Literary Hot Goss

Hosted by englishpete

2 participants, 33 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Read books throughout the year related to the personal lives of famous writers. As academic or trashy as you prefer. Range of books can include biographies/autobiographies, memoirs, semi-autobiographical elements found in their fiction, author’s private journals, essays, letter collections, travelogues, etc. 

All books added
The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith

The Price of Salt, or Carol

Patricia Highsmith

304 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Quicksand by Nella Larsen

Quicksand

Nella Larsen

192 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Well of Loneliness

Radclyffe Hall

448 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Beats: A Graphic History by Paul M. Buhle

The Beats: A Graphic History

Paul M. Buhle

208 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction comics history adventurous medium-paced
Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance: A Woman's Life Unveiled by Thadious M. Davis

Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance: A Woman's Life Unveiled

Thadious M. Davis

496 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Valerie Boyd

Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

Valerie Boyd

527 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Unknown No More: Recovering Sanora Babb by Joanne Dearcopp, Christine Hill Smith

Unknown No More: Recovering Sanora Babb

Joanne Dearcopp, Christine Hill Smith

230 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
An Owl on Every Post by Sanora Babb

An Owl on Every Post

Sanora Babb

268 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Anaïs Nin: A Biography by Deirdre Bair

Anaïs Nin: A Biography

Deirdre Bair

672 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging informative reflective slow-paced
James Baldwin: A Biography by David A. Leeming

James Baldwin: A Biography

David A. Leeming

464 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics race informative reflective slow-paced