Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes …
LitStack Recs
Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Light from Uncommon Stars
Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
Litstack Recs | Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures & The Last House on Needless Street
Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub Those captivated by Old Hollywood will surely …
Litstack Recs | The Oysters of Locmariaquer & A Spindle Splintered
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
Litstack Rec |How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One & Frankie & Bug
How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish …
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe in high production, high-level sci-fi productions of The Expanse and …
Litstack Recs | Werewolves in Their Youth & A History of What Comes Next
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t …
Litstack Rec | A Writer’s Notebook & Shadow Run
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …
Litstack Recs | The Love of A Good Woman & Sisters of the Vast Black
The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
Litstack Rec |Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary & American Born Chinese
Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout “Stories about women in houses are the real stories of …
Stoner, by John Williams When it was first published, John Williams’ 1965 novel went out …
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett Of divorce, Nicole Krauss wrote, “One of us held on to …
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade, by …
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 …
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 …
Litstack Recs – Dreams From My Father & Wendy Darling
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama On August …
Less, by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the sixth book and fifth novel by Andrew Sean …
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray July 18 marks the 210th birthday of William Makepeace …
Litstack Recs | Midsummer Reads & The Last Days of Magic
Midsummer Reads I’ve got a beautiful TBR stack, and in recent months I’ve been spending …
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 …
The Vexations: a novel, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists should portray artmaking for …
Women in Their Beds — Gina Berriault To cap off #ShortStoryMonth, my rec this week …
Litstack Rec | New titles from WTAW Press & Ninth Metal
New Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke Mark this month’s celebration …
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 …
Litstack Recs | The Love of A Good Woman & Project Hail Mary
The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
Litstack Recs | The Good Soldier & D (A Tale of Two Worlds)
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
Litstack Recs | The Clothing of Books & Remote Control
The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the …
The Places In-Between, by Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan …
Litstack Recs |Out of Place: A Memoir & Unless
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
Litstack Recs | Passage to Ararat & LaRose
Passage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen During the Armenian genocide, 1.2 million Armenians were …
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Blue Nights is a counterpart to Didion’s 2005 memoir, The …
The Empty Family: Stories by Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín’s 2011 collection, The Empty Family is …
Litstack Recs | The Films in My Life & The Space Between Worlds
The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was …
Litstack Recs |Paris Stories & Slow River
Paris Stories by Mavis Gallant When the great story writer Mavis Gallant died, I thought …
Litstack Rec |Desperate Characters & Luster
Desperate Characters by Paula Fox This classic of literary fiction, written in 1970, is also …
Litstack Recs | 2021 Reading List & The Murderbot Diaries
New year, new books—and these are some of the ones I’m looking forward to in …
Litstack Recs | The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
Litstack Recs | The MoneyBunny Series & Shades of Milk and Honey
The MoneyBunny Series The internationally acclaimed MoneyBunnies Series, by Canadian author and illustrator Cinders McLeod, …
Litstack Recs| Selected Stories & The Once and Future Witches
Selected Stories, by William Trevor A volume of stories by William Trevor is a reader’s …
Litstack Recs | How to Grow Old Disgracefully: An Autobiography &
How to Grow Old Disgracefully: An Autobiography, by Hermione Gingold If you’re a fan of …
Litstack Recs | Changing My Mind & Time Salvager
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection of essays came about by …
Litstack Recs | Current WTAW Press Titles & Other Americans
Current WTAW Press Titles WTAW Press has two great 2019 titles, Chimerica, the debut novel …
Less, by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the sixth book and fifth novel by Andrew Sean …
Litstack Recs | Thunderstruck & Other Stories & A Fort of Nine Towers
Thunderstruck & Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken Early on in Elizabeth McCracken’s extraordinary story collection, …
Car Trouble by Robert Rorke As Car Trouble opens, it’s one a.m., and the novel’s …
Sophie’s Choice, by William Styron In 1979, John Gardner wrote in his review of Sophie’s …
Earn It! by Cinders McLeod This is the perfect book for young readers on your …
Litstack Rec | Brooklyn & Miranda and Caliban
Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin Toibin’s 2009 novel, which won that year’s Costa Award, is a …
Litstack Recs | Epilogue – A Memoir & The Grind
Epilogue: A Memoir, by Will Boast Both a remembrance and a elegiac account of the …