Spotlight on “Drowning” by T.J. Newman
Drowning - Just try to breathe! Buy Drowning on Bookshop.org T.J. Newman is back again with another riveting thriller set...
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5 Great Writing Retreats and Books to Achieve Balance
We are here to help you find some balance in your writing. We recommend five great writing retreats and some...
Spotlight on “Murder on Mustang Beach” by Alicia Bessette
An elevated beachside read in the Outer Banks Bookshop Mysteries series. Murder on Mustang Beach is perfect for fans of...
Spotlight on “The House on Prytania” by Karen White
With The House on Prytania, book two in her Royal Street series, Karen White spins another paranormal charmer full of...
Spotlight on “Scarlet” by Genevieve Cogman
Genevieve Cogman's Scarlet takes readers to 18th-century Europe. Aristocratic society has welcomed vampires into its community of elites. A vampire...
Author Interview: Kat Howard
Kat Howard at kathowardbooks is a celebrated fantasy writer and editor best known for her Locus Award-nominated novel, "Rose and...
Spotlight on “Murder on Bedford Street” by Victoria Thompson
Introduction About Murder on Bedford StreetExcerpt from Murder on Bedford StreetAbout Victoria Thompson Introduction Edgar and Agatha Award-nominated author Victoria...
Review & Spotlight on “A Sleight of Shadows” by Kat Howard
IntroductionAbout "A Sleight of Shadows"ReviewAbout Kat Howard Introduction “The House of Shadows sits on bones. All of the sacrifices, all...
What You Should Know About the Best and Worst Writing Advice
The Best Writing Advice Put One Word in Front of AnotherFind Your Own Path Sympathetic Characters Make for Great Stories...
Spotlight on “Sisters of the Lost Nation” by Nick Medina
Click to HeadingsIntroductionAbout Sisters of the Lost NationSisters of the Lost Nation ExcerptDay 1 5:04 p.m.Praise for Sisters of the...
Spotlight on “Life and Other Love Songs” by Anissa Gray
Grief and the structure of loss weaves an intricate, beautiful sophomore novel in Life and Other Love Songs from Anissa...
Spotlight on “Five First Chances” by Sara Jost
The main character in Sara Jost's Five First Chances, Lou, wants a do-over. She wants to change things for herself,...
5 Essential Books On Writing Craft That Take You Beyond Story
Table of ContentsWhat Does It Mean To Go Beyond Story?Fallen Heroes: Sixteen Master Villain Archetypes, by Tami D. CowdenUnderstanding Conflict:...
Favorite Shakespeare Quotes – Love Letters, Sonnets, Insults, and Curses
Favorite Shakespeare quotes shared during the month of April are a great way to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday. Despite the controversy...
Congratulations to the 58th Nebula Awards® Finalists!
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced its list of finalists for the 58th Nebula Awards. The awards...
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Great Documentaries About Greater Women
Happy International Women's Day! We're so proud to celebrate this month and this day with each of you and to...
Featured Author Review: ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry
LITSTACK'S FEATURED AUTHOR REVIEW The GiverLois LowryPublished in 1993 from Bantam Books This post has been updated from an earlier...
Celebrating Women’s History Month: 5 Great Literary Heroines
This month, we're taking some time to celebrate women; the female characters in our favorite books, and the women who...
Celebrating Black History: 5 Banned Books by Black Authors You Need to Read
We end Black History Month with some recommendations on books by Black authors that, for one reason or another, have...
Celebrating Black History: Essential Reading by Black Authors
Twenty-eight days isn't long enough to cover the works Black individuals have contributed to America's landscape or the integral part...
Celebrating Black History Month | Seeing Myself on the Page by Renita McKinney
I started reading romance before there were authors who looked like me. Before there were characters who looked like me....
In Case You Missed It Review: Violet by Scott Thomas
“Something is not quite right.” This is a phrase I used for nearly 25 years teaching creative writing to students...
LitStack Featured Author Interview: Menna van Praag
We've spent a bit of the month talking about Menna van Praag's phenomenal Sisters Grimm series. Today, we conclude our...
Book Launch: The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2022
The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2022by John Joseph Adams; Rebecca RoanhorseMariner Books Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author...
Book Launch: Snow White and Other Grimms’ Fairy Tales (MinaLima Edition)
Another gorgeous MinaLima title launched today, this one exploring Snow White and other Grimm fairy tales in exquisite detail. Like...
LitStack Interview and Giveaway: F. Fox North
We continue our coverage of versatile author F. Fox North by discussing their recent indie title THE CHAOS AGENTS, their...
Autumn Eats: Great Fandom Cookbooks
Have you ever wondered what delicious delights Claire cooked up for Jamie in Outlander? What about those magical meals Molly...
Book Launch| The Magic of MinaLima: Celebrating the Graphic Design Studio Behind the Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts Films
Congratulations to Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, the design duo, behind the graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films on their twenty-year collaboration with The Magic of MinaLima: Celebrating the Graphic Design Studio Behind the Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts Films (Harper Design;...
Books To Get You in the Halloween Spirit
The Spooky Season It's that time of year when ghosts and goblins lurk from beneath every store shelf and our...
LitStack Review: The Chaos Agents
Author: F. Fox North Title: The Chaos Agents (Baron & Eddie Book 1) Summary: Told in four inter-connecting narratives from...
Book Launch: The River of Silver by S. A. Chakraborty
The River of Silver—now available in print and eBook From the Locus and World Fantasy-nominated author of the acclaimed Daevabad...
Now Available| THE GREAT BOOK OF KING ARTHUR by John Matthews
Available now, from leading Arthurian authority John Matthews and Tolkien illustrator John Howe, comes the definitive collection of stories about...
Litstack Recs | We the Animals & Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Called "a dark jewel of a book," by Michael Cunningham, We the Animals, the 2011 debut novel by Justin Torres,...
Coming to the Stacks
Ever wonder what you've got to look forward to? Has your favorite author inked a deal to bring their books...
The Most Common Phrases in ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ and ‘Twilight’
From Flavorwire: Ben Blatt of Slate put together a great post on the adjectives, adverbs, and sentences that popped up...
Litstack Recs| How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One & We Were Dreamers
For writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that keeps a reader securely in...
Litstack Recs | The Wrong End of the Telescope & Company Town
The Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book, which earlier this year won...
Litstack Recs | Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden & The Last Wish – Introducing the Witcher
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: the same dogged tending, the...
Featured Author Review: Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
This week we continue our celebration of our August Featured Author, Wesley Chu with a review of THE RISE OF...
Litstack Recs| The Love of a Good Woman & The Red
The Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few practitioners skilled as Alice Munro,...
Featured Author Review: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
Welcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This month, we're celebrating the works...
2022 Locus Awards Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Locus Awards, announced on Saturday during the virtual Locus Awards Weekend. MCed by...
Book Launch and Excerpt: Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison
ABOUT TROUBLE WITH THE CURSED Congratulations to Kim Harrison on the launch of the latest title in her Hollows series, Trouble...
Litstack Recs | The Drifters & Pacific Storm
The Drifters, by James Michener In middle school, I was curious about the 1971 bestseller on my mother's bookshelf, but Not...
