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 13, 2026

Five top nonfiction books for true crime lovers

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Katie McLain Horner has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation & Reference Manager in Illinois. A...
Thursday, November 12, 2026

Ten of the best funerals in literature

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At the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best funerals in literature . One title on the list: The God of Small Things by Arundhati ...

What is Ty Landers reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Ty Landers , author of Baby Queen : A Novel . His entry begins: I’m reading a few things right now and I’m very...

Six top mysteries set on generation ships

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Molly Odintz is the managing editor for CrimeReads and the editor of Austin Noir . She grew up in Austin and worked as a bookseller before ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Six of the best queer fiction books of the century

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Danika Ellis spends most of their time talking about sapphic books at the Lesbrary . At Book Riot Ellis and their colleagues tagged six o...

Pg. 99: Ray E. Boomhower's "Wallace Terry"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Wallace Terry: A Reporter's Journey from Selma to Saigon to Bloods by Ray E. Boomhower . About the book,...

Eight zombie novels to feast on

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Lorna Wallace has a PhD in English Literature and is a lover of all things science fiction and horror. She lives in Scotland with her rescu...
Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Ten top chilling thrillers for the holidays

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Carter Wilson is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of eleven standalone psychological thrillers. His stories focus on...

Pg. 69: Stephanie Wrobel's "Revenge Plot"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Revenge Plot by Stephanie Wrobel . About the book, from the publisher: A desperate writer’s pursuit of a po...

Seventeen top books about Native American culture

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David Congdon is senior editor at the University Press of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, and an adjunct instructor at the University of Dubuqu...
Monday, November 09, 2026

Four top witchy, weird girl YA books

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Gloria Muñoz is the author of They Called Us Wicked and of the poetry collection Danzirly , which won the Ambroggio Prize. She is an Acade...

Pg. 99: Martin Williams's "The Nile Revealed"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Nile Revealed: A Deep History of Earth’s Longest River by Martin Williams . About the book, from the pub...

Seven top horror novels set in the American South

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Del Sandeen lives in northeast Florida, where she works as a copy editor and writes speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in FIYAH: Mag...
Sunday, November 08, 2026

Ten of the best identical twins in fiction

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At the Guardian , John Mullan named ten of the best identical twins in fiction . One title on Mullan's list: Sam and Eric The ident...

Pg. 99: Jack Turner's "Die Your Own Death"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Die Your Own Death: Walt Whitman’s Existential Democracy by Jack Turner . About the book, from the publisher...

Seven of the best books about Iran

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One title on Tertulia's list of seven books that offer essential insight into Iran’s history, politics, and culture : Martyr! by Kave...
Saturday, November 07, 2026

Seven essential 1970s NYC noir books & films

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Rosanne Limoncelli is a writer and filmmaker living in Brooklyn. Her short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine , Su...

Emma Barry's "You, Me, & the Conspiracy," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: You, Me, & the Conspiracy : A Novel by Emma Barry . The entry begins: My new book is You, Me, & t...

Four sweet & satisfying titles to read for Diwali

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USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev writes hilarious and heartwarming stories about families without boundaries. Her novels have been n...
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