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I have been doing some reminiscing recently as I muse (well, if that is not an affected word, I am not sure what is) about the 25-year history of Reading Group Guides. A big change that has happened is access to authors. When we first started The Book Report Network in 1996, unless you saw an author on tour, all you knew about them was what you read on the book's back jacket. Something like, “She resides in San Francisco with her husband and her dog.” Sometimes the husband and dog were named. Some authors appeared on morning television nationally or wherever they were locally. Yes, remember those local morning shows that were in most big markets?
Now, authors interact on social media. They are interviewed online. They talk to book groups. They are personalities as much as they are writers. This month, we are bringing you yet another opportunity to engage with an author when we host our event with Fiona Davis next Tuesday. And we are bringing you interviews with three other authors, all of which shed light on their work. This is content that you can share with your book group members whether or not you are reading their books for a discussion.
We love what we do, and we love bringing these authors to you. You still can read the flap copy about the author, but here we give you a chance to hear from them in a much bigger way.
Last Friday, we hosted our 14th Annual Book Group Speed Dating event for booksellers, librarians, book club leaders and bloggers. Representatives from eight publishers presented 35 titles perfect for book groups that are publishing between now and November. You can watch the event here --- and if you would like to hear from a specific publisher, we have included timestamps for each of them.
To learn more about the books, click here to access a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation of the featured titles, as well as an Excel spreadsheet that lists the books both by publisher and alphabetically by title, along with a sheet to take notes.
This is your last Reading Group Guides newsletter reminder to sign up for this month’s “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event, which will take place on Tuesday, June 24th at 8pm ET.
As I mentioned earlier, our guest will be Fiona Davis. She will be talking about her novel, THE STOLEN QUEEN, which is a New York Times bestseller and a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection. You can sign up by clicking here.
If you have a question for Fiona, please email it to me using the subject line “Fiona” by Tuesday at noon ET. Be sure to also include your name, city and state, and indicate if you’d like to be on camera during the event so you can ask Fiona the question yourself, or if you’d prefer me to ask it for you. Those who appear on camera will be able to chat with Fiona in our virtual green room before the program starts.
We hosted our “Bookaccino Live” Summer Preview event last evening. I presented 53 books that are either out now or soon to be released this summer that we think you will enjoy reading over the next few months. Included are fiction; historical fiction; thrillers and mysteries; memoirs, biographies and other nonfiction; and one book of poetry.
Click here to watch the presentation and here to see a list of the titles that I talked about. Don’t miss our Fall Preview evening program in September!
As promised, we have three new “Bookreporter Talks To” interviews to tell you about in this newsletter.
First up is Jeanine Cummins, whose new novel, SPEAK TO ME OF HOME, is a Bets On pick. Last month, we posted the discussion guide and shared our Bookreporter review.
Jeanine talks about her inspiration for the book and the significance of home. What does it mean to different people and to different generations? She points out that we go through life either as passengers or as those who “control the wheel of the bus.” There is a family tree in the front of the book, which is helpful in following the story --- and Jeanine shows its beautiful design.
Click here to watch the video or here to listen to the podcast.
I also enjoyed catching up with Julie Clark about her latest thriller, THE GHOSTWRITER, which is an upcoming Bets On title.
Julie shares how she approached writing this book, including how a ghostwriter tackles a subject and handles the storytelling. She also talks about her process, which includes early mornings of writing, and why she will never be a book-a-year author. Julie’s character had some unexpected challenges that derailed her career, and she explains how these obstacles upped the stakes for her.
Click here to watch the video or here to listen to the podcast. We also are featuring the guide, along with our review on Bookreporter.
Last but certainly not least, I had the pleasure of speaking with Lori Foster about her new novel, THE GUEST COTTAGE, which is the first installment in her Firefly Summer series.
Lori explains how she developed the book, including the first idea that came to her, and where she sees the series headed. Quite fittingly, we talk about our mutual fascination with fireflies. Lori also shares information about her very successful “Reader & Author Get Together” event, and how it has grown and changed through the years.
Click here to watch the video or here to listen to the podcast. You also can see our review on Bookreporter here.
