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1 month ago | 
purewow.com | Sarah Stiefvater |Elena Ferrante |Roxane Gay |Patrick Radden Keefe
booksa decade and a half of incredible readspaula boudes for purewowThis year is PureWow's 15th anniversary, and though I haven’t been on the team for that entire time, I have worked here for 12 years, and have spent much of that time writing about books—the moving, the creepy, the Reese Witherspoon-approved. And though it’s nearly impossible to narrow down my favorite 15 books of the past 15 years, there are the ones I just can’t stop thinking about and recommending.
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1 month ago | 
lithub.com | Emily Firetog |Elena Ferrante
Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Press Month—a Lit Hub staff member will be recommending a small press book that they love. The only rule of this game is that there are no rules, except that the books we recommend must have been published, at some time, and in some place, by a small press.
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2 months ago | 
audible.com | Katie O'Connor |Elena Ferrante |Louisa May Alcott |Elizabeth Wein
Leslie Knope of Parks and Recreation gave us so much, but perhaps her greatest contribution was the invention of Galentine’s Day: a celebration of female friendship. Valentine’s Day can bring with it a lot of pressure, but your relationship status doesn’t matter on Galentine’s Day. It’s an opportunity to celebrate and honor the friendships in your life, and if you’re a book nerd like me, that includes book besties.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
writersdigest.com | Michael Woodson |Maggie O’Farrell |Elena Ferrante
Another year is nearly behind us—which is both a shock and a relief. The last few weeks of December are always a restless, busy time, but also it’s a time for reflection.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
adastrastories.substack.com | Andrea Abreu |Julia Sanches |Elena Ferrante |Ann Goldstein
[Dear readers: This issue contains discussions of transphobia.]Thank you to everyone who provided feedback in our recent newsletter survey! From thoughts on these newsletters to insightful advice for our website, we truly appreciate you taking the time. The winner of our giveaway has been contacted, and we look forward to reviewing all your feedback and implementing it going forward—starting with some new additions and reorganization to this newsletter issue.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
thebookerprizes.substack.com | Elena Ferrante |Ann Goldstein
This November, we’d love you to join us in reading (or re-reading) The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, translated into English by Ann Goldstein. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2016, the novel – which is set against the raw backdrop of Ferrante’s native Naples – concludes the author’s four-part series chronicling the lives of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena, and the fiery, uncontainable Lila.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
kmuw.org | Suzanne Perez |Jodi Picoult |Tim O’Brien |Elena Ferrante
Books (and whatnot) discussed in this episode:July, July by Tim O’BrienThe New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteUnder the Dome by Stephen KingA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Known World by Edward P. JonesAll Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
beccafreeman.substack.com | Ann Patchett |Elena Ferrante |Kazuo Ishiguro
Hello,Last week was so fun. Thank you for your enthusiasm. Thank you for chatting with me in the comments. Thank you for sharing the lists. At the bottom of this email you’ll find the entire list in one place in case you want to forward it to your book club or any book lover in your life for discussion. This is going to be a long email, so you may need to open it in your browser to see it all.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
thegreatestbooks.org | Elena Ferrante |Isabel Wilkerson |Hilary Mantel |Edward Jones
This is one of the 313 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante This novel tells the story of two friends, Elena and Lila, growing up in a poor neighborhood in Naples, Italy in the 1950s. Their intense, complicated friendship is marked by competition, mutual respect, and deep affection.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
sheknows.com | Todd Haynes |Susan Sontag |Benjamin Labatut |Elena Ferrante |Giovana Gelhoren
While we always adore seeing Natalie Portman starring in gorgeous Dior ads, her latest campaign gave fans an inside look into her life away from the cameras as viewers got to learn all her favorite books. “Welcome to my Dior Book Tote Club,” Portman says at the beginning of the video.
