REVIEWS
Looking for your next great read? Our editorial reviews spotlight Texas-connected books with honest, thoughtful, and professionally written evaluations from the Lone Star Lit team. Whether you’re in the mood for a gripping novel, a heartfelt memoir, or a fascinating nonfiction deep dive, our reviews offer insight into what makes each book stand out—without giving away any spoilers. Dive in and discover your next favorite story.
Lone Star Review: A PLACE AT THE TABLE
Review of A Place at the Table, new middle-grade fiction
Lone Star Review: WHY VISIT AMERICA
A review of Matthew Baker’s new set-in-Texas short-fiction collection,
Lone Star Indie Review: BLUESTREAM
Indie review of Bluestream by Michael Jungman
Lone Star Indie Review: LOW WATER CROSSING
Indie review of Dana Glossbrenner’s second Sulfur Gap novel
Lone Star Review: LINEAGE MOST LETHAL
Review of Lineage Most Lethal, second in the Ancestry Detective series
Lone Star Review: THIS IS MY AMERICA
Review of new YA fiction set in Austin
Lone Star Review: A SAINT FROM TEXAS
Review of Edmund White’s newest novel, A Saint from Texas
Lone Star Review: RULES FOR BEING DEAD
Review of Rules for Being Dead by Kim Powers
Lone Star Review: THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS
Review of Stephen Graham Jones’s The Only Good Indians
Lone Star Review: PROPHETIC CITY
Review of Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America by Stephen L. Klineberg
Lone Star Review: THE BRIGHT LANDS
Review of The Bright Lands by Texas native John Fram
Lone Star Review: CROOKED HALLELUJAH by Kelli Jo Ford
Review of Kelli Jo Ford’s debut novel, Crooked Halleluja
