Campaign for the American Reader

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Friday, November 18, 2022

Pg. 99: Stephen G. Rabe's "The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village by Step...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

What is Soraya M. Lane reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Soraya M. Lane , author of The London Girls . Her entry begins: I’m reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . O...

Top ten books about unlikely revolutionaries

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Andrea Wulf is an award–winning author of seven acclaimed books, including the Founding Gardeners and The Invention of Nature which were...

Q&A with Joyce St. Anthony

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From my Q&A with Joyce St. Anthony , author of Death on a Deadline (A Homefront News Mystery) : : What non-literary inspirations have ...

Pg. 69: D. M. Rowell's "Never Name the Dead"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: Never Name the Dead : A Novel by D. M. Rowell . About the book , from the publisher: Old grudges, tribal trad...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Five top SFF books about crashed spaceships

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Lavie Tidhar is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Osama (2011), The Violent Century (2013), the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize-w...

Pg. 99: Christian Bailey's "German Jews in Love"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: German Jews in Love: A History by Christian Bailey . About the book , from the publisher: This book explores...

Third reading: D.W. Buffa on "The Europeans"

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D.W. Buffa 's recent novel is The Privilege , the ninth legal thriller involving the defense attorney Joseph Antonelli. The tenth, Luna...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Eight great thrillers with effective twists

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Caleb Roehrig is a former actor and television producer who cannot seem to live in one place. Currently dividing his time between Chicago a...

Pg. 99: Kyle Smith's "Cult of the Dead"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity by Kyle Smith . About the book , from the publisher: A cul...

Pg. 69: Katie Sise's "The Break"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Break : A Novel by Katie Sise . About the book , from the publisher: Can she trust the people she loves? ...
Monday, November 14, 2022

Q&A with D. M. Rowell

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From my Q&A with D. M. Rowell , author of  Never Name the Dead : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? I do...

Nine books that take aim at the myth of the American hero

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Brian O’Hare is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and former U.S. Marine Corps officer. Currently, he’s an award-winning writer and film...

Pg. 99: Simon P. James's "How Nature Matters"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value by Simon P. James . About the book , from the...
Sunday, November 13, 2022

Five of the best historical novels to remind you how strange the past really was

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Born in London, Emily Mitchell moved to the United States as a teenager. She has since lived in Vermont, Osaka, London, New York, San Franc...

Pg. 69: Alysa Wishingrad's "The Verdigris Pawn"

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Featured at the Page 69 Test: The Verdigris Pawn by Alysa Wishingrad . About the book , from the publisher: A boy who underestimates his p...

Coffee with a canine: Barry Wilker & Sam

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Featured at Coffee with a Canine: Barry Wilker & Sam . The author, on how he and Sam were united: How were you and Sam united? We were...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Eleven books about outsiders, weirdos, and underdogs

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Sofija Stefanovic is a Serbian-Australian writer and storyteller based in Manhattan. She is the author of the memoir, Miss Ex-Yugoslavia . ...

Q&A with Emily J. Edwards

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From my Q&A with Emily J. Edwards , author of  Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man : How much work does your title do to take readers into t...

Pg. 99: Charles S. Cockell's "Interplanetary Liberty"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Interplanetary Liberty: Building Free Societies in the Cosmos by Charles S. Cockell . About the book , from ...
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