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How many of us have books that we remember with fondness? Just thinking about them brings up thoughts of characters loved, places that evoke special feelings, and situations that can be unwrapped in different ways, depending on where we are in our lives. They may be books that we recalled reading with our book groups, or books that we enjoyed on our own.
Here's something special about a book that I know many of you have loved.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the original publication of Kristin Hannah’s THE NIGHTINGALE, the #1 New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year. The book tells the stories of two sisters, each of whom embarks on her own dangerous path toward survival, love and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France.
In honor of this milestone, a stunning deluxe limited edition of the book will release this Tuesday, February 18th. It features a hardcover jacket with foil and embossing, gorgeous designed edges, a ribbon bookmark, exclusive four-color endpapers, and a decorative, gold foil stamp on the front case.
Kristin will be in Culver City on Tuesday and Santa Barbara on Thursday to celebrate this very special release. And YES, signed books will be available! Find out all the details about these events by clicking on the preceding links. In the meantime, be sure to check out this video where an excited Kristin talks about the 10th anniversary edition, which she had just received in the mail.
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, February 26th at 8pm ET.
Our guest will be Lisa Wingate, and she will be talking about her USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller, SHELTERWOOD, a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection that releases in paperback on Tuesday. This gripping novel traces the story of children abandoned by the law and the battle to see justice done.
You can register for the event by clicking here. If you have a question for Lisa, please email it to me using the subject line “Shelterwood” by February 26th at noon ET. Be sure to also include your name, city and state, and indicate if you’d like to be on camera during the event so you can ask Lisa the question yourself, or if you’d prefer me to ask it for you. Those who appear on camera will be able to chat with Lisa in our virtual green room before the program starts.
Our Latest Monthly Contest is Live!
SHELTERWOOD also is our new “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” prize title. One book group will win up to 12 copies of the book. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, March 12th at noon ET.
My latest “Bookreporter Talks To” interview is with Joseph Finder, whose new book, THE OLIGARCH’S DAUGHTER, will be a Bets On pick. In this breakneck thriller, a young hedge funder falls for an attractive woman he meets at a party who turns out to be the daughter of a Russian oligarch.
Joe talks about writing the novel’s two time frames and how the awareness of what oligarchs are has become a lot more timely in the past few years. He did some wilderness training for part of the book and then jumped at the chance to learn more about superyachts that are owned by the uber-wealthy. Joe explains the process of building his characters and what drives them. He also shares what’s next for him. Click here to watch the video or here to listen to the podcast. Don't miss my Bets On commentary in the next newsletter.
Marie Benedict is back with her latest novel, THE QUEENS OF CRIME, which will be a Bets On selection. This time, she tells the thrilling story of the five greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery --- Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy --- and their bid to solve a real-life murder.
Here’s what Rebecca Munro says about the book in her Bookreporter review: “[Benedict] crafts characters who live and breathe on the page --- employing their known histories, but also her own fictional flair --- to make every discovery, every clue and every red herring feel as immediate and real as the very book in your hands.... Equal parts historical fiction and compelling whodunit, THE QUEENS OF CRIME is Marie Benedict at her best, a lively takedown of the patriarchy backed by real-world examples and true grit.” Click here for the full review and here for the discussion guide.
We will feature my “Bookreporter Talks To” interview with Marie, along with my Bets On commentary, in the next newsletter.
Reese’s Book Club pick for February is ISOLA by Allegra Goodman, which finds a 16th-century orphaned French noblewoman and her lover marooned on an island. Reese raves, “I can’t stop talking about it! Based on a true story, ISOLA has it all: love, resilience, defiance... I mean, she even fights a bear! This is easily one of my favorite historical fiction reads yet.”
Jana Siciliano has our review on Bookreporter and calls ISOLA “a stunning achievement that rivals Alexandre Dumas' and Victor Hugo's classic tales of adventure, survival and political intrigue. This gorgeous book by Allegra Goodman is about a woman who discovers her boldness and strength as the natural world around her reveals its most stinging and beautiful secrets. It is a story of woman vs. nature that will have readers riveted until the very last page.” Click here for the full review and here for the guide.
THIS IS A LOVE STORY by Jessica Soffer is February’s Barnes & Noble and “Read with Jenna” book club picks.
Jenna says, “In this beautiful book, we meet Abe and Jane who, upon the end of their life, are recounting their love story as a way to keep their memories alive. We find out both the beautiful things that tied them together, but also the more difficult ones that threaten to tear them apart. This is a book about marriage and devotion.” She adds, “If you want to fall in love with New York, pick up this book.”
On Tuesday, March 4th at 3pm ET, B&N will host a live virtual event with Jessica, which you can sign up for here. In the meantime, click here for the guide.
This month’s “Good Morning America” Book Club pick is JUNIE. In Erin Crosby Eckstine’s debut novel, a young girl named Junie must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship and power as the Civil War looms. As Junie grapples with an increasingly unfamiliar world in which she has little control, she is forced to ask herself: When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind?
Charmaine Wilkerson, whose books GOOD DIRT and BLACK CAKE are this month’s picks for the PBS Books Readers Club, says, “The richly textured prose quickly pulled me into the protagonist’s treacherous yet magical world. I was drawn to the story of Junie, an enslaved teenager with a love of books and nature who must navigate difficult truths about her family and friendships in order to survive her times.” Click here for the guide.
For more February selections, including the Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, see our “Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks” feature here.
We also have added guides for these three books:
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HARLEM RHAPSODY: Victoria Christopher Murray, the bestselling coauthor (with the aforementioned Marie Benedict) of THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN and THE FIRST LADIES, has written her first solo historical novel. The book profiles Jessie Redmon Fauset, the “literary midwife” who discovered and nurtured literary giants like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston --- all while having an affair and love story with civil rights legend (and her boss) W.E.B. Du Bois. I have this one on my list of books to read!
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THE DOLLHOUSE ACADEMY: Margarita Montimore, whose previous novels include OONA OUT OF ORDER (a “GMA” Book Club pick) and ACTS OF VIOLET, returns with a must-read thriller about two best friends and aspiring actresses who are recruited to an elite boarding school for young performers. But threatening anonymous messages lead one of them to uncover the dark, secretive underbelly of the Dollhouse Academy’s star machine.
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UNSHACKLED: In Amanda DuBois' third legal thriller/mystery, following THE COMPLICATION and DELIVER THEM FROM EVIL, attorney Camille Delaney takes on the case of a baby who was kidnapped from the labor and delivery suite while her mother, a prisoner, was shackled to her bed. Camille’s investigation takes her into the criminal system where she learns about the impact on kids of incarcerated moms.
We hosted this month’s “Bookaccino Live” book preview event on Wednesday afternoon. I talked about 31 books releasing between now and March 4th, plus 13 from April, 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, March 12th at 2pm ET. The focus will be on titles releasing between March 11th and April 1st, in addition to a few from May, that we think will appeal to you. Click here to sign up. Those who join us live 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.
Wishing you all a great discussion with your group!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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"What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest: Enter to Win Up to 12 Copies of
SHELTERWOOD by Lisa Wingate for Your Group
In our latest "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" contest, one lucky reader will win up to 12 copies of SHELTERWOOD by Lisa Wingate for their book group.
A USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller that releases in paperback on February 18th, this sweeping novel --- which was a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick when it came out in hardcover last year --- is inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth.
To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, March 12th at noon ET.
SHELTERWOOD by Lisa Wingate (Historical Fiction)
1990. Law enforcement ranger Valerie Boren-Odell arrives at Horsethief Trail National Park seeking a quiet place to raise her son. But no sooner has Valerie reported for duty than a teenage hiker goes missing, and the long-hidden burial site of three children is discovered in a cave. Val’s quest to uncover the truth wins an ally among the Choctaw Nation’s Tribal Police but soon collides with the deadly legacy of the land itself.
1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary.
- Click here to visit Lisa Wingate's website.
- Connect with Lisa Wingate on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Lisa Wingate.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
- Click here to sign up for our "Bookaccino Live" Book Group event with Lisa Wingate on Wednesday, February 26th at 8pm ET.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Guide: THE QUEENS OF CRIME by Marie Benedict
An Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title
THE QUEENS OF CRIME by Marie Benedict (Historical Mystery)
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second-class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment. As they embark on their own investigation, the Queens of Crime discover that they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.
- 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.
THE QUEENS OF CRIME will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's Bets On commentary and her "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Marie Benedict in the next newsletter.
New Guide: ISOLA by Allegra Goodman
Reese’s Book Club Pick for February
ISOLA by Allegra Goodman (Historical Fiction)
Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian --- an enigmatic and volatile man --- spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes an unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she’d never before needed.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's Reese's Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THIS IS A LOVE STORY by Jessica Soffer
February’s Barnes & Noble
and “Read with Jenna” Book Club Picks
THIS IS A LOVE STORY by Jessica Soffer (Fiction)
For 50 years, Abe and Jane have been coming to Central Park, as starry-eyed young lovers, as frustrated and exhausted parents, as artists watching their careers take flight. They came alone when they needed to get away from each other, and together when they had something important to discuss. The Park has been their witness for half a century of love. Until now. Jane is dying, and Abe is recounting their life together as a way of keeping them going: the parts they knew --- their courtship and early marriage, their blossoming creative lives --- and the parts they didn’t always want to know --- the determined young student of Abe’s looking for a love story of her own, and their son, Max, who believes his mother chose art over parenthood and who has avoided love and intimacy at all costs.
» THIS IS A LOVE STORY is February's Barnes & Noble Book Club pick. On Tuesday, March 4th at 3pm ET, B&N will host a live virtual event with Jessica Soffer. Click here to sign up.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to find out why the book is this month's "Read with Jenna" Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: JUNIE by Erin Crosby Eckstine
February’s “Good Morning America” Book Club Pick
JUNIE by Erin Crosby Eckstine (Historical Fiction)
Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie. When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s life, she commits a desperate act --- one that rouses Minnie’s spirit from the grave, tethered to this world unless Junie can free her. She enlists the aid of Caleb, the guests’ coachman, and their friendship soon becomes something more. Yet as long-held truths begin to crumble, she realizes Bellereine is harboring dark and horrifying secrets that no longer can be ignored.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to find out why the book is this month's "GMA" Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: HARLEM RHAPSODY
by Victoria Christopher Murray
HARLEM RHAPSODY by Victoria Christopher Murray (Historical Fiction)
In 1919, high school teacher Jessie Redmon Fauset has been named the literary editor of The Crisis. The first Black woman to hold this position at a preeminent Negro magazine, Jessie is poised to achieve literary greatness. But she holds a secret that jeopardizes it all. W. E. B. Du Bois, the founder of The Crisis, is not only Jessie’s boss, he’s her lover. And neither his wife nor their 14-year age difference can keep the two apart. Amidst rumors of their tumultuous affair, Jessie is determined to prove herself. She attacks the challenge of discovering young writers with fervor. Under her leadership, The Crisis thrives. When her first novel is released to great acclaim, it’s clear that Jessie is at the heart of a renaissance in Black music, theater and the arts. But as she strives to preserve her legacy, she’ll discover the high cost of her unparalleled success.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE DOLLHOUSE ACADEMY
by Margarita Montimore
THE DOLLHOUSE ACADEMY by Margarita Montimore (Thriller)
For the past 18 years, Ivy Gordon has been the most famous star at the Dollhouse Academy, the elite boarding school and talent incubator that every aspiring performer dreams of attending. But in secret diary entries, she begins to reveal the truth of her life at the Dollhouse: strange medical exams, mysterious supplements, and something unspeakable that has left her terrified and feeling like a prisoner. Ramona Halloway and her best friend, Grace Ludlow, grew up idolizing Ivy. Neither has made much headway in showbiz until a lucky break grants them entry to the Dollhouse. When Ramona begins to receive threatening anonymous messages, it’s easy to dismiss them as a prank from a rival. Her bigger concern is Grace’s skyrocketing success. But as the messages grow more unsettling, so does life at the Dollhouse.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: UNSHACKLED by Amanda DuBois
UNSHACKLED: A Camille Delaney Mystery by Amanda DuBois
(Legal Thriller/Mystery)
Shackled to her bed against the pleas of the medical staff, Charli Zhao gives birth to a beautiful daughter she names Willow. Charli had been transported to the hospital from prison, where she is serving time for a crime she didn’t commit. Within hours of the birth, the unthinkable happens: the newborn is abducted, leaving Charli devastated and wondering if she’ll ever find her child, even after she gets free. When a local legal aid group recruits attorney Camille Delaney to help with a case on the inside, she feels drawn to these women’s stories. By the time Camille meets Charli, it’s been years since Willow was abducted, and the case has gone cold. With the help of her trusted friend and private investigator, Trish Seaholm, Camille begins a dogged pursuit to find Charli’s daughter and bring the man who framed Charli to justice.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to read critical praise.
- Click here to watch the book trailer.
- Click here to read an interview with Amanda DuBois.
- Click here to visit Amanda DuBois' website.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for February
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 February'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: VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito
THIS IS A LOVE STORY by Jessica Soffer
THREE DAYS IN JUNE by Anne Tyler
BLACK WOODS, BLUE SKY written by Eowyn Ivey, illustrated by Ruth Hulbert
WE COULD BE RATS by Emily Austin
LibraryReads
Top Pick: FIRST-TIME CALLER by B.K. Borison
WOOING THE WITCH QUEEN by Stephanie Burgis
THE QUIET LIBRARIAN by Allen Eskens
VICTORIAN PSYCHO by Virginia Feito
ISOLA by Allegra Goodman
Barnes & Noble Book Club
THIS IS A LOVE STORY by Jessica Soffer
"Good Morning America" Book Club
JUNIE by Erin Crosby Eckstine
PBS Books Readers Club
GOOD DIRT and BLACK CAKE by Charmaine Wilkerson
"Read with Jenna" Book Club
THIS IS A LOVE STORY by Jessica Soffer
Reese's Book Club
ISOLA by Allegra Goodman
Target Book Club
A LOVE SONG FOR RICKI WILDE by Tia Williams
Click here for February's Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks.
