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.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Five top books that will drop you into the depths of despair

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Jason Sizemore is the editor of five anthologies, author of Irredeemable and For Exposure: The Life and Times of a Small Press Publisher ,...

What is April Genevieve Tucholke reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: April Genevieve Tucholke , editor of Slasher Girls & Monster Boys . Her entry begins: Lark Rise to Candlefor...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Five YA books in which poetry is part of the plot

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Eric Smith is the author of The Geek’s Guide to Dating and Inked . One of his five top Young Adult reads in which poetry is part of the pl...

Pg. 69: Nicole Galland's "Stepdog"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Stepdog : A Novel by Nicole Galland . About the book , from the publisher: From the author of The Fool’s Ta...

Top ten sleuthing stories

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Robin Stevens is the author of the Murder Most Unladylike series. One of her top ten crime capers , as shared at the Guardian : The Ruby in...

Stephen Emond's "Bright Lights, Dark Nights," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Bright Lights, Dark Nights by Stephen Emond . The entry begins: Casting a movie for Bright Lights would ...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

What is Bill Crider reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Bill Crider , author of Between the Living and the Dead : A Dan Rhodes Mystery. His entry begins: I just finishe...

Pg. 69: Douglas Corleone's "Gone Cold"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Gone Cold by Douglas Corleone . About the book , from the publisher: Twelve years after a kidnapping destr...

Ten top conservative novels

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Kate Macdonald is the author of Novelists Against Social Change: Conservative Popular Fiction, 1920-1960 . One of her top ten conservativ...

Pg. 99: Ann Larabee's "The Wrong Hands"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society by Ann Larabee...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

What is Randy D. McBee reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Randy D. McBee , author of Born to Be Wild: The Rise of the American Motorcyclist . His entry begins: I’m curren...

Pg. 69: Stephen Emond's "Bright Lights, Dark Nights"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Bright Lights, Dark Nights by Stephen Emond . About the book , from the publisher: A story about first love...

Bill Crider's "Between the Living and the Dead," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Between the Living and the Dead by Bill Crider . The entry begins: Between the Living and the Dead is th...

Five books that prove humankind shouldn’t play with technology

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Chuck Wendig's latest novel is Zeroes . One of the author's five books that prove mankind shouldn’t play with technology , as sh...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

What is Naomi J. Williams reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Naomi J. Williams , author of Landfalls : A Novel . Her entry begins: I’m always juggling multiple books simulta...

Pg. 69: Bill Crider's "Between the Living and the Dead"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Between the Living and the Dead by Bill Crider . About the book , from the publisher: Life is never easy f...

Five top books about high school outsiders

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Rachel Paxton-Gillilan is a freelance writer and semi-professional nerd. At the B & N Teen Blog she tagged five "outsider storie...

Pg. 99: Victor Tan Chen's "Cut Loose"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy by Victor Tan Chen . About the book , from the publish...
Monday, August 17, 2015

What is Beth Cato reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Beth Cato , author of The Clockwork Crown . Her entry begins: This week I have been reading a book that comes o...

Pg. 69: Naomi J. Williams's "Landfalls"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Landfalls by Naomi J. Williams . About the book , from the publisher: In her wildly inventive debut novel,...
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