Wally Lamb’s highly anticipated new book, THE RIVER IS WAITING, is Oprah’s Book Club pick for June. Oprah also selected Lamb’s first two novels, SHE’S COME UNDONE and I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE, as book club picks back in the late '90s. Here’s what she says about his latest effort:
“The novel is centered around a guy named Corby, who's a stay-at-home dad taking care of his almost two-year-old twins and secretly spiking his morning coffee to get through the day. Now he's hiding a growing drug and alcohol addiction from his wife and lying to her about trying to find a job. But then he makes a fateful decision. He sets off an unthinkable chain of events that ends with every parent's worst nightmare becoming a reality. And that's all in just the first 12 pages.
“I'm not going to tell you what happens, but this bestselling author, Wally Lamb, takes us on an incredible and transformative journey from the depths of despair to the healing power of being able to face the truth and eventually find forgiveness.”
In front of a live audience at a Starbucks café in Seattle, Oprah talked to Lamb about character development and his writing process, among many other interesting topics. Click here for the discussion. You also can take a look at the guide and our Bookreporter review. I am reading and listening to the book now. It is so very well done!
ATMOSPHERE, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s latest novel, is this month’s “Good Morning America” Book Club pick and will be a Bets On selection. Tom, Francesca and I went to see Taylor at her New York event at Symphony Space, and she was fabulous!
The book revolves around Joan Goodwin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, who answers an ad seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined.
Here’s what Rebecca Munro says about the book in her review on Bookreporter: “Reid has penned her most propulsive, heartbreaking novel yet…and, somehow, her most uplifting.... In the end, ATMOSPHERE is not really about space or love, but the realization that as products of both of these complicated, complex subjects, we are all in debt to one another, forced to reckon with the repercussions of our actions. But we also are irrevocably, indisputably connected to one another, never alone for as long as it takes to consider the thought. And that’s a message worth championing.” Click here for the guide.
We also have added guides for these four books:
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A FAMILY MATTER: Claire Lynch’s first novel is June’s “Read with Jenna” Book Club pick. Here’s how Jenna describes the book: “In the '80s, we meet a young mother who falls in love and is punished for it. In the early aughts, we meet Heron, who is an older man who has to reckon with the decision he made and tell the story of her life…. It's a story about family, truth and, most of all, about love.”
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THE PHOENIX PENCIL COMPANY: Debut novelist Allison King’s book is this month’s Reese’s Book Club pick. Combining the cross-generational family saga and epistolary form of A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING with the uplifting, emotional magic of THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, the novel asks: Who owns and inherits our stories? The answers and secrets that surface on the page may have the unerasable power to reconnect a family and restore a legacy.
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NOTES ON INFINITY: Two Harvard prodigies who discover a revolutionary anti-aging drug launch a biotech empire, and they see their love and ethics tested by ambition and fame. Austin Taylor draws on her own journey from rural Maine to elite academia to deliver a raw, unflinching debut that explores the pressures of science, the glare of media scrutiny, and our timeless obsession with immortality.
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THE RIVER’S DAUGHTER: Recalling memoirs like WILD and EDUCATED, internationally renowned whitewater rafting guide Bridget Crocker offers a gripping and inspiring memoir about overcoming hardship and coming into her own through her relationship with the rivers she has known. Adrienne Brodeur calls the book “a remarkable debut” and “a testament to nature’s power to transform and inspire.”
Maggie Stiefvater’s first adult novel, THE LISTENERS, is June’s Barnes & Noble Book Club selection, as well as the Top LibraryReads Pick.
The Avallon Hotel & Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West Virginia, its mountain sweetwater washing away all of high society’s troubles. Local girl-turned-general manager June Porter Hudson has guided the Avallon skillfully through the first pangs of war. The Gilfoyles, the hotel’s aristocratic owners, have trained her well. But when the family heir makes a secret deal with the State Department to fill the hotel with captured Axis diplomats, June must persuade her staff to offer luxury to Nazis. With a smile.
Meanwhile, FBI Agent Tucker Minnick presses his ears to the hotel’s walls, listening for the diplomats’ secrets. He has one of his own, which is how he knows that June’s balancing act can have dangerous consequences: the sweetwater beneath the hotel can threaten as well as heal.
On Tuesday, July 8th at 3pm ET, Barnes & Noble will host a live virtual event with Maggie, which you can sign up for here. I am looking forward to reading this book!
For more June selections, including the Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, see our “Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks” feature here.
We hosted this month’s “Bookaccino Live” book preview afternoon event last Wednesday. I talked about 36 books releasing between now and July 1st, plus 10 from August, that we wanted to get on your radar. You can watch the presentation here and see a list of the featured titles here.
