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret AtwoodAlways a blast to interview the highly unpredictable, playfully wise Margaret Atwood. Congrats on this beautiful short story collection #OldBabesintheWood Thanks to @ToppingsBath for hosting #mushrooms #algae #hemp https://t.co/rL80R4DgB4
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins🎧🎧🎧 This week’s podcast guest is best-selling novelist PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train and (imminent new release) A Slow Fire Burning. We talk: “overnight” success (no such thing), pressure, patience, self-belief and more 🎧🎧🎧 Listen: https://t.co/OkF7fRzoQc https://t.co/Ziqjsl1bXQ
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
Julia IoffeInterspersed with flashes of memoir, family stories and journalistic encounters, the book acts as a gender-inflected primer on the past hundred years of Russian history ... Cleverly conceived and brilliantly executed.
Hardcover, 2025
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
Angela SainiInternational Women’s Day purchase: Angela Saini’s The Patriarchs — a fresh take on what needs to be dismantled inside all of us https://t.co/W5TN68i6Qi
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Memory of Animals
Claire FullerHow to Own the Room Series 20 Episode 2: best-selling novelist + winner of the Costa Prize CLAIRE FULLER. Her latest book is The Memory of Animals. We talk: changing career and becoming a novelist in your forties, creativity, life, stress and dry mouth https://t.co/OkF7fRzoQc https://t.co/XvZKyd0qM7
Hardcover, 2023
$27.95Member price:$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel WilkersonThis week’s podcast guest is ISABEL WILKERSON — Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Caste. So inspiring and insightful. Masterclass in self-motivation and grit… and the art of narrative non-fiction Listen: https://t.co/OkF7fRzoQc https://t.co/uEUiEbAXYz
Paperback, 2023
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book