Category Archives: Recommendations

AWM Staff Reads: August 2019

It should come as no surprise, but all of us here at the American Writers [...]

Chicago Summer Books

By Christian Thorsberg The Chicago summer. She asks not for permission. She asks not for [...]

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National Book Lovers Day Staff Picks

National Book Lovers Day Staff Picks In honor of National Book Lovers Day, celebrated annually [...]

Spooky Summer Reads

By Frankie Paar The days are sunny and the air is warm. It’s that time [...]

LGBTQ+ Books to Read

By Frankie Paar Each year, the month of June is designated as Pride Month to [...]

Five Under-read World War I Works

In early 1918, the first U.S. soldiers arrived in France to join the Allied forces [...]

In Their Own Words: John Scalzi

John Scalzi is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of [...]

AWM Staff Recommendations from The Great American Read

Here at the AWM, we LOVE to read. That’s why we are so excited to [...]

In Their Own Words: Manisha Sinha

Manisha Sinha is professor and the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American [...]