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My book group read --- and loved --- THE MAGNIFICENT LIVES OF MARJORIE POST. We were lucky enough to have Allison Pataki join us to talk about the book during part of our discussion; her schedule has been so busy that this was something very special. We asked her lots of questions about her research. She said she was impressed with the questions and feedback from our group, some of which she had not heard before. One of our group members said that the book was so well done that it has spoiled her to find something this good as she is reading. High praise.
Julia, who is terrific at making themed treats for our group, baked a pie with a crust made from Grape Nuts cereal. It was done like a graham cracker crumb crust with orange juice and butter holding it together. She made a chocolate pudding filling and topped it with whipped cream. I am not a huge fan of the cereal on its own, but this was terrific.
Next up, we are reading A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith. We have heard people note it as a classic for years. None of us have read it. I am looking forward to this discussion!
Last Wednesday night, we hosted our 10th “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event with Janet Skeslien Charles. We had such a great discussion about her instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today bestseller, THE PARIS LIBRARY, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that is now out in paperback. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.
Janet and I also trailed off in a few other directions, talking about book clubs and bookish memories. One was about my loving the bookmobile in my town when I was growing up. This prompted a lovely note with a bookish memory from Debbie, who has joined us as an on-stage participant at many of our programs.
“You brought back great memories when you talked about the bookmobile. I was born in 1952 in a town where the one library was not accessible to someone whose mother didn’t drive and whose parents were not readers. I remember being in first grade and seeing the bookmobile, which was only available to fourth, fifth and sixth graders, parked in front of the school.
“Finally, the day arrived when I could get a library card and visit the bookmobile, which came once a month, but I could only borrow two books. Eventually, the bookmobile came to my neighborhood every two weeks, and I remember that sound as it lowered itself closer to the ground. I would climb in and sit on the floor because all the kids’ books were on the bottom shelves. I was always in the way of the adults who kept tripping over me. At first I was limited to five books, which was wonderful and disappointing at the same time because I would finish the books before the bookmobile made its next visit in two weeks. Finally, the neighborhood was big enough to warrant a visit every week at different places in the neighborhood. That was heaven!
“I have been a book lover since the day I learned to read and an unabashed book hoarder since I became an adult and I could buy books that I could keep forever. I will always love the bookmobile, which played such a significant part in my life!”
Anyone else with a memory like that?
We have two new “Bookreporter Talks To” interviews to share with you in this newsletter.
First up is Chris Pavone, whose newly released novel, TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON, will be a Bets On pick. This riveting thriller centers on Ariel Price, who wakes up on her vacation in Lisbon to find her husband missing. The more the police search, the more questions surface, such as: What was he really there to do?
Chris talked to me about his choice to keep women as lead characters in his books. He also discussed the slow crawl of his thrillers, the inspiration that led him to set a book in Lisbon, and the truth behind his final sentences (with no spoilers, of course). Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast. We also are featuring the discussion guide, which you can find here.
I also had the pleasure of catching up with Kim Michele Richardson, whose new novel, THE BOOK WOMAN'S DAUGHTER, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2019’s THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK. This time, readers are introduced to Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, Cussy Mary Carter. Honey picks up the same pack horse library trail as her mother, but she still has countless struggles as she brings the books where they need to go.
Kim Michele talked to me about the success of THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK and why she decided to continue the story. She also discussed sequels, extraordinary women and the value of books. Click here to listen to the podcast and here for the guide, which we featured in the last newsletter.
Last Chance to Enter Our Monthly Contest
Next Wednesday, June 8th at noon ET is the deadline to enter our current “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest. Three of you will win up to 12 copies of Ash Davidson’s national bestseller, DAMNATION SPRING, for your group. A Bets On pick when it released in hardcover last August, the book is now available in paperback. According to Sarah Rachel Egelman in her Bookreporter review, “Davidson taps into many of the themes found in great American storytelling, and this impressive debut heralds her arrival as a writer to pay close attention to…. The possibility for violence and heartbreak is on every page. Yet the tender hearts of the characters are never eclipsed by plot devices, resulting in a well-balanced, affecting and provocative novel.”
