Sitemap - 2023 - Read Her Like an Open Book
A year-end grab bag of bookish articles and interviews for your reading pleasure
My favorite book of 2023: THE POSTCARD
My 20 Favorite Reads of 2023 (Pt. 3: 2nd-4th place)
My 20 Favorite Reads of 2023 (Pt. 2: 5th-10th place)
My 20 Favorite Reads of 2023: Honorable Mention
Winter Books Preview: Six novels and a memoir you’ll want to add to your reading list
Lisa Gornick (ANA TURNS) and Alice Elliott Dark (FELLOWSHIP POINT) in conversation: The Writing Life
Four more standout back catalog books you need to read
Eight stellar back catalog books worth adding to your TBR list
Don’t let all the shiny new books make you overlook these outstanding backlist titles
AMERICAN ENDING author Mary Kay Zuravleff on “the DNA of the novel”
Books that complement each other, Pt. 2: Godshot and A Prayer for Travelers
Books that complement each other, Pt. 1: The Arsonists’ City and A Place for Us
GLACIERS reissue gives this gem of a book a second chance to charm readers
Linda Kass: How “Miss America 1945” Bess Myerson’s musical talent was born
Finalists for Kirkus Prize in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature announced
Seven books worth reading about the real Southern California (second in a series)
FAMILY LORE a spirited but flawed portrait of a Dominican-American family
My August hopefuls offer a rich variety of reading experiences
THE ROAD TO DALTON examines the interdependent lives in a rural Maine town with skill and compassion
Twelve Australian writers you need to read
Mary Kay Zuravleff on how she ended up circulating her new novel, AMERICAN ENDING, in serial form
Elizabeth Poliner: How mapping the stories of Alice Munro made me a better writer
YOU ARE HERE author Karin Lin-Greenberg on patience and publishing
Idra Novey on the Conjuring of Haunting Characters in TAKE WHAT YOU NEED
Christine Sneed: Eight Years Between Book Sales
Alice Elliott Dark explores "Aquamarine" from Elena Ferrante’s IN THE MARGINS (Pt. 2 in a series)
Fourteen works of historical fiction to read during Women’s History Month
Sunday links to book-related stories you may have missed
TRUE BIZ author Sara Nović: Why I hate publication-as-birthing metaphors
Ginny Kubitz Moyer on Loving Gardens in Literature and in Life
Alice Elliott Dark on “Pain and Pen” from Elena Ferrante’s essay collection IN THE MARGINS
WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is an intimate view of a lifelong friendship through life and death
Literary Links for Weekend Reading
Want to Make This Year’s Reading a Little More Interesting? Try Some Bookstagram Reading Challenges