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.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

What is Keith Dixon reading"

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Keith Dixon is the current featured contibutor at Writers Read . Ghostfires , his first novel, was named one of the five best first novels ...

Pg. 69: "Accidents Waiting to Happen"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Simon Wood's Accidents Waiting to Happen . About the book , from the author's website: Josh...

Top ten satires

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Poet/playwright/novelist Adam Thorpe selected a top ten list of satires for the Guardian . He introduced his selections thus: "I live i...
Monday, May 21, 2007

Pg. 99: "Around the Bloc"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Stephanie Elizondo Griest's Around the Bloc . About the book , from the author's website: ...

Overlooked and underappreciated crime novels

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The Rap Sheet is running yet another entertaining and enlightening feature about crime fiction. Editor J. Kingston Pierce "invited sco...

Pg. 69: Tom Gabbay's "The Lisbon Crossing"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Tom Gabbay's The Lisbon Crossing . About the book , from the publisher: Teeming with Nazis, sp...

Most important books: Alexander McCall Smith

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Alexander McCall Smith told Newsweek about his five most important books. And two books that are not so important to him: A classic ...
Sunday, May 20, 2007

What is David Edgerton reading?

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The current featured contributor to Writers Read is David Edgerton , author of The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 19...

Pg. 69: Thomas McCraw's "Prophet of Innovation"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Thomas K. McCraw's Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction . About th...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Pg. 99: Lydia Millet's "My Happy Life"

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The new feature at the Page 99 Test: Lydia Millet's My Happy Life . About the novel , from the publisher: At the opening of My Happy Li...

"Singled Out," the movie

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At My Book, The Movie, Bella DePaulo shares some ideas about the casting for a film adaptation of her nonfiction book, Singled Out: How Sin...

Ann Rule's 5 best true-crime books

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Ann Rule, best-selling author of two dozen true-crime books, named a "five best" list of true-crime books for Opinion Journal . Th...

Pg. 69: George Kateb's "Patriotism and Other Mistakes"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: George Kateb's Patriotism and Other Mistakes . About the book , from the publisher: George Kate...
Friday, May 18, 2007

What is David Fulmer reading?

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The current featured contributor to Writers Read is David Fulmer , author of the Shamus Award-winning Chasing the Devil's Tail , The Dy...

Lee Child's list

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This week at The Week magazine, Lee Child named The List. The only title in translation on it: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan ...

Pg. 69: Cordelia Frances Biddle's "The Conjurer"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Cordelia Frances Biddle's The Conjurer . About the book , from The Conjurer website: In...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

What is Wilbur Smith reading?

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Wilbur Smith , author of The Quest and thirty other African adventure novels, talked to the Christian Science Monitor about what he was wa...

Pg. 99: Paul Schneider's "Brutal Journey"

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The new feature at the Page 99 Test: Paul Schneider's Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America . About the...

Pg. 69: Harold Cook's "Matters of Exchange"

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Today's feature at the Page 69 Test: Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age by Harold J. Cook . A...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

"The Rhythm of the Road," the movie

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At My Book, The Movie, Albyn Leah Hall shares some ideas about the casting for a film adaptation of her latest novel, The Rhythm of the Ro...
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