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
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow: The Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore: A History of Love and Violence Among the African American Elite by Eleanor Alexander

Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow: The Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Moore: A History of Love and Violence Among the African American Elite

Eleanor Alexander

241 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm

The Silent Woman

Janet Malcolm

224 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction biography poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism by Megan Marshall

The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism

Megan Marshall

602 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms by Carmela Ciuraru

Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms

Carmela Ciuraru

400 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors by Andrew Shaffer

Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors

Andrew Shaffer

297 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history funny reflective fast-paced
Virginia Woolf: The Will to Create as a Woman by Ruth Gruber

Virginia Woolf: The Will to Create as a Woman

Ruth Gruber

192 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Stephen Greenblatt

464 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry

Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

Imani Perry

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Charles Dickens in Love by Robert Garnett

Charles Dickens in Love

Robert Garnett

440 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis by Abigail Santamaria

Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis

Abigail Santamaria

416 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional reflective slow-paced