Pushing Books Into Everyone's Arms

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Talking about books with nombrehetomado and theladyisatiger on twitter the other day has given me the sudden urge to shove books at all of you. BECAUSE I CAN.

So here: three books I think various people on the internet would enjoy reading in their real life. Some you might have already read, some you might not have heard of, some have stuff about monsters and hookers and other things I like tossed in for good measure. Feel free to mix and match or completely ignore me. If I’ve forgotten anyone, just let me know.

 

Bitchet:
The Lover’s Dictionary, David Levithan
Room, Emma Donoghue
The Girl's Guide to Homelessness, Brianna Karp

Cy:
Boneshaker, Cherie Priest
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Michael Chabon
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt

Em:
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
A Dirty Job, Christopher Moore
Paint it Black, Janet Fitch

Emily:
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff
Remarkable Creatures, Tracey Chevalier

Emtart:
Crank, Glass, and Fallout, all three by Ellen Hopkins
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore
I Just Want My Pants Back, David J. Rosen

Fangy:
Movies in Fifteen Minutes, Cleolinda Jones
Lucy, Lawrence Gonzales
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

Freya:
The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood
Cherry, Mary Karr
Sonata Mulattica, Rita Dove

Mandi:
In My Skin, Kate Holden
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides

Nombre:
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
I Love Everybody (And Other Atrocious Lies), Laurie Notaro
Rant: An Oral History of Buster “Rant” Casey, Chuck Palahniuk

Norashlow:
Monster, A. Lee Martinez
Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, David Nickle
Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck, both by Christopher Moore

Timid:
Feed, M.T. Anderson
St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell
Identical, Ellen Hopkins

Zelda:
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, Z.Z. Packer
The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood


 

Miscellaneous Recs (a blend of fiction and nonfiction):

The Good War: An Oral History of WWII, Studs Terkel
True Grit, Charles Portis
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
White Oleander, Janet Fitch
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks
Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
Maus, Art Spiegelman
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
It, Stephen King
The Stand, Stephen King
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, Rachel Simmons
Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracey Chevalier
Our Town, Thornton Wilder
“If A Pirate I Must Be…”: The True Story of “Black Bart,” King of the Caribbean Pirates, Richard Sanders
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, David Grann
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen