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24 Authors' Favorite Books of 2014 (updated 1/4/15)
Guest blogger Kristiana Kahakauwila on The Writer's Family Tree: A Tribute to Joyce Carol Oates
DEPARTMENT OF SPECULATION's unique narrative creates thought-provoking reading experience
Alysha Kaye on Teaching and Writing: Taking My Own Advice
HOW TO BE BOTH spins dazzling, dizzying tale of two characters centuries apart
CITIZEN examines current Black American experience with powerful prose-poetry
BRIGHT SHARDS OF SOMEPLACE ELSE announces the arrival of a distinctive new fictional voice
Author Maya Lang: On TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and Ferguson
Author Amina Gautier on Male Verbal Privilege: “Men Don’t Say or Do That!”
Author Amina Gautier on Male Verbal Privilege: "Men Don’t Say or Do That!"
Kirkus Reviews publishes its list of the 100 Best Fiction Books of 2014
Author Lisa Lenzo on turning real life into stories: Is it fiction or nonfiction?
Amazon releases most-highlighted excerpts from 2013-14 novels by women
LIVING TREASURES explores love against a backdrop of oppression in 1989 China
Guest blogger Monica McFawn on storytelling: "Why I Don't Write Them Down"
NOW WE WILL BE HAPPY explores the lives of Puerto Rican-Americans navigating multiple cultures
ABROAD travels through distant and recent past to explore a young life lost in Italy
A Tree Born Crooked author Steph Post: Writing Under Fire
The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop is back!
Richly plotted FRIENDSWOOD probes small town's toxic tensions
TRAIN SHOTS a dark and riveting collection of lives on the edge
Author Paulette Livers on How NOT to Write a Political Novel
Women sweep inaugural Kirkus Book Prizes; Lily King wins fiction award for EUPHORIA
"Pencil and Paper" -- Author Lily King on her hand-crafted creative process
EMPIRE DAY depicts cultural challenges of WWII refugees resettled in 1948 Australia
Writer Alexander Chee on his three years reading only women
Author Caroline Leavitt on Literature and Litigation: "My Life in Lawsuits"
SOME LUCK captures the essence of American life in the 20th century
2013 Flannery O'Connor Award winner Karin Lin-Greenberg on her FAULTY PREDICTIONS
MAN ALIVE! explores the life-changing effects of a lightning strike
Her Poison Pen: How Britain’s grand dames of mystery help a male writer spin tales of deadly intent
Guest blogger Rebecca Makkai on "Literary Mansplaining"
Australian publisher, literary prize director: More men need to read books by women
Guest blogger Anne Korkeakivi: My Summer Without Men (Writers)
Tour de Blog stops at Read Her Like an Open Book
THE UNAMERICANS: Molly Antopol's debut collection is my choice for the National Book Award
National Book Awards fiction longlist includes Antopol, St. John Mandel, three more women
Guest blogger Maya Lang: On TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and Ferguson
Karen Joy Fowler one of two Americans to make Booker Prize shortlist
RAINEY ROYAL: Troubled teen artist recovers in alpha female persona
A Conversation with Rebecca Makkai on the Construction of THE HUNDRED-YEAR HOUSE
The Story Behind the Story: Author Lisa Gornick on the varied inspirations for her novel TINDERBOX
STATION ELEVEN's humanity and sensitivity elevate post-apocalyptic premise to literary fiction
Novel-in-stories OUT OF PEEL TREE brings Appalachian diaspora to life with memorable prose-poetry
THE OTHER SIDE: a powerful portrait of rape and recovery
Guest blogger Paulette Livers: How Not to Write a Political Novel
Fall Fiction Preview: An Embarrassment of Riches
Guest blogger Mary Kay Zuravleff: Out of the mouths of teen daughters oft come literary gems
Flavorwire's "50 Excellent Novels by Female Writers Under 50"
Author Carrie La Seur on the unique life of Montana artist-farmer Harry Koyama
EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU is a devastating family drama about the consequences of good intentions
"Urgency. Please." Writer Beth Kephart on the need for honest, relevant fiction
THE HOME PLACE blends literary fiction and a suspenseful mystery into a seamless tapestry
Guest blogger Lisa Gornick on being read to: The Pleasures and Perils of Audiobooks
What Are Some of Our Favorite Women Authors Reading This Summer? Part 2
Guest blogger Patry Francis: My first bookstore
THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI wins 2014 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
LIFE DRAWING a suspenseful examination of a marriage after betrayal
What Are Some of Our Favorite Women Authors Reading This Summer?
THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS gives powerful voice to a silent minority
Nadine Gordimer, Nobel-Prize winning South African, dies at 90
Guest blogger Jennifer duBois: Books to read when you have no time to read
THE SIXTEENTH OF JUNE explores entire lives in a single day
Natalia Sylvester: The book that made me want to be a writer
WIFE AND WAR captures the hidden costs of 9/11 and the war on terror
Boston Globe article examines issue of gender bias in book cover art
HOME LEAVE announces the debut of a writer to be reckoned with
Top 10 Tuesday: 10 Classics I Need to Read
Hidden Gems: Author Celeste Ng recommends THE CELESTIALS by Karen Shepard
Lisa Gornick: "I am a great admirer of old-fashioned sprawling novels."
Literary Giveaway Blog Hop winner announced!
