BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. In order to be a good author, you’ve got to be a good reader, right? That’s what we’ve always thought anyway. To keep our shelves stocked with must-read recommendations, we scoured social media to discover the books that our favorite writers recommend.
Angie Thomas has only love to give to Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and its author, Becky Albertalli. Side note: We’re excited about the film adaptation!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeBiWtrj7qP/?taken-by=angiethomas
Daniel José Older is struck by how much he’s enjoying Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse.
can't remember if I mentioned this but @RoanhorseBex's TRAIL OF LIGHTNING is coming in June and it's soooooo good and the cover is bananas https://t.co/wg0AhVf743
— Daniel José Older (@djolder) January 18, 2018
Tayari Jones revels in the beauty of the reissue of The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdz23MrneSl/?utm_source=ig_embed
Danez Smith feels Barbie Chang by Victoria Chang in his soul.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd3ibwAhrQo/?utm_source=ig_embed
Stephanie Danler’s wishes came true with Louise Gluck: Poems 1962-2012.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdlPKBcBPGF/?utm_source=ig_embed
Rumaan Alam is feeling merry about Mallory Ortberg’s The Merry Spinster.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd3YKpuhLX6/?utm_source=ig_embed
Louise Miller brightens up a gloomy day with Mary Oliver’s Upstream and Rose Levy Beranbaum’s The Bread Bible.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeJWYcUjmwh/?utm_source=ig_embed
Elissa Schappell “was staring, appalled” at the highlights throughout this first edition of Lorrie Moore’s Like Life.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeEr65Wh5CV/?utm_source=ig_embed
Nothing comes between Jennifer Weiner and The Wife Between Us.
https://twitter.com/jenniferweiner/status/954008804647227392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookish.com%2Farticles%2Fbooks-writers-recommend-january-26%2F
The Largesse of the Maiden Sea welcomes Paul Lisicky home.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BeEsLFdDo1l/?utm_source=ig_embed
