Writers & Books 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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Mother Ocean Father Nation
Nishant BatshaWriters & BooksThis week's Staff Pick: Mother Ocean, Father Nation by Nishant Batsha, recommended by Alison Meyers, our Executive Director. Visit us instore or online to read more! . . . #bookstagram #ampersandbooks #shoplocal #readlocal #nota #indiebookstore #amreading #writersandbooks https://t.co/RkLcdIUiXo
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Day with No Words
Tiffany HammondWriters & BooksExplore this week’s Ampersand newsletter recommendations! - True Biz, by Sara Novic - Demystifying Disability, by Emily Ladau - Pain Woman Takes Your Keys, by Sonya Huber - A Day With No Words, by Tiffany Hammond - How to Communicate: Poems, by John Lee Clark #ampersandbooks https://t.co/Y6YrLwWOGD
Hardcover, 2025
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back
Kate MooreWriters & BooksDon’t miss Ampersand's newsletter recommendations! Explore our picks online or in-store. -Couplets, by Maggie Millner -Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus -The Woman They Could Not Silence, by Kate Moore -Know My Name, by Chanel Miller -Good for a Girl, by Lauren Fleshman https://t.co/CkUUGgesEz
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Place to Belong
Cynthia KadohataWriters & BooksBrowse all the great reads on our discount table! This week we’re highlighting A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata and Julie Kuo (Illustrator). A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. #bookstagram #ampersandbooks #shoplocal #readlocal #indiebookstore #writersandbooks https://t.co/W5ktZye21X
Hardcover, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Phantom Advances
Mary Lynn ReedWriters & BooksJoin us for a reading with Mary Lynn Reed, author of the debut story collection Phantom Advances, who will be joined in conversation by Lindsay Bernal. Link in bio! Saturday, May 13, 1 pm Free - $20 Admission | Hybrid Event #visitingauthor #debutauthor #writersandbooks https://t.co/libX6GIIaY
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Künstlers in Paradise
Cathleen SchineWriters & BooksCheck out some of this week’s new arrivals! Couplets by Maggie Millner What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez Off With Her Head by Elearnor Herman Stash by Laura Cathcart Robbins Maame by Jessica George I am Debra Lee: A Memoir Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine https://t.co/Oubt1JpxcN
Hardcover, 2023
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mama Said: Stories
Kristen GentryWriters & BooksJoin us for a reading with Kristen Gentry, author of Mama Said, stories that showcase the wide-reaching repercussions of addiction and the ties that forever bind daughters to their mothers, flaws and all. Link in bio! Thursday, May 11, 7 pm Free - $20 Admission | Hybrid Event https://t.co/DsHfjvarMV
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance
Hanif AbdurraqibWriters & BooksExecutive Director Alison Meyers is reading A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance, by @NifMuhammad (@randomhouse) #FridayReads https://t.co/qPDE1g49Bd
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins ReidWriters & BooksThis week’s Ampersand newsletter recommendations: Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby Grandad’s Camper & Grandad’s Pride by Harry Woodgate The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page It Came from the Closet edited by Joe Vallese https://t.co/6J8Togceos
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Missing Hearts: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
Celeste NgWriters & BooksExplore Ampersand's newsletter recommendations! -Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng -Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner -Sink by Joseph Earl Thomas -The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts by Soraya Palmer -Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah https://t.co/4ne5ekMVTq
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book