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A Love Letter to Nashville
A Love Letter to Nashville

A Love Letter to Nashville

Lauren Nossett’s Indie Darling is a thriller that could only be set in Music City

In her new thriller, Indie Darling, Nashville author Lauren Nossett plumbs a dark side of Music City. Told from the perspective of a badass female private detective investigating the disappearance of a popular singer-songwriter, the story is rife with plot twists, parallel mysteries, and Dolly Parton songs. Nossett will appear at a book launch party at The Sun Room in Nashville on July 27 and at the 2026 Southern Festival of Books on October 17-18. 

Odd Man In

Odd Man In

In Robyn Hitchcock’s memoir, a young musician at odds with the times stays true to his weird self

‘Vital Voices’

‘Vital Voices’

Denise Kiernan chronicles the role of women in the American Revolution

City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts

Jay McInerney’s familiar characters look back while their children forge ahead

A Family’s Survival

A Family’s Survival

In Maggie O’Farrell’s Land, a map of colonization unfolds

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Chapter 16, launched in October 2009, is an online journal about books, writers, and literary events in Tennessee and serves as the state affiliate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.

We cover novels set here; histories involving Tennessee events or locations; authors who live here, were born or educated here; and out-of-state writers when they give readings or participate in book signings anywhere in the state. We also publish original poems and essays by prominent Tennessee authors (including previews of their works in progress).

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