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Ship Fever: Stories, by Andrea Barrett One of my favorite National Book Awards selections in…

These Charming People, stories by Michael Arlen In the period just after World War One,…

When you Capture the Sun, yes, the sex turns to steam! Hitting All The Right…

The book that was on everyone’s TBR list! We’re revisiting Matt Haig’s bestseller The Midnight…

This LitStack Rec not only examines character building but also some of the challenging aspects…

This LitStack Rec is perfect for you to revisit or get to know Cumming’s 2014 memoir “Not My Father’s Son.”

LinesmanS. K. Dunstall*Ace BooksRelease Date:  June 30, 2015ISBN 978-0-425-27952-6 The Best Books are Timeless. Is…

It’s been a while since this dyed-in-the-wool fan of speculative and (often) dystopian fiction found…

Taste: My Life Through Food, a memoir “Cook. Smell. Taste. Eat. Drink. Share. Repeat as…

Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin Toibin’s 2009 novel, recipient of the Costa Award, is an affecting…

For #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three memoirs that portray a range of women’s lives, from mid-century…

The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love…

Nights, by Joan Didion Blue Nights is a counterpart to Didion’s 2005 memoir, The Year…

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo NoViolet Bulawayo’s powerful novel of the life of…

Whereabouts, a novel, by Jhumpa Lahiri This melancholy and stylish novel, Jhumpa Lahiri’s third, marks…

The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is how…

Spare, by Prince Harry The phenomenon known as Spare is barely a week old, but…

The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D’Ambrosio Of Charles D’Ambrosio and his 2006 story…

Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells…

A Few Favorite Reads of 2022 A brief wrap-up of some of the books I…

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride—by Cary Elwes with…

The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” That…

We continue our November celebration of the launch of book two in Menna van Praag’s…

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I…

This month, we’re celebrating the immensely talented Menna van Praag and the launch of the…

The World Fantasy Awards are given each year for outstanding achievement in fantasy fiction published…

I’ll be honest – I almost didn’t commit to this book. It seemed too close…

The sensibility of this singular actor may have its push and pull, but among the pleasures of reading his diaries is being inside Rickman’s head.

Head Wounds: SparrowWritten by Brian BuccellatoStory by Robert Johnson and John AlveyArt by Christian Ward…

In this collection, published in 2006, Prose offers close readings on developing the art of reading in order to improve one’s writing craft.

Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, while literary fiction is driven by character and language, and as flash with its concision and intensity, the scary story takes on a fresh shape.

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It’s November 1913, and the brother/sister team of Aaron and Rosemary Harker are on both…

From dressing up for Halloween, to donning appropriate period attire for the local Renaissance Festival,…

We’ve spent August diving into the backlist and current release of one of our favorite…

I was reading a book the other day.  It was a very good book, extremely…

Wesley Chu is a master at taking what in other hands would be complex, convoluted…

A while back I was fortunate to read, in close succession, three masterful works in…

With Wesley Chu coming out with his newest amazing book The Art of Prophecy, it…

Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes…

As an avid science fiction reader, in 2011 I picked up a copy of James…

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. In presenting…

In 2012, LitStack Editor-in-Chief Tee Tate asked me if I would be interested in writing…

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir, by Elizabeth Miki BrinaKnopfFebruary 23, 2021978-0525657347 A child’s relationship with their…

Silence of the SolariBook Two of The Amber Throne SeriesMichael Johnston In 2017, Michael Johnston…

As a middle-aged, monogamous white CIS woman, it may seem strange that I’m recommending LGBTQA…

Gather the FortunesA Crescent City Novel, Book 2Bryan CampJohn Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublication Date:  May…

This is Banned Books Week, and we here at Litstack applaud all the buzz that…

Recently I’ve been reading What Makes This Book So Great, by Hugo and Nebula Award…