Book Recommendations

Writing Updates, The Ministry of Time and Everything Else I Read in March

Some books hit you just when you need them and you must re-read immediately, Oura Sleep Scores be damned.

Apr 4 • Sara K. Orr

Everything I Read, Listened To and Watched in February

My information diet is still a hot mess but I'm trying to make it joyful

Mar 6 • Sara K. Orr

Beach Read Book Review

The Novel That Changed My Career

Jan 30 • Sara K. Orr

Best Books I Read in 2025

Impossible to pick my top 10 out of the 75 I read but here it goes!

Dec 23, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny and the Luxury of Solitude

What is the ideal writer life?

Dec 16, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

Heartwood by Amity Gaige: Book Review & Craft Tips

Part of my ongoing series Reading as a Writer to study what resonates with me as a reader and what craft tips I learned as a writer—and how debut…

Oct 5, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

Culpability, Buckeye and Bridge of Sighs: Review and Craft Tips

Part of my ongoing series Reading as a Writer to study what resonates with me as a reader and what craft tips I learned as a writer—and how debut…

Oct 3, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami: Book Review

Part of my ongoing series “Reading as a Writer” to study what resonates with me as a reader and what craft techniques I can learn as a writer—plus how…

Aug 5, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez: Book Review and Craft Tips

Part of my ongoing series Reading as a Writer to study what resonates with me as a reader and what craft tips I learned as a writer—and how debut…

Jul 4, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors: Book Review - Sisterhood and Ambition

Part of my ongoing series analyzing Book Club picks to study what resonates with me as a reader and what craft tips I learn as a writer—and how debut…

Jul 4, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner: Book Review

Bad Ass Lady Spy Thriller + Neanderthals = Awesomeness

Jun 5, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

Dream State by Eric Puchner - Book Review and Craft Tips

Part of my ongoing series Reading as a Writer to study what resonates with me as a reader and what craft tips I learned as a writer—and how debut…

Jun 5, 2025 • Sara K. Orr

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