Seen on Twitter recently. People ask for book recommendations. Click into the thread and you'll see the replies.
Hey team, a student just told me that he signed up for Intro to Soc to learn a sociological take on the roots of fascism. I am not teaching about said roots (it's a quarter system so I barely have time for the basics!). Any suggestions for this earnest and inquisitive student?
— CJ Pascoe (@c_j_pascoe) October 18, 2022
I want to read more prose poems! What anthologies or single-author books of prose poems do you recommend?
— Bethany Jarmul (@BethanyJarmul) October 18, 2022
Quick, everyone give me as many weird, obscure, experimental, totally unreadable book suggestions as possible
— goatboy (@giles_goatboy) November 18, 2022
what are your favorite experimental novels? (I know this is a very broad term, but I'm curious still what comes to mind)
— Amy Stuber (@amy_stuber_) May 29, 2023
I want to read a well-written Weird Western that is not full of unexamined racist, sexist, and otherwise exhausting and un-fun garbage. What should I try?
— M. A. Blanchard (@inquisitrix) October 19, 2022
hi. what's a poetry collection that's so complex/layered that you could write a dissertation on it, if given the chance? what's That Book for you rn?
— Despy Boutris (@itsdbouts) January 18, 2023
Hate to do a prompt, but. Who are some evil characters from recent fiction that have stayed with you? What are some moments of real evil that have stayed with you from fiction of the recent-ish (like, 5,10 years) that have stayed in your mind.
— Brandon (@blgtylr) January 19, 2023
Literary hive mind question: examples of surreal literary memoirs? Thanks in advance. ❤️
— Amy Cipolla Barnes (@amygcb) November 12, 2021
Noteworthy essayistic novels and novelistic essays in the vein of Robert Musil's Man without Qualities, W. G. Sebald's Rings of Saturn, J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello, Teju Cole's Open City, etc? Preferably by contemporary writers.
— Akin Akinwumi (@AEAkinwumi) September 25, 2022
Please I'm currently working on a project that revolves around Igbo mythology and traditions. Which books have you read that interrogate these topics with a much broader range? My friend recommended "After God Is Dibia," which is a fair and excellent read, but I do need more.
— Njoku Nonso (@NN_Emmanuels) February 24, 2023
I’d love to hear which single-author essay collections are your favorites, esp by BIPOC writers. I’m looking to trade out some texts in one of my courses next term, & I want to make sure I’m not missing anything phenomenal. (You can just list titles/authors; I’ll look them up 🙂)
— Mag Gabbert (@mag_gabbert) October 13, 2022
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— Molly Ringle 📚 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️🧙♀️ (@mollyringle) November 8, 2021
and use code CAP50 for **50% off** all books through the month of November!
SO much more pleasant than fighting crowds on Black Friday, am I right?
Novels in which a first person narrator relates a story told to them by the protagonist, even letting them take the stage? Like Austerlitz, or the Outline trilogy?
— Antoine Wilson (@antoinewilson) September 28, 2021
What was your favorite literary climate writing published in the last year? Looking to update my syllabus last minute. Seeking essays, poems, short fiction, experimental creations…
— Emily Raboteau (@emilyraboteau) August 29, 2021
Any recs for poetry books on the climate crisis?
— Laura Villareal (@earthandstars) September 20, 2022
I'm also one of the hosts of the @ClifiBookClub, which started as a platform to rise awareness for the growing genre of "climate fiction," but has turned into more of a therapy group for climate grief. https://t.co/ED16l4DBoT
— Sim Kern (@sim_kern) July 4, 2021
Poetry people: I'm teaching a class on ecopoetry in a couple of weeks. What are your favorite environmental poems that resist/complicate the tropes/traditions of nature writing (i.e.—no "wandering lonely as a cloud," ect.)?
— Madison Jones (@poetrhetor) April 3, 2023
Best books about grief and grieving? Not self-help/pop psych stuff. Classics. Poets. Essays. Would especially love anything that lets history and politics in or considers grief over the loss of ideals/ideas as well as individuals.
— Alyssa Harad (@alyssaharad) October 14, 2022
What is a page-turning novel you couldn't put down, preferably scifi/fantasy/speculative
— Matt (@MJHaugen) November 11, 2021
Looking for #BookRecommendations!
