2013′s 10 Best Works of Fiction So Far It may be hard to believe, but we’ve already made it halfway through 2013. And what a year for fiction it’s been! The first half of this year has been full of wonderfully strange short fiction, big important novels, and everything in between — and it’s only getting better (Donna Tartt! Margaret Atwood!) from here. After the jump, Flavorwire’s favorite fiction from the first half of 2013. Tenth of December, George Saunders George Saunders is a perennial Flavorwire favorite — and he’s also a favorite of pretty much anyone who’s serious about contemporary fiction.
what I’ve been reading | whiskey drink studio For anyone wanting some books to read here is what I was reading the last bit of 2013, i will warn you it is a weird mix of genres but they are all good. Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. If you are interested in human trafficking. Did not realize that one of the big ways to help is just through simple things like food, water, and education. Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith. The Cloister Walk by Kathlees Norris. Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. House Girl by Tara Conklin. Exodus by Leon Uris. Snow in August by Pete Hamill. The Liars Club by Mary Karr. Crazy Love by Francis Chan. What about you? Like this: Like Loading... Humanities | Research and Documentation Online 5th Edition An alphabetized list of works cited, which appears at the end of your research paper, gives publication information for each of the sources you have cited in the paper. Include only sources that you have quoted, summarized, or paraphrased. (For information about preparing the list, click here; for a sample list of works cited, click here.) The guidelines presented here are consistent with advice given in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. (2009). General guidelines for works cited in MLA style In an MLA works cited entry, the first author’s name is inverted (the last name comes first, followed by a comma and the first name), and all other names are in normal order. The city of publication is given without a state name. All works cited entries must include the medium in which a work was published, produced, or delivered. up to directory menu Listing authors (print and online) According to Nancy Flynn, . . . Flynn, Nancy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Article or other short work 6. ---.
10 New Must-Reads for July Though the book industry tends to slow down in the summer (heat makes it hard to turn the pages), July is still filled with great reads for your poolside or air-conditioner-side afternoons. Don’t be shy: grown ups can indulge in summer reading too. After the jump, ten books to get pumped about this month. The Classic Horror Stories, H.P. If you, like certain Flavorwire literary editors, have always wanted to get into H.P. 19 Books You've Been Meaning to Read FOREVER A little while ago, we asked you to confess the books you’ve always wanted to read but just never seem to get around to. You know, the ones that stare at you from atop your TBR pile and cause you endless readerly guilt. 358 readers answered the call, listing 383 unique titles. A handful of books came up A LOT, and a lot of books came up only once. Here are the top 19 books Riot readers have been meaning to read forever. Titles marked with asterisks—15 of the 19!–also appear on the list of Riot readers’ 50 favorite novels. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (51 mentions)Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy*Ulysess by James Joyce*Moby-Dick by Herman Melville*Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace*The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. What do you make of these results? Book Riot Live is coming!
The Best Writing Advice From Famous Authors There are lots of “writing rules” around from well-known authors, and I thought it would be useful to bring them together in one list. I’m sure I’ve missed some, so feel free to make suggestions! Here is, as far as I can tell, a collection of The Best Writing Advice From Famous Authors: Writing Tips by Henry Miller, Elmore Leonard, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman & George Orwell is from Open Culture. John Steinbeck’s 6 Writing Tips Ten rules for writing fiction is from The Guardian. The Guardian also has a Rules for writers series. “Fumblerules Of Grammar” comes from William Safire. Heinlein’s Rules C.S. Writing Rules! A Simple Way to Create Suspense offers great writing advice from author Lee Child. George Orwell on writing is from The Economist. Advice For Scientists Who Want To Write For The Public is not written by a famous writer, but it’s still good and I’m putting it on this list for now. Feedback is welcome.
