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In the book world, the fall harvest that is represented by new releases has been bountiful! Each week has had multiple releases by well-known names and old favorites. I wish these days that instead of steps walked, I could count pages read for exercise!
We are happy to bring you the guides for these new books as soon as they are ready. Many times, I look at these questions before I interview an author for our “Bookreporter Talks To” video/podcast series to see if there is an angle that I may have missed.
Whether you follow the guides strictly when you meet, or you use them for discussion suggestions, they can get a conversation started.
Also, we have two “Bookaccino Live” Book Group programs that we are excited about. We hope that you will join us for these very special evenings.
One more important thing: Below we ask what your book group is reading this month. We would love to hear from each of you about this. Do not assume that someone else in the group is responding. Just tell us what your group is reading on this page. This gives us terrific insight into what you are doing so we can plan programming.
So please take one minute to respond to that here.
Oh, and my group is reading THE HALF LIFE for our next meeting. Rachel Beanland is going to be joining us for our discussion, and we look forward to talking to her about the book.
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 Wednesday, October 28th at 8pm ET.
Our guest will be Kathryn Stockett, and she will discuss THE CALAMITY CLUB, a #1 New York Times bestseller and a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection.
After I talk to Kathryn, we will give readers the chance to share a question for her on screen. We have special sign-in directions for these attendees, and they will get to chat with Kathryn in our “backstage green room” before the program starts. Then we will turn to questions that have been dropped into Zoom’s Q&A feature. Click here to register for the event.
If you would like to ask Kathryn a question, please fill out this form by the 28th at noon ET. Be sure to include your name, city, state, email address and phone number, as well as your question. And indicate if you would like to be on camera or off.
We are excited to announce that Sally Hepworth will be our guest for next month’s event, which we are hosting on Thursday, November 12th at 8pm ET. That will be noon for Sally as she lives in Australia!
We will discuss her latest novel, MAD MABEL, an instant New York Times bestseller and a Bets On pick. This twisty tale of justice and redemption is about an irrepressible woman who is not done breaking the rules just yet.
I will talk to Sally for a bit before handing it off to readers who would like to share a question for her on screen (these attendees will get to chat with Sally in our “backstage green room” before the program starts), followed by audience questions. Click here to sign up.
If you would like to ask Sally a question, all you have to do is fill out this form by Thursday, November 12th at noon ET. Remember to include your name, city, state, email address and phone number, as well as your question. And indicate if you prefer to be on camera or off.
Each month, we share the discussion guides that you have accessed most frequently on our site. It turns out that MAD MABEL was the most popular guide from September. Here is the top 10 list.
We want to hear from you!
In the last two newsletters, we asked what you were reading with your book group in September. MAD MABEL was the book that was mentioned most frequently. Other titles submitted by multiple readers include THEO OF GOLDEN by Allen Levi, WHISTLER by Ann Patchett, and the aforementioned THE CALAMITY CLUB by Kathryn Stockett.
As I mentioned earlier, we now want to know what your group is reading in October. All you have to do is fill out this form by Wednesday, November 11th at noon ET, and we’ll share some of the results in the November newsletter.
You have until Wednesday, October 28th at noon ET to enter our contest for COME CLOSER: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love, and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy by Dr. Galit Atlas, a psychoanalyst and the internationally bestselling author of EMOTIONAL INHERITANCE: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma.
Here, Dr. Atlas identifies and explains the six child archetypes --- the frightened child, the melancholic child, the ashamed child, the invisible child, the guilty child, and the chosen child --- that define our adult relationships. Through compassionate portrayals of her patients and moving personal anecdotes, she illuminates the path toward deeper human connection.
Given the topic, this would be a fascinating book to discuss with your group or with members of your family. So please submit your entries before the deadline to be one of 20 people who will be awarded a copy.
As many of you know, Bonnie Garmus wrote the #1 global bestseller LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, which was adapted as a miniseries on Apple TV three years ago. She is back with her second novel, PECK & PECK, and it has been talked about a lot leading up to its release this week.
Batter Gray, a recent college graduate who has an “ear” for poetry, stumbles into a dream job at Peck & Peck, the most famous, prestigious, dysfunctional poetry quarterly in the world. But as he gets to know the company, tensions grow and political machinations rise to the surface. Caught in a web of deceit, money, power and sibling rivalry, the quarterly seems to be taking a turn for the worse. But does it really matter? After all, it’s only poetry. Or is it?
