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So Much News: Upcoming Fall/Winter Titles,
Events and More!
When we last left off, I was headed to BookExpo, the annual book trade show event where the upcoming seasons’ books are showcased. For the sixth year we hosted our Book Group Speed Dating event. 200(!) booksellers, librarians, book group leaders and bloggers were in the audience to hear about the upcoming titles for Fall/Winter 2017. As promised, we are sharing the PDFs of the PowerPoint presentation here. We have broken it out into five sections so you can see what was selected and presented easily. We also compiled a spreadsheet here that has all the titles in one handy document. Whew! I shared a photo of our publisher partners above (still smiling after their nine speed dating sessions), as well as a view of what part of the room looked like that day!
We want to give heartfelt thanks to the more than one-dozen volunteers who were on hand to help us make this event happen. While last year I was able to grab a photo of our volunteers, this year somehow that never happened. From opening boxes to guiding publishers and our guests to their tables, we could not have done it without them. I know I am missing folks, but thanks to Debbie Canally, Deborah Martinelli, Denise Neary, Jennifer Gensemer, Harry Gensemer, Lisa Natalizio-Booth, Pamela Adler, Robin Beerbower (who also shared the photo above in the center), Pam Pepper and Janice Weide, as well as our staffers, Nicole Sherman and Rebecca Munro.
Over the next few weeks, I have some events lined up where I will be “talking books.” Here are two that are open to the public:
June 27th - 7:00pm
Rockville Centre Library
221 N Village Ave
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Summer Reading Kickoff Presentation of new and upcoming books
June 28th - 7:00pm
Avalon Public Library
Avalon Elementary School
235 32nd Street
Avalon, NJ 08202
“Beach Book Picks”
And for those looking ahead to fall, once again I will be moderating an event or two at the Morristown Festival of Books on October 14th. Last week, I jumped in and interviewed Emma Straub when the event moderator of their Summer Spotlight series became ill at the last minute. Emma and I had a terrific conversation, which reminded me how both MODERN LOVERS and THE VACATIONERS would make for great discussion. You can read more about this evening here.
I also know I will be doing a Book Group panel at the Miami Book Fair in November, the time and place of which is to be determined.
For those of you who are looking for an event for book groups in the New York area, I am happy to share that tickets for the 6th Annual Hachette Book Club Brunch on Saturday, October 21st are on sale now. Emma Donoghue will be one of their author speakers. Tickets are selling briskly, so click here to order your tickets now.
A few of you wrote asking if I can do Skype calls with book groups to talk about book group titles. I definitely am interested in this. I have a busy summer as after 21(!) years in the same location we are moving the office of The Book Report Network, as the building that we currently are in is taking over the entire floor. But this is on my fall agenda, so stay tuned for more about this in September!
And now, we have this month’s lineup for you…two contests and more….
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr is a Pulitzer Prize winner, a National Book Award finalist, and has spent three years on the New York Times bestseller list. The book is now available in paperback for the first time, and we’re giving three groups the chance to win 12 copies. This is the story of two children: a blind French girl who flees Nazi-occupied Paris in 1940 to live with an eccentric great-uncle in the walled city of Saint-Malo, and a German boy whose talent for fixing radios earns him a spot at the National Political Institutes of Education, a training school for Hitler Youth. Linking their stories is a 133-carat jewel thought to bring ill luck. To enter, please fill out this form by Monday, July 10th at noon ET. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE was a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick when it released in hardcover; you can read my commentary here. In addition, you can see the discussion guide here and our review on Bookreporter.com here.
The Hamilton craze is as strong as ever here at ReadingGroupGuides.com. This month’s “What’s Your Book Group Reading?” contest book is THE HAMILTON AFFAIR by Elizabeth Cobbs, which is now available in paperback. Hamilton was a bastard and an orphan. Raised in the Caribbean and desperate for legitimacy, he became one of the American Revolution’s most dashing --- and improbable --- heroes. Admired by George Washington yet scorned by Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton was the most controversial leader of the new nation. Elizabeth was the wealthy, beautiful, adventurous daughter of the respectable Schuyler clan --- and a pioneering advocate for women. Together, the unlikely couple braved the dangers of war, the perils of seduction, the anguish of infidelity, and the scourge of partisanship that menaced their family and the country itself. We have 12 copies of THE HAMILTON AFFAIR to give away to three groups; to enter, please fill out the form on this page by Monday, July 10th at noon ET. You can see the discussion guide here.
In May's “What’s Your Book Group Reading” contest, here are the five books mentioned most frequently as titles that our book groups read: THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah, HILLBILLY ELEGY: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance, SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult, A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles, and A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman.
Along with THE HAMILTON AFFAIR, we’ve added guides for two books releasing this month. First up is THE ANSWERS by Catherine Lacey. Mary is a young woman living in New York City and struggling to cope with a body that has betrayed her. All but paralyzed with pain, she seeks relief from a New Agey treatment called Pneuma Adaptive Kinesthesia, PAKing for short. And, remarkably, it works. But PAKing is prohibitively expensive and Mary is dead broke. So she scours Craigslist for fast-cash jobs and finds herself applying for the “Girlfriend Experiment,” the brainchild of an eccentric actor, Kurt Sky, who is determined to find the perfect relationship --- even if that means paying different women to fulfill distinctive roles. Mary is hired as the “Emotional Girlfriend” and pulled into Kurt’s ego-driven and messy attempt at human connection. Click here for the discussion guide.
Our final new guide of the month is HIS FROZEN FINGERTIPS by Charlotte Bowyer, which releases on June 26th. Seventeen-year-old Asa is diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition. His parents have abandoned him, and he is all alone. But those, unfortunately, are the least of his worries. The evil sorcerer Erebus has the land of Eodem under his control, and Asa can rely on just one person: his friend Averett. The wall that divides Eodem seems to be an unobtainable goal, and danger is always one step ahead. You can see the discussion guide for this upcoming release here.
In this month's poll, we’re asking: In what year was the book that you most recently read with your book group published? Click here to let us know as this is a question that we talk about a lot. Are you reading new books or older titles?
Our previous poll asked about your participation level in your book group meetings. 49% of you are happy to start the conversation and then turn it over to your fellow book group members, while 47% usually let your fellow members speak first and then wait for the right time to express your thoughts, and for 30% of you, it depends on how much you liked or disliked the book that’s being discussed. Click here for all the results.
We’ve updated our New in Paperback and Reading Roundup features for June, where you’ll find plenty of titles to kick off your summer reading. And speaking of which, please keep in mind our Summer Reading contests on Bookreporter.com, along with Word of Mouth, Sounding Off on Audio, and our Father’s Day contest, the latter of which ends on Monday, June 19th at noon ET. You can find the details for all these contests later in this newsletter.
As I was wrapping up this newsletter, I read one more tidbit that may be of interest to you. Overdrive, a leading multichannel digital distributor and technology provider, partnering with more than 5,000 publishers supplying eBooks and digital content to libraries and schools around the world, has announced the latest title in their Big Library Read, which is billed as “the world’s largest global eBook club." Participants have two weeks --- from June 12 through June 26 --- to read Marie Benedict’s novel, THE OTHER EINSTEIN, which was one of my Bets On selections, as a free eBook checkout from their library, provided that their library subscribes to Overdrive’s program. During the period of the Big Library Read, there are no restrictions placed on how many checkouts can be made. For readers, there are no waiting lists, no holds and no late fees. Note that the eBook automatically expires at the end of the two-week period. Nice, right?
We’ll be back to you in two weeks, and I hope to see some of you in my travels!
Hope you had or are having a great book group discussion this month.
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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Special Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of the
Paperback Edition of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
by Anthony Doerr for Your Group
We are celebrating the recent paperback release of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE --- Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II --- with a special contest that will give three groups the chance to win 12 copies of the book. To enter, please fill out this form by Monday, July 10th at noon ET.
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr (Historical Fiction)
Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure’s agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall.
In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, grows up with his younger sister, Jutta, both enchanted by a crude radio Werner finds. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent that wins him a place at an elite and brutal military academy and, ultimately, makes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure.
Doerr’s gorgeous combination of soaring imagination with observation is electric. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE is his most ambitious and dazzling work.
- Click here for the reading group guide.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
Click here to enter the contest.
"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest:
Enter to Win 12 Copies of the Paperback Edition of
THE HAMILTON AFFAIR by Elizabeth Cobbs
for Your Group
Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.
This month's prize book is THE HAMILTON AFFAIR by Elizabeth Cobbs, which is now available in paperback and tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler --- from passionate and tender beginnings to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Monday, July 10th at noon ET.
THE HAMILTON AFFAIR by Elizabeth Cobbs (Historical Fiction)
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, THE HAMILTON AFFAIR tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from passionate and tender beginnings to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River.
Hamilton was a bastard and orphan, raised in the Caribbean and desperate for legitimacy, who became one of the American Revolution’s most dashing --- and improbable --- heroes. Admired by George Washington, scorned by Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton was a lightning rod: the most controversial leader of the new nation. Elizabeth was the wealthy, beautiful, adventurous daughter of the respectable Schuyler clan --- and a pioneering advocate for women. Together, the unlikely couple braved the dangers of war, the perils of seduction, the anguish of infidelity and the scourge of partisanship that menaced their family and the country itself.
With brilliantly drawn characters and an epic scope, THE HAMILTON AFFAIR tells a story of love forged in revolution and tested by the bitter strife of young America.
- Click here for the reading group guide.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Guide: THE ANSWERS by Catherine Lacey
THE ANSWERS by Catherine Lacey (Fiction)
In Catherine Lacey’s ambitious second novel, we are introduced to Mary, a young woman living in New York City and struggling to cope with a body that has betrayed her. All but paralyzed with pain, Mary seeks relief from a New Agey treatment called Pneuma Adaptive Kinesthesia, PAKing for short. And, remarkably, it works. But PAKing is prohibitively expensive and Mary is dead broke. So she scours Craigslist for fast-cash jobs and finds herself applying for the “Girlfriend Experiment,” the brainchild of an eccentric actor, Kurt Sky, who is determined to find the perfect relationship --- even if that means paying different women to fulfill distinctive roles. Mary is hired as the “Emotional Girlfriend” --- certainly better than the “Anger Girlfriend” or the “Maternal Girlfriend” --- and is pulled into Kurt’s ego-driven and messy attempt at human connection.
Told in her signature spiraling prose, THE ANSWERS is full of the singular yet universal insights readers have come to expect from Lacey. It is a gorgeous hybrid of the plot- and the idea-driven novel that will leave you reeling.
Click here for the reading group guide.
BookExpo Wrap-Up:
Great Book Club Picks for Fall/Winter 2017
At BookExpo, we had a chance to meet some of our readers at the Speed Dating session that we ran on Friday, June 2nd. We know that many of you were not able to join us in New York, and we want to give you the opportunity to see all of the wonderful titles that were presented at the event. To give you an easy way to mark what you want to suggest at your future book group meetings, we are providing a spreadsheet with all the featured titles, which you can find on this page.
We also have made PDFs of all the titles presented. Due to the large size of the file, we've divided it up by publisher:
Part 1: Consortium; Europa Editions; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Grove/Atlantic; Hachette
Part 2: Harlequin/MIRA; HarperCollins; Henry Holt; PGW; Liveright
Part 3: Other Press; Penguin
Part 4: Picador; Putnam; Ballantine; Random House; Simon & Schuster; Scribner; Atria; Soho Press; Sourcebooks
Part 5: St. Martin's Press; William Morrow; W.W. Norton
Click here for our BookExpo Fall/Winter 2017 Preview.
Featured Guide: SAME BEACH, NEXT YEAR by
Dorothea Benton Frank
SAME BEACH, NEXT YEAR by Dorothea Benton Frank (Fiction)
New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to her magical Lowcountry of South Carolina in this bewitching story of marriage, love, family and friendship that is infused with her warm and engaging earthy humor and generous heart.
One enchanted summer, two couples begin a friendship that will last more than 20 years and transform their lives.
A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston’s most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts, Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again. Their respective spouses, Eliza and Carl, fight sparks of jealousy flaring from their imagined rekindling of old flames. As Adam and Eve get caught up on their lives, their partners strike up a deep friendship --- and flirt with an unexpected attraction --- of their own.
Year after year, Adam, Eliza, Eve and Carl eagerly await their reunion at Wild Dunes, a condominium complex at the island’s tip end, where they grow closer with each passing day, building a friendship that will withstand financial catastrophe, family tragedy and devastating heartbreak. The devotion and love they share will help them weather the vagaries of time and enrich their lives as circumstances change, their children grow up and leave home and their twilight years approach.
Bursting with the intoxicating richness of Dorothea Benton Frank’s beloved Lowcountry --- the sultry sunshine, cool ocean breezes, icy cocktails and starry velvet skies --- SAME BEACH, NEXT YEAR is a dazzling celebration of the infrangible power of friendship, the enduring promise of summer and the indelible bonds of love.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the featured guide.
Featured Guide: MISSISSIPPI BLOOD by Greg Iles
MISSISSIPPI BLOOD by Greg Iles (Thriller)
The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi --- Greg Iles’ epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present.
Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover. Most terrifying of all, Dr. Cage seems bent on self-destruction. Despite Penn's experience as a prosecutor in major murder trials, his father has frozen him out of the trial preparations --- preferring to risk dying in prison to revealing the truth of the crime to his son.
