West Wing Writers 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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The Very Nice Box
Eve GleichmanOur @a8white received "The Very Nice Box" by Laura Blackett and @egleichman! And thanks to @sojanetpotter—who got "Stories of Your Life" by Ted Chiang—our @Leah_Abrams got "True Biz" by @NovicSara.
Paperback, 2022
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
The W. E. B. Du Bois Center at the UniveCaleb's currently reading W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America, which he describes as "a collection of the dazzling and provocative infographics he presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition on the progress made by African Americans since Emancipation." https://t.co/Aev1DIti7V
Hardcover, 2018
$32.50Member price:$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
Bono@thepatrickross @liza_harris_ And finally, our @APalleschi got "Random Family" by @AdrianNLeBlanc from @zhindin, and our @hannah_kahn_ got Bono's "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" from @JeffShesol!
Hardcover, 2022
$34.00Member price:$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War
Jeff ShesolJoin our @JeffShesol TODAY for this stellar event on John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the new battleground of the Cold War. https://t.co/UP1gxbjUrW https://t.co/0vKilj2knU
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy
Marcus GrandersonHappy #bookaversary to our @MK_Granderson's "Timestamp: Musings of an Introverted Black Boy." Can we get a sequel? https://t.co/rYipsUS56H
Paperback, 2019
$14.99Member price:$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston@parisreview Zora Neale Hurston was, of course, one of the most prolific writers of any time in American history. But as @proseb4bros argues, it's not enough to stop at "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Read Hurston's essays, and you'll find even more nuance/ complexity: https://t.co/JA769wSFHC
Paperback, 2006
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960
Irwin F. GellmanOur @JeffShesol brought the 🔥 in this review of Irwin F. Gellman's "Campaign of the Century," out in the @nytimesbooks today. https://t.co/SDlRzThSAN
Paperback, 2023
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor DostoevskyNEW: Today is Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 200th birthday! To celebrate, check out the latest edition of Orations Worth Ovations—our Josh Baize’s appreciation of a sermon from Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, The Brothers Karamazov! 🎂🥳🎉https://t.co/s4gtYoABH6
Paperback, 2024
$21.99Member price:$19.79 + Free shipping10% off
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor DostoevskyNEW: Today is Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 200th birthday! To celebrate, check out the latest edition of Orations Worth Ovations—our Josh Baize’s appreciation of a sermon from Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, The Brothers Karamazov! 🎂🥳🎉https://t.co/s4gtYoABH6
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Little Weirds
Jenny SlateShe's reading Little Weirds by Jenny Slate and Dress Code by @veroniquean and preparing for Season 4 of @succession by rewatching all the others. Caitlyn, if you're seeing this, you have great taste! 🤩
Paperback, 2020
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book