We have reviews of PECK & PECK from TWO Bookreporter reviewers. For both of them, the book more than lived up to all the pre-publication buzz.
According to Pamela Kramer, “Garmus' novel is inspiring. It’s the kind of book that is even better when it’s read a second time so you can fully grasp the foreshadowing that is easy to miss on the first reading, as well as revisit the lovely prose.” And Roberta O’Hara says, “Right from the start, [Garmus’] clever and delightful turns of phrase, play on words and downright silliness have the reader laughing --- and sometimes out loud.” Click here for more of their thoughts on the book and here for the guide. We will share my interview with Bonnie in the next newsletter.
Oprah’s Book Club pick for October is HUNGERED by debut novelist Amanda Rizkalla. Here’s how Oprah describes the book: “A riveting new novel from first-time author Amanda Rizkalla compassionately tackles the difficult subject of families who live outside the margins, living unhoused, and makes us see not only their struggles, but their hopes, dreams, and the perseverance it takes to face another day.”
When asked about her debut novel being picked for Oprah’s Book Club, Rizkalla said, “I never, ever imagined something like this could happen for my book. There are still moments when it all feels like one big daydream.” She also praised Oprah for the “astounding care with which she uplifts authors, and for all that she does and has done to cultivate a nationwide love of reading.” Click here for the guide.
On the latest episode of “The Oprah Podcast,” the two talk about the inspiration for HUNGERED and answer questions from readers, including a young woman who says that the novel resonated with her because she also experienced being unhoused as a child. You can watch their discussion here.
BAD WORDS, Ríoghnach Robinson’s first novel for adults, is this month’s Barnes & Noble Book Club pick, “Good Morning America” Book Club selection, and #1 Indie Next pick. This instant USA Today bestseller lays bare the costs of creation --- the pull between ambition and integrity, the vulnerability of being seen, and the unexpected closeness that can grow in the space between critique and care.
Emily Henry says, “I was two percent into BAD WORDS when I realized I was reading something special, the rare kind of book that not only treads new, fresh territory but does so in a way that feels startlingly inevitable. The kind of book I can’t believe doesn’t already exist, because it is just so right, so the thing I’ve been waiting for.” And Gillian McAllister calls it “[s]mart, deep, and heartfelt.” Click here for the guide.
Reese’s Book Club pick for October is the national bestseller SOPHIE, STANDING THERE by Meg Mason, the critically acclaimed author of SORROW AND BLISS. Reese proclaims it to be “truly THE book for book lovers --- a sharp, irresistible story about books, obsession, and falling a little too hard for the literary world.” And Ann Patchett calls it “a moving examination of what it means to be alone in the world, and what it means to find connection.”
Here’s what Rebecca Munro said about the book in her review on Bookreporter: “At once a tragicomic work about loneliness and the shame that compounds it, SOPHIE, STANDING THERE is both witty and irreverent, unfussy yet remarkably clever.... Book lovers and readers of Sally Rooney will devour this powerful tribute to literature and the owning of one’s voice.” Click here for the guide and here for the full review.
We also have added guides for these four books:
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THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN: Deesha Philyaw, the acclaimed and beloved author of THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES, is back with what Samantha Irby calls a “funny and juicy and sexy and delicious peek behind the pulpit.”
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TRAD WIFE: Perfect for fans of Stephen Graham Jones and Grady Hendrix, Sarah Langan’s new novel --- which Paul Tremblay calls “flat-out brilliant” --- tells the chilling tale of a journalist’s descent into horror as she uncovers the dark secrets behind a Trad Wife influencer.
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FORTUNE AND GLASS: John Mutter’s debut is not a conventional WWII novel. A literary love story braided through a psychological spy narrative, it’s an intimate exploration of identity, conscience and quiet resistance inside a society sliding into extremism. I look forward to interviewing John soon!
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UNGRATEFUL IMMIGRANT DAUGHTER: Katya Suvorova’s twisty and emotional memoir explores difficult questions and stories that are both shocking and hilarious across her childhood through to an adulthood estranged from the woman who sacrificed everything for her.
October’s “Read with Jenna” Book Club pick is PARTITA, Barbara Kingsolver’s first novel since her 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner, DEMON COPPERHEAD. It tells the story of a brief, passionate and life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty. Jenna says, “We know within the first page Livia loses her brother, which sets her off on a journey to put the broken pieces of her together.” Over the next few weeks, we will feature a guide for the book from one of our Bookreporter reviewers.