Next month's “Bookaccino Live” book preview afternoon event will take place on Wednesday, July 9th at 2pm ET. The focus will be on books releasing between July 8th and August 5th, as well as some September titles, that we think will appeal to you. Click here to sign up.
Enjoy your book group’s next discussion!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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New Guide: THE RIVER IS WAITING by Wally Lamb
Oprah’s Latest Book Club Pick
THE RIVER IS WAITING by Wally Lamb (Fiction)
New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown Corby Ledbetter’s marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that’s before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he bears witness to frightful acts of brutality but also experiences small acts of kindness and elemental kinship with a prison librarian who sees his light and some of his fellow offenders, including a tender-hearted cellmate and a troubled teen desperate for a role model. Buoyed by them and by his mother’s enduring faith in him, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation still might be possible. Can his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to see why the book is Oprah's latest Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid
June’s “Good Morning America” Book Club Pick
and an Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title
ATMOSPHERE: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction)
Joan Goodwin is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates. As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, she begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe. Then, in December 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's "Good Morning America" Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
ATMOSPHERE will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's Bets On commentary in an upcoming newsletter.
New Guide: THE GHOSTWRITER by Julie Clark
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title
THE GHOSTWRITER by Julie Clark (Psychological Thriller)
June 1975. The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend only grows as his career as a horror writer skyrockets. Ghostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of Vincent Taylor. Now on the brink of financial ruin, she's offered a job to ghostwrite her father's last book. What she doesn't know, though, is that this project is another one of his lies. Because it's not another horror novel he wants her to write. After 50 years of silence, Vincent Taylor is finally ready to talk about what really happened that night in 1975.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Julie Clark.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
- Click here to visit Julie Clark's website.
Click here for the discussion guide.
THE GHOSTWRITER will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's Bets On commentary in an upcoming newsletter.
ReadingGroupGuides.com’s 14th Annual Book Group
Speed Dating Event: Great Books for Book Groups
New Guide: A FAMILY MATTER by Claire Lynch
June’s “Read with Jenna” Book Club Pick
A FAMILY MATTER by Claire Lynch (Fiction)
1982. Dawn is a young mother, still adjusting to life with her husband, when Hazel lights up her world like a torch in the dark. Theirs is the kind of connection that’s impossible to resist, and suddenly life is more complicated, and more joyful, than Dawn ever expected. But she has responsibilities and commitments. She has a daughter. 2022. Heron has just received news from his doctor that turns everything upside down. He’s an older man, stuck in the habits of a quiet existence. Telling Maggie, his only child --- the person around whom his life has revolved --- seems impossible. Heron can’t tell her about his diagnosis, just as he can’t reveal all the other secrets he’s been keeping from her for so many years.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's "Read with Jenna" Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide:
THE PHOENIX PENCIL COMPANY by Allison King
Reese’s Book Club Pick for June
THE PHOENIX PENCIL COMPANY by Allison King (Fiction)
Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse, she's always struggled to make friends and, as a college freshman, finds herself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their 90s, and Monica worries about them constantly --- especially her grandmother, Yun, who survived two wars in China before coming to the States, and whose memory has begun to fade. Though Yun rarely speaks of her past, Monica is determined to find the long-lost cousin she was separated from years ago. One day, the very program Monica is helping to build connects her to a young woman, whose gift of a single pencil holds a surprising clue.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's Reese's Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: NOTES ON INFINITY by Austin Taylor
NOTES ON INFINITY by Austin Taylor (Fiction)
Zoe, the daughter of an MIT professor, can envision her future anew at Harvard. Jack, a boy in Zoe’s organic chemistry class, matches her intellect and curiosity with every breath. When Jack refers Zoe for a position in a prestigious professor’s lab, the two become entwined as colleagues. They find themselves on the cusp of a breakthrough: the promise of immortality through a novel anti-aging drug. Zoe and Jack set off on their new project in secret. Finding encouraging results, they bring their work to an investor, drop out of Harvard, and form a startup. But after the money, the magazine covers, and the national news stories detailing their success, Zoe and Jack receive a startling accusation that threatens to destroy both the company they built and their partnership.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE RIVER’S DAUGHTER by Bridget Crocker
THE RIVER'S DAUGHTER: A Memoir by Bridget Crocker (Memoir)
After Bridget Crocker’s parents’ volatile divorce, she moved with her mother from Southern California to Wyoming. Her life was idyllic, growing up in a trailer park on the banks of the Snake River --- until her mother suddenly took up a radical new lifestyle. The one constant in her life, the place Bridget felt whole and fully herself, was the river. When she discovered the world of whitewater rafting, she knew she’d found her calling. On the river, Bridget learned to read the natural world around her and came to know the language of rivers. One of the few female guides on the Snake River, she then traveled to the Zambezi River in Africa, some of the most dangerous whitewater in the world, where she faced death and learned to conquer her fears --- both on the water and off.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for June
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads. We also feature a number of other prominent selections, including the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, Oprah’s Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the "Read with Jenna" Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.