Tom Cage's murder trial sets a terrible clock in motion, and unless Penn can pierce the veil of the past and exonerate his father, his family will be destroyed. Unable to trust anyone around him --- not even his own mother --- Penn joins forces with Serenity Butler, a famous young black author who has come to Natchez to write about his father's case. Together, Penn and Serenity --- a former soldier --- battle to crack the Double Eagles and discover the secret history of the Cage family and the South itself, a desperate move that risks the only thing they have left to gamble: their lives.
MISSISSIPPI BLOOD is the enthralling conclusion to a breathtaking trilogy seven years in the making --- one that has kept readers on the edge of their seats. With piercing insight, narrative prowess, and a masterful ability to blend history and imagination, New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles illuminates the brutal history of the American South in a highly atmospheric and suspenseful novel that delivers the shocking resolution his fans have eagerly awaited.
- Click here to read a review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the featured guide.
June’s Reading Roundup: Top Picks from
Indie Next, LibraryReads, Target and Costco
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads, as well as the Target Book Club title and Pennie's Pick for Costco.
This month's Indie Next titles include THE BRIGHT HOUR, a breathtaking “memoir of living and dying” from poet Nina Riggs, who passed away earlier this year following a brave battle with breast cancer; TOUCH, Courtney Maum’s satirical and moving novel about a New York City trend forecaster who finds herself wanting to overturn her own predictions, move away from technology and reclaim her heart; and MIDNIGHT AT THE BRIGHT IDEAS BOOKSTORE by Matthew Sullivan, in which a store clerk must unravel the puzzle left behind by a bookshop patron who commits suicide.
Library Reads is spotlighting DO NOT BECOME ALARMED by Maile Meloy, a story about the protective force of innocence and the limits of parental power, and an insightful look at privileged illusions of safety; Taylor Jenkins Reid’s THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, in which a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine; and THE LITTLE FRENCH BISTRO by Nina George, a tale of second chances and a delightful embrace of the joys of life in France.
Click here for the complete roundup.
June's New in Paperback Roundups on Bookreporter.com
June’s roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes BEFORE THE FALL, Noah Hawley's much-talked-about thriller that revolves around the aftermath of a plane crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members; Paulette Jiles' NEWS OF THE WORLD, a National Book Award finalist about an aging itinerant news reader who, in the aftermath of the Civil War, agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people; THE MANDIBLES, a near-future novel from Lionel Shriver that explores the aftershocks of an economically devastating U.S. sovereign debt default on four generations of a once-prosperous American family; and THE FATE OF THE TEARLING, the thrilling conclusion to Erika Johansen's Tearling trilogy, in which the fate of Queen Kelsea --- and the Tearling itself --- will finally be revealed.
Among this month’s nonfiction offerings are I’VE GOT SAND IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES, another collection of funny and relatable true stories in the everyday lives of modern women, from the mother-daughter team of Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella, who give their multigenerational take on a variety of topics; IRENA'S CHILDREN by Tilar J. Mazzeo, the extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler --- the “female Oskar Schindler” --- who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II; and SWIMMING IN THE SINK, a stunning memoir of life after loss, in which open-water swimming legend Lynne Cox tells of facing the one challenge that no amount of training could prepare her for.
Find out what's New in Paperback for the weeks of
June 5th, June 12th, June 19th and June 26th.
Bookreporter.com Bets On: TROPHY SON by Douglas Brunt and NOT A SOUND by Heather Gudenkauf
TROPHY SON by Douglas Brunt (Fiction)
Douglas Brunt’s novel, TROPHY SON, looks at the tennis world through the eyes of Anton, a prodigy who is coached and pushed to excel by his tennis-obsessed father, until he rebels against the pressure. I confess to having zip knowledge of tennis, let alone competitive tennis (I could not even score a match), but reading TROPHY SON I was quickly drawn inside that world and never felt over my head.
What I loved best is how Brunt captured the tension that exists in professional sports on so many levels, as well as the alienation of celebrity and the pressure of being in a world where the clock to retirement is always ticking.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read a review.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary.
NOT A SOUND by Heather Gudenkauf (Mystery/Thriller)
Years ago, I discovered Heather Gudenkauf with her first book, THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE, and became a passionate reader of her work. In her latest, NOT A SOUND, she again delivers a sharp story with strong characters and a tightly drawn plot.
Unknown Object
In it, her protagonist, Amelia Winn, is a nurse who is deaf following an accident years ago. After her accident, Amelia dropped into a deep depression that robbed her of her life with her husband, her job and her stepdaughter, who she adored. One afternoon while paddleboarding, she discovers the body of a fellow nurse near a river in the woods by her cabin. Who murdered this woman and why? When she finds the body, she has a hearing dog named Stitch as her steady companion and a promising job interview lined up. Things are looking brighter, but then she starts grappling with her friend’s murder.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read a review.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary.