For more October selections, including the Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, see our “Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks” feature here.
I’m Betting You’ll Love…
My latest Bets On selections are AMERICAN HAGWON by Min Jin Lee (for which we featured the guide in the last newsletter) and HOLLYWOOD, ENDING by John Green. Click on each of the titles for my commentary.
We hosted this month’s “Bookaccino Live” book preview afternoon event on Wednesday. I talked about 29 books releasing between October 13th and November 5th, along with three from December and 12 from January 2027, 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, November 11th at 2pm ET. The focus will be on books releasing between November 10th and January 5th, in addition to some titles releasing in February 2027, that we think will appeal to you. Click here to sign up.
Enjoy your next book group discussion!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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New Guide: PECK & PECK by Bonnie Garmus
PECK & PECK by Bonnie Garmus (Fiction/Humor)
It’s 1982, New York City. Crime is on the rise, muggings are in the streets, and Batter Gray, a recent college graduate, is worried about his future. While his friends have real jobs, he’s folding T-shirts at the Gap. As for love? No. Not unless you count Sallie Mae, the student loan tyrant he hears from all the time. But when Batter gets a dream job at Peck & Peck, the most prestigious poetry quarterly in the world, his life moves into the literary fast lane. Soon Batter is knee-deep in the secret war between the two Editors in Chief, the famous Peck brothers --- twins and enemies --- as well as being privy to the private affairs of their 39 editors, whose professed mission is the same: Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest. And by burn, they mean incinerate.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read two reviews on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Don't miss Carol's “Bookreporter Talks To” interview with
Bonnie Garmus in the next newsletter.
New Guide: HUNGERED by Amanda Rizkalla
Oprah’s Book Club Pick for October
HUNGERED by Amanda Rizkalla (Fiction)
Sofia’s mother promises that soon she’ll have her own bedroom to decorate. Soon, too, she’ll be able to see her friends, go back to school, and eat the colorful, tempting cakes in the grocery store’s display case. For now, though, 12-year-old Sofia lives with her mother and younger brother in their car. For now, Sofia’s days are a blur of freeways and strip malls as her mother searches for a safe place to park for the night. For now, Sofia tries to carve out a space and an identity for herself while grappling with her family’s disintegration.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's Oprah's Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Special Contest: Win One of 20 Copies of
COME CLOSER: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love, and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy, by Dr. Galit Atlas
What is the secret of emotional intimacy? How can understanding our childhood experiences give us the insights we need to be close to others in a truly satisfying, longer lasting and more meaningful way?
In COME CLOSER: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love, and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy, Dr. Galit Atlas invites us inside the private lives of her patients --- and into her own --- to offer new, life-changing answers to these important questions.
We are giving 20 readers the opportunity to win a copy of COME CLOSER, which is now available and would be a great book to talk about with your book group or with your family. To enter the contest, please fill out this form by Wednesday, October 28th at noon ET.
COME CLOSER: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love, and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy by Dr. Galit Atlas (Psychology/Personal Growth)
In COME CLOSER, Dr. Galit Atlas has identified six child archetypes --- the frightened child, the melancholic child, the ashamed child, the invisible child, the guilty child, and the chosen child --- and in these pages, she shows how each childhood wound plays out in our adult relationships.
In remarkably compelling and dramatic stories of both therapist and patient, Atlas illustrates how the child within us drives our love lives, forming patterns we repeat without awareness. Each narrative will have you on the edge of your seat, living the mystery alongside Atlas and her patients, uncovering roots, drawing parallels, and reaching insights and revelations just as they do.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to visit Dr. Galit Atlas' website.
