Matthew's Recommendations

The Madonna Secret By Sophie Strand Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9781591434672
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Published: Bear & Company - August 15th, 2023

Greenland: A Novel By David Santos Donaldson Cover Image
$21.59
ISBN: 9780063159556
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Published: Amistad - June 7th, 2022

Lapvona: A Novel By Ottessa Moshfegh Cover Image
$21.60
ISBN: 9780593300268
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Published: Penguin Press - June 21st, 2022

Bewilderment: A Novel By Richard Powers Cover Image
$22.36
ISBN: 9780393881141
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 21st, 2021

The Swallowed Man: A Novel By Edward Carey Cover Image
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780593188873
Published: Riverhead Books - January 26th, 2021

This book was a joy to read. Wonderfully weird, dark, and redemptive, this short novel is a fascinating meditation on art, creation, and fatherhood with illustrations by the author. I was immediately enthralled. Who knew a retelling of Pinnochio could feel so timely.


The Prophets By Robert Jones, Jr. Cover Image
$21.60
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ISBN: 9780593085684
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - January 5th, 2021

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Flights By Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translated by) Cover Image
By Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525534204
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 13th, 2019

The Overstory: A Novel By Richard Powers Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393356687
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 2nd, 2019

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures By Merlin Sheldrake Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525510314
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Published: Random House - May 12th, 2020

This book is awesome, absolutely packed with fascinating ideas. Merlin Sheldrake's voice is clear and relatable, brimming with contagious passion. I will never look at lichen the same way. I found myself sharing fungus factoids with anyone who would listen while I was reading this. You will love it if you enjoyed Wohlleben's Hidden Life of Trees.  


Underland: A Deep Time Journey By Robert Macfarlane Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393358094
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 18th, 2020

My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel By Ottessa Moshfegh Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525522133
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Published: Penguin Books - June 25th, 2019

This book blew my mind. An existential fable for the millenial generation, it follows a privileged, fashionable young woman living in Brooklyn as she strategizes her hibernation. Full of complex repressed emotion and a cast of misguided characters with terrible advice. It's cringey, dark, hilarious, and so refreshingly human!


The Swerve: How the World Became Modern By Stephen Greenblatt Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393343403
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 4th, 2012

The Swerve is an excellent read. Greenblatt is a masterful storyteller, weaving philosophy and history in a way that is consistently fascinating and vivid. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of ideas. 


Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life By Lulu Miller Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781501160349
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 6th, 2021

Focusing on the life of David Starr Jordan, a prolific taxonimist/ichtyologist, Why Fish Don't Exist leads us on a weird, sometimes shocking, heartfelt journey. A powerful reflection on humankind's fraught efforts to unveil nature's mysteries.


Mouth to Mouth: A Novel By Antoine Wilson Cover Image
$20.80
ISBN: 9781982181802
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - January 11th, 2022

Matrix: A Novel By Lauren Groff Cover Image
$22.40
ISBN: 9781594634499
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 7th, 2021

What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier #1) By T. Kingfisher Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250830753
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Published: Tor Nightfire - July 12th, 2022

The Fairy Garden By Isabella Mazzanti (Illustrator), Georgia Buckthorn Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9780711271777
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Published: Ivy Kids Eco - April 5th, 2022

Our Share of Night: A Novel By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator)
$28.99
ISBN: 9780451495143
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Published: Hogarth - February 7th, 2023

Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World By Karen Armstrong Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593319437
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Published: Knopf - September 6th, 2022

All Down Darkness Wide: A Memoir By Seán Hewitt Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780593300084
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Published: Penguin Press - July 12th, 2022

The New Life: A Novel By Tom Crewe Cover Image
$22.40
ISBN: 9781668000830
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Published: Scribner - January 3rd, 2023

The Applicant By Nazlı Koca Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802160546
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Published: Grove Press - February 14th, 2023

Tell Me I'm An Artist By Chelsea Martin Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781593767211
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Published: Soft Skull - September 20th, 2022

The Art Forger: A Novel By B. A. Shapiro Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616203160
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Published: Algonquin Books - May 21st, 2013

The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives By Jennifer Michael Hecht Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374292744
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - March 7th, 2023

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