In addition to TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON, we are featuring the following guides in this newsletter:
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THIS TIME TOMORROW: What if you could take a vacation to your past? This is the thought-provoking question at the heart of Emma Straub’s latest novel. Here, she offers her own twist on traditional time-travel tropes and a different kind of love story.
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THE LIONESS: A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in Chris Bohjalian’s new historical thriller, which is already in development for a television series. Of course, Chris is no stranger to TV adaptations of his work; “The Flight Attendant”, which is based on his 2018 thriller of the same name, just wrapped up its second season on HBO Max.
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THE LOST SUMMERS OF NEWPORT: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White (affectionately known as “Team W”) have teamed up once again to pen a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day.
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BOOK LOVERS: As a cutthroat literary agent and a bookish brooding editor are thrown together again and again, what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves, in Emily Henry’s new novel, which is May’s #1 Indie Next pick.
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THE LIFEGUARDS: Amanda Eyre Ward’s latest is both a story about the secrets we tell to protect the ones we love and a riveting novel of suspense filled with half-truths and betrayals, fierce love and complicated friendships, and the loss of innocence on one hot summer night. If you missed my “Bookreporter Talks To” interview with Amanda, you can watch it here and listen to the podcast here.
This is your last ReadingGroupGuides newsletter reminder to sign up for our next “Bookaccino Live” preview event, which will take place on Wednesday, June 15th at 2pm ET. The focus will be on titles releasing between June 14th and July 5th, in addition to a few from August, that I would like to get on your radar. Click here to register. Those attending the live event will be asked to answer a survey about the books from the presentation that they are most interested in reading and will be eligible to win a prize.
On Tuesday, June 21st at 1pm ET, members of the Simon & Schuster team will discuss June’s Book Club Favorites pick, ON GIN LANE, with author Brooke Lea Foster. Click here to RSVP for the event. If you missed their discussion of May’s pick, THE SUMMER PLACE, featuring Jennifer Weiner as their special guest, you can watch it here.
A reminder that next Tuesday, June 7th at 3pm ET, Barnes & Noble will host a virtual event featuring Jennifer Saint, who will discuss her new novel, ELEKTRA, which is B&N’s May Book Club selection. Click here to sign up. B&N announced today that HALF-BLOWN ROSE by Leesa Cross-Smith will be their pick for June. We will have much more on this in the next newsletter.
Celebrating Father’s Day on Bookreporter
We recently launched our Father’s Day contest on Bookreporter, which we have brought back for a 17th year. From now through Friday, June 17th at noon ET, readers can enter to win one of our five prize packages, which includes all 12 of our featured titles. Click here to read more about the books and enter the giveaway.
For those of you who are meeting with your book group in June, enjoy your discussion!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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New Guide: THIS TIME TOMORROW by Emma Straub
THIS TIME TOMORROW by Emma Straub (Fiction)
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday. But it isn’t just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush --- it’s her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?
- 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 for the discussion guide.
New Guide: TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON by Chris Pavone
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title
TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON by Chris Pavone (Thriller)
Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone --- no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong. She starts with hotel security, then the police, then the American embassy, at each confronting questions she can’t fully answer: What exactly is John doing in Lisbon? Why would he drag her along on his business trip? Who would want to harm him? And why does Ariel know so little about her new --- much younger --- husband? The clock is ticking. Ariel is increasingly frustrated and desperate, running out of time, and the one person in the world who can help is the one person she least wants to ask.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to watch Carol's "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Chris Pavone.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here for the discussion guide.
TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's commentary, along with our review, in June.
New Guide: THE LIONESS by Chris Bohjalian
THE LIONESS by Chris Bohjalian (Historical Thriller)
Tanzania, 1964. When A-list actress Katie Barstow and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision paradise. Their glamorous guests expect civilized adventure: fresh ice from the kerosene-powered ice maker, dinners of cooked gazelle meat, and plenty of stories to tell over lunch back on Rodeo Drive. What Katie and her glittering entourage do not expect is this: a kidnapping gone wrong, their guides bleeding out in the dirt, and a team of Russian mercenaries herding their hostages into Land Rovers, guns to their heads. As the powerful sun gives way to night, the gunmen shove them into abandoned huts, and Katie prays for a simple thing: to see the sun rise one more time.
- 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 for the discussion guide.
"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest: Enter to Win Up to 12 Paperback Copies of
DAMNATION SPRING by Ash Davidson for Your Group
Each month in our "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" feature, 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 up to 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.
Our latest prize book is DAMNATION SPRING by Ash Davidson, a national bestseller and a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that is now available in paperback. This stunning novel about love, work and marriage asks how far one family and one community will go to protect their future. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, June 8th at noon ET.
DAMNATION SPRING by Ash Davidson (Fiction)
Colleen and Rich Gundersen are raising their young son, Chub, on the rugged California coast. It’s 1977, and life in this Pacific Northwest logging town isn’t what it used to be. For generations, the community has lived and breathed timber; now that way of life is threatened. Colleen is an amateur midwife. Rich is a tree-topper. It’s a dangerous job that requires him to scale trees hundreds of feet tall. Colleen and Rich want a better life for Chub, and they take steps to assure their future. Rich secretly spends their savings on a swath of ancient redwoods. But when Colleen, grieving the loss of a recent pregnancy, challenges the logging company’s use of the herbicides she believes are responsible for the many miscarriages in the community, she and Rich find themselves on opposite sides of a budding conflict.
- 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 read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
- Click here to watch Carol's "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Ash Davidson.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here to enter the contest.
ReadingGroupGuides.com’s 11th Annual Book Group
Speed Dating Event: Great Books for Book Groups
On May 13th, we hosted our 11th Annual Book Group Speed Dating event for booksellers, librarians and book club leaders. More than 60 books that would make great book group selections for Summer/Fall 2022 were presented by 14 publishers. You can watch the entire presentation here. The video is timestamped, so if you would like to jump ahead to a specific publisher, be sure to use the links below.
New Guide: THE LOST SUMMERS OF NEWPORT
by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White
THE LOST SUMMERS OF NEWPORT by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White (Historical Mystery)
THE LOST SUMMERS OF NEWPORT is a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day. This is the perfect summer read for any beach bag with three timelines of women taking charge of their future set in the ultimate glamorous location.
- 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: BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry
May’s #1 Indie Next Pick
BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry (Romantic Comedy)
Nora Stephens, a cutthroat literary agent, agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when her little sister, Libby, begs her for a sisters’ trip away. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute. But as they are thrown together again and again --- in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow --- what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.
- 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 for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE LIFEGUARDS by Amanda Eyre Ward
THE LIFEGUARDS by Amanda Eyre Ward (Fiction)
Austin’s Zilker Park neighborhood is a wonderland of greenbelt trails, live music and moms who drink a few too many margaritas. Whitney, Annette and Liza have grown thick as thieves as they have raised their children together for 15 years, believing that they can shelter them from an increasingly dangerous world. Their friendship is unbreakable --- as safe as the neighborhood where they've raised their sweet little boys. Or so they think. One night, the three women have been enjoying happy hour when their boys, lifeguards for the summer, come back on bicycles from a late-night dip in their favorite swimming hole. The boys share a secret --- news that will shatter the perfect world their mothers have so painstakingly created.
- 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 watch Carol's "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Amanda Eyre Ward.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New May Releases of Interest to Book Groups
Below are a number of books that released in May for the first time (which we aren't currently featuring on the site or in the newsletter) that we think will be of interest to book groups.
BEACH HOUSE SUMMER by Sarah Morgan (Fiction)
USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan returns with the ultimate beach read, as one woman forges the most unlikely friendship of all and embarks on a summer of confronting her past in order to build the future she wants.
THE BOARDWALK BOOKSHOP by Susan Mallery (Fiction)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes a story of friends who become family, giving each other courage to start over.
HALF-BLOWN ROSE by Leesa Cross-Smith (Fiction)
From the award-winning author of THIS CLOSE TO OKAY comes an irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of travel, art and passion in Paris.
THE HOMEWRECKERS by Mary Kay Andrews (Fiction)
Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews in this delightful summer read about flipping houses and finding true love.
THE HONEYMOON COTTAGE by Lori Foster (Romance)
From New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster comes a heartwarming, romantic story for fans of Jill Shalvis, Lori Wilde and Sarah Morgan. In THE HONEYMOON COTTAGE, locals of a quirky small town help their favorite wedding planner find her own happily-ever-after.
