“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” — Dr. Seuss
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We provide a unique look at vintage literary treasures. We’ll tell you if they’re worth reading and why. And where you might be able to find them.
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New Book Reviews
Greatest Short Stories, Vol. V (1940)
Various (edited by P.F. Collier & Son)
As with the earlier volumes, this anthology works well as a literary palate cleanser between cover-to-cover reads. This edition of Great Short Stories, in particular, provides a few powerful and memorable works.
The Killings at Badger’s Drift (1987)
Caroline Graham
Even if it wasn’t the first Inspector Barnaby mystery—and even if it wasn’t the novel that launched the celebrated British television series Midsomer Murders—Caroline Graham’s The Killings at Badger’s Drift would still be among the most pleasing, yet twisted, mysteries you’re likely to encounter.
The Andromeda Strain (1969)
Michael Crichton
When you reach the conclusion of Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain, you may be asking yourself, “Really?” But while you’re getting your head around the story’s resolution, you’ll also be reflecting on what a good time you had getting there.
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Common Nonsense (2002)
Andy Rooney
The Horror in the Museum & Other Stories (2010)
H.P. Lovecraft
The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)
Paul Theroux
Jane Eyre (1847)
Charlotte Bronte
August’s Features
Quote of the Month
“I wondered why it’s always those who live on little who are the ones to ask you to dinner.”
From Blue Highways (1982) by William Least Heat-Moon
Read a Banned Book!
Good Old Reads supports the awareness efforts of the American Library Association, PEN America, and the Texas Freedom to Read Project regarding the wholesale book bans in American public schools and libraries.
