Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges For …
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Ship Fever: Stories, by Andrea Barrett One of my favorite National Book Awards selections in …
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These Charming People, stories by Michael Arlen In the period just after World War One, …
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When you Capture the Sun, yes, the sex turns to steam! Hitting All The Right …
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The book that was on everyone’s TBR list! We’re revisiting Matt Haig’s bestseller The Midnight …
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We’ve updated this post with the winning bookstore listed at the very end. Scroll down …
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This LitStack Rec not only examines character building but also some of the challenging aspects …
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A Brilliant 10 for “Linesman” – Revisiting Ean Lambert’s Singing in the Novel by S.K. Dunstall
LinesmanS. K. Dunstall*Ace BooksRelease Date: June 30, 2015ISBN 978-0-425-27952-6 The Best Books are Timeless. Is …
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Celebrating ShakespeareLitStack List
Favorite Shakespeare Quotes – Love Letters, Sonnets, Insults, and Curses
by Tee Tateby Tee TateFavorite Shakespeare quotes shared during the month of April are a great way to celebrate …
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It’s been a while since this dyed-in-the-wool fan of speculative and (often) dystopian fiction found …
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Taste: My Life Through Food, a memoir “Cook. Smell. Taste. Eat. Drink. Share. Repeat as …
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Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin Toibin’s 2009 novel, recipient of the Costa Award, is an affecting …
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The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love …
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Nights, by Joan Didion Blue Nights is a counterpart to Didion’s 2005 memoir, The Year …
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We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo NoViolet Bulawayo’s powerful novel of the life of …
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Whereabouts, a novel, by Jhumpa Lahiri This melancholy and stylish novel, Jhumpa Lahiri’s third, marks …
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The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is how …
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Spare, by Prince Harry The phenomenon known as Spare is barely a week old, but …
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Titles both recent and vintage I’m looking foward to reading this year. First up, a …
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The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D’Ambrosio Of Charles D’Ambrosio and his 2006 story …
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Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack Recs | Jerusalem: A Cookbook and All Our Wrong Todays
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanJerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Some cookbooks are defined by a …
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Featured AuthorLitStack Reviews
Featured Author Review: The Night of Demons and Saints by Menna van Praag
We continue our November celebration of the launch of book two in Menna van Praag’s …
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Litstack Recs | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays & Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I …
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Featured AuthorLitStack Reviews
LitStack’s Featured Author Review: The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag
This month, we’re celebrating the immensely talented Menna van Praag and the launch of the …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack recs | Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie and The Burning Light, by Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanSalman Rushdie’s account of his life and the fatwa brought against him on Valentine’s Day …
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I’ll be honest – I almost didn’t commit to this book. It seemed too close …
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Head Wounds: SparrowWritten by Brian BuccellatoStory by Robert Johnson and John AlveyArt by Christian Ward …
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In this collection, published in 2006, Prose offers close readings on developing the art of …
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Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, …
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How Fiction Works, by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of …
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From dressing up for Halloween, to donning appropriate period attire for the local Renaissance Festival, …
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Litstack Recs| How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One & We Were Dreamers
by Tee Tateby Tee TateFor writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that …
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A while back I was fortunate to read, in close succession, three masterful works in …
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Litstack Recs | The Wrong End of the Telescope & Company Town
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book, …
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With Wesley Chu coming out with his newest amazing book The Art of Prophecy, it …
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Litstack Recs | Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden & The Last Wish – Introducing the Witcher
by Tee Tateby Tee TateGreen Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: …
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Litstack Recs| The Love of a Good Woman & The Red
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
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Featured AuthorHighlightsPopular Fiction
Featured Author Review: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWelcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This …
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Litstack Recs | The Films in My Life & Six-Gun Snow White
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was …
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Litstack Recs | Two titles from WTAW Press & Ninefox Gambit
by Tee Tateby Tee TateTwo Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke In Henry Hoke’s debut …
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Litstack Recs | The Good Soldier & If You Build It…
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
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Litstack Recs | The UnAmericans & All the Horses of Iceland
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish …
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Less, a novel: by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the author’s sixth book and fifth novel, …
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Litstack Recs | Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father & Time Salvager
by Tee Tateby Tee TateFairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbott writes …
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Litstack Recs | The Custom of the Country & The Resisters
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go …
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A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …