Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of David Joiner's books
more photos (1)
David’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at David’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
David Joiner’s Followers (113)
744 books
|
462 friends
10,302 books
|
67 friends
5,478 books
|
149 friends
7,730 books
|
1,189 friends
1,661 books
|
610 friends
7,979 books
|
5,001 friends
3,573 books
|
212 friends
1,972 books
|
667 friends
More friends…
David Joiner
Goodreads Author
Born
in Cincinnati, The United States
Website
Genre
Influences
Yasunari Kawabata, Natsume Soseki, Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima,
...more
Member Since
February 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/davidjoiner
|
Kanazawa
|
|
|
Lotusland
by
—
published
2015
—
2 editions
|
|
|
The Heron Catchers
|
|
|
Stray Cat City
|
|
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Lotusland a Foreword Reviews Finalist
This morning, Foreword Reviews released its annual list of finalists for best book of the year in various categories, and I'm honored to share that the reissue of Lotusland was among twelve books nominated for General Fiction. Winners will be announced in June, and I'm hoping for good news then!
https://www.forewordreviews.com/award... Read more of this blog post »
https://www.forewordreviews.com/award... Read more of this blog post »
David’s Recent Updates
|
David
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
David
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
David
wants to read
|
|
|
David
liked
Yoshay’s status update
|
|
"Poetry encounters adventure to lay out the story of Kieu, a remarkable heroine who stands out among princesses of beauty and/or talent with her selflessness. The competent translator comments on the genre of talent-beauty once popular in China, howev"
Read more of this review »
|
|
|
"This is the tragic story of singer-poet Kieu (of the part of her life she lived from very late teens to around mid-30s), who suddenly has to marry to save her family from debt punishment, but is thus tricked into working in a brothel, just the first "
Read more of this review »
|
|
|
David
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
"
Robin wrote: "I’ve seen the movie but actually didn’t realize there was a book."
I spotted it in a local bookstore and grabbed it on a whim. There's no ...more " |
|
|
David
has read
|
|
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Around the Year i...: 50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt | 28 | 272 | Oct 02, 2023 09:18AM |
Asian Lit in Translation
— 105 members
— last activity Apr 26, 2020 02:35PM
From the far east, I would like to begin reading the best-sellers and classics. I'm personally interested in Travel books and works written by Expats ...more
The Far East Book Group
— 66 members
— last activity Dec 23, 2015 11:28AM
A book group for readers who are interested in East Asian and Southeast Asian literature, either by authors from the region or books set in the region ...more
Stone Bridge Press
— 62 members
— last activity Aug 18, 2026 05:39PM
Stone Bridge Press was established in Berkeley, California, in 1989. We now have some 150 titles in print, covering such Japan-related areas as langua ...more
The Mookse and the Gripes
— 2290 members
— last activity 2 hours, 50 min ago
Forum for spirited and convivial discussion of fiction from around the world, with particular though not exclusive focus on 20th and 21st century fict ...more
Advanced Copies for Review & Book Giveaways
— 16705 members
— last activity 4 hours, 50 min ago
A place to help authors and reviewers come together to get the word out about new books as well as a group for anyone to post or enter listings for bo ...more