LitStack Review: The Standard Grand by Jay Baron Nicorvo
The Standard GrandJay Baron NicorvoSt. Martin's PressRelease Date: April 24, 2017ISBN 978-1-25010-894-4 It's rare when an author is able to...
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LitStack Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7352-1217-6 Immigration is a hot burner issue right...
LitStack Review: The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
The Wanderers Meg Howrey G. P. Putnam's Sons Release Date: March 14, 2017 ISBN 978-0-3995-7473-4 This book...wow. I read a...
LitStack Review: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Universal Harvester John Darnielle Ferrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: February 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-37428-210-3 Full disclosure: I grew up...
LitStack Review: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Wonder Emma Donoghue Little, Brown and Company Release Date: September 20, 2016 ISBN 978-0-316-39387-4 It's 1859, and English nurse...
LitStack Review: Nicotine by Nell Zink
Author Nell Zink Nicotine Nell Zink Ecco Publishing Release Date: October 6, 2016 ISBN 978-0-06-244170-6 I get it. Not all...
LitStack Review: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
The Princess Diarist Carrie Fisher Blue Rider Press Release Date: November 22, 2016 ISBN 978-0-3991-7359-2 In her 1984 semi-biographical novel...
LitStack Review: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
Vinegar Girl (Hogarth Shakespeare) The Taming of the Shrew Retold Anne Tyler Hogarth Release Date: June 21, 2016 ISBN...
LitStack Review: Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Photo by Jean Malek Hag-Seed (Hogarth Shakespeare) Margaret Atwood Hogarth Release Date: October 11, 2016 ISBN 978-0-8041-4129-1 In October of...
LitStack Review: Manitou Canyon by William Kent Krueger
Manitou Canyon William Kent Krueger Atria Books Release Date: September 6, 2016 ISBN 978-1-4767-4926-6 Cork O'Connor, former sheriff and now...
LitStack Review: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Dark Matter Blake Crouch Publisher: Crown Release Date: July 26, 2016 ISBN 978-1-101-90422-0 When you read in an author's Acknowledgements...
LitStack Review: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
The Rest of Us Just Live Here Patrick Ness Harper Teen Release Date: October 6, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-240316-2 Did you...
LitStack Review: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Career of Evil Robert Galbraith Mulholland Books Release Date: October 20, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-34993-2 Career of Evil, the third book...
LitStack Review: Fishing With RayAnne by Ava Finch
Fishing With RayAnne Ava Finch Lake Union Publishing Release Date: November 3, 2015 ISBN 978-15-0-39476-89 At first glance, RayAnne Dahl...
LitStack Review: The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young
The Gates of Evangeline Hester Young G. P. Putnam’s Sons Release Date: September 1, 2015 ISBN 978-0-399174-001 It’s a compelling...
Flash Review: The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
The Bookseller Cynthia Swanson HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-233300-1 Thirty-eight year old Kitty Miller is pretty...
LitStack Review: Biggie by Derek E. Sullivan
Biggie Derek E. Sullivan Albert Whitman & Company Release Date: March 1, 2015 ISBN 978-0-8075-0727-8 Henry Abbott is 16...
Flash Review – Glow by Ned Beauman
Glow Ned Beauman Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: January 20, 2015 ISBN 978-0-385-35260-4 Raf is 22 years old, and living...
LitStack Review: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks David Mitchell Random House Release Date: September 2, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4000-6567-7 Back in 2012 when I read...
Flash Review – Us by David Nicholls
Us David Nicholls HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: October 28, 2014 ISBN 978-0-06-236558-3 Douglas Petersen is fifty-four years old, a biochemist...
LitStack Review: Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Leaving Time Jodi Picoult Ballantine Books Release Date: October 14, 2014 ISBN 978-0-345-54492-6 Jodi Picoult is one of our greatest...
LitStack Review: The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: November 4, 2014 978-0-374-28059-8 If you feel a bit...
LitStack Review: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng The Penguin Press Release Date: June 26, 2014 ISBN 978-1-59420-571-2 It absolutely slays...
LitStack Review: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: September 24, 2013 ISBN 978-0-374-21491-3 I love it...
LitStack Review: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr Scribner Release Date: May 6, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4767-4658-6 In 1934, six-year -old...
LitStack Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: September 9, 2014 ISBN 978-0-385-35330-4 The world has come...
Flash Review – Sweetness #9
Sweetness #9 Stephan Eirik Clark Little, Brown and Company Release Date: August 19, 2014 ISBN 978-0-316-27875-1 Talk about the into...
10:04 by Ben Lerner
10:04 Ben Lerner Faber and Faber Release Date: September 2, 2014 ISBN 978-0-86547-810-7 It's not very often that I recommend...
LitStack Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by David Shafer
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot David Shafer Little, Brown and Company Release Date: August 5, 2014 Awfully clever of David Shafer to...