THE LATECOMER by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of THE PLOT, Jean Hanff Korelitz’s THE LATECOMER is a layered and immersive literary novel about three siblings, desperate to escape one another, and the upending of their family by the late arrival of a fourth.
LOVE MARRIAGE by Monica Ali (Fiction)
A gloriously acute observer of class, sexual mores and the mysteries of the human heart, Monica Ali has written a captivating social comedy and a profoundly moving, revelatory story of two cultures, two families and two people trying to understand one another.
MAGIC SEASON: A Son's Story by Wade Rouse (Memoir)
Bestselling author Wade Rouse finds solace with his dying father through their shared love of baseball in this poignant, illuminating memoir of family and forgiveness.
MEANT TO BE by Emily Giffin (Fiction)
A restless golden boy and a girl with a troubled past navigate a love story that may be doomed before it even begins.
METROPOLIS by B. A. Shapiro (Psychological Thriller)
The New York Times bestselling author of THE ART FORGER delivers a spellbinding and moving novel about what we hang on to, what we might need to let go, and how unexpected events can lead us to deeper truths.
MUSTIQUE ISLAND by Sarah McCoy (Fiction)
From bestselling author Sarah McCoy comes a sun-splashed romp with a rich divorcee and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique, the world’s most exclusive private island, where Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger were regulars and scandals stayed hidden from the press.
NERUDA ON THE PARK by Cleyvis Natera (Fiction)
NERUDA ON THE PARK is an exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification.
OUR LAST DAYS IN BARCELONA by Chanel Cleeton (Historical Fiction)
When Isabel Perez travels to Barcelona to save her sister Beatriz, she discovers a shocking family secret in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s new novel.
SUMMER LOVE by Nancy Thayer (Fiction)
Old secrets come to light when four friends gather on Nantucket for a life-changing reunion in this heartwarming novel of love and self-discovery by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer.
TRUST by Hernan Diaz (Historical Fiction)
At once an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle, TRUST engages the reader in a quest for the truth while confronting the deceptions that often live at the heart of personal relationships, the reality-warping force of capital, and the ease with which power can manipulate facts.
THE WEDDING DRESS SEWING CIRCLE by Jennifer Ryan (Historical Fiction)
Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationing leaves little opportunity for pomp or celebration --- even at weddings --- in this heartwarming novel based on true events.
Bookreporter.com Bets On:
MUSTIQUE ISLAND by Sarah McCoy
MUSTIQUE ISLAND by Sarah McCoy (Fiction)
In MUSTIQUE ISLAND, Sarah McCoy transported me to this island that, aside from its sandy shores and blue water, has a storied history of being the playground for Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger. As a friend who has vacationed there at Christmas for more than two decades has told me, what happens on Mustique stays on the island. Over the holidays you will not hear what celebrities there are doing; it’s known to be a place where respect is given to those vacationing. So this trip there with Sarah’s characters is just brilliant fun.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to watch Carol's "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Sarah McCoy.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
- Click here to visit Sarah McCoy's website.
Announcing Bookreporter.com's 17th 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 17th 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 12 featured titles. To enter, please fill out this form by Friday, June 17th at noon ET.
This year's prize books are:
Click here to enter the contest.
Bookreporter.com's 18th Annual
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 the end of 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 prize books include:
Click here to read all the contest details and learn more about our prize books.
From left to right: Susan Mallery, Jennifer Saint, Therese Anne Fowler
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
As so many book and author events are happening online these days, we are highlighting a number of them that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links below for more info and to register.
Wednesday, June 1st at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": The "Friends and Fiction" authors --- Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey and Patti Callahan Henry --- will talk to Sarah McCoy and Chanel Cleeton about their latest novels, MUSTIQUE ISLAND and OUR LAST DAYS IN BARCELONA. Christina Lauren, author of SOMETHING WILDER, will appear on the Aftershow.
Wednesday, June 1st at 9pm ET: Third Place Books: Third Place Books welcomes Susan Mallery for a presentation of her latest novel, THE BOARDWALK BOOKSHOP. She will be joined in conversation by fellow bestselling author Kristin Harmel.
Tuesday, June 7th at 3pm ET: Barnes & Noble Book Club: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome Jennifer Saint for a live virtual event to discuss ELEKTRA, May's B&N Book Club pick.
Wednesday, June 8th at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": The "Friends and Fiction" authors will talk to three pairs of writers about their latest collaborations: Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, Ali Brady (Alison Hammer and Bradeigh Godfrey), Mary Alice Monroe and Angela May.
Thursday, June 9th at 7pm ET: William Morrow: Join Kirstin Chen and Katie Gutierrez for the virtual launch of their new novels, COUNTERFEIT and MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW. They will be in conversation with Book Riot's Liberty Hardy.
Thursday, June 9th at 8:30pm ET: Warwick's: Warwick's, in partnership with Book Passage, will host Therese Anne Fowler as she discusses her new book, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS, with Jeniffer Thompson.
Wednesday, June 15th at 2pm ET: "Bookaccino Live: A Lively Talk About Books": Carol Fitzgerald will present titles releasing between June 14th and July 5th, along with a few from August, that she would like to get on your radar.
Wednesday, June 15th at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": The "Friends and Fiction" authors will talk to Emily Giffin and Harlan Coben about their latest novels, MEANT TO BE and THE MATCH.
"Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts
“Bookreporter Talks To” is a video and podcast series that delivers a long-form, in-depth author interview every week. 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:
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Chris Pavone (TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON) Video | Podcast
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Kim Michele Richardson (THE BOOK WOMAN'S DAUGHTER) Podcast
Other authors we've interviewed include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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Kimberly Brock (THE LOST BOOK OF ELEANOR DARE)
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Julie Clark (THE LIES I TELL)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry (Romantic Comedy)
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming. BOOK LOVERS is an insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of BEACH READ and PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION.
THE BOOK WOMAN’S DAUGHTER by Kim Michele Richardson (Historical Fiction)
Bestselling historical fiction author Kim Michele Richardson is back with the perfect book club read following Honey Lovett, the daughter of the beloved Troublesome book woman, who must fight for her own independence with the help of the women who guide her and the books that set her free.
THE CHANGE by Kirsten Miller (Fantasy/Thriller)
"Big Little Lies" meets The Witches of Eastwick, THE CHANGE is a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp feminist revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers --- putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town.
THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS by Pip Williams (Historical Fiction)
Set during the height of the women’s suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men.
ELEKTRA by Jennifer Saint (Historical Fiction/Mythology)
From Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, ARIADNE, comes a spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines.
THE LIFEGUARDS by Amanda Eyre Ward (Fiction)
The bonds between three picture-perfect --- but viciously protective --- mothers and their close-knit sons are tested during one unforgettable summer in a gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of THE JETSETTERS.
THE LIONESS by Chris Bohjalian (Historical Thriller)
A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet and her entourage in this riveting historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT.
THE LOST SUMMERS OF NEWPORT by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White (Historical Mystery)
From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White comes a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day.
THE MOMENTS BETWEEN DREAMS by Judith F. Brenner (Historical Fiction)
When the polio virus paralyzes Carol’s daughter, more chaos ensues when husband Joe returns from World War II violent. But allowing handsome journalist Sam to help poses more danger.
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt (Fiction)
For fans of A MAN CALLED OVE comes a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.
THE SUMMER PLACE by Jennifer Weiner (Fiction)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THAT SUMMER comes another heartfelt and unputdownable novel of family, secrets and the ties that bind.
THIS TIME TOMORROW by Emma Straub (Fiction)
With her celebrated humor, insight and heart, beloved New York Times bestselling author Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time-travel tropes and a different kind of love story.
TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON by Chris Pavone (Thriller)
Tautly wound and expertly crafted, TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON is a riveting thriller about a woman under pressure, and how far she will go when everything is on the line.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they appeared in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
DAMNATION SPRING by Ash Davidson (Fiction)
An epic, immersive debut, DAMNATION SPRING is the deeply human story of a Pacific Northwest logging town wrenched in two by a mystery that threatens to derail its way of life.
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS by Joshua Henkin (Fiction)
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS is a sweeping and compassionate novel about a marriage surviving hardship. It’s about the love between women and men, and children and parents; about the things we give up in the face of adversity; and about how to survive when life turns out differently from what we thought we signed up for.
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