— Claire Polders (@clairepolders) November 10, 2021
I just read “This Is How You Lose the Time War” and loved it! What other literary sci-fi /speculative books published in the last decade and preferably written by women can you recommend?
Alright, gang, what's your favorite single-author collection of weird fiction of the last, I don't know, 50 years?
— Zach (@robop_style) November 9, 2021
also: ur top fav collections by trans poets?
— Despy Boutris (@itsdbouts) November 3, 2021
I'm building a syllabus for a class on trans and non-binary poetics this fall! What are some individual poems (or essays, or performance pieces) that you think it would be a mistake to exclude?
— Chase Berggrun (@patriphobe) August 5, 2022
Click on it. Right click, save. Zoom in for Trans stories by Trans and gender diverse writers in just about every genre.
— ABOLISH THE POLICE (@RoomofOnesOwn) March 21, 2023
We are taking part in the #TransRightsReadathon -- today is day 1. On day 1 you get a giant chart! Link in bio for donating opportunities. pic.twitter.com/FiD0moS3oy
today is the first day of the #TransRightsReadathon created by @sim_kern so here are a few recs if you want to join (and just to read more trans books all year round) pic.twitter.com/RnueuqR6yQ
— liz (@anesidcra) March 20, 2023
Help me out here because I can only think of about ten who are living: Black historical fiction writers? I need names!
— DeMisty D. Bellinger Wants What's Best for You: Me (@DeMistyB) September 22, 2021
FRIENDS: I'm looking to read as many academic & critical texts on Black masculinity, queer theory, & trans studies as possible over the next few months. can u send me recs🥺👉🏾👈🏾
— KB Brookins (@earthtokb) February 16, 2023
what are your absolute fav queer / trans novels in translation? looking for recs that will wreck me 🙆🏻
— M Crane they/them (@mcrane_12) June 10, 2023
PS please feel free to add more suggestions for books of horror by Asian authors here!
— Jayaprakash Satyamurthy (@flightofsand) September 20, 2021
Book Thread for 2021. Here we go!! pic.twitter.com/7y2PEpjv19
— Melissa Boles (@melloftheball) January 6, 2021
Your fave books where the creative and critical enact each other, are embedded in each others’ DNA? I’m thinking like Maggie Nelson, Tina Chang’s Hybrida, Anna Tsing’s Mushroom at end of world. Thank you!
— Nomi Stone (@Nomi_Stone) November 22, 2021
What books would you recommend to help ease a very painful break-up? 💔 Any/all kinds of books considered--poetry, fiction, nonfiction, self-help/spiritual, etc. (Asking for a friend. Really.)
— Michael Taeckens (@mtaeckens) November 23, 2021
The feminine urge to make lists of novels that are not The Handmaid’s Tale but that address how women are viewed in America.
— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) December 2, 2021
I'm looking for some experimental writing, poetry practices that are intensely self-reflexive. Self-referentiality, self-annotation, self-editing, self-commentaries.I feel like there should be some key practitioners using this method, but none are coming to mind. Can anyone help?
— Nathan Allen Jones (@nathan_xones) December 2, 2021
Hey poet twitter, if I wanted to read more contemporary poetry collections in 2022, what would you recommend as can't miss? I like plant imagery, folklore, and nerdy pop culture shit. Would love to support new and rising poets (no matter their age)
— Jen Julian (@jennicjul) December 4, 2021
I'm teaching a class in the fall on scams and hoaxes. Any recommendations for short stories, series, movies, etc.?
— Katie Walker (@KatieNWalker) March 26, 2022
Is there a thread going of LGBTQ+ horror authors who are selling books? ✨ If not, can we get one going? Share your links & covers!
— Samantha Kolesnik (@samkolesnik) June 2, 2022
Does anyone have any recommendations for lesbian novels that aren't like The Well of Loneliness or The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo?
— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) January 24, 2023
I need trans positive YA book recs! For a trans woman! I know plenty that have trans masc characters (feel free to recommend me some anyway), but are there any with characters who are trans women?