LitStack Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami Translated by Philip Gabriel Alfred A. Knopf Publication Date: August...
Flash Review – Travels With Casey
Travels With Casey Benoit Denizet-Lewis Simon & Schuster Release Date: July 22, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4391-4693-4 Premise: a man sets out...
LitStack Review: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club Genevieve Valentine Atria Books Release Date: June 3, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4767-3908-3 "The Twelve Dancing...
LitStack Review – Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line by Michael Gibney
Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line Michael Gibney Ballantine Books Release Date: April 3, 2014 ISBN 978-0-8041-7788-7 I recently...
LitStack Review: That Part Was True by Deborah McKinlay
That Part Was True Deborah McKinlay Grand Central Publishing Release Date: February 4, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4555-7365-3 You know, I wasn't...
LitStack Review: The Pink Suit by Nicole Mary Kelby
The Pink Suit Nicole Mary Kelby Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: April 29, 2014 ISBN 978-0-316-23565-5 Few garments have...
LitStack Review: The Adjacent by Christopher Priest
The Adjacent Christopher Priest Titan Books Publication Date: June 20, 2013 ISBN 978-1-78116-943-8 The Adjacent was a frustrating read. A...
LitStack Review: ‘The Invention of Wings’ by Sue Monk Kidd
The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd Viking First Edition: January 7, 2014 ISBN 978-0-670-02478-0 Sarah Grimké, who is the...
LitStack Review: ‘Safe from the Sea’ by Peter Geye
Safe from the Sea Peter Geye Unbridled Books First Edition:May 21, 2009 ISBN 978-1-60953-008-2 Duluth, Minnesota, located on Lake Superior's...
LitStack Review: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin Algonquin Books First Edition: April 1, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61620-321-4 What a lovely...
LitStack Review: ‘Lydia’s Party’ by Margaret Hawkins
Lydia’s Party Margaret Hawkins Penguin Group/Viking ISBN 978-0-670-01576-4 Lydia teaches art at a small local college. She lives in a...
LitStack Review: ‘Shotgun Lovesongs’ by Nickolas Butler
Shotgun Lovesongs Nickolas Butler Thomas Dunne Books Release Date: March 11, 2014 ISBN 978-1-250-03981-1 It's rare when you read a...
LitStack Review: ‘Boy, Snow, Bird’ by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi Riverhead Books Release Date: March 6, 2014 ISBN 978-1-59463-139-9 They're names. In case you've looked...
LitStack Review: On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
On Such a Full Sea Chang-Rae Lee Riverhead Books Release Date: January 7, 2014 ISBN 978-1-59448-610-4 Sometimes dystopian fantasies set...
LitStack Review: One More Thing – Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak
One More Thing - Stories and Other Stories B. J. Novak Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: February 4, 2014 ISBN...
Review and Giveaway: The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
In celebration of the paperback release of The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, Viking Penguin is giving away one copy of...
LitStack Review: Hild by Nicola Griffith
Hild Nicola Griffith Farrar, Straus and Giroux First Edition: November 12, 2013 ISBN 978-0-374-28087-1 Seventh century Britain: a time when...
LitStack Review: Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman
Little Wolves Thomas Maltman Soho Press, Inc. Release Date: January 8, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61695-190-0 You read it in the headlines...
Borrowed Horses by Siân Griffiths
Borrowed Horses Siân Griffiths New Rivers Press Release Date: October 29, 2013 ISBN 978-0-89823-284-4 The last time I rode a...
LitStack Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki Penguin Books Release Date: December 31, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-670-02663-0 It's both easy...
LitStack Review: Harvest by Jim Crace
Harvest Jim Crace Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Release Date: February 12, 2013 ISBN 978-0-385-52077-5 Short listed for the 2013 Man Booker...
LitStack Review: Longbourn by Jo Baker
Longbourn Jo Baker Alfred A. Knopf Publication Date: October 8, 2013 ISBN 978-0-385-35123-2 The promotional tagline for Jo Baker's new...
LitStack Review: Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood
Bodies of Water T. Greenwood Kensington Books Publication Date: September 24, 2013 ISBN 978-0-7582-5093-3 In an interview with the San...
Mortal Bonds by Michael Sears
Mortal Bonds (a Jason Stafford Novel) Michael Sears G.P. Putnam's Sons Publication Date: October 1, 2013 ISBN 978-0-3991-5867-4 Mortal Bonds...
LitStack Review: “The Bookstore” by Deborah Meyler
The Bookstore Deborah Meyler Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster) Publication Date: August 20, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4767-1424-0 Anyone who frequents a...
LitStack Review: Ghost Moth by Michèle Forbes
Ghost Moth Michèle Forbes Bellevue Literary Press Release Date: April 16, 2013 ISBN 978-1-934137-60-4 Ghost Moth is a beautifully deceptive...
LitStack Review: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Books First Edition: May 21, 2013 ISBN 978-1-59463-176-4 When I read Qais Akbar...
