LitStack Recs| Fairyland & The Once and Future Witches
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is," Alysia Abbot writes in her debut memoir, Fairyland:...
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Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Light from Uncommon Stars
Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart "In order for me to be born," Gary Shteyngart says early on in...
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 love Emma Straub’s debut novel,...
Litstack Recs | Light Years & The Expanse Series
Light Years, by James Salter First published in 1975, this novel is considered among James Salter's most enduring. Known for...
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 us the oyster needs the...
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 When I'm reading, the sentence...
Fantasy Series to Feed Your Need
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe in high production, high-level sci-fi productions of The Expanse and Star Trek Discovery (and Picard!)...
Litstack Recs | The Postman Always Rings Twice & To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain A Classic for #NovemberNoir James M. Cain never spoke like his...
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 exactly horror or sci-fi, though...
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, but a record of ideas,...
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 practitioners who can touch the...
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, during the first weeks of...
Litstack Recs | Life Drawing & The Midnight Library
Life Drawing: a novel, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a marriage can understand it,” the narrator of Life Drawing tells...
Litstack Recs | Selected Stories & Before the Ruins
Selected Stories, by William Trevor A volume of stories by William Trevor is a reader's must-have, and this 2009 collection...
Litstack Recs| Olive Kitteridge & Aetherbound
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout “Stories about women in houses are the real stories of our lives.” Thequote, from director...
Litstack Recs | Stoner & If You Build It
Stoner, by John Williams When it was first published, John Williams’ 1965 novel went out of print after selling only...
Litstack Recs| Commonwealth & Black Water Sister
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett Of divorce, Nicole Krauss wrote, "One of us held on to the ambition of the one...
LitStack Recs – Blood Will Out & Gideon the Ninth
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade, by Walter Kirn In Preston Sturges’ ...
