Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
LitStack Recs
LitStack Rec: Arranged Marriage: Stories & This Case Is Gonna Kill Me
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee …
Epilogue: A Memoir, by Will Boast Both a remembrance and a elegiac account of the …
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
LitStack Rec: I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place & Siege Line
I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place: A Memoir, by Howard Norman Howard Norman’s memoir, I …
The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut The revered French filmmaker, who would have …
Litstack Rec: Thunderstruck & Other Stories & Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Thunderstruck & Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken Early on in Elizabeth McCracken’s extraordinary story collection, …
Selected Stories, by William Trevor A volume of stories by William Trevor is a reader’s …
Litstack Rec: Spielberg, Truffaut and Me & The Wanderers
Spielberg, Truffaut and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …
The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Fans of The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s debut novel that …
LitStack Rec: Werewolves in Their Youth & Safe From the Sea
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Not all scary stories are for Halloween. …
Life Drawing, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a marriage can understand it,” the narrator of …
Are books, and stories, getting better? That is, are they getting richer, stronger, and more …
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, the legendary actress …
Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t …
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt garnered for her third novel—it washer …
Jerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi Some cookbooks are defined by a …
LitStack Rec: Out of Place & Landscape with Invisible Hand
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn In Preston Sturges’ romantic comedy, “The Palm Beach Story,” …
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by …
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
LitStack Rec: Little Failure: A Memoir & Back Roads and Frontal Lobes
Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
Litstack Rec: The Lesson of the Master and A Land More Kind Than Home
The Lesson of the Master, by Henry James Colm Tóibín, in his introduction to the …
Litstack Rec: The Hermit in the Garden & A City Dreaming
The Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome, by Gordon Campbell You …
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion’s books have had a titanic effect on me, …
The Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” That …
LitStack Rec: Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood & American Born Chinese
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, and likely it’s …
Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro For those who have young children, there’s a lovely innocence …
Litstack Rec: An Unnecessary Woman & Extraordinary Adventures
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering …
The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
LitStack Rec: Desperate Characters & The Last Days of Magic
Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox This classic of literary fiction, first published in 1970, serves …
LitStack Recs: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History & Blue Nights
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, by Stephen Jay Gould A …
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett Of divorce, Nicole Krauss wrote, “One of us held on to …
LitStack Rec: The Portable Veblen & Wait Till Next Year
The Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth McKenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist …
Stoner, by John Williams John Williams’ 1965 novel went out of print after selling only …
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar It’s kind of hard to describe Lavie Tidhar’s Locus- nominated, …
Passage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen “It’s a dangerous business,” writes Clark Blaise in …
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
The Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison The Empathy Exams blends memoir, literary, cultural and …
LitStack Recs: Books About Actors and Film & Ancillary Justice
As the summer film season approaches, here are three books—a memoir, a novel, and a …
How to Grow Old Disgracefully: An Autobiography, by Hermione Gingold If you’re a fan of …
Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t …
LitStack Rec: Changing My Mind & Hunger Makes the Wolf
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection of essays came about by …
Crash Course: essays from where writing and life collide, by Robin Black The third book …
Litstack Recs: Life Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House & A Natural History of Dragons
Life Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House, by Meghan Daum The moral …
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator …
The Pink Suit, by Nicole Mary Kelby Few garments have come to define a moment …
The Places In-Between, by Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan …
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …