Campaign for the American Reader

The official blog of the Campaign for the American Reader, an independent initiative to encourage more readers to read more books.

Friday, November 14, 2025

Five top novels featuring the Black bourgeoisie

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Brittany K. Allen is a writer and actor living in Brooklyn. At Lit Hub she tagged five novels to read if you’re fascinated by the Black bo...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

What is Catriona McPherson reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Catriona McPherson , author of Scot's Eggs . Her entry begins: I've been injured and dealing with immobi...

Brittany Amara's "The Bleeding Woods," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: The Bleeding Woods by Brittany Amara . About the book, from the publisher: The Bleeding Woods is part-bo...

Pg. 99: Satya Shikha Chakraborty's "Colonial Caregivers"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Colonial Caregivers: Ayahs and the Gendered History of Race and Caste in British India by Satya Shikha Chakra...

Eight books to help you own your wild

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Kim DeRose writes dark, magical stories about strong, magical girls for teens and former teens. She is the author of Hear Her Howl and For...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Q&A with Brigitte Dale

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From my Q&A with Brigitte Dale , author of The Good Daughters : A Novel : How much work does your title do to take readers into the st...

Pg. 69: Mirta Ojito's "Deeper than the Ocean"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Deeper than the Ocean by Mirta Ojito . About the book, from the publisher: A moving multigenerational novel...

Pg. 99: Scot Danforth's "An Independent Man"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights by Scot Danforth . About the book, from t...

Eight titles that reckon with the impacts of cancel culture

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Allie Tagle-Dokus is a writer and high school teacher. She received her BFA in writing, literature and publishing from Emerson College and ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

What is Elizabeth Hobbs reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Elizabeth Hobbs , author of Murder Made Her Wicked : A Marigold Manners Mystery . Her entry begins: For a writer...

Pg. 99: Mitchell B. Cruzan's "Looking Down the Tree"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Looking Down the Tree: The Evolutionary Biology of Human Origins by Mitchell B. Cruzan . About the book, fro...

Seven thrillers and mysteries where the celebration turns deadly

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Heather Gudenkauf is the critically acclaimed author of several novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Weight of Silence , ...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Pg. 69: Catriona McPherson's "Scot's Eggs"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Scot's Eggs by Catriona McPherson . About the novel, from the publisher: It’s egg-hunt season, but Lexy...

Pg. 99: Matthew Davis's "A Biography of a Mountain"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore by Matthew Davis . About the book, from ...

Six great brain-on science fiction & fantasy books

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At Book Riot Liberty Hardy tagged six top sci-fi and fantasy books that may require your full concentration , including: Ninefox Gambit b...
Sunday, November 09, 2025

Elle Marr's "The Lie She Wears," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: The Lie She Wears by Elle Marr . The entry begins: Set in Portland, Oregon, The Lie She Wears begins wit...

Pg. 99: Sarah Griswold's "Resurrecting the Past"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Resurrecting the Past: France's Forgotten Heritage Mandate by Sarah Griswold . About the book, from the ...

Seven titles that explore motherhood's complexities

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Donna Freitas is the author of a number of award-winning, critically acclaimed books, including the novel The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano ...
Saturday, November 08, 2025

Q&A with Allison Brook

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From my Q&A with Allison Brook , author of Death on Dickens Island : A Books on the Beach Mystery : How much work does your title do t...

Pg. 69: Martin Edwards's "Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards . About the book, from the publisher: Six down-on...

Pg. 99: Anna-Luna Post's "Galileo's Fame"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Galileo's Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century by Anna-Luna Post . About th...

Ten top memoirs that take readers on a medical journey

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Tiffany Graham Charkosky ’s writing explores love, human dynamics, and relationships. Her essays and short stories have been published in Go...
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