Campaign for the American Reader

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Top ten books about great thinkers

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Peter Salmon was born in Australia but now lives in the UK. His first novel The Coffee Story was a New Statesman Book of the Year. He has...

Q&A with Susan Lewis

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From my Q&A with Susan Lewis , author of My Lies, Your Lies : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? I som...

Pg. 99: Geoffrey F. Gresh's "To Rule Eurasia’s Waves"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: To Rule Eurasia’s Waves: The New Great Power Competition at Sea by Geoffrey F. Gresh . About the book , from...

Pg. 69: Thilde Kold Holdt's "Northern Wrath"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Northern Wrath : The Hanged God Trilogy by Thilde Kold Holdt . About the book, from the publisher: A dead man...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Q&A with Ruth Gilligan

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From my Q&A with Ruth Gilligan , author of The Butchers' Blessing : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?...

Five great psychological thrillers set in isolated places

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Claire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years writing features for women’s magazines and national newspapers, but she’s dream...

Pg. 99: Toby Musgrave's "The Multifarious Mr. Banks"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Multifarious Mr. Banks: From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World by Toby Musgra...

Wayne Santos's "The Chimera Code," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie:  The Chimera Code  by Wayne Santos . The entry begins: The Chimera Code  is a cyberpunk science fiction adve...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Pg. 69: Kristin Fields's "A Frenzy of Sparks"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: A Frenzy of Sparks : A Novel by Kristin Fields . About the book , from the publisher: From the author of A Li...

Eight top serial killer thrillers

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Aurora Lydia Dominguez is a high school teacher, professor, journalist, writer and moderator as well as a cosplayer based in sunny Hollywoo...

Q&A with Glen Erik Hamilton

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From my Q&A with Glen Erik Hamilton , author of  A Dangerous Breed : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? T...

Pg. 99: Erica De Bruin's "How to Prevent Coups d'État"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: How to Prevent Coups d'État: Counterbalancing and Regime Survival by Erica De Bruin . About the book , f...
Monday, November 16, 2020

Q&A with Thilde Kold Holdt

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From my Q&A with Thilde Kold Holdt , author of Northern Wrath : The Hanged God Trilogy : What non-literary inspirations have influenced ...

Pg. 69: Wayne Santos's "The Chimera Code"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test:  The Chimera Code  by Wayne Santos . About the book , from the publisher: Everything's for hire - even mag...

Nine books about mistaken identity

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Christopher Louis Romaguera is an intern at Electric Literature. He has a monthly column at The Ploughshares Blog. At Electric Lit he tagge...
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Kristin Fields's "A Frenzy of Sparks," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: A Frenzy of Sparks : A Novel by Kristin Fields . The entry begins: A Frenzy of Sparks is a coming of age st...

Fifty of the greatest apocalypse novels

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Emily Temple holds a BA from Middlebury College and an MFA in fiction from the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns fell...

Pg. 99: Emily J. H. Contois's "Diners, Dudes, and Diets"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture by Emily J. H. Contois . A...

Q&A with Martyn Ford

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From my Q&A with Martyn Ford , author of  Every Missing Thing : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? It sets...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

Six books on America's swinging ideology

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Robert D. Putnam is the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, having retired from active teaching in May 2018. ...
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