Lisa Taddeo Popular Books
Lisa Taddeo Biography & Facts
Lisa Taddeo is an American author and journalist known for her book Three Women. Taddeo's work has appeared in The Best American Political Writing and The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. Early life Taddeo was born in Short Hills, New Jersey. Her parents are Peter Taddeo, an Italian American doctor, and Pia, a fruit stand cashier from Italy. Education She first attended New York University but transferred to Rutgers University. Taddeo completed her Master of Fine Arts in fiction at Boston University. Writing Taddeo was an associate editor at Golf Magazine when David Granger assigned her first piece for Esquire, "The Last Days of Heath Ledger", after reading her unpublished novel. In 2015 The Washington Post named her New York Magazine piece, "Rachel Uchitel is Not A Madam", one of their top five long reads that stand the test of time. In 2013 she appeared in Esquire Network's 80th Anniversary special. She was awarded the William Holodnok Fiction Prize and the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction. Taddeo is a two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize, for her short stories "42 (2017)", published in the New England Review, and "Suburban Weekend (2019)", published in Granta. Her book Three Women was released in July 2019 by Simon and Schuster. In June 2020 it won the narrative non-fiction book of the year at the British Book Awards. Animal, Taddeo's debut novel, was published by Avid Reader Press in the summer of 2021, and is about "both sisterhood and female rage..." Her third book, Ghost Lover, is a collection of nine short stories published in 2022 by Avid Reader Press. Television In July 2019, Showtime announced a series commitment adaptation of Three Women. Taddeo will write and be executive producer of the series. Bibliography Three Women (2019) Animal (2021) Ghost Lover (2022) References. Discover the Lisa Taddeo popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lisa Taddeo books.
Best Seller Lisa Taddeo Books of 2024
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The Sex Lives of African Women
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah"Dazzling... the tone is hopeful, resilient and accepting. Marked by the diversity of experiences shared, the wealth of intimate details, and the total lack of sensationalism, this...
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A Question of Age
Jacinta ParsonsA beautifully written, searing and powerful examination of women and ageing that you will not be able to put down: intense, compelling, poetic, raging. Warning: this is not a selfh...
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Pure Romance Between the Sheets
Patty BrisbenTired of feeling like your sex life has become boring? Frustrated that your sex drive isn't what it used to be? Do you really understand what your body needs to be sexually satisf...
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Mind The Gap
Dr Karen Gurney'This book taught me so much about female desire. A must read!' Cherry HealeyDid you know that there is an orgasm gap of around 30% between heterosexual couples when they have sex?...
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Work. Love. Body.
Jamila Rizvi & Helen McCabeIn 2020, the lives of Australian women changed irrevocably. With insight, intelligence and empathy, Jane Gilmore, Santilla Chingaipe and Emily J. Brooks explore this through the le...
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See Me Rolling
Lottie Jackson'The world was sadly not my lobster, it was a skimpy crayfish from a petrol station sandwich and it was on the turn.'In this heartfelt, thoughtprovoking and often hilarious book, L...
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Tell Me the Truth About Love
Susanna Abse'Brilliant and touching' Maggie O'Farrell'A mustread for everyone wanting to understand more about what makes us fall in and out of love' Philippa Perry'A charming, useful, kind ...
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Der Verdacht
Ashley AudrainEin spannungsgeladenes Buch über die Zerbrechlichkeit einer Familie. Ashley Audrains Weltbestseller ist voller dunkler Abgründe und ein unvergesslicher Pageturner.Sie wollte dein G...
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Love Lockdown
Elizabeth GreenwoodThis evocative and gripping investigative look into romantic relationships between incarcerated people and their spouses on the outside “is impossible to put down” (The Globe and M...
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The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book
Logan Smalley & Stephanie KentFor fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to readin...
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Animal
Lisa TaddeoFrom Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and global phenomenon Three Women, comes an “intoxicating” (Entertainment Weekly), “fearless” (Los Angeles Times), and ...
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The Nude
C. Michelle LindleyA gripping, provocative, and sensual debut novel about an art historian who journeys to a Greek island in pursuit of a found sculpture and quickly finds herself immersed in a cultu...
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Heatstroke
Hazel Barkworth'A thrilling look at mothers and daughters, adolescence, sex, suburbia and secrets' NELL FRIZZELL In the middle of a stifling suburban heatwave, fifteenyearold Lily doesn't come ho...
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The Index of Self-Destructive Acts
Christopher Beha“Beha tackles finance, faith, war, entitlement, and no end of selfdestructive acts. I greatly admired both the writing and the ambition.” Ann PatchettA New York Times Editors’...
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Birth
Rebecca Grant“An important book...Grant is a good storyteller, subtle and compassionate.” The New York Times Book ReviewIn the tradition of Random Family and Evicted, a gripping blend of rigoro...
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Pretty Baby
Chris Belcher“Absolutely not to be missed.” Vogue “A muscular, canny memoir about labor and power and gender…I couldn’t put it down. What a fg gorgeous book.” Carmen Maria Machado, author of In...
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Mongrel
Hanako Footman'Mongrel is so beautiful that I became lost in it . . . Simply, it must be read' LISA TADDEO'A brilliant explosion of writing and storytelling . . . This feels like reading an Osca...
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Human Blues
Elisa Albert“Crackling and bighearted...A powerhouse [that] echoes with the truth that we find harmony when we listen first to ourselves.” Oprah Daily “Takes off with magnificent speed and ne...
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Meine dunkle Vanessa
Kate Elizabeth Russell»Ein eindringlicher, wirklich unvergesslicher, tiefer Roman mit einem irrsinnigen erzählerischen Sog.« Vea Kaiser, ZDF »Literarisches Quartett«Vanessa ist gerade fünfzehn, als sie ...
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Das Leben in Nuancen
Chloë AshbyEve ist Mitte zwanzig und schlägt sich mit Kellner und Putzjobs durch. Seit dem Tod ihrer besten Freundin Grace hält sie alles und jeden auf Distanz. Ihr Leben entgleitet ihr immer...