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Alexandra Grabbe

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I love to escape into a good book. My preference goes to literary fiction.

I used to be an innkeeper and wrote an e-guide for Cape Cod visitors but never created a paper version. I prefer the feeling of holding a real book to e-publishing. When I borrow a library book and fall in love with it, I immediately buy a copy. I especially enjoy historical novels.

Among my favorite authors: John Updike and Lauren Groff. Again, what I care about is the quality of the writing and the attention paid to historical detail.. Recent books I have enjoyed, Sidle Creek by Jolene McIlwain and River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure.

I graduated from Vassar, then moved to France for 25 years, so no MFA, but have honed my craft at GrubStreet in Boston since 20 ...more

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Stats on Books

Winter is coming early, with snow predicted this week, up to six inches, so it’s time to share a final photo from Fall 2025. The year ends with dismal stats on books. Print book sales are down 0.6% through October 2025 with 3.3 million fewer books sold than in the same period in 2024 according to Circana Bookscan. Adult fiction is declining for the first time in five years. 80% of published books

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Alexandra Grabbe’s books

Average rating: 4.23 · 30 ratings · 12 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Émigré: 95 Years in the Life of a Russian Count by Paul Grabbe, Alexandra Grabbe (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nansen Factor: Refugee Stories 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wellfleet, An Insider's Guide to Cape Cod’s Trendiest Town 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism by Michelle Duster (Editor), Trina Sotira (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dee Allen. (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Joining Forces by Jessica Augustsson (Goodreads Author), Holly Schofield (Goodreads Author), L. Chan (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Seeing Joy: A Story of Life, Death, and What Comes Next 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The World to Come

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Alexandra Grabbe wants to read The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book really liked it Lake Song: A Novel in Stories (Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction) by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Stories linked in a very interesting way over a period of around 80 years, so the book ends up feeling like a novel. The author's grandparents lived in the finger lakes region of New York, so she knows it well. Absolutely beautiful cover. Do check it ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was amazing Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Memorial Days is a memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks, a former journalist born in Australia who switched to writing fiction in 2001. She was deep in the manuscript for her sixth novel when the phone rang, and she learned that her husba ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book it was amazing The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book. It takes the reader to Iran and we learn about the friendship between two young girls. The cover is beautiful and the prose is exemplary. I didn't want this novel to end. ...more
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Alexandra Grabbe and 1 other person liked Ira Therebel's review of Émigré: 95 Years in the Life of a Russian Count: "Paul Grabbe had a very extraordinary life and the biography is very interesting to read. So much had happened that when filling 267 pages he has plenty of information and it is never boring. Almost half of the book are memories from his younger years " Read more of this review »
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Alexandra Grabbe rated a book really liked it In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It was refreshing to discover Sebastian Junger's prose was as fresh as ever. I found his story fascinating and believed in the exceptional thing that happened as doctors thought they might lose him. Where I had a problem was when he tried to explain ...more
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