Review & Giveaway: The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti
The Almond Tree Michelle Cohen Corasanti Garnet Publishing Publication Date: September 30, 2012 ISBN 978-1-859643-297 It is so easy to...
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler A Marian Wood Book Release Date: May 30, 2013 ISBN 978-0-399-16209-1...
Snapper by Brian Kimberling
Snapper Brian Kimberling Pantheon Books Release Date: April 23, 2013 ISBN 978-0-307-90805-6 If you enjoy reading novels that spin around...
The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan
The Curiosity Stephen P. Kiernan William Morrow Publication Date: July 9, 2013 ISBN 978-0-06-222106-3 When Dr. Kate Philo of the...
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger Atria Books Publication Date: March 26, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4516-4582-8 I have a confession to make. ...
LitStack Review: The House Girl by Tara Conklin
The House Girl Tara Conklin HarperCollins Publishers First Edition: February 12, 2013 ISBN 978-0-06-220739-5 Mister hit Josephine with the palm...
LitStack Review: Submergence by J.M. Ledgard
Submergence J.M. Ledgard Coffee House Press First Edition: April 1, 2013 ISBN 978-1-56689-319-0 It's an age-old story: boy meets girl,...
LitStack Review: The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
The Storyteller Jodi Picoult Emily Bestler Books First Edition: February 26, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4391-0276-3 What is the point of trying...
LitStack Review: Sight Reading by Daphne Kalotay
Sight Reading Daphne Kalotay Harper Collins First Edition: May 21, 2013 ISBN 978-0-06-224693-6 Sight reading occurs when a musician is...
LitStack Review: No One Could Have Guessed the Weather by Anne-Marie Casey
No One Could Have Guessed the Weather Anne-Marie Casey Amy Einhorn Books First Edition: June 13, 2013 ISBN 978-0399160219 When...
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children Kirstin Cronn-Mills Flux/Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd First Edition: October 1, 2012 ISBN 978-0-7387-3251-0 Elizabeth Williams is...
LitStack Review: Blood Makes Noise by Gregory Widen
Blood Makes Noise Gregory Widen Thomas & Mercer First Edition: April 30, 2013 ISBN 978-1-6110-9899-0 Is it truly "historical fiction"...
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
The Perfume Collector Kathleen Tessaro HarperCollins Publishers First Edition: May 14, 2013 ISBN 978-0-06-225783-3 It's been a long time since...
The Absent Woman by Marlene Lee
The Absent Woman Marlene Lee Holland House Books First Edition: April 20, 2013 ISBN 978-1-909374-40-9 If there's one demographic that...
Life After Life by Jill McCorkle
Life After Life Jill McCorkle Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill First Edition: March 26, 2013 ISBN 978-1-56512-255-0 Joanna has returned...
The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson Random House First Edition: January 10, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-679-64399-9 Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer...
LitStack Review: Butter by Anne Panning
Butter Anne Panning Switchgrass Books First Edition: October 15, 2012 ISBN 978-0-87580-681-5 We usually think of nostalgia as a sentimental...
LitStack Review: ‘How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia’ by Mohsin Hamid
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books First Edition: March 5, 2013 ISBN 978-1594487293 —♦—...
Celebrating Black History Month: Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta
Everything Good Will Come Sefi Atta Interlink Books ISBN-10:1566567041 — ♦ — Sefi Atta’s debut novel is a beautiful stirring...
Celebrating Black History Month: Sleepless Nights by Norwood Holland
Sleepless Nights Norwood Holland Windmill Books Ltd. ASIN: B004P8JX4W — ♦ — Drew Smith has it all. By day, he's...
Celebrating Black History Month- LitStack Review: Small by Melissa Brown Levine
Small Melissa Brown Levine Brown Levine Productions ASIN:B008663XTU — ♦ — Small begins with A Portrait of Abuse, a marvelously...
Black Crow White Lie by Candi Sary
Black Crow White Lie Candi Sary Casperian Books ISBN: 978-1-934081-37-2 —♦— Casperian Books recently released author Candi Sary’s debut...
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter HarperCollins Publishers First Edition – June 12, 2012 ISBN 978-0-06-192812-3 — ♦ — Towards the end of Jess...
Trapeze by Simon Mawer
Trapeze Simon Mawer ISBN# 978-1-59051-527-3 Other Press — ♦ — In his latest novel Trapeze, British writer Simon Mawer has...
The Wedding Beat by Devan Sipher
The Wedding Beat Devan Sipher New American Library – Penguin Group ISBN: 978-0-451-23579-4 — ♦ — Gavin Greene writes...
MULE: A NOVEL OF MOVING WEIGHT by Tony D’Souza
Mule Tony D’Souza Mariner ISBN-13: 9780547576718 (September 28, 2011) ▬ᴥ▬ It’s difficult to predict how we’ll end up titling or...
