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Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox This classic of literary fiction, first published in 1970, is…

An Undeniable Literary Masterpiece This LitStack Rec from Lauren Alwan delves into the haunting allure…

Is Sophie’s Choice a true story? Styron based his novel on his memory of a …

For Women’s History Month, #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three classic story collections by women who are…

For Women’s History Month, #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three memoirs that portray a range of women’s…

In keeping with LitStack’s commitment to review books of poetry and poetry chapbooks, we are…

Ghost :: Seeds incorporates elements of magical realism and myth to explore and trouble conceptions…

In Jewel Box: Stories, the strange, the sublime, and the monstrous confront one another with…

In Julie Benesh’s About Time, a memoir in poems, there is well-disguised tension. Julie Benesh’s…

Now in paperback. In Natural History: Stories, Andrea Barrett completes the beautiful arc of intertwined…

“…and my edges began to dissolve into the rising dark” The Ledger of Mistakes In…

The Alcove Chapbook Series Prize released its first chapbooks from WTAW Press The Rise Of…

Why remember the dead? About The Ledger of Mistakes “Why remember the dead?” poet Kathy…

About Small Pieces Small Pieces is a collaboration between novelist Micheline Aharonian Marcom and writer…

For this week’s Litstack Rec, we’re revisiting And There Was Evening And There Was Morning,…

Soon to span the U.S. from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, the romance-only bookstore, The Ripped…

For this LitStack Rec, we are celebrating Short Story Month by singing the praises of…

An elevated beachside read in the Outer Banks Bookshop Mysteries series. Murder on Mustang Beach…

For this LitStack Rec, we’re revisiting James Tate Hill’s engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man’s…

A Story Deepened by a Poetic Sensibility Ocean Vuong’s 2019 novel, On Earth We’re Briefly…

LinesmanS. K. Dunstall*Ace BooksRelease Date:  June 30, 2015ISBN 978-0-425-27952-6 The Best Books are Timeless. Is…

Happy International Women’s Day! We’re so proud to celebrate this month and this day with…

LITSTACK’S FEATURED AUTHOR REVIEW The GiverLois LowryPublished in 1993 from Bantam Books This post has…

This month, we’re taking some time to celebrate women; the female characters in our favorite…

The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love…

That Hideous Hat Does a Lot of Work in the Story Flannery O’Connor’s short story,…

In their latest writing contest, Dictionary.com spotlights some haunting prose We love Dictionary.com for the…

From dressing up for Halloween, to donning appropriate period attire for the local Renaissance Festival,…

Wesley Chu is a master at taking what in other hands would be complex, convoluted…

Welcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This…

For lovers of the fairy-tale tradition, from Mental Floss, a collection of fairy tales beyond…

my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby’s, my name on his tongue,…

Edges Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press LLC Release Date:  April 2, 2019 Space is unimaginably…

Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator…

Mecha Samurai Empire Peter TieryasAce/Penguin Random HouseRelease Date: September 18, 2018 (USA)ISBN 9780451490995 Mac is a…

Earn It! by Cinders McLeod (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017) Teaching children financial literacy—knowing how money…

The City of Lost Fortunes A Crescent City novel Bryan Camp Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release…

The ‘Burg Series Kristen Ashley Titles: For You, At Peace, Golden Trail, Games of the Heart,   The Promise Hold…

The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro Alfred A. Knopf Release Date:  March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-27103-7…

Raven Stratagem (Machineries of Empire, Book 2) Yoon Ha Lee Solaris Release Date:  June 13,…

The City & the CityChina MiévilleDel ReyRelease Date:  May 26, 2009ISBN 978-0-345-49751-2 I enjoy exploring…

Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, and likely it’s…

Roar (Stormheart #1)Cora CarmackTor TeenISBN-10: 0765386313 In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power…

The Standard GrandJay Baron NicorvoSt. Martin’s PressRelease Date:  April 24, 2017ISBN 978-1-25010-894-4 It’s rare when…

The Last Good Man Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press Release Date:  June 20, 2017 Oh…

Borne Jeff VanderMeer Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date:  April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-3741-1524-1 Jeff…

A Conjuring of Light Shades of Magic, Book 3 V. E. Schwab Tor Books Release…

Skullsworn (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series) Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: April 25,…

Yvain: The Knight of the Lion M. T. Anderson Illustrations by Andrea Offermann Candlewick Press…

Brother’s RuinIndustrial Magic, Book #1Emma NewmanTor.comRelease Date:  March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9396-8 It’s probably not politically…