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.

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Pg. 99: Ivan Gaskell's “Mindprints: Thoreau’s Material Worlds”

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Mindprints: Thoreau's Material Worlds by Ivan Gaskell . About the book, from the publisher: A rediscove...

Q&A with Midge Raymond

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From my Q&A with Midge Raymond , author of Floreana : A Novel : How much work does your title do to take readers into the story? I h...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Steve Donoghue's ten best mystery books of 2024

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Steve Donoghue is a writer and critic who shares his opinions and insights on books of various genres and topics. One of his top ten myste...

Pg. 99: Matthew H. Kramer's "Rights and Right-Holding"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Rights and Right-Holding: A Philosophical Investigation by Matthew H. Kramer . About the book, from the publ...

Seven top thrillers with couples who don’t get (or deserve) a happy ending

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Darby Kane is the pseudonym for a former divorce lawyer and #1 international bestselling author of domestic suspense. Her books have been op...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Q&A with Kate MacIntosh

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From my Q&A with Kate MacIntosh , author of The Champagne Letters : A Novel : How much work does your title do to take readers into th...

Pg. 99: Daniel Light's "The White Ladder"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering by Daniel Light . About the book, from t...

Nine novels that capture the complexity of sisters

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Lilli Sutton writes contemporary adult fiction. She holds a BA in English from Shepherd University. From Maryland, she now lives in Colorad...
Monday, December 16, 2024

What is Katie Tallo reading?

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Featured at Writers Read: Katie Tallo , author of Buried Road : A Novel . Her entry begins: Wayne Ng’s Johnny Delivers . I'm absolutel...

Pg. 99: Lauren E. Oakes's "Treekeepers"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future by Lauren E. Oakes . About the book, from the publisher: “A fra...

Six top novels featuring women and art

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At B&N Reads Isabelle McConville tagged six "novels chronicling the lives of college students, visual artists, painters, performanc...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Kate MacIntosh's "The Champagne Letters," the movie

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Featured at My Book The Movie: The Champagne Letters : A Novel by Kate MacIntosh . About the book, from the publisher: There are few thing...

Pg. 99: Gerald Roche's "The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet by Gerald Roche . About the book, from the publisher: In The ...

Five top horse girl books for adults

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Katy James writes contemporary romance books that get to the heart of falling in love while finding one’s place in today’s world. When not ...
Saturday, December 14, 2024

Q&A with Yvonne Battle-Felton

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From my Q&A with Yvonne Battle-Felton , author of Curdle Creek : A Novel : photo credit: Marat Battle How much work does your title do...

Pg. 99: Caroline Ashcroft's "Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought by Caroline Ashcroft . About the book, from the publis...

Thirteen essential L.A. books of mystery or crime

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The L.A. Times asked writers with deep ties to the city to name their favorite Los Angeles books . One of their top titles of mystery or cr...
Friday, December 13, 2024

Third reading: D.W. Buffa on Flaubert’s "Madame Bovary"

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D.W. Buffa 's newest novel to be released is Evangeline , a courtroom drama about the murder trial of captain who is one of the few to ...

Pg. 99: Shane Bobrycki's "The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages"

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Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages by Shane Bobrycki . About the book, from the publisher: The importance o...

"Vulture" — top ten comedy books of 2024

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At Vulture Brian Boone tagged " the ten best, most delightful, thought-provoking, and just all in all funny comedy books of 2024 ....
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