- Connect with Dr. Galit Atlas on Facebook and Instagram.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Guide: BAD WORDS by Ríoghnach Robinson
October’s Barnes & Noble Book Club Pick, “Good Morning America” Book Club Selection, and #1 Indie Next Pick
BAD WORDS by Ríoghnach Robinson (Romance)
Parker Navarro’s debut novel was meant to define his career --- until critic Selina Chan’s blistering review made it the flop of the decade. Four years later, his new book is his shot at redemption; for Selina, reviewing him again is a professional risk she can’t refuse. When her second takedown ignites a viral feud, both their fortunes shift overnight. But as the literary world feeds on their public sparring, a quieter dialogue begins --- one that challenges everything they thought they knew about success, sincerity and each other
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's “Good Morning America” Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: SOPHIE, STANDING THERE by Meg Mason
Reese’s Book Club Pick for October
SOPHIE, STANDING THERE by Meg Mason (Fiction)
Sophie Pattison loves books. Along with a dream job at a local book festival, she has a husband she adores; a lifelong best friend, Emma; and a brother she’s always been close to. Which makes you wonder why since Christmas, Sophie has been living alone, estranged from Emma, avoiding her brother, and about to be fired. Now it feels like the only thing she has left is reading. When Sophie rediscovers an author she first read in her 20s, the words on the page reach her in a new way --- becoming both solace and company. Sophie devours every one of the author's novels and begins to dream of meeting her, but knows they never will. But what if she did? What if, by then, the author feels like a friend? What if, for Sophie, it feels almost like love?
- 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 this month's Reese's Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Bookreporter.com Bets On:
AMERICAN HAGWON by Min Jin Lee
and HOLLYWOOD, ENDING by John Green
AMERICAN HAGWON by Min Jin Lee (Fiction)
Min Jin Lee's last book, PACHINKO, came out in 2017, which in many ways feels like a lifetime ago. So I assumed that whatever she wrote next would both feel and be big. I am not talking about the page count, but rather the storyline, the complexity of the characters, and the messaging that she wanted to share.
The focus in AMERICAN HAGWON is on education, which starts young. It is not just about learning, but also about achievement. Mediocrity is unacceptable. Good is unacceptable. Very good is unacceptable. There is a quest for the promised land --- that of a select group of Ivy League colleges that have been noted as the only way that success will be achieved.
What will contribute to that success? After-school programs called hagwons, which foster the kind of student to which these schools are attracted.
- Click here to read the book description.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on AMERICAN HAGWON.
HOLLYWOOD, ENDING by John Green (Fiction)
Ah, Hollywood. It's all glimmer and glamour on the outside. But what is it really like behind the scenes? John Green takes readers there in his latest book, HOLLYWOOD, ENDING, his first novel for adults.
Over the past decade, Green has seen cinematic adaptations of his novels that have given him insight into that world --- and he brings that knowledge to this book.
Here we are brought onto the set of an indie film being made about Andy Warhol, which is set in the days before his death. Andy Warhol Never Gets Old co-stars Juniper Castillo, who was a child actor, and Kai Laramie, who is appearing in his first movie. The title role is being played by someone whom theatergoers might not expect to see in a film like this: Marvel action hero Matthew Malone. He's “the face” of the movie, with Hollywood clout behind his name. Whether a big motion picture or a small one, he wants a hit.
- Click here to read the book description.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on HOLLYWOOD, ENDING.
New Guide:
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN
by Deesha Philyaw
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN by Deesha Philyaw (Fiction)
Scharisse Freeman ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor 15 years her senior. She doesn’t have many allies, but that hasn’t stopped her from building an enviable business empire spanning books to clothing to branded products, and living the comfortable life her husband's power affords her. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Schar gets the final bit of validation she’s always dreamt of: a coveted invitation to participate in the First Lady USA pageant. This is her chance to be accepted by the other pastors’ wives. Finally, blissfully, the ice between Schar and the other First Ladies begins to thaw. But as the pageant nears, a sensational scandal breaks with Schar at its center, and her carefully curated life implodes.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: TRAD WIFE by Sarah Langan
TRAD WIFE by Sarah Langan (Psychological Thriller/Horror)
Every day, millions watch Mia Wright, the “trad wife” queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. But behind every perfect image is a secret. And in this case, the secret is a horror. Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. Jenny is ready to write a scathing exposé, determined to expose the deception behind Mia’s curated life. But soon, Jenny has more to contend with than staged videos and camera-ready poses. There’s something wrong at the farmhouse. Something slithers through Jenny’s dreams, and at night, the children sing strange nursery rhymes. She’s losing time. She’s losing her hair. She starts to worry that she’s losing her mind.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: FORTUNE AND GLASS by John Mutter
FORTUNE AND GLASS by John Mutter (Historical Fiction)
Berlin, 1932. Germany’s fragile democracy is fracturing, its ideals cracking like thin glass as political violence and paranoia seep into the streets. In the midst of this tension, Rudi, a young Foreign Ministry official, meets Sara, an unpredictable, morally fierce Jewish woman whose connection with him is immediate and combustible. By 1943, the Germany they knew has vanished, and Rudi works at the center of Nazi power, performing his duties by day and passing intelligence to the Allies by night --- until Sara’s unexpected return threatens to unravel the life he has carefully constructed to survive.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Don't miss Carol's “Bookreporter Talks To” interview with
John Mutter in an upcoming newsletter.