Below is a preview of June's "Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks." For the complete Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, as well as additional links pertaining to this month's selections, please click here.
Indie Next
#1 Pick: BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by V. E. Schwab
ATMOSPHERE: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
RUN FOR THE HILLS by Kevin Wilson
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH by Rachel Gillig
THE LOVE HATERS by Katherine Center
LibraryReads
Top Pick: THE LISTENERS by Maggie Stiefvater
BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES by Ali Brady
KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby
THE WITCH ROADS by Kate Elliott
THE POPPY FIELDS by Nikki Erlick
Barnes & Noble Book Club
THE LISTENERS by Maggie Stiefvater
"Good Morning America" Book Club
ATMOSPHERE: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Oprah's Book Club
THE RIVER IS WAITING by Wally Lamb
PBS Books Readers Club
On Wednesday, June 25th at 8pm ET, PBS Books Readers Club will host a special event sharing "Our Favorite Cozy Murder Mysteries" from "Masterpiece" and the authors who wrote the novels that inspired them.
"Read with Jenna" Book Club
A FAMILY MATTER by Claire Lynch
Reese's Book Club
THE PHOENIX PENCIL COMPANY by Allison King
Target Book Club
THE VERY LONG, VERY STRANGE LIFE OF ISAAC DAHL by Bart Yates
Click here for June's Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks.
Bookreporter.com Bets On:
THE DOORMAN by Chris Pavone
THE DOORMAN by Chris Pavone (Thriller)
With THE DOORMAN, Chris Pavone has written both a taut thriller and a brilliant social commentary on present-day New York, similar to what we saw in THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES.
Set over just one day, with generous backstory to give deeper meaning to his characters, Chris has portrayed different layers of New Yorkers. The first, as noted in the title, is the doorman, who opens doors, collects packages, and is acknowledged (or not) according to how you see him in his role. The others include the occupants of one of the biggest apartments in the building on one of the higher floors --- one that actually combined two spaces --- and the people who live in a more modest space on a lower floor.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Chris Pavone.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here to read more of Carol's Bets On commentary.
Bookreporter.com's 21st Annual
Summer Reading Contests and Feature
Summer is here! At Bookreporter.com, this means it's time for us to share some great summer book picks with our Summer Reading Contests and Feature.
We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days through mid-August, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win.
We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
This year's featured titles are:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
From left to right: Fiona Davis, Jess Walter, Meg Waite Clayton
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
Here are five upcoming virtual book and author events that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links for more info and to register.
Every Monday night through July 7th at 7:30pm ET: “Lisa Live”: Join Lisa Scottoline on Facebook as she reveals her inspirations behind her upcoming novel, THE UNRAVELING OF JULIA, and shows videos from her research trip to Tuscany. Then, on July 14th, join “Lisa Live” for her Virtual Publication Celebration.
And be sure to enter the Pre-Order Sweepstakes for THE UNRAVELING OF JULIA, where you have a chance to win prizes, such as an iPad mini or the Grand Prize of a Gucci Mini Bag. Lisa will be giving away an exciting prize each week during her “Lisa Live” events, leading up to the book’s publication on July 15th.
Thursday, June 19th at 3pm ET: Barnes & Noble: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome New York Times bestselling authors Megan Abbott and Laura Lippman for a live virtual discussion of their latest novels: Megan's EL DORADO DRIVE and Laura's MURDER TAKES A VACATION.
Tuesday, June 24th at 8pm ET: “Bookaccino Live” Book Group: Carol Fitzgerald will talk to Fiona Davis about her most recent novel, THE STOLEN QUEEN, which is a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Fiona also will answer questions from guests who will be “on stage,” as well as from other members of the audience.
Wednesday, June 25th at 7pm ET: “Friends & Fiction”: Join “Friends & Fiction” for a conversation with Jess Walter about his latest novel, SO FAR GONE, in which a reclusive journalist is forced back into the world to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.
