Literary Hot Goss

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4 participants (112 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read books throughout the year related to the personal lives of famous writers. As sophisticated  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. 

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Famous Writers I Have Known by James Magnuson

Famous Writers I Have Known

James Magnuson

320 pages • 2014

fiction contemporary funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
Between the Sheets: Nine 20th Century Women Writers & Their Famous Literary Partnerships by Lesley McDowell

Between the Sheets: Nine 20th Century Women Writers & Their Famous Literary Partnerships

Lesley McDowell

365 pages • hardcover • 2010

nonfiction biography feminism history informative slow-paced
Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers by David Stabler

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers

David Stabler

200 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography childrens middle grade informative lighthearted medium-paced
Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers as Kids by Elizabeth Haidle

Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers as Kids

Elizabeth Haidle

64 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction biography middle grade informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers by John J. Ross

Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers

John J. Ross

291 pages • hardcover

nonfiction classics health history literary
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer by Margalit Fox

Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer

Margalit Fox

352 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious medium-paced
Jane Austen's Aunt Behind Bars: Writers and Their Criminal Relatives and Associates, 1700 1900 by Stephen Wade

Jane Austen's Aunt Behind Bars: Writers and Their Criminal Relatives and Associates, 1700 1900

Stephen Wade

188 pages • digital

nonfiction history literary
Writers and Their Pets: True Stories of Famous Authors and Their Animal Friends by Kathleen Krull

Writers and Their Pets: True Stories of Famous Authors and Their Animal Friends

Kathleen Krull

192 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction biography middle grade adventurous informative lighthearted fast-paced
Final Drafts: Suicides of World-Famous Authors by Mark Seinfelt

Final Drafts: Suicides of World-Famous Authors

Mark Seinfelt

456 pages • hardcover • 1999

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died by Jim Bernhard

Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died

Jim Bernhard

312 pages • 2015

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced