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The Longest Chapter

A book critic's discoveries and recommendations

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What’s your favorite book?

May 24, 2018 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 7 Comments

PBS launched The Great American Read with a list of America’s 100 favorite books compiled from a national survey. You can now vote for your favorites on the list, in this search for the best loved novel.

Jon McGregor’s superb “Reservoir 13”

March 14, 2018 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 1 Comment

Truly a unique novel, one of the best I’ve read in a long time. How and why a teen-aged girl disappears becomes secondary to the impact on the nearby English village.

The power of books and giving one’s time

February 13, 2018 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

The beauty of this memoir lies in large part with Kuo's soul-searching about the Mississippi Delta region.

The eyes of a Texas Ranger

January 11, 2018 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

"Bluebird Bluebird" is Attica Locke's exciting new crime novel, the first of a proposed trilogy.

Top five fiction books in 2017

December 31, 2017 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

I cross referenced several 2017 best fiction lists. Here are the results.

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The Longest Chapter is written by Kassie Rose, book critic for Ohio NPR member station WOSU.

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