New Guide:
UNGRATEFUL IMMIGRANT DAUGHTER
by Katya Suvorova
UNGRATEFUL IMMIGRANT DAUGHTER: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Katya Suvorova (Memoir)
Growing up undocumented in Houston, Texas, Katya Suvorova learned that keeping her family together meant dodging the police, enduring her mother’s many husbands, and babysitting her younger sister instead of finishing the third grade. Her understanding of her life shifted dramatically at 17, when Katya discovered her mother’s advertisement in a forgotten Eastern European mail-order bride catalog from the 1990s. As she grew older, Katya came to better understand what her mother had risked when she smuggled herself and her then-three-year-old daughter from Russia into the US. UNGRATEFUL IMMIGRANT DAUGHTER explores difficult questions and stories both shocking and hilarious across Katya’s childhood through to an adulthood estranged from the woman who sacrificed everything for her.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an interview with Katya Suvorova.
- Click here to visit Katya Suvorova's website.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for October
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 October'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: BAD WORDS by Ríoghnach Robinson
PARTITA by Barbara Kingsolver
PECK & PECK by Bonnie Garmus
AMERICAN HAGWON by Min Jin Lee
FREE FALLING: A Sweetwater Peak Novel by Lyla Sage
LibraryReads
Top Pick: THE MEMORY OF BORROWED BOOKS by Meg Anderson
DIVE BAR AT THE END OF THE ROAD by Kelley Armstrong
MONSTERA by Delilah S. Dawson
PECK & PECK by Bonnie Garmus
ONCE, AGAIN, ALWAYS by Amanda Gayle
Barnes & Noble Book Club
BAD WORDS by Ríoghnach Robinson
"Good Morning America" Book Club
BAD WORDS by Ríoghnach Robinson
Oprah's Book Club
HUNGERED by Amanda Rizkalla
PBS Books Readers Club
MARBLE HALL MURDERS by Anthony Horowitz
"Read with Jenna" Book Club
PARTITA by Barbara Kingsolver
Reese's Book Club
SOPHIE, STANDING THERE by Meg Mason
Target Book Club
HEAR THE DEAD by Ann Dávila Cardinal
Click here for October's Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks.
From left to right: Louise Penny, Kathryn Stockett, Audrey Niffenegger
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
Here are seven upcoming virtual book and author events that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links for more info and to register.
Monday, October 19th at 7pm ET: Barnes & Noble: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny for a live virtual discussion of MISS WOLCOTT'S GHOST, the 21st installment in her award-winning Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series. Louise will be in conversation with Rita Braver, the national correspondent for “CBS News Sunday Morning.”
Monday, October 19th at 8pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Walter Mosley will talk about his new King Oliver novel, HANGING AND BURNING. A dying gangster's plea sends Joe King Oliver on a quest for a missing woman across America's coasts --- unraveling a dark and violent family history along the way.
Tuesday, October 20th at 9pm ET: Killer Author Club: Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf and Kaira Rouda will talk about their upcoming book, TAKE BACK THE NIGHT. This mind-bending thriller is about three friends, one unfinished story, and a killer back from the depths to write his own ending. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how three Killers wrote a novel together, along with news, games, and a giveaway or two.
Wednesday, October 21st at 3pm ET: Barnes & Noble: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome Alex Hay for a live virtual discussion of his page-turning new mystery, THE MIDNIGHT GUESTS, as part of their B&N Midday Mystery Virtual Event series. Alex will be in conversation with the bestselling author of THE AMALFI CURSE, Sarah Penner.
Wednesday, October 21st at 7pm ET: “Friends & Fiction”: Join “Friends & Fiction” for a conversation with Audrey Niffenegger about LIFE OUT OF ORDER, her long-awaited follow-up to THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, an exhilarating speculative story set in a dystopian future where virtual reality and real life converge.
Tuesday, October 27th at 9pm ET: Killer Author Club: Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf and Kaira Rouda will talk to Jonathan Edward Durham about his debut novel, WINTERSET HOLLOW, the perfectly twisted word-of-mouth horror phenomenon that set the internet on fire.
