Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Chosen Ones
Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart "In order for me to be born," Gary Shteyngart says early on in...
LitStack Recs
Litstack Recs |The Clothing of Books & The Sisters Grimm
The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the how this small, but powerful...
LitStack Recs|The Priory of the Orange Tree & The Death of the Heart
The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree has been getting...
Litstack rec | The Way We Live Now & The Red
As you read this you may, like me, be working from home, while your partner is doing the same, and...
Litstack Recs| How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & A Song for a New Day
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee "Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
LitStack Recs: Car Trouble & Ninth House
Car Trouble: A novel, by Robert Rorke As Car Trouble opens, the novel’s young protagonist, teenaged Nicky Flynn, is driving...
LitStack Recs: Great Expectations & The Dead Fish Museum
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens Narrated by Eddie Izzard I will admit that in a life full of fondness for...
LitStack Recs: Stoner & Atlas Alone
Stoner, by John Williams When it was first published, John Williams’ 1965 novel went out of print after selling only...
Litstack recs | The Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides
The Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” That ironic reflection comes early in...
Litstack Recs: The Vexations & Pet
The Vexations: a novel, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists must portray artmaking for what it is: work—anything else...
Litstack Recs: There There & Emily Eternal
There There: A novel, by Tommy Orange Brilliant, innovative, lyric. Tommy Orange's stunning fiction debut is all those things, but...
Litstack Recs: The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries & LaRose
The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson Emma Thompson's diary tracks the making of the award-winning Sense...
Litstack Rec: Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend & The Wanderers
Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t be misled by the tabloid...
Litstack Recs: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays & Wintering
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
Litstack Recs: Without & Ormeshadow
Without, by Donald Hall It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of day or night it is, when...
Litstack Rec: The Vexations and The Lost Child of Lychford
The Vexations, by Caitlin Horrocks One of my favorites books of this year, Caitlin Horrock's debut novel, The Vexations, is...
Litstack Rec: The Dead Fish Museum & Suicide Woods
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D'Ambrosio Charles D'Ambrosio's 2006 story collection, The Dead Fish Museum, is set in...
Litstack Rec: An Unnecessary Woman & A Song for a New Day
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering the cobwebbed halls of the...
LitStack Rec: This Boy’s Life and Landscape With Invisible Hand
This Boy's Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life has become a classic...
Litstack Recs: Vanity Fair & Slade House
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray The early nineteenth century didn’t have reality television, but it did have William Makepeace...
Litstack Rec: Car Trouble & The Sol Majestic
As Car Trouble opens, it's one a.m., and the novel’s young protagonist, Nicky Flynn, is driving backwards through the streets...
Litstack Recs: Arranged Marriage: Stories & Shadow Run
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s gift for chronicling...
Litstack Recs – Fear: Trump in the White House & A City Dreaming
Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward With this week's news that impeachment of the president looks to...
Litstack Rec: The Vexations & Relics
The Vexations, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists, when depicted in novels, must portray artmaking for what it is:...
Litstack Rec: Epilogue: A Memoir & Zombie Baseball Beatdown
Epilogue: A Memoir, by Will Boast Both a remembrance and an elegiac account of the loss of a family, Boast’s...
LitStack Rec: Manhood for Amateurs & A Fort of Nine Towers
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by Michael Chabon The trope of...
Litstack Recs: Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List & Admiral
Barack Obama's Summer Reading List The #SummerReads of President Barack Obama are always an eclectic and smart collection of books...
Litstack Rec: The 400 Blows & The Last Wish (The Witcher)
The 400 Blows, by Francois Truffaut This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of Francois Truffaut’s The 400...
Litstack Recs: Passage to Ararat & The Orphan Master’s Son
Passage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen Tuesday, April 24, marked a sober anniversary, 103 years since the Armenian genocide,...
Litstack Recs: Fleabag & Speak Easy
Last week, when the Emmy nominations were announced, the BBC Three series Fleabag received eleven nominations—for writing, acting, and direction,...
Litstaff Rec: Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories & The Cage
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s, Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t a horror or sci-fi, though Chabon...
Litstack Rec Fear: Trump in the White House & Six Gun Snow White
Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward The story has been called a bookend to Richard Nixon's, a...
LitStack Recs: Cutting Teeth & Green
Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro When my daughter was little, there was a universally acknowledged sentiment among the parents I...
Litstack Rec: The Mueller Report & Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
On Wednesday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time about the Russia investigation he began over two...
Litstack Rec: The Love of a Good Woman & The Windup Girl
The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few practitioners as skilled as Alice...
Litstack Rec: Arranged Marriage & Class A
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee Divrakaruni’s first book of fiction...
Litstack Recs: Selected Stories & Space Opera
Selected Stories, by William Trevor Today's rec continues a celebration of #ShortStoryMonth. A volume of stories by William Trevor is...
Litstack Rec: The Refugees: Stories & Nightwise
The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen May is Short Story Month, a great time to celebrate the short story,...
LitStack Rec: Green Thoughts & Renascence and Other Poems
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: the same dogged tending, the...
Litstack Rec: my name on his tongue & Baseball’s Great Experiment
Presenting another installment celebrating #NationalPoetryMonth: my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby's, my name on his tongue,...
Litstack Rec: Without & Feed
Without, by Donald Hall In celebration of National Poetry Month It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of...
Litstack Rec: Fruits & Vegetables, Poems & Ninefox Gambit
Fruits & Vegetables, Poems by Erica Jong In celebration of #NationalPoetryMonth Long before Fear of Flying, before Erica Jong’s now-classic...
Litstack Rec: The Dead Fish Museum & The Red
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D'Ambrosio While most of the writing world is in Portland at #AWP19, myself...
Listack Rec: An Unnecessary Woman & How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine - “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering the cobwebbed halls of...
Litstack Recs: Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood & American Born Chinese
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Each year, the Academy Awards always generates memorable images, and this year...
LitStack Recs: The End of All Things & The Death of the Heart
The End of All Things, by John Scalzi Full disclosure: I adore John Scalzi. I enjoy his writing, which I...
Litstack Rec: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & The Cost of Hope
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee "Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
Litstack Rec The Goldfinch, & The Dead Lands
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt garnered for her third novel—her first in twelve years—was called a phenomenon...
LitStack Rec: A House For Mr Biswas & Hild
A House For Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul This past week, we lost a giant when V.S. Naipaul died in...
Litstack Rec: The Boys of My Youth & Aurora
The Boys of My Youth, by Jo Ann Beard When it was released in 1998, I somehow missed Jo Ann...
