Door Stop Novels
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You know those giant books that people like to pretend they have read? Well, I actually read them, and then I write about them at https://doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/
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DSN of the Week: The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson #yafiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/youn...
Young Adult Fiction: The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson
Author Tiffany D. Jackson has returned with another young adult thriller, this time taking place on a college campus during a young girl's f...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
DSN of the Week: The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson #yafiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/youn...
DSN of the Week: Vagabond by Tim Curry #nonfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/nonf...
Nonfiction: Vagabond by Tim Curry
Fans of legendary actor Tim Curry can remember what role it was from his long career that first introduced them to his voice, his range, and...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
DSN of the Week: Vagabond by Tim Curry #nonfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/nonf...
DSN of the Week: The Book of Anansi @angiethomas.bsky.social doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/youn...
Young Adult Fiction: The Book of Anansi by Angie Thomas
The second book in the Nic Blake and the Remarkables series is here! Author Angie Thomas is continuing her middle grade series with The Boo...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
DSN of the Week: The Book of Anansi @angiethomas.bsky.social doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/youn...
DSN Lineup for the Month of December
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
DSN Lineup for the Month of December
Four DSNs have won in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards #GoodreadsChoice doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/winn...
Winners of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards
The day has come! The winners of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced, and as usual, there a few surprises, as well as a fe...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Four DSNs have won in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards #GoodreadsChoice doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/12/winn...
DSN of the Week: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan #HistoricalFiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/hist...
Historical Fiction: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
Before the end of the year came and went, I wanted just one more historical fiction book to cover. Thankfully, Patrick Ryan's Buckeye caugh...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
DSN of the Week: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan #HistoricalFiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/hist...
The voting is now open for the final round of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards #GoodreadsChoice doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/good...
Goodreads Choice Awards 2025 Final Round
The voting has now opened for the final round of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards , and after this, the winners will be announced on Thursda...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The voting is now open for the final round of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards #GoodreadsChoice doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/good...
DSN of the Week: Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley #yafiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/youn...
Young Adult Fiction: Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
Since the publication of her first novel, Firekeeper's Daughter , author Angeline Boulley has become a household name for YA readers. And wh...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
DSN of the Week: Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley #yafiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/youn...
DSN of the Week: The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
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Contemporary Fiction: The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
As a follow-up to her 2022 novel Neruda on the Park , author Cleyvis Natera has given readers The Grand Paloma Resort . Mostly set in and ar...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
DSN of the Week: The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
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The 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards are here! Time for readers to make their voices heard in the opening round of voting. #GoodreadsChoice doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/good...
Goodreads Choice Awards 2025
Well, this moment certainly got here in a hurry. Or perhaps I am the only one caught off guard by the fact that the 2025 Goodreads Choice Aw...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards are here! Time for readers to make their voices heard in the opening round of voting. #GoodreadsChoice doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/good...
DSN of the Week: Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris #nonfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/nonf...
Nonfiction: Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris
Science fiction author Octavia E. Butler was only 58 years-old when she died on February 24, 2006. Writers and readers alike mourned the los...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
DSN of the Week: Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris #nonfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/11/nonf...
DSN Lineup for the Month of November
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
DSN Lineup for the Month of November
DSN of the Week: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia #HistoricalFiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/hist...
Historical Fiction: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The latest book by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a tale of witches and magic and spells, spanning 90 years and two countries. The Bewitching offe...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
DSN of the Week: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia #HistoricalFiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/hist...
DSN of the Week: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/cont...
Contemporary Fiction: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Something I am always on the lookout for when it comes to this blog are books that are worthy of the category of 'door stop.' Five hundred p...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
DSN of the Week: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/cont...
DSN of the Week: These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma #scifi #sciencefiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/scie...
Science Fiction: These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma
For what could (maybe) end up being my last science fiction selection for the year, I chose Yiming Ma's These Memories Do Not Belong to Us ....
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October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
DSN of the Week: These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma #scifi #sciencefiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/scie...
DSN of the Week: The Antidote by Karen Russell #historicalfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/hist...
Historical Fiction: The Antidote by Karen Russell
Karen Russell's The Antidote has garnered a good amount of attention for tackling what life was like during the Dust Bowl in the U.S, as we...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
DSN of the Week: The Antidote by Karen Russell #historicalfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/hist...
DSN of the Week: Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/clas...
Classic Fiction: Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende
Continuing my journey through the books of Isabel Allende, today's post is all about Portrait in Sepia , which for me will close out the aut...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
DSN of the Week: Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/10/clas...
DSN Lineup for the Month of October
October 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
DSN Lineup for the Month of October
DSN of the Week: Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson #middlegrade doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/09/youn...
Young Adult Fiction: Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson
Author Tiffany D. Jackson is no stranger to the YA genre, so I was interested to see what happens when she writes a mystery and suspense nov...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
DSN of the Week: Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson #middlegrade doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/09/youn...
DSN of the Week: Park Avenue by Renee Ahdieh doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/09/cont...
Contemporary Fiction: Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh
The debut adult novel of author Renée Ahdieh has been compared to both Crazy Rich Asians and Succession . With the focus of the story being...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DSN of the Week: Park Avenue by Renee Ahdieh doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/09/cont...
DSN of the Week: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams #nonfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/09/nonf...
Nonfiction: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Interestingly enough, I found out about this book through a post on Facebook. Given what Sarah Wynn-Williams' Careless People is about, I h...
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September 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DSN of the Week: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams #nonfiction doorstopnovels.blogspot.com/2025/09/nonf...