21st century Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/21st-century/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:47:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg 21st century Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/21st-century/ 32 32 38398750 Workhorse: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/workhorse-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/workhorse-a-novel/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:41:27 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19460 Clo Harmon is a 25-year-old assistant at a fashion magazine. She’s a workhorse—eager, bright, hardworking, but with no fashion pedigree. Meaning she will never achieve her dream of being an editor because those jobs only go to the show horses—wealthy, skinny girls with Ivy League degrees and all the right connections.  What’s an ambitious, but […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/workhorse-a-novel/feed/ 0 19460 Happy at Any Cost https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/happy-at-any-cost/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/happy-at-any-cost/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:22:38 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16597 While Zappos may be an easily recognizable name to anyone who shops online and loves shoes, Tony Hsieh is probably not. I knew of him because he was often profiled in business news for his unique take on the best way to run a successful company. Happiness. Zappos was consistently ranked in the top 10 […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/happy-at-any-cost/feed/ 4 16597 Gatecrasher: How I Helped the Rich Become Famous and Ruin the World https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/11/gatecrasher-how-i-helped-the-rich-become-famous-and-ruin-the-world/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/11/gatecrasher-how-i-helped-the-rich-become-famous-and-ruin-the-world/#respond Wed, 18 Nov 2020 05:44:54 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15059     Gatecrashing is more than just an art form; it’s a human right. It is the fifth freedom. After all, who are these good times for, if not for you? Ben Widdicombe is not a name you’re likely to recognize, but in his own way he’s had quite an impact on America. In fact, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/11/gatecrasher-how-i-helped-the-rich-become-famous-and-ruin-the-world/feed/ 0 15059 Homeland Elegies: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/10/homeland-elegies-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/10/homeland-elegies-a-novel/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:06:07 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14897 These days, I’m attuned to fiction that takes my mind off reality. Not necessarily easy or soothing, but novels that grab me with their drama (Against the Loveless World) or distract me with their lovely prose (Monogamy). It’s with some surprise then that I’m reviewing Homeland Elegies, a complex novel I’m still not sure I […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/10/homeland-elegies-a-novel/feed/ 4 14897 The Most Fun We Ever Had: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/the-most-fun-we-ever-had-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/the-most-fun-we-ever-had-a-novel/#comments Mon, 08 Jul 2019 07:53:36 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12946 Where to begin about The Most Fun We Ever Had? To be concise: It’s a sweeping story of a Chicago couple who meet and marry in 1970s and go on to have four daughters. But that’s like telling someone the Grand Canyon is a big hole in the ground and not the way I work. […]

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