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.

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Christina Kovac's "Watch Us Fall," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Watch Us Fall : A Novel by Christina Kovac . The entry begins: Addie James, who is the pivotal love intere...

Pg. 99: Min Joo Lee's "Finding Mr. Perfect"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Finding Mr. Perfect: K-Drama, Pop Culture, Romance, and Race by Min Joo Lee . About the book, from the publi...

Fifteen books on why & how to preserve democracy

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One title on Tertulia's list of " books that explain how we have arrived at a precarious state of democracy and what is to be done ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

What is Cara Black reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Cara Black , author of Huguette . Her entry begins: Right now I'm reading Generation (Volume 1) published i...

Pg. 69: Orlando Murrin's "May Contain Murder"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: May Contain Murder by Orlando Murrin . About the book, from the publisher: For fans of Nita Prose, Benjamin...

Pg. 99: Raphael Magarik's "Fictions of God"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Fictions of God: English Renaissance Literature and the Invention of the Biblical Narrator by Raphael Magarik...

Top 20 crime fiction, mysteries, and thrillers: "CrimeReads"

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One title on the top twenty list of the best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of 2025 , according to CrimeReads: Murder Takes a Vacat...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Q&A with Matthew Pearl

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From my Q&A with Matthew Pearl , author of The Award : A Novel : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? I ...

Pg. 99: Mark Goodale's "Extracting the Future"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Extracting the Future: Lithium in an Era of Energy Transition by Mark Goodale . About the book, from the pub...

Eight top historical mystery novels that transport readers

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USA Today bestselling author Julie Mulhern is a Kansas City native who grew up on a steady diet of Agatha Christie. She spends her spare t...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Pg. 69: Cara Black's "Huguette"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Huguette by Cara Black . About the book, from the publisher: In the lawlessness of post–World War II France...

Pg. 99: Iftekhar Iqbal's "The Range of the River"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Range of the River: A Riverine History of Empire across China, India, and Southeast Asia by Iftekhar Iqba...

Six the best twisty police procedurals

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Isabelle Popp 's first attempt at writing a romance novel came in middle school, when she began a story about a weirdo girl who could ph...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Elena Taylor's "The Haunting of Emily Grace," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: The Haunting of Emily Grace by Elena Taylor . The entry begins: The Haunting of Emily Grace would make a...

Pg. 99: Jon Moen and Mary Tone Rodgers's "Before the Fed"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Before the Fed: J.P. Morgan, America's Lender of Last Resort by Jon Moen and Mary Tone Rodgers . About t...

Seven books about very hungry women

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Anna Rollins is the author of Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl . Her groundbreaking debut memoir examines the rhyming ...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

What is Paula Munier reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Paula Munier , author of The Snow Lies Deep : A Mercy Carr Mystery . Her entry begins: This is my favorite time ...

Pg. 99: Joanna Dee Das's "Faith, Family, and Flag"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America by Joanna Dee Das . About the book, f...

Four top novels that give a voice to Massachusetts' blue-collar communities

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Emily Ross is the author of the mystery thriller Swallowtail and the International Thriller Writers Thriller Awards finalist, Half In Love...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Pg. 69: Paula Munier's "The Snow Lies Deep"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Snow Lies Deep : A Mercy Carr Mystery by Paula Munier . About the book, from the publisher: The latest t...

Pg. 99: Sarah Mosseri's "Trust Fall"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Trust Fall: How Workplace Relationships Fail Us by Sarah Mosseri . About the book, from the publisher: How ...

Eight memoirs that explore the damage of purity culture

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K. W. Colyard grew up weird in a one-caution-light town in the Appalachian foothills. She now lives in an old textile city with her husband...
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