White Whale Books & Coffee Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger
@SpookyClassroom @SGJ72 @PittLibraries Unsure about straight horror, but maybe try THE MARROW THIEVES (Cherie Dimaline) and ELATSOE (Darcie Little Badger)!
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
Celeste Ng
Curious what Jill's been reading? Only the good stuff: LESSONS by Ian McEwan (@AAKnopf), OUR MISSING HEARTS by @pronounced_ing (@penguinpress), and NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC by Kevin Wilson (@eccobooks). Preorder them all on our website: https://t.co/CvHu1ScHBl https://t.co/y6BTmtvwpa
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Body Wars: Poems
Jan Beatty
Local legends Mihaela Moscaliuc & @JudithVollmer1 (@uwiscpress) talk poems in @pghcitypaper—https://t.co/IVA3ZImxZO 10/7, 7pm—Judith is reading with Geeta Kothari (@braddockavebook), & Jan Beatty (@upittpress, @redhenpress)—https://t.co/S84EbCvOcS https://t.co/1JwpZMJePZ
Paperback, 2020
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
Here's @colsonwhitehead talking HARLEM SHUFFLE on @PBS! https://buff.ly/3RkRquq He's reading at our partner event with @BooksandBooks, @miamibookfair, & many other indie bookstores across the country on 8/9 at 8pm—do not miss this, get your tickets here: https://buff.ly/3anOdd6 https://t.co/njvb8vhsSC
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mothered
Zoje Stage
Join us and @PghArtsLectures on March 16 to celebrate the release of Zoje Stage's latest, MOTHERED! https://t.co/0MkE9kvipk
Paperback, 2023
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Moonlight
Stephen Savage
Preorder @Savageartist's latest, MOONLIGHT—our orders come w/ pins! "A bedtime journey of every child’s most familiar nighttime sight follows the light of the moon as it spans the whole world." Don't miss our virtual event w/ Stephen and @tomgauld 9/8! https://t.co/zSb91YPSox https://t.co/A31d8FjsCw
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Brit Bennett
Here's @britrbennett in @latimes/@latimesbooks last year, talking about the inspiration for THE VANISHING HALF. Join Brit and @PghArtsLectures on 9/20 for the beginning of their Ten Evenings series—we're proud to be the bookseller: https://pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/brit-bennett/ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2020-08-12/vanishing-half-brit-bennett-book-club
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Days of Abandonment
Elena Ferrante
What have we been reading lately? So glad you asked! Sam's got Elena Ferrante's THE DAYS OF ABANDONMENT, an Atiya Jones journal, and a matcha latte in a Reiko Yamamoto mug. Get Ferrante: https://t.co/MUhAAWP2UB Get the journal: https://t.co/DoB00OCR6n https://t.co/cJCSdwq2Gm
Paperback, 2005
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid
LAST CALL: Tonight at 7pm, we're excited to partner up with @BooksandBooks and independent bookstores across the U.S. to present Mohsin Hamid's latest book, THE LAST WHITE MAN (@riverheadbooks)! Get your copy and sign up, here: https://t.co/85qsekewnL See you soon! https://t.co/A6zWhaN2Fg
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Very Bad People
Kit Frick
VERY BAD PEOPLE (@simonteen) by @kitfrick is "a thought-provoking book that questions the line between justice and revenge" (@thenerdaily)— https://t.co/acIvR11UBu Join her on 6/30 at 7pm to celebrate @toribov's NOT GOOD FOR MAIDENS (@PageStreetKids)—https://t.co/7RnC5subqv https://t.co/hJlSfdX0Ri
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book