Laura Miller Book Recommendations
Laura Miller is a books and culture columnists for Slate. Books and culture columnist for Slate. laura dot miller at slate dot com Chatelaine
The Turn of the Screw
Henry JamesLaura Miller@haszombiesinit Henry James didn’t think much of The Turn of the Screw
Hardcover, 2024
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookTrial
Richard North PattersonLaura MillerRichard North Patterson has declared himself a victim of “literary apartheid.” But maybe something else is going on. https://t.co/duEsO0f7Vu via @slate
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley JacksonLaura MillerJust got done revising the intro I wrote for the Penguin Classics edition of The Haunting of Hill House because when I first wrote it in 2006, Shirley Jackson wasn't much read beyond this novel & The Lottery. That has changed a LOT
Paperback, 2006
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookReamde
Neal StephensonLaura Miller@literaryeric You’d probably like Neal Stephenson’d REAMDE, which is more of techno thriller
Paperback, 2012
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookSmall Mercies: A Detective Mystery
Dennis LehaneLaura Miller[A] ferocious crime novel... Full of booby traps, but the metaphorical kind that blow up futures instead of limbs... [As] in the best mysteries, the detective herself is cracked open and remade.
Hardcover, 2023
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Lottery
Shirley JacksonLaura MillerJust got done revising the intro I wrote for the Penguin Classics edition of The Haunting of Hill House because when I first wrote it in 2006, Shirley Jackson wasn't much read beyond this novel & The Lottery. That has changed a LOT
Hardcover, 2008
$34.25$17.13 + Free shipping50% off your first bookShrines of Gaiety
Kate AtkinsonLaura MillerA wondrously intricate piece of narrative clockwork ... The Jazz Age London of Shrines of Gaiety is nearly as merciless as Dickens' Victorian metropolis and even more rife with crime and intrigue.
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Diviners
Libba BrayLaura Millerhttps://bit.ly/3d1VSu1, which lets you buy audiobooks via your local bookstore (instead of Amazon) has an amazing sale for Indie Bookstore Day. I esp recommend The Diviners by @libbabray, narrated by the incredible @justjanuary
Paperback, 2013
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBrideLaura MillerMcBride... would never advance any of his books as candidates for the Great American Novel... I'd like to make a case, though, for Deacon King Kong and, now, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store as better contenders for the 21st-century GAN than many other, more vaunted specimens...
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookA Little Life
Hanya YanagiharaLaura MillerThe readers who flocked to A Little Life may not love the author’s new book. https://slate.com/culture/2022/01/paradise-hanya-yanagihara-book-review-little-life.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=article&utm_content=twitter_share via @slate
Paperback, 2016
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book