Thursday, June 26th at 8pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Meg Waite Clayton will talk to special guest host Laura Dave about her new novel, TYPEWRITER BEACH, an unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock's new star.
"Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts
“Bookreporter Talks To” is a video and podcast series that delivers long-form, in-depth author interviews. For years, Carol has moderated book festivals and author events around the country. But we know that readers often do not live where they can attend an author event. Our goal is to bring these author interviews to readers, wherever they may be. Watch on video, or listen as a podcast. (The podcasts include audio excerpts.)
Here are our latest interviews:
Other authors we've interviewed include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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Megan Abbott (EL DORADO DRIVE)
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Kaira Rouda (JILL IS NOT HAPPY)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
AFTERTASTE by Daria Lavelle (Fiction)
What if you could have one last meal with someone you’ve loved, someone you’ve lost? Combining the magic of UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR with the high-stakes culinary world of SWEETBITTER, AFTERTASTE is an epic love story, a dark comedy, and a synesthetic adventure through food and grief.
ATMOSPHERE: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO and DAISY JONES & THE SIX comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.
THE DOORMAN by Chris Pavone (Thriller)
From the New York Times bestselling author of TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON and THE EXPATS comes a pulse-pounding novel of class, privilege, sex and murder.
A FAMILY MATTER by Claire Lynch (Fiction)
A young wife following her heart. A husband with the law on his side. Their daughter, caught in the middle. Forty years later, a family secret changes everything in this heartbreaking yet hopeful debut novel.
THE GHOSTWRITER by Julie Clark (Psychological Thriller)
A ghostwriter is hired to write the last book for her estranged father, a famous horror novelist --- and finds herself investigating the brutal murders of his two siblings in the summer of 1975.
THE GIRLS OF GOOD FORTUNE by Kristina McMorris (Historical Fiction)
The New York Times bestselling author of SOLD ON A MONDAY and THE WAYS WE HIDE shines a light on shocking events surrounding Portland's dark history in this gripping novel of love, lore and betrayal.
MANSION BEACH by Meg Mitchell Moore (Fiction)
From nationally bestselling author Meg Mitchell Moore comes a sparkling new novel following a young woman entwined in the opulent lives of her neighbors on Block Island, set against a backdrop of scandal, secrets and a not-so-subtle love triangle.
MARGUERITE BY THE LAKE by Mary Dixie Carter (Psychological Thriller)
From Mary Dixie Carter comes an atmospheric, tense novel about the death of a glamorous garden designer, a widower trying to keep his secrets buried, and the beautiful young gardener who finds herself entangled in their lives.
THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD BEACH AND BOOK CLUB by Martha Hall Kelly (Historical Fiction)
Two sisters living on Martha’s Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women in this spectacular novel inspired by true events.
NOTES ON INFINITY by Austin Taylor (Fiction)
This singular, extraordinary debut is about Zoe and Jack, Harvard students who find themselves propelled into the intoxicating biotech startup world when they announce they’ve discovered the cure for aging.
THE PHOENIX PENCIL COMPANY by Allison King (Fiction)
In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic --- of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life --- holds the power to transform a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother and to mend long-lost connections across time and space.
THE RIVER IS WAITING by Wally Lamb (Fiction)
From Wally Lamb, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of SHE'S COME UNDONE and I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE, comes the propulsive story of a young father who, after an unbearable tragedy, reckons with the possibility of atonement for the unforgivable.
THE RIVER'S DAUGHTER: A Memoir by Bridget Crocker (Memoir)
THE RIVER'S DAUGHTER is a vivid and propulsive memoir about finding courage and meaning in a life outdoors by a world-class whitewater rafting guide.
SLEEP by Honor Jones (Fiction)
From a dazzling new talent comes the story of a newly divorced young mother forced to reckon with the secrets of her own childhood when she brings her daughters back to the big house where she was raised.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they appeared in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
THE CLIFFS by J. Courtney Sullivan (Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of FRIENDS AND STRANGERS comes a novel of family, secrets, ghosts and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine.
THE FALL OF ROE: The Rise of a New America by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer (Politics)
From acclaimed New York Times journalists Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer comes a narrative that is a political cliffhanger and an intimate look at what it means to be a woman in America today. THE FALL OF ROE is a powerful book that will have everyone talking.
THE GLASSMAKER by Tracy Chevalier (Historical Fiction)
From bestselling historical novelist Tracy Chevalier comes a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day.
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