LitStack Recs

This week, we are revisiting our LitStack Rec of Donna Tartt’s phenomenal novel The Goldfinch.…

Two LitStack Recs this week! How fantastic is that? Take a look at the books…

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

Nobody outside a marriage can understand it. Life Drawing, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a…

Jane Austen’s 1813 novel “Pride and Prejudice” is a classic of literature with fans across…

The Alcove Chapbook Series Prize released its first chapbooks from WTAW Press The Rise Of…

Pictures by David Hockney, published in 1979, was intended as a catalog of Hockney’s work…

Brisk, witty, and always surprising. Expect the unexpected. In their Substack columns, these acclaimed authors…

Find The Perfect Summer Reading! Cozy Up To Your Summer Reading Summer is a great…

Unusually progressive. That was how Dr. Gurewich characterized my daughter’s condition. from Telephone by Percival…

For this week’s Litstack Rec, we’re revisiting And There Was Evening And There Was Morning,…

For this LitStack Rec of “Body Work,” we unpack the hidden parts of memoir. Lauren…

For this LitStack Rec, we are celebrating Short Story Month by singing the praises of…

For this LitStack Rec, we’re revisiting James Tate Hill’s engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man’s…

These novels, story collections, and works of nonfiction by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors…

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

This LitStack Rec celebrates April’s National Poetry Month and Arab American Heritage Month by recommending…

Our Litstack Rec Of The Hero Of This Book “Your family is the first novel…

This LitStack Rec is perfect for you to revisit or get to know Cumming’s 2014 …

A Story Deepened by a Poetic Sensibility Ocean Vuong’s 2019 novel, On Earth We’re Briefly…

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

The right song, at the right time, with the right person. The Essence of Daisy…

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…

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

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, …

How Fiction Works,  by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of…

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, a rec for #BannedBooksWeek This classic novel, number…

Called “a dark jewel of a book,” by Michael Cunningham, We the Animals, the 2011…

For writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that…

The Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book,…

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities:…

The Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few…

The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was…

Two Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke In Henry Hoke’s debut…

The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the…

The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish…

Less, a novel: by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the author’s sixth book and fifth novel,…

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

The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go…