Ben Philippe
No such animal.
Eugenides' 'THE VIRGIN SUICIDES' is very high up there for me but on a different day, it will be something else entirely. 'ANIMAL FARM' was my first favorite book ever, I remember that much... Taylor Reid Jenkins is probably my favorite author these days and Samantha Irby is the funniest essay writer alive, period.
If we're including graphic novels: Warren Ellis' 'PLANETARY' or Brian K Vaughan's 'SAGA' are just phenomenal. Ooh, Agatha Christie's 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' is a perfect thriller. Favorite sci-fi is maybe 'THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM' by Liu Cixin.
...Hard question!
Eugenides' 'THE VIRGIN SUICIDES' is very high up there for me but on a different day, it will be something else entirely. 'ANIMAL FARM' was my first favorite book ever, I remember that much... Taylor Reid Jenkins is probably my favorite author these days and Samantha Irby is the funniest essay writer alive, period.
If we're including graphic novels: Warren Ellis' 'PLANETARY' or Brian K Vaughan's 'SAGA' are just phenomenal. Ooh, Agatha Christie's 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' is a perfect thriller. Favorite sci-fi is maybe 'THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM' by Liu Cixin.
...Hard question!
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Nate Maxwell
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Ben Philippe:
is there any progress on possibly a sequel to the first book of The Field Guide to the North American Teenager, cause the first one was amazing. I like the idea of doing one about Maddie and have Nor as a supporting character and go from where it left off that would be a great story in my eyes?
Hannah
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Ben Philippe:
Hello! So I just finished Charming as a Verb and promptly went on a Googling rampage about you, which took me to your website and bunch of other stuff. Every time I came across something new, I felt more and more silly and theatrical, (laughing at all the hilarious things on your website, etc) which is just what happened while I was reading your novel. And I HAVE to ask: Where do you get your wonderful humor?
Cupcake Book Lady
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Ben Philippe:
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Are you planning to write a sequel to The Field Guide...Teenager? This book was so delightfully witty and revelatory, and since it was left open-ended... I thought that in the final chapters, Norris might remove all the previous notebook pages and list all Maddie's wonderful qualities, then those he'd finally come to realize about Liam, Patrick, etc. saying this is the real truth. And perhaps a love triangle too...
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