American Literary Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
American Literary Review on X
Biannual literary magazine founded in 1990 at @UNTEnglish. Spring 2023 Issue: https://t.co/8iiVXyw2Nz

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan Diaz
Reviews by: @Jigsaw_Songbird (NDA: An Autofiction Anthology, from @ArchwayEditions), @vince_granata (A Ballad of Love and Glory by @reynagrande, from @AtriaBooks), and Josh Zimmerer (Trust by Hernan Diaz, from @riverheadbooks)
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick
Matt Haig
Start your weekend off with this review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, written by fiction reader Brittany Glenn. 📚 https://t.co/kNcZTP9FvS
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rubble Square
Adam Tavel
Check out contributor Adam Tavel's new book of ekphrastic poems, "Rubble Square," out now from Stephen F. Austin University Press! Congratulations, Adam! Order "Rubble Square": https://t.co/o5OGjhx8L4 And read Tavel's poem published in ALR, here: https://t.co/Rx57af9bye
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blue-Skinned Gods
Sj Sindu
We are thrilled to have SJ Sindu (@SJSindu) judging the ALR Literary Awards in Short Fiction. Here is an interview between Sindu and NPR's weekend edition host Scott Simon, @nprscottsimon, discussing Sindu's novel Blue-Skinned Gods: https://t.co/bKzRc96oRd. https://t.co/eP1RYbsU6Q
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure
Robert Lopez
Reviews: @vince_granata reviews Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere by Robert Lopez; @jayday reviews Out of Order by @alexissearspoet.
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nda: An Autofiction Anthology
Arata
We think @Jigsaw_Songbird's review of NDA: An Autofiction Anthology (edited by Caitlin Forst) is smart and timely. Click on the link to read Khan's full review. https://t.co/eJWOEpnMx2 https://t.co/VmDyADmp4N
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All Heathens
Marianne Chan
Our forthcoming spring 22 issue features work by poet @marianneLchan, winner of 2021 GLCA New Writers Award in Poetry & the 2021 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry for her 2020 book All Heathens. Marianne, we are so honored to publish your work! http://www.sarabandebooks.org/titles-20192039/all-heathens-marianne-chan
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mask Collectors
Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer
Congratulations to our past contributor, Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer, on her new novel, "The Mask Collectors." Check out her story we published back in 2015: https://t.co/AQ3OeqQij7
Paperback, 2019
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Valleyesque: Stories
Fernando A. Flores
New! Managing Editor @colleenmeow raves about Fernando A. Flores' collection Valleyesque, from @mcdbooks, where you will "get lost in a series of funhouse mirrors. Each one primed to reflect its own unique blend of truth-telling & chaos back to you." https://t.co/fxEx2Bb9Xj
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Staten Island Stories
Claire Jimenez
We've got a new review of @clairedjimenez's Staten Island Stories, reviewed our Managing Editor @reebeckss. "I find myself marveling at the way in which Jimenez’s characters operate within the ‘real’ world—our world..." Read the full review here: https://t.co/kR31Tuyomd
Paperback, 2019
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book