Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade, by…
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Kim Harrison is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 best…
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Get your 1-click fingers ready (or call ahead to your library for that hold). Today,…
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Litstack Recs |Two books in Conversation: Colm Tóibín and Henry James & A Fort of Nine Towers
The Lesson of the Master, by Henry James, and The Master, by Colm Tóibín Colm…
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This week, we return to our new segment, 5 Questions. We recently sat down with…
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Everyone has a different approach to writing. Some outline and plot until their brains feel…
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We were thrilled to learn that LeVar Burton, actor and reading advocate, is podcasting classic…
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Lincoln Michel’s “Everything I’ve Learned about Being a ‘Professional’ Writer in One Post”
We love this recent column from Lincoln Michel, a practical inventory of all the business…
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LitChat Interview: Amy Brewer, Senior Agent, Metamorphosis Literary Agency
Amy Brewer wears many hats every day, from literary agent at Metamorphosis to co-author of…
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Litstack Recs | Two New Titles Slated for The Moneybunnies Series & Zombie Baseball Beatdown
The Moneybunnies Series, by Cinders McLeod Toronto-based author and cartoonist Cinders McLeod has come up…
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Brutally Honest Writing Advice That You Should Be Following
Being a writer isn’t always an easy gig. There are moments of struggle, of invented…
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For writers hoping to work with an agent, your research and diligent querying will hopefully…
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Looking for new titles to expand your TBR list? World Literature Today has just posted…
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There There: A novel, by Tommy Orange Brilliant, innovative, lyric. Tommy Orange’s stunning fiction debut…
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Good morning, LitStackers! We’re continuing our 10th-anniversary celebration with the relaunch of our popular LitChat…
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We’re thrilled to present to you, LitStackers, a brand new segment to help us celebrate…
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Happy August, LitStackers! Unbelievably, on this day TEN years ago we launched our beloved review…
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Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama On August…
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Some people, for whatever reason, rub us the wrong way. It happens in fiction as…
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Less, by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the sixth book and fifth novel by Andrew Sean…
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Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray July 18 marks the 210th birthday of William Makepeace…
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Midsummer Reads I’ve got a beautiful TBR stack, and in recent months I’ve been spending…
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Litstack Recs |Four New Adaptations from Kirkus Reviews’ Book to Screen & Gideon the Ninth
Four New Adaptations from Kirkus Reviews’ Book to Screen This week at Kirkus, the legendary…
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The Vexations: a novel, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists should portray artmaking for…
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The books closest to our hearts become a part of us. We love them for…
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It would be a superlative world if the collective “we” would fess up. We’ve done…
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Women in Their Beds — Gina Berriault To cap off #ShortStoryMonth, my rec this week…
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New Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke Mark this month’s celebration…
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Litstack Rec | Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend & The Perfume Collector
Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Anna…
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The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few…
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Ah, books. They’re not like TV shows. Your favorite characters never age; there are…
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Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection came about by accident, Zadie…
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SCI-FI Project Hail Mary: A Novel, by Andy Weir Author of The Martian, Weir releases…
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The Custom of the Country, by Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things…
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How to Grow Old Disgracefully: An Autobiography, by Hermione Gingold If you’re a fan of…
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The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the…
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The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the…
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The Places In-Between, by Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan…
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Orphans: Essays, by Charles D’Ambrosio Hold a copy of Orphans in your hand, and its…
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Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Blue Nights is a counterpart to Didion’s 2005 memoir, The…
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The Empty Family: Stories by Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín’s 2011 collection, The Empty Family is…
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The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was…
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The 400 Blows, by Francois Truffaut 2019 marked the 60th anniversary of the release of…
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Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball…
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New year, new books—and these are some of the ones I’m looking forward to in…
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There is something unique about genre fiction. Perhaps it is the notion that great fiction…
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The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells…
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The MoneyBunny Series The internationally acclaimed MoneyBunnies Series, by Canadian author and illustrator Cinders McLeod,…