Bookreporter.com's 12th Annual
Father's Day Contest: Best Books for Dad
Father’s Day is a time to celebrate the men in our lives who have raised and loved us. Why not show him your appreciation by inspiring him with a great book? In our 12th annual "Best Books for Dad" contest, we have a selection of books that are perfect gift-giving suggestions for Dad, keeping him busy through the rest of the year. Five readers will be awarded a copy of each of our featured titles. To enter, please fill out this form by Monday, June 19th at noon ET.
This year's featured titles are:
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AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE by Al Franken
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BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley
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THE COST OF COURAGE by Charles Kaiser
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EVERYBODY BEHAVES BADLY: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises by Lesley M. M. Blume
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THE FALLEN: A Testament Novel by Eric Van Lustbader
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MAKE YOUR BED: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World by William H. McRaven
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THE RANGER WAY: Living the Code On and Off the Battlefield by Kris Paronto
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SHORTGRASS: A Novel of World War II by John J. Dwyer
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SLAVES OF THE SWITCHBOARD OF DOOM: A Novel of Retropolis by Bradley W. Schenck
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TESTIMONY by Scott Turow
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TWELVE DAYS by Steven Barnes
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THE WINTER FORTRESS: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb
Click here to enter the contest.
Bookreporter.com's Summer Reading
Contests and Feature
Summer will be here before you know it! 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 August 24th, 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.
Click here to read all the contest details
and see the prize books being awarded in May, June, July and August.
Enter Our Ongoing Bookreporter.com Contests:
"Word of Mouth" and "Sounding Off on Audio"
The following guides are now available on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
THE ANSWERS by Catherine Lacey (Fiction)
In Catherine Lacey’s THE ANSWERS, an eccentric actor, Kurt Sky, is determined to find the perfect relationship --- even if it means paying women to fulfill distinctive roles in his Girlfriend Experiment. Mary is hired as the “Emotional Girlfriend,” which is certainly better than the “Anger Girlfriend” or the “Maternal Girlfriend,” and is pulled into Kurt’s ego-driven and messy attempt at human connection.
BANG by Barry Lyga (Fiction)
Unflinching and honest, BANG is the story of one boy and one moment in time that cannot be reclaimed, as true and as relevant as tomorrow's headlines.
BENEATH A SCARLET SKY by Mark Sullivan (Historical Fiction)
Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, BENEATH A SCARLET SKY is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
GINNY MOON by Benjamin Ludwig (Fiction)
Told in an extraordinary and wholly original voice, GINNY MOON is a story about being an outsider trying to find a place to belong and about making sense of a world that just doesn’t seem to add up.
THE HAMILTON AFFAIR by Elizabeth Cobbs (Historical Fiction)
THE HAMILTON AFFAIR tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler --- from passionate and tender beginnings to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River.
HIS FROZEN FINGERTIPS by Charlotte Bowyer (Fantasy)
Thrust into a world of evil sorcerers and a magical quest, Asa can rely only on his friend Averett to survive and reach the land of Eodem.
HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi (Historical Fiction)
Ghana, 18th century: Two half-sisters are born. One will marry an Englishman and live in comfort. The other will be captured and sold into slavery. HOMEGOING follows these sisters and their descendants through eight generations.
MISSISSIPPI BLOOD by Greg Iles (Thriller)
MISSISSIPPI BLOOD is the enthralling conclusion to a breathtaking trilogy seven years in the making --- one that has kept readers on the edge of their seats. Greg Iles illuminates the brutal history of the American South in a highly atmospheric and suspenseful novel that delivers the shocking resolution his fans have eagerly awaited.
SAME BEACH, NEXT YEAR by Dorothea Benton Frank (Fiction)
New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to her magical Lowcountry of South Carolina in this bewitching story of marriage, love, family and friendship that is infused with her warm and engaging earthy humor and generous heart.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they released in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley (Thriller)
A mysterious tragedy, an orphaned child and an unlikely hero are at the heart of the mesmerizing, runaway bestseller by “Fargo” creator Noah Hawley.
HERE I AM by Jonathan Safran Foer (Fiction)
Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., HERE I AM is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis.
THEY MAY NOT MEAN TO, BUT THEY DO by Cathleen Schine (Fiction)
New York Times bestselling author Cathleen Schine's novel is a radiantly compassionate look at three generations, all coming of age together.
This Month's Poll: Publication Year of
Your Most Recent Book Group Read
In what year was the book that you most recently read with your book group published?
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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Earlier than 2012
Click here to vote in the poll by Monday, July 10th at noon ET.
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