Jess Walter Books

Santino Fontana stands on the stage in front of a microphone reading a story.

Nicole Kang stands on the stage in front of a microphone reading a story.

Jason Alexander stands on the stage in front of a microphone reading a story.

On this week's Selected Shorts episode, Reinventing the Wheel, actors Santino Fontana, Nicole Kang, and Jason Alexander perform stories by Simon Rich, Tania James, and @jesswalter.bsky.social. bit.ly/4pwzC0M

(First photo by Kevin Yatarola, second and third by Kyle Espeleta)

YouTube video by KickstART Farmington Wednesday Night Sessions featuring Writer Jess Walter

The new novel by @jesswalter.bsky.social is fantastic, and he reads from it here: youtu.be/PmbyZ73-N4E?...

In Episode 973 of the Otherppl with Brad Listi podcast, a conversation with Jess Walter, bestselling author of the novel SO FAR GONE (Harper Books). The official June pick of the Otherppl Book Club.

▶️ NOW PLAYING: @jesswalter.bsky.social's new novel, SO FAR GONE (@harperbooks.bsky.social), is very much of its time, and it speaks to the American lunacies and darknesses that have come into full flower over the past decade.

A great talk w a great writer. Official June book club pick.

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YouTube video by A Line Around Your Thoughts Jess Walter, author

ICYMI: This week's episode is an interview with @jesswalter.bsky.social on his new novel "So Far Gone." Watch on YouTube or listen via A Line Around Your Thoughts on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

#Spokane #books #fiction #literature #zeitgeist

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@jesswalter.bsky.social What a great listen! I work at a Chicago area public library and cannot wait to recommend this at my upcoming ‘Books at the Beach’ program. Love the Libby app. #publiclibraries #booksky 💙📚💙

My hand holding a copy of So Far Gone

@jesswalter.bsky.social - just finished-EXCELLENT!
Thank you!!

Jess Walter, Maria Semple, and Tim Daly stand backstage in front of a pink background, smiling. Semple is holding a copy of So Far Gone and Daly is pointing at it.

Jess Walter and Maria Semple sit on the stage, holding microphones and having a conversation.

Tim Daly reads an excerpt from So Far Gone on the stage.

Earlier this week, @jesswalter.bsky.social returned to Symphony Space for the launch of his brilliant new novel, So Far Gone. Thank you to Jess, Maria Semple, and Tim Daly for a fantastic evening, and to everyone who joined us!
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Treated myself to a Father's Day gift, Jess Walter's new book, SO FAR GONE.

The man's novels, short stories, and nonfiction never let me down. I'm always thrilled when he drops a new book. I've been looking forward to this one for a while.

@jesswalter.bsky.social

The bestselling author delivers another gem in this topical "Grandpa v. Militia" adventure. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/s... @harperbooks.bsky.social @taracampbell.bsky.social @jesswalter.bsky.social #Booksky

One fun thing about hosting a show that pre-records is once it's up, it's up forever. Go check out @jesswalter.bsky.social's reading and short interview on WNS!

Thanks to @jesswalter.bsky.social, @jmjournalist.bsky.social, and @badlycooked.bsky.social for a great week of podcasting.

Upcoming episodes:

6/17: Ivy Pochoda

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The @jesswalter.bsky.social episode is now available anytime at the link below! Check it out, and then read a Jess book or two, whydon'tcha?!

Last chance to get your tickets for next Monday's Thalia Book Club with @jesswalter.bsky.social! Join Walter and Maria Semple for a conversation about his latest novel, So Far Gone. Featuring a reading from the book by Tim Daly. bit.ly/3ZIj0HR

Great Northwest Passages event with #1 New York Times bestselling author and Spokane native @jesswalter.bsky.social. Be sure to check out his new book, “So Far Gone.” #SoFarGone #JessWalter

YouTube video by KickstART Farmington Wednesday Night Sessions featuring Writer Jess Walter

The @jesswalter.bsky.social episode will be available at this link as of 7:00 p.m. Eastern on June 11th. Enjoy! youtu.be/PmbyZ73-N4E

Episode 714: Jess Walter Podcast Episode · Writer's Bone · 06/10/2025 · 46m

"Fiction really does force you to consider the interiors of various people." @jesswalter.bsky.social

One of my favorite authors, @jesswalter.bsky.social, joins me tomorrow to chat about his new book So Far Gone.

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Review: 'So Far Gone' So Far Gone

How a recluse -- and all of us -- are SO FAR GONE in @jesswalter.bsky.social's latest novel, which publishes Tuesday. When Rhys finds his grandchildren at his door but doesn't recognize them, he's on the way to find out. #Booksky
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Wait, maybe? :)

Thanks to John Kenney, As Told To, and The Thoughtful Bro for a fun week of podcasting.

Upcoming schedule:

6/10: @jesswalter.bsky.social

FMC 6/13: @jmjournalist.bsky.social

6/17: Ivy Pochoda

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A few photos of Spokane author @jesswalter.bsky.social for this week’s issue of @inlander.com for a story about Jess’ upcoming novel, So Far Gone, out on June 10.

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A Witty Caper Starring Gun-Toting Christians in Rural Washington

Set in the Pacific Northwest, @jesswalter.bsky.social's buoyant "So Far Gone" seeks a better America amid our many conflicts. Out Tuesday from @harperbooks.bsky.social. Here's my review for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/b...

So Far Gone by @jesswalter.bsky.social is so freaking great! Hilarious fish out of water road trip caper steeped in our teetering modern times. The Guncle meets a woke Dirty Harry. @hamiltoncain.bsky.social NYT review is a delight and captures its spirit! @harperbooks.bsky.social

America’s ‘spot news novelist’ takes on the Trump era from Spokane Jess Walter thought he needed to move away to make it as a writer. He found the inspiration for “So Far Gone” in his hometown.

"SO FAR GONE," the new novel by @jesswalter.bsky.social, comes out in a few days. He showed me some places around Spokane that inspired it. My latest:

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Then do yourself another favor and read Craig Welch’s great writing, starting with bookshop.org/beta-search?...

@jesswalter.bsky.social, the bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, returns to Symphony Space on June 16 to launch his latest work! Join Walter and Maria Semple for a conversation about So Far Gone, featuring a reading from the novel by Tim Daly. Get your tickets! bit.ly/3ZIj0HR

So Far Gone | Narrative Magazine So Far Gone by Jess Walter — A prim girl stood still as a fence post on Rhys Kinnick...

“Books covered every available surface and much of the floor. Leah loved books more than she loved anything in the world, but this . . . this seemed like a sickness, like an infestation of words.” —excerpt from “So Far Gone” by Jess Walter (@jesswalter.bsky.social‬)

SO FAR GONE, the new novel by Jess Walter, is the official June pick of the Otherppl Book Club.

in june, the otherppl book club will be reading SO FAR GONE, the hotly anticipated new novel from @jesswalter.bsky.social, available from @harperbooks.bsky.social.

Jess will be appearing on the podcast later this month. stay tuned!

Thanks to @andrewporter01.bsky.social for an excellent conversation about his book The Imagined Life.

Upcoming episodes:

5/27: @suzannecope.bsky.social
6/3: John Kenney
6/10: @jesswalter.bsky.social

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