Yutaka Dirks Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Yutaka Dirks on X
YEA: tenant power, crime fic, comics, parenthood, literature. NAY: settler-colonialism, capitalism, patriarchy, hot takes. Curator: @ColdCaseFest
Come Closer
Sara GranYutaka Dirks@brimorganbooks I second all those who said Come Closer by Sara Gran. And The Guardians by @andrewpyper
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sudden Traveler: Stories
Sarah HallYutaka Dirks@TheLincoln Evie by Sarah Hall. more visceral than the Aickman-esque uncanny stories, yet destabilizing, tied up with fear/unease/forbidden or repressed desire as I think of the uncanny.
Paperback, 2020
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Secret Identity
Alex SeguraYutaka DirksCongrats @alex_segura Secret Identity hits Kirkus' best thrillers & mysteries of 2022! https://t.co/qXnTC3TPpB #kirkusreviews
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Canary
Duane SwierczynskiYutaka Dirks@sam_wiebe @DwyerMurphy So did I. The Poquelin (?) Society made me think of the Center for Fiction’s old location in midtown Manhattan (I volunteered there for a bit when I lived in NYC - saw a few good book events, incl Duane Swierczynski when he released Canary).
Hardcover, 2015
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself
Peter Ho DaviesYutaka DirksFor Father’s Day what I’d like is a reading list of novels (not memoir/essays) about being a dad (not about having one). Some examples I’ve read: Gilead (Robinson), A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ho Davies), The Road …
Paperback, 2022
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto
Carolyn WhitzmanYutaka DirksWinnipeg: if you missed out on tonight’s launch of @CWhitzman’s Clara At The Door With A Revolver you can grab a signed copy @whodunitwpg on Lilac St. See why @WinnipegNews called the true-crime story “a riveting whodunit.” Thanks to @zilla_jones for an excellent discussion! https://t.co/HEhlWXZ680
Paperback, 2023
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What We Talk about When We Talk about Anne Frank: Stories
Nathan EnglanderYutaka Dirks8. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank - Nathan Englander
Paperback, 2013
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heaven, My Home
Attica LockeYutaka Dirks@akkabah If you are being honest about the Michael Connelly, I’d definitely recommend the audiobook versions of Attica Locke’s Bluebird, Bluebird and Heaven, My Home.
Paperback, 2020
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Follow Her Home
Steph ChaYutaka Dirks@dorettalau Have you read Steph Cha’s Juniper Song series? (First is Follow Her Home) They are heavily/explicitly influenced by Chandler but reflect the LA of racialized ppl
Hardcover, 2013
$35.99$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bluebird, Bluebird
Attica LockeYutaka Dirks@akkabah If you are being honest about the Michael Connelly, I’d definitely recommend the audiobook versions of Attica Locke’s Bluebird, Bluebird and Heaven, My Home.
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book