Bookreporter.com's 10th Annual
Winter Reading Contests and Feature
Bookreporter.com's Winter Reading contests have returned for a 10th year! On select days through February 19th, we are hosting a series of 24-hour contests spotlighting a book releasing this winter and giving five lucky readers the chance to win it. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
Our final Winter Reading contest will be up on Tuesday, February 18th at noon ET. The prize book will be FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston, a Reese's Book Club pick and a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection that is now available in paperback.
This year's featured titles are:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
Bookreporter.com Bets On:
GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson,
PRESUMED GUILTY by Scott Turow,
and DEAR SISTER by Michelle Horton
GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson (Fiction)
I was a huge fan of Charmaine Wilkerson’s first novel, BLACK CAKE. So when I heard that she had a new book coming out, I was looking forward to reading it. I am happy to share that GOOD DIRT is another powerful work of fiction that spans generations. Charmaine has a beautiful way of telling a family story, filling it with emotion and history.
Ebby Freeman is at the heart of the book. As a young girl, she witnessed her brother being killed in a home invasion, but she holds back from revealing everything she saw that day. For years, she is looked upon as “the poor Freeman girl,” and what happened to her is whispered about. Ebby already stands out as the stunningly beautiful Black woman in her affluent, all-white neighborhood. All this history makes the pain of being left at the altar on the day of her wedding at her family home that much sadder. She stumbles through life for a while before jetting off to France to get away from it all. But even there Ebby’s past follows her.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on GOOD DIRT.
PRESUMED GUILTY by Scott Turow (Legal Thriller)
PRESUMED GUILTY is Scott Turow’s third book featuring Rusty Sabich as his protagonist. Many of us remember reading PRESUMED INNOCENT and INNOCENT, so I was happy to catch up with this iconic character again.
Rusty is now 77, living in a quiet town and working his way towards retirement. He’s in a relationship with a woman he wants to marry, and life is looking good. Bea has a son, Aaron, who she adopted as a baby. Aaron has been through some tough times, but he’s getting his life in gear and on the right track. Until he’s charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Mae, the daughter of the local prosecutor. Aaron is a Black man being brought up in an all-white community --- and prejudice will rear its head here.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Scott Turow.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on PRESUMED GUILTY.
DEAR SISTER: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds by Michelle Horton (Memoir)
I read DEAR SISTER last fall as I prepared for an interview at the Morristown Festival of Books with its author, Michelle Horton. I always thought that if a person killed someone in self-defense, he or she would be acquitted. I was so far off the mark.
Michelle writes about her sister, Nikki, who was in an abusive relationship for nine years. When her partner went to shoot Nikki and himself, which would make their children orphans, Nikki grabbed the gun and shot him. She had hidden the abuse from her family, masking it with long sleeves and excuses for her various wounds. But she confided in friends who were there to support her.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Michelle Horton.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on DEAR SISTER.
From left to right: Lisa Wingate, Tova Mirvis, Pam Jenoff
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
Here are eight upcoming virtual book and author events that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links for more info and to register.
Wednesday, February 19th at 1pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Deon Meyer will talk about LEO, the latest entry in his #1 internationally bestselling series. Decorated detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido must put their careers on the line to find the link between three seemingly unrelated homicides.
Wednesday, February 19th at 7pm ET: “Friends & Fiction”: Join “Friends & Fiction” for a conversation with Pam Jenoff about LAST TWILIGHT IN PARIS, a riveting novel of love and survival about a Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery.
Thursday, February 20th at 8pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Stephen Spotswood will talk about DEAD IN THE FRAME, the most dramatic installment yet in his Pentecost and Parker series. This time, Will scrambles to solve a shocking murder before Lillian takes the fall for the crime.
Tuesday, February 25th at 11:30am ET: The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center: The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center welcomes Tova Mirvis, who will talk about her latest novel, WE WOULD NEVER. This riveting literary page-turner maps the extremes to which a family will go in order to protect their own.
Tuesday, February 25th at 9pm ET: Killer Author Club: Get ready for a killer conversation with Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist and fiction writer Linda Hurtado Bond as she gives Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf and Kaira Rouda the inside scoop on her latest gasp-fest, ALL THE CAPTIVE GIRLS.
Wednesday, February 26th at 3pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Gillian McAllister will talk about her latest book, FAMOUS LAST WORDS, an addictive thriller that finds a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime.
Wednesday, February 26th at 7pm ET: “Friends & Fiction”: Join “Friends & Fiction” for a conversation with C.J. Box about BATTLE MOUNTAIN, the 25th installment in his Joe Pickett series, which finds outlaw