Featured Author Review: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
Welcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This month, we're celebrating the works...
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Flash Review: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-27103-7 It's the dusk of Arthurian...
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...
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: The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
The Night Ocean Paul La Farge Penguin Press Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-1019-8108-5 I cracked open the cover...
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: Rare Objects by Kathleen Tessaro
Rare Objects Kathleen Tessaro Harper Release Date: April 12, 2016 ISBN 978-0-0623-5754-0 In 2013, Kathleen Tessaro's novel, The Perfume Collector,...
LitStack Review: The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
The Fate of the Tearling Erika Johansen Harper Release Date: November 29, 2016 ISBN 978-0-0622-9042-7 In 2014, Erika Johansen debuted...
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: Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
Time Salvager Wesley Chu Tor Book Release Date: July 7, 2015 ISBN 978-0-7653-7718-0 (NOTE: Why I didn't post this review...
LitStack Review: LaRose by Louise Erdrich
LaRose Louise Erdrich Harper Release Date: May 10, 2016 ISBN 978-0-06-227702-2 Last year, Louise Erdrich was awarded the Library of...
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 Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan
The Hummingbird Stephen P. Kiernan William Morrow Release Date: September 8, 2015 ISBN 978-0-06-236954-3 Deborah Birch, the heroine of Stephen...
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...
LitStack Review: Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Finders Keepers Stephen King Scribner Release Date: June 2, 2015 ISBN 978-1-5011-0007-9 Finders Keepers is Stephen King’s love letter to...
LitStack Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Riverhead Books Release Date: January 13, 2015 ISBN 978-1-59463-366-9 Rachel Watson may not...
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...
LitStack Review: Gemini Cell by Myke Cole
Gemini Cell Myke Cole Ace Books Release Date: January 27, 2015 ISBN 978-0-425-26964-0 They're lying to you. Whoever wrote the...
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: Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger
Windigo Island William Kent Krueger Atria Books Release Date: August 19, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4767-4923-5 Windigo Island is the 14th book...
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: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
The Paying Guests Sarah Waters Riverhead Books Release Date: September 16, 2014 ISBN 978-1-59463-311-9 Sarah Waters is known for her...
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: ‘The Queen of the Tearling’ by Erika Johansen
The Queen of the Tearling Erika Johansen HarperCollins Publishers Release Date: July 8, 2014 ISBN 978-0-06-229036-6 The Queen of the...
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 Three by Sarah Lotz
The Three Sarah Lotz Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: May 20,2014 ISBN 978-0-316-24290-5 Conspiracy theories. New ones pop up...
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 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: ‘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: ‘The Tropic of Serpents’ by Marie Brennan
The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir of Lady Trent Marie Brennan Tor Release Date: March 4, 2014 ISBN 978-0-7653-3197-7 Lady...
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...
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...
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: Vacationland by Sarah Stonich
Vacationland Sarah Stonich University of Minnesota Press Release Date: March 25, 2013 ISBN 978-0-8166-8766-4 Vacationland is a book that grabs...
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...
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn Crown Publishers Publication Date: June 5, 2012 ISBN 978-0-307-58836-4 This is going to be a short...
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism Naoki Higashida Translated by KA Yoshida and...
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...
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman William Morrow/Harper Collins First Edition: June 18, 2013 ISBN 978-0-06-225565-5...
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...
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: ‘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 —♦—...
Dark Currents – Agent of Hel by Jacqueline Carey
Dark Currents: Agent of Hel Jaqueline Carey A ROC Book First Edition: October 2, 2012 ISBN 978-0-451-46478-1 —♦— If you’ve...
John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfolk
John Saturnall’s Feast Lawrence Norfolk First Edition: September 4, 2012 Grove Press ISBN 978-0-8021-2088-5 Kings raise their Statues and Churchmen...
Hollywood Buckaroo by Tracy DeBrincat
Hollywood Buckaroo Tracy DeBrincat Black Lawrence Press First Edition: October 16, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9828766-8-8 —♦— Thank heavens Tracy DeBrincat understands...
‘On The Island’ by Tracey Garvis Graves
On the Island Tracey Garvis Graves Plume/Penguin ISBN 978-0-14-219672-4 —♦— Anna Emerson plans to spend her summer tutoring a 16-year-old...
‘Mr. Fox’ by Helen Oyeyemi
Mr. Fox Helen Oyeyemi Riverhead Books/Penguin Group ISBN 978-1-59448-807-8 —♦— Writers can be a very strange lot. Especially the dark,...
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell Random House, 2004 ISBN 0-375-50725-6 I’m not one to damn a film because it came from...
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...
The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
The Book of Tomorrow Cecelia Ahern William Morrow 978-0-06-170630-1 — ♦ — What if we knew what tomorrow would bring? Would we...
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling Michael Boccacino William Morrow Paperbacks Original Edition (July 24, 2012) ISBN 978-0-06-212261-2 — ♦ —...
Threading the Needle by Marie Bostwick
Threading the Needle Marie Bostwick Kensington Books ISBN 978-0-7582-3217-5 — ♦ — Madelyn Baron’s husband, a wealthy finance mogul, has been arrested...
A Simple Thing by Kathleen McCleary
A Simple Thing Kathleen McCleary #978-0-06-210623-0 William Morrow It is arguably more difficult to raise children today than it was...
The Fifth Device by Gunther Boccius
The Fifth Device Gunther Boccius Bryce Cullen Publishing ISBN-10: 1935752243 — ♦ — Clarity, a quaint, close-knit town, has one major problem -...
The Cove by Ron Rash
The Cove Ron Rash Harper Collins ISBN: 978-0-06-180419-9 The one thing Laurel Shelton is most afraid of is the one...
Featured Author Review: The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall
This month, we're thrilled to host Tarquin Hall as our July Featured Author. Hall is a British writer and...
Sykosa by Justin Ordonez
Sykosa Justin Ordoñez TDS Publishing ISBN-10: 0985424311 — ♦ — More than anything, Sykosa is a character-driven story. It's...
The News Where You Are by Catherine O' Flynn
The News Where You Are Catherine O' Flynn Picador ISBN-10: 0805091807 — ♦ — The News Where You Are...
