What To Read If

honest advice about making a career as an author today

A newsletter that reviews diverse and translated books from around the world, perfect for cultivating empathy and satisfying the desire to never stop learning.

Book cover designs and the people behind them.

Book recommendations, things I’ve read, thoughts I’ve thought, life philosophies, general musings, and JOY.

Join me while I read and muse my way through midlife in Wisconsin ~ book recommendations, comments on the reading life, and roundups of things I love, delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning.

Queerthology reads and discusses QTBIPOC anthologies, short stories, graphic novels and poetry.

a bookish solo mom learns how to run a used bookstore, one shift at a time.

Contemplations on a bookish life through moody book recs & reviews

Every two weeks, I recommend and review a book I loved, and bake a delicious bread that fits with an aspect of the story. Fiction & non-fiction.

Recommendations for under-the-radar books you haven't heard of.

A newsletter about the books I'm reading, loving, and hating

Book recommendations and recipes from your reading friend

All things books, reading, and Hurrah! I'm finally retired and it's everything and more.

themed book recs + recipes for tasty treats

work, love, art & other life-stuff, seen through a bookish lens

Eclectic book recommendations, personal essays, and curated lists.

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

Book reviews, discussions, lists, and more — delivered every Tuesday and Friday morning.

A monthly collection of three bite-sized book reviews and other things from a professional book person.

The world of non-fiction from Sutherland House (and beyond)

A newsletter for curious, thoughtful readers who miss the “old” internet.

A 'brilliant high-low fusion of an old art form and modern storytelling device.' - Esquire.

The FAQ on how to find an agent and how to write books, all in one place.