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, April 21, 2021

Pg. 99: Jeremy Brown's "June Fourth"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: June Fourth: The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989 by Jeremy Brown . About the book, from the ...

Pg. 69: Renée Rosen's "The Social Graces"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Social Graces by Renée Rosen . About the book , from the publisher: The author of Park Avenue Summer th...

Seven suspenseful novels that examine immigrant identity

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Zhanna Slor was born in the former Soviet Union and moved to the Midwest in the early 1990s. She has been published in many literary magazi...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Pg. 99: Ioan Grillo's "Blood Gun Money"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels by Ioan Grillo . About the book , from the publisher: “A...

Q&A with Laura Maylene Walter

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From my Q&A with Laura Maylene Walter , author of  Body of Stars : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? © E...

Ten top Earth Day titles

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Green That Life founder Sara Goddard came up with ten Earth Day books that inspire and inform , including: What We Know about Climate Chang...
Monday, April 19, 2021

Pg. 99: Séverine Autesserre's "The Frontlines of Peace"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider's Guide to Changing the World by Séverine Autesserre . About the boo...

Pg. 69: Ilona Bannister's "When I Ran Away"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: When I Ran Away : A Novel by Ilona Bannister . About the book , from the publisher: A rich, bighearted debut ...

Nine top books about the sea

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Emma Stonex is a novelist and The Lamplighters is her debut under her own name; she is the author of several books written under a pseudon...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Pg. 99: John Boyko's "The Devil's Trick"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Devil's Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War by John Boyko . About the book , from the publisher...

Eight top books about modern dating

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Katherine Heiny is the author of Single, Carefree Mellow , a collection of short stories, and the novels Standard Deviation and Early Morn...

Q&A with Jennifer Adam

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From my Q&A with Jennifer Adam , author of  The Last Windwitch : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? Quite...
Saturday, April 17, 2021

Five top female friendships in books

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Lucy Jago is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a former documentary producer for Channel 4 and the BBC. Her first boo...

Pg. 69: Karla FC Holloway's "Gone Missing in Harlem"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Gone Missing in Harlem : A Novel by Karla FC Holloway . About the book , from the publisher: In her anticipat...

Pg. 99: Kevin J. Weddle's "The Compleat Victory"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution by Kevin J. Weddle . About the book , from the pu...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Five psychological thrillers featuring twisted sisters

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Sally Hepworth is the bestselling author of The Secrets of Midwives , The Things We Keep , The Mother's Promise , The Family Next Door ...

Trish Doller's "Float Plan," the movie

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Featured at My Book, The Movie: Float Plan by Trish Doller . The entry begins: Float Plan is the story of Anna, a young woman grieving the...

Q&A with Ilona Bannister

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From my Q&A with Ilona Bannister , author of  When I Ran Away : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? I th...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

Pg. 99: Eric Dregni's "For the Love of Cod"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: For the Love of Cod: A Father and Son's Search for Norwegian Happiness by Eric Dregni . About the book, ...

Pg. 69: Dan Stout's "Titan Song"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Titan Song by Dan Stout . About the book , from the publisher: The third book in the acclaimed Carter Archiv...
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