— shark boy 🏳️⚧️ PREORDER SIR CALLIE 📚 (@biblioqueer) October 16, 2022
I want to follow more people who have trans men in their books! Preferably adult books, but it's okay if you write YA. I just find they're often absent in adult queer fiction, and I'd like to start a list ♥
— Shane🖤Blackheart (they/them) (@ShaneBlkheart) October 16, 2022
i'm working on a piece for @autostraddle & i want you to tell me your fave indie queer books published during the pandemic! i'm using "queer" broadly on purpose & i'm focusing on indies published in 2020-2022 bc i know how rough it has been! tell me what you've loved reading! 📚
— vanessa ✨ (@vanessapamela) June 27, 2022
What are the works of fiction that have exposed you to the most extraordinary diction—words or constructions that otherwise might have escaped you but now remain inscribed?
— Lorenzo Servitje, PhD MPH (@kilojoule_) August 28, 2022
Hey #WritingCommunity can you recommend some single author #flashfiction collections? Not novella in flash - I'm interested in the difference!
— KatieHWrites (@KatieLHWrites) April 18, 2022
Writers (or readers), what's an example of a RECENT novel that uses two or more timelines (eg, one contemporary one historical)? HORSE by Geraldine Brooks is one. Others?
— Clifford Garstang (@cliffgarstang) September 4, 2022
This has probably been asked before, but I'm curious: what's your comfort book?
— Blake Johnson (@bjohnsonauthor) September 16, 2022
What's the book you re-read over and over again, and return to when you're in need of a familiar friend?
Currently seeking ghost novels that are both well written & kind of obscure. Please help, need ghosts.
— Katy Kelleher (@KatyKelleher) September 16, 2022
Hey, literary twitter: I'm calling my next class "The Short Form", using everything from poems, to stories, to novels. What short novels (or novellas) should I include (probably not much more than 100 pages)? Hit me
— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) September 24, 2022
(by the way, I love doing this!)
I would like to read more queer NOVELLAS. Especially with trans characters. Can anyone recommend any? (Authors, feel free to promote your queer novellas here.)
— Ri 📚 (@biblioqueer) December 16, 2021
What are the science fiction, fantasy, speculative, and horror books you're most excited about in 2023? Doing a big preview for @Polygon again.
— Adam Morgan 🦃 (@adamm0rgan) November 4, 2022
Looking for book recs once again: name a book with prose so beautiful it made you linger over sentences.
— Sarah Nicolas aka Sarah N Fisk (@Sarah_Nicolas) October 4, 2022
I want to read something that breaks rules, that's beautiful and super strange, and maybe kind of makes me gasp. Like I want to be reminded of all the possibilities for writers doing this art we do. What should I read?
— Miciah Bay Gault (@miciahbay) August 18, 2022
Strangest most exceptional novel of the last five years? Thinking of assigning a single short novel to my advanced fiction students this semester wonder what it should be
— Sam Allingham (@SamSamAllingham) August 4, 2022
I’m looking for novels about houses or with houses at the center. So far I have: House of Sand and Fog, House of Spirits, The Turner House, Moses Ascending. Any other ideas? #houses #books #home
— Tiphanie Yanique (@tiphanieyanique) November 24, 2022
Ok bookseller friends, and anyone else who can answer this: a cousin of mine is excellent at fixing cars, an engine whisperer, but he doesn’t read fiction. Besides King’s Christine, what novels feature automobiles in interesting ways?
— Alexander Chee (@alexanderchee) September 8, 2022
The other auto fiction, so to speak.
Looking for recommendations of poets who have written about tarot, or are actively writing about tarot.
— Aaron Kent (@GodzillaKent) August 16, 2022
Working on something and need your help. Name some must read self published horror authors. And go!
— Brad Proctor (@brad_proctor) November 12, 2022
so far I have W-3 by Bette Howland, the Collected Schizophrenias By @esmewang, the House of God by Samuel Shem, maybe?
— Menorahcai P. Martin (@MordecaiPMartin) December 12, 2022
If you were teaching a course called “Black Radical Joy” what would be some of the material on the syllabus?
— Dr. Frank Leon Roberts (@DrFrankRoberts) December 22, 2022
which black thinker - who isn't basically canonical at this point (e.g., du bois, fanon, hartman) - should we probably be reading right now?
— jerome (@_jrrdy) November 9, 2022
You got some epistolary short stories for me, bonus points for horror? Links, pls!
— 蔡一芝 (addie tsai) has no chill & is proud of it (@addiebrook) January 18, 2023
Google doc: Wandering, Meditative, Plotless [or Peripatetic] Books
Google doc: Poetic, Beautiful, Slim novels
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