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.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Eight books that puncture the myths of Silicon Valley

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Claire Stapleton is a writer, communications consultant, and tech labor activist. She began her career at Google, where she spent 12 years i...

Pg. 99: Ankita Pandey's "Becoming Allies"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Becoming Allies: Civil Liberties Activism in India by Ankita Pandey . About the book, from the publisher: W...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Pg. 69: Amanda Sellet's "My Best French Wedding"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: My Best French Wedding : A Novel by Amanda Sellet . About the novel, from the publisher: Will it be l’amour ...

Q&A with Maria Malone

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From my Q&A with Maria Malone , author of Killing in the Countryside : A Wren & Wilson Mystery : How much work does your title do ...

Five top books about chess players

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Allison Saft is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wings of Starlight , A Dark and Drowning Tide , A Far Wilder Magic , and other ...

Pg. 99: Barbara Ganson's "Lady Daredevils"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Lady Daredevils: American Women and Early Aviation by Barbara Ganson . About the book, from the publisher: ...
Monday, August 10, 2026

What is Maria Malone reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Maria Malone , author of Killing in the Countryside : A Wren & Wilson Mystery . Her entry begins: The Homem...

Six top humorous mystery novels

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Gloria Chao is a USA Today bestselling author and a screenwriter. Her novels include The Mortal Enemy Murder Club , The Ex-Girlfriend Murd...

Pg. 99: Ann Blair's "In the Scholar’s Workshop"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship by Ann Blair . About the book, ...
Sunday, August 09, 2026

Pg. 69: Barbara O'Neal's "A Thousand Painted Hours"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: A Thousand Painted Hours : A Novel by Barbara O'Neal . About the book, from the publisher: An epic, emot...

Seven memoirs about discovering family late in life

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BK (Kate) Jackson is an author, developmental editor, book coach, and a journalist with bylines in HuffPost , The Los Angeles Times , The ...

Pg. 99: Sergey Gavrilets's "Social Influence and the Logic of Collective Action"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Social Influence and the Logic of Collective Action by Sergey Gavrilets . About the book, from the publisher...
Saturday, August 08, 2026

Q&A with Lisa Roe

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From my Q&A with Lisa Roe, author of Big & Lily : A Novel : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? B...

Six of the best SFF books about gods and demons

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Lyndsie Manusos ’s fiction has appeared in PANK , SmokeLong Quarterly , and other publications. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art ...

Pg. 99: Greg Garrett's "White Lies"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: White Lies: Dismantling Ten Cultural Myths About Race by Greg Garrett . About the book, from the publisher: ...
Friday, August 07, 2026

Five seriously scary horror titles

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Hannah Whitten has been writing to amuse herself since she could hold a pen, and sometime in high school, figured out that what amused her m...

What is Jeanne M. Dams reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Jeanne M. Dams , author of A Thief's Folly (A Dorothy Martin Mystery, 28) . Her entry begins: I'm usual...

Pg. 69: E.J. Copperman's "Where There’s Smoke…"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Where There's Smoke... (A Haunted Paint Store Mystery, 2) by E.J. Copperman . About the book, from the ...

Pg. 99: Marina Cano's "Theatrical Afterlives"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women's Novels on the Stage by Marina Cano . About the book, ...
Thursday, August 06, 2026

Barbara O’Neal's "A Thousand Painted Hours," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: A Thousand Painted Hours : A Novel by Barbara O'Neal . The entry begins: I would so dearly love to see...

Seven books that complicate the marriage plot

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Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Bucknell University. Formerly the editor in chief of The Rumpus , she has...

Pg. 99: Sophie Gee's "The Barbarous Feast"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Barbarous Feast: Eating and Writing in the Eighteenth-Century World by Sophie Gee . About the book, from...
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