Center for Fiction announces longlist for first novel prize
Natalia Sylvester: "It’s all about the relationships we create—with readers and with bookstores."
Guest blogger Susan Jane Gilman: "What Am I Reading? Don’t Ask."
Women Writers on the Iraq War: A Collection of Reviews & Interviews
TINDERBOX an absorbing family drama that benefits from author's psychological insights
The Top Ten Novels of 2014 (So Far)
"Hawking My Wares": Virginia Pye on a writer's ever-expanding skill set
CHASING THE SUN: wife's kidnapping leads to dissection of marriage in suspenseful debut novel
WE ARE CALLED TO RISE captures life in the real Las Vegas, inspires with humanity
Guest Blogger Laura McBride: My Year with Virginia Woolf
Roxana Robinson wins Maine Literary Award for SPARTA
Start to Finish: A Photo Essay (of Sorts) for THE CHRONICLE OF SECRET RIVEN
A Conversation with Mary Vensel White on THE QUALITIES OF WOOD
THE QUALITIES OF WOOD combines suspenseful mystery and compelling character study to good effect
Summer Reading Preview: 25 can't-miss reads
Jessica Anya Blau: My Favorite Women Writers of the 1950s
STOP HERE captures lives of working people in time of war and recession
YOU ARE ONE OF THEM probes friendship, a disappearance and U.S.-Soviet politics
Guest Blogger Jessica Anya Blau: My Favorite Women Writers of the 1950s
A conversation with Virginia Pye about RIVER OF DUST: "I’d grown up with China in my consciousness"
RIVER OF DUST: a spiritual journey through unknown China for characters and readers alike
Three Australian novelists you need to know: Grenville, London & Wyld
Elizabeth Graver: “Everyone—and every place—has a story, a history, an untold life”
Winners announced: Elizabeth Graver's THE END OF THE POINT!
THE END OF THE POINT: a family saga that examines the power of place
Filling the Well: Elizabeth Graver on the early stages of the writing process
NEWS FROM HEAVEN wins Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction
Laline Paull on THE BEES: "I tried to put everything I know about how stories work into this book"
THE BEES: a pulse-pounding thriller that poses serious questions
Blau, Levitt and Pye stand out in SheBooks' mini e-book offerings
Mary Vensel White on LOLITA: The Book That Changed My Life
"What Does 'Women's Fiction' Mean?" asks Randy Susan Meyers
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro: The Writing That Worked a "Miracle" In My Life
"Women in Bed" probes the lives of complex women
You Know When the Men Are Gone captures the wives' war on the home front
Ten Unforgettable Female Characters
Guest blogger Vanessa Blakeslee: The Ten Best Books on Writing
40 women writers on "the day my life changed"
TIME lists "21 Female Authors You Should Be Reading"
"The Goldfinch" wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves examines unique family, loss, memory
Ozeki, Bulawayo win Los Angeles Times Book Awards for fiction
A conversation with Cara Hoffman on class, family, women in the Iraq war and PTSD
Short list announced for prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction
BE SAFE, I LOVE YOU: a riveting portrait of a female soldier's homecoming
Fowler wins PEN/Faulkner Award for WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES
ELLE: 12 great female writers recommend their 40 favorite female writers
MARY COIN imagines the lives behind Lange's "Migrant Mother" photo
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About War by Laura Harrington
BOY, SNOW, BIRD shatters Snow White to examine beauty in a multi-racial world
Canadian Mint honors Alice Munro with silver $5 coin
My bookish bucket list: 10 literary longings
A conversation with Kristiana Kahakauwila about THIS IS PARADISE
THIS IS PARADISE explores the lives lived in the Hawai'i that tourists don't see
Top Ten Tuesday: 10 books at the top of my spring reading list
SAND QUEEN tells the brutal truth of women in the Iraq War
A conversation with KIND OF KIN author Rilla Askew: Turning issues into great fiction
Adichie wins National Book Critics Circle Award for "Americanah"
10 Women Writers You Should Know
Poet-Provocateur Jessica Helen Lopez drops C**t.Bomb.
Longlist announced for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014
George Saunders wins 2014 Story Prize over Andrea Barrett and Rebecca Lee
PEN/Faulkner Foundation announces nominees for Fiction award
Top 10 Popular Woman Authors I've Never Read
KIND OF KIN addresses immigration issues with powerful, multiple-narrative story
The 2013 VIDA Count is in: "Two steps forward, one step back"
Sunday Sentence: SAND QUEEN by Helen Benedict
Spring-Summer Book Preview, Part 2: Too Much Good Stuff
Spring Book Preview: Lots of great reading on the way!
TRAIN SHOTS a dark and powerful story collection
A Conversation with Molly Antopol about THE UNAMERICANS
THE UNAMERICANS stakes early claim to Book of the Year honors
OF BIRDS AND LOVERS works its magic with prose-poetry
MAN ALIVE! explores life-changing effects of a lightning strike
"Should 'Women's Fiction' have its own category?" Yael Goldstein asks
Has the "Reading Women" movement reached critical mass?
FLASHES OF WAR provides all-encompassing insight into war
2013 Survey: It was a very good year
A conversation with SPARTA author Roxana Robinson about women writers on war
A Conversation with Helene Wecker about The Golem and the Jinni