Wednesday, October 28th at 8pm ET: “Bookaccino Live” Book Group: Carol Fitzgerald will talk to Kathryn Stockett about her #1 New York Times bestseller, THE CALAMITY CLUB, which is a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection. Kathryn also will answer questions from guests who will be “on stage,” as well as from other members of the audience.
"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 recently include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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Bonnie Garmus (PECK & PECK)
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Robert Kolker (THE VANISHING FAMILY: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia)
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John Mutter (FORTUNE AND GLASS)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
AMERICAN HAGWON by Min Jin Lee (Fiction)
The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of PACHINKO returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.
BAD WORDS by Ríoghnach Robinson (Romance)
BAD WORDS is a sharp and deeply felt debut about art, ambition, and the connections that both inspire and undo us.
COME CLOSER: Childhood Wounds, Adult Love, and the Secrets of Emotional Intimacy by Dr. Galit Atlas (Psychology/Personal Growth)
COME CLOSER is a profound and eye-opening book by Dr. Galit Atlas, a psychoanalyst and the internationally bestselling author of EMOTIONAL INHERITANCE, that reveals how our childhood wounds hold the key to understanding our adult relationships.
FORTUNE AND GLASS by John Mutter (Historical Fiction)
FORTUNE AND GLASS is a philosophical spy novel and literary love story about private choices, secret resistance, and the cost of staying human inside a system determined to erase individuality.
HOLLOW BONES by Jodi Picoult (Fiction)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of BY ANY OTHER NAME comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner.
HUNGERED by Amanda Rizkalla (Fiction)
For readers of THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET and WE THE ANIMALS, this striking debut brings to life an unforgettable young narrator and the complicated, loving, cruel and generous figures who make up her universe.
THE MUNICH AFFAIR by James Patterson and David Ellis (Historical Thriller)
Spanning a century, this suspenseful thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors James Patterson and David Ellis is set in motion by the murder of Adolf Hitler's young lover by his own hand.
PECK & PECK by Bonnie Garmus (Fiction/Humor)
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY returns with an irresistible, delightful and tender story about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world.
RESTORATION by Carol Davis (Historical Fiction)
RESTORATION is an evocative novel about an American architect who travels to rural England to restore a centuries-old barn --- and finds herself rebuilding the fractured story of her own family.
SOPHIE, STANDING THERE by Meg Mason (Fiction)
The much-beloved author of the critically acclaimed SORROW AND BLISS returns with a tender and hilarious novel about heartbreak and the journey from isolation and loneliness towards love.
TEN PERFECT GUESTS by Jonathan Santlofer (Psychological Thriller)
When celebrated and enigmatic artist Victor D’Arcangelo dies unexpectedly, his nearest and dearest receive an irresistible summons: attend his weekend memorial --- or forfeit their inheritance. But once they arrive, the paradise begins to feel more like a prison.
TRAD WIFE by Sarah Langan (Psychological Thriller/Horror)
A journalist descends into horror as she uncovers the sinister truth behind a trad wife influencer in this enthralling blend of chilling suspense and razor-sharp commentary on modern femininity, performative domesticity and social media.
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN by Deesha Philyaw (Fiction)
The wife of a popular and powerful megachurch pastor upends her charmed “rags-to-Rolex” life when her secret past comes roaring into the spotlight.
UNGRATEFUL IMMIGRANT DAUGHTER: A Memoir from the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Katya Suvorova (Memoir)
In this darkly funny and irreverent memoir, the daughter of a mail-order bride unpacks her undocumented childhood in America.
THE VANISHING FAMILY: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia by Robert Kolker (Science/Biography)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD comes the heart-wrenching journey of a family facing an unthinkable destiny, whose flawed genetic code might hold the long-sought key to a cure for dementia.
THE WEIGHT OF ANGELS by John Boyne (Alternate History)
In imagining the life that Oscar Wilde never had, John Boyne has written one of the great what-if stories of modern literature, giving the iconic Anglo-Irish poet and playwright a fresh new voice and the opportunity to take an entirely different path.
Please note that this title, for which we already had the guide when it released in hardcover, is now available in paperback:
ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES by May Cobb (Domestic Thriller)
From the author of THE HUNTING WIVES comes a deliciously wicked thriller about mean girls, mean moms, and the delicious secrets inside all the little houses.
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