Sharon Browning

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…

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…

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…

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

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 …

Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, …

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…

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…

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

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…

The City of Lost Fortunes A Crescent City novel Bryan Camp Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release…

It’s April and for those of us at LitStack who happen to love Shakespeare, that…

The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro Alfred A. Knopf Release Date:  March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-27103-7…

Raven Stratagem (Machineries of Empire, Book 2) Yoon Ha Lee Solaris Release Date:  June 13,…

The City & the CityChina MiévilleDel ReyRelease Date:  May 26, 2009ISBN 978-0-345-49751-2 I enjoy exploring…

The Standard GrandJay Baron NicorvoSt. Martin’s PressRelease Date:  April 24, 2017ISBN 978-1-25010-894-4 It’s rare when…

The Last Good Man Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press Release Date:  June 20, 2017 Oh…

One of the reasons I jumped at the chance to attend the recent NerdCon: Stories…

On Saturday night, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America announced the recipients of…

Borne Jeff VanderMeer Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date:  April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-3741-1524-1 Jeff…

A Conjuring of Light Shades of Magic, Book 3 V. E. Schwab Tor Books Release…

Skullsworn (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series) Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: April 25,…

Yvain: The Knight of the Lion M. T. Anderson Illustrations by Andrea Offermann Candlewick Press…

Brother’s RuinIndustrial Magic, Book #1Emma NewmanTor.comRelease Date:  March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9396-8 It’s probably not politically…

Phantom Pains The Arcadia Project, Book 2 Mishell Baker Saga Press Release Date: March 21,…

The Malice Peter Newman Harper Voyager Release Date:  March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-00-820103-6 The Malice,…

Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Release Date:  March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7352-1217-6 Immigration is…

The WanderersMeg HowreyG. P. Putnam’s SonsRelease Date:  March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-3995-7473-4 This book…wow. I read…

The Night Ocean Paul La Farge Penguin Press Release Date:  March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-1019-8108-5…

Within the Sanctuary of Wings A Memoir by Lady Trent Marie Brennan Tor Books Release…