7 Better-Than-Beach-Reads About Famous Writers Though a great many literary novels have novelists as protagonists — e.g. Roth’s Nathan Zuckerman, or Chabon’s Grady Tripp, and that’s just for starters — much fewer explicitly take their inspiration from real-life writers. Or at least, they didn’t until recently, partly because of a certain stigma that has always attached to biography and biographers, the idea that they are people who sort through other people’s garbage in search of a crucial piece of mail. The public has generally disagreed on this point. Whether or not you think that’s just literary snobbery, of late even certain “serious” novelists have taken up the task of describing the lives of real writers. Abba Abba, by Anthony Burgess, tells the story of the last months of John Keats’ life, which he spent dying of consumption in Rome.
10 of the Greatest Debut Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels Today marks the release of Danie Ware’s debut novel Ecko Rising, a genre-bending SF-fantasy mash-up set in a futuristic, tech-crazed London. To celebrate the release, Flavorwire asked Ware to curate a list of some of her favorite science fiction and fantasy from debut novelists. After all, she is an expert. Ware explains: “You never realize what a minefield of explosive wonder the ‘debut novel’ question really is until you start to stretch out a foot, navigating your way to an answer. “There are those that come across as door openers –- publishing a less ambitious project first, making way for subsequent creative vision (Mieville’s King Rat). “There are even those whose first novels are not actually counted as science fiction or fantasy at all, though they themselves went on to write reams of the stuff (David Eddings’s High Hunt). The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams As game-changers go, they don’t come bigger than this.
Which Books Should You Read If You Want To Get Laid? If you’re looking for complacent cogs in the machine, stay away from the Heller fan. By Nerve Staff Omnivore, a book review hub based out of London, recently announced that it's launching a new dating website to connect potential partners through their taste in literature. I can't number the times I've tried catching a commuter's eye on the MTA solely on the basis of the book they're reading. Here are Nerve's suggestions for the sexiest, most personal books you can and should be reading in public. 1. Just Kids is one of the most attractive books you could catch someone reading over a cup of coffee. 2. Despite its reputation, Moby-Dick is chill as hell. 3. Anne Carson is one of the most famous living poets and she's also batty as all get out. 4. If you don't love A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels you are dead inside. 5. Leaving the Atocha Station is Ben Lerner's first novel. 6. 7. Y: The Last Man is a contemporary classic in the comic book world. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
The 25 Best Websites for Literature Lovers It’s an interesting relationship that book lovers have with the Internet: most would rather read a physical book than something on an iPad or Kindle, and even though an Amazon purchase is just two or three clicks away, dedicated readers would rather take a trip to their local indie bookstore. Yet the literary world occupies a decent-sized space on the web. Readers, writers, publishers, editors, and everybody in between are tweeting, Tumbling, blogging, and probably even Vine-ing about their favorite books. The Millions Ten years is a mighty long time in terms of Internet life, but that’s how long The Millions has been kicking out a steady stream of reviews, essays, and links. 19 Contemporary British Novels You Need to Read Now Perhaps my opinion here owes much to the fact that I’m Canadian and therefore still subject to excessive colonial reverence for people with cool accents and universities that date to the 13th century who put all the “u”s in the proper places in the words! But people who love books in America are, in my opinion, overly focused on contemporary American authors. Contemporary American authors are, in my opinion, not necessarily doing the best and most interesting work in fiction today, if I’m to make generalizations. I’d much prefer picking up just about any living British novelist whose last name is not Amis. But often when I name these folks people haven’t heard of them, because so much of the American book marketing machine is steadily trained on the homegrown. Here is my list of the novelists you must read to get up to snuff on British novel-writing. Bonus: None of these novels are set in Brooklyn, and vanishingly few are about writers. Charlotte Mendelson, Almost English
Best New Books For Fall - Reading Guide "I feel like everyone was talking about this book over the holidays, and I was slow to pick it up. But honestly, I hate myself for it, because I would have loved to read this on my days off in December, in one uninterrupted stretch. The characters are so compelling and charming, I never want to leave them — especially not for stupid things like approaching my stop on the subway or going to work. Maria Semple Where'd You Go, Bernadette?