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, December 21, 2012

Free book: "The Cove" by Ron Rash

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Ecco and the Campaign for the American Reader are giving away a paperback copy of The Cove by Ron Rash. HOW TO ENTER: Visit the Campaign ...

What is Aaron Elkins reading?

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The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Aaron Elkins , author of Dying on the Vine . His entry begins: When people ask me that q...

Howard Andrew Jones's "The Bones of the Old Ones," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, The Movie: The Bones of the Old Ones by Howard Andrew Jones . The entry begins: I’d like to say that I was torn o...

Top ten fiction debuts of 2012

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Steve Donoghue named his ten best fiction debuts of 2012 , including: The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont The opening of Dermont’s East C...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Pg. 99: Marc Myers's "Why Jazz Happened"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Why Jazz Happened by Marc Myers . About the book , from the publisher: Why Jazz Happened is th...

Three books to read before the end of the world

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Ben H. Winters is the author of several novels, including the New York Times bestseller Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters , and the mi...

What is Jennifer Mather Saul reading?

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The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Jennifer Mather Saul , author of Lying, Misleading, and What is Said: An Exploration in Ph...

Top ten adventure classics

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Charlie Fletcher is the author of the internationally acclaimed Stoneheart trilogy. He also writes for film, television and as a newspaper ...

Pg. 69: Ann Purser's "Found Guilty at Five"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: Found Guilty at Five by Ann Purser . About the book , from the publisher: She’s had her hands f...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Best books of 2012: The New Yorker

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Some of The New Yorker 's contributors volunteered their favorite books from 2012. Malcolm Gladwell's picks: I loved Mischa Hill...

Pg. 99: Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood's "Becoming Right"

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Today's feature at the Page 99 Test: Becoming Right: How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives by Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood . About th...

Free book: "Part Wild"

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Scribner and the Campaign for the American Reader are giving away a copy of Part Wild: One Woman's Journey with a Creature Caught Betwee...

What is Patricia Fara reading?

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The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Patricia Fara , author of Erasmus Darwin: Sex, Science and Serendipity . Her entry begin...

Six top letter collections

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R. Blakeslee Gilpin is the author of John Brown Still Lives! America’s Long Reckoning with Violence, Equality, and Change , winner of the C...

Laura DiSilverio's "Swift Run," the movie

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Now showing at My Book, The Movie: Swift Run by Laura DiSilverio . The entry begins: When I think about casting a Swift Investigations m...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

25 best books of 2012 -- Seattle Times

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Seattle Times reviewers chose their favorite reads of the year . One title to make the list: “Trapeze” by Simon Mawer (Other Press). In ...

Pg. 99: Melinda Pash's "In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation"

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The current feature at the Page 99 Test: In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation: The Americans Who Fought the Korean War by Melinda L. P...

What Magnus Fiskesjö reading?

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The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Magnus Fiskesjö , author of China Before China: Johan Gunnar Andersson, Ding Wenjiang, and...

Five best books about animals, domesticated and otherwise

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Janet Malcolm's most recent book is Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial . She named five top books about animals, dom...

Pg. 69: Magnus Flyte's "City of Dark Magic"

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The current feature at the Page 69 Test: City of Dark Magic : A Novel by Magnus Flyte . About the book , from the publisher: Once a city ...
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