The “Tide Child” Trilogy: Hope on the Brutal Seas
Time wears away at memory, it leaves behind what was important, and you were happy. That is what remains. The...
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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...
Cover Reveal | An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher
Coming next summer from Tarryn Fisher, AN HONEST LIE. Check out the cover reveal below and pre-order your copy today....
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...
Review – Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror, edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror, edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto Catapult (October 13, 2020) ISBN-10: ...
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,...
Review: Not Your Average Hot Guy
Not Your Average Hot Guy: A Novel, by Gwenda Bond St. Martin's Griffin (October 5, 2021) ISBN: 1250771749 The...
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...
2021 British Fantasy Awards
We here at LitStack love all books, but some of us have a special place in our hearts for fantasy...
5 Questions for Linda Nagata
Linda Nagata is a science fiction and fantasy writer from Hawaii, with seventeen novels and numerous short stories. Her work...
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 Review| A Terrible Fall of Angels
A Terrible Fall of Angels, by Laurell K. Hamilton I admit it. I was one of those readers who initially...
2021 Ignyte Awards
On Friday, September 18th, the FIYAHCON 2021 committee announced the winners for the 2021 Ignyte Awards, which “seek to celebrate...
Wereworld illustrated novella launches
WEREWORLD released digitally on 9/14 Acclaimed author Benjamin Percy (The Dark Net, The Wilding, Red Moon) and legendary artist Francesco...
Tin House Books Reading Nonfiction Subs
A great opportunity for nonfiction writers! Three times per year, Tin House Books offers a two-day submission period for writers...
#PitMad Pitch Party Returns Sept. 2
For unagented writers seeking representation, be sure to check out the Twitter-based pitch event, #PitMad, where writers tweet a 280-character...
Litstack Review – Blind Man’s Bluff, by James Tate Hill
Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir, by James Tate Hill W. W. Norton & Company August 3, 2021 978-0-393-86717-6 “I wasn’t...
5 Questions for Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 best selling Hollows series, but she...
Litstack Recs |Two books in Conversation: Colm Tóibín and Henry James & A Fort of Nine Towers
The Lesson of the Master, by Henry James, and The Master, by Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín, in his introduction to...
Happy 85th Robert Redford
Born on this day in 1936, actor, director, and film icon Robert Redford—and in case you missed it, Redford, a...
5 Questions for: Cat Rambo
This week, we return to our new segment, 5 Questions. We recently sat down with fantasy and sci-fi writer Cat...
Litstack Recs | Two New Titles Slated for The Moneybunnies Series & Zombie Baseball Beatdown
The Moneybunnies Series, by Cinders McLeod Toronto-based author and cartoonist Cinders McLeod has come up with a brilliant tool way...
A Great New Reading List from World Literature Today
Looking for new titles to expand your TBR list? World Literature Today has just posted a list authored by the...
Litstack Rec | There There & Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous
There There: A novel, by Tommy Orange Brilliant, innovative, lyric. Tommy Orange's stunning fiction debut is all those things, but...
LitStack Review | A Woman is No Man: A Novel, by Etaf Rum
A Woman is No Man: A Novel, by Etaf Rum (Harper, 2019) “There is no greater agony than bearing an...
10th Anniversary Celebration!
Happy August, LitStackers! Unbelievably, on this day TEN years ago we launched our beloved review site. There have been a...
Litstack Recs – Dreams From My Father & Wendy Darling
Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama On August 4, Barack Obama celebrates his...
Litstack Recs | Vanity Fair & Dog Days
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray July 18 marks the 210th birthday of William Makepeace Thackeray, whose novel of social-climbing,...
Litstack Recs | Midsummer Reads & The Last Days of Magic
Midsummer Reads I've got a beautiful TBR stack, and in recent months I've been spending time with some fantastic books....
Litstack Recs |Four New Adaptations from Kirkus Reviews’ Book to Screen & Gideon the Ninth
Four New Adaptations from Kirkus Reviews' Book to Screen This week at Kirkus, the legendary book review site, their Book...
Litstack Recs| The Vexations & Pet
The Vexations: a novel, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists should portray artmaking for the work it is, anything...
Litstack Rec | A Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock & Boy Erased
A Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock, by Francois Truffaut, trans. by Helen Scott (1966)& Hitchcock/Truffaut, a documentary film by Kent...
Litstack Rec | New titles from WTAW Press & Ninth Metal
New Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke Mark this month's celebration of pride with the queer sequel...
Litstack Rec | Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend & The Perfume Collector
Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Anna May Wong was the first...
Litstack Recs | The Love of A Good Woman & Project Hail Mary
The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few practitioners as skilled as Alice...
Litstack Recs: The Dead Fish Museum: Stories & Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D'Ambrosio A classic read for #shortstorymonth is Charles D'Ambrosio's 2006 story collection The...
Litstack Rec | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays & Yes, Chef
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection came about by accident, Zadie Smith tells us in the...
New Releases | May 4, 2021
SCI-FI Project Hail Mary: A Novel, by Andy Weir Author of The Martian, Weir releases his book about "Ryland Grace, the...
Litstack Recs | The Custom of the Country & Shakespeare in Kabul
The Custom of the Country, by Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go badly for Ralph...
How to Grow Old Disgracefully & The Affinities
How to Grow Old Disgracefully: An Autobiography, by Hermione Gingold If you're a fan of classic films, say, Vincente Minnelli's...
Litstack Recs | The Good Soldier & D (A Tale of Two Worlds)
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the title the author wanted, The...
Litstack Recs | The Clothing of Books & Remote Control
The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the how this small, but powerful...
Litstack Recs | The Places In-Between & Borne
The Places In-Between, by Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul. A...
Litstack Recs |Out of Place: A Memoir & Unless
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, pianist, and music critic, rose...
Litstack Recs | Orphans: Essays & When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
Orphans: Essays, by Charles D'Ambrosio Hold a copy of Orphans in your hand, and its singularity is apparent. With its...
LitStack Review: Silence of the Solari by Michael Johnston
Silence of the SolariBook Two of The Amber Throne SeriesMichael Johnston In 2017, Michael Johnston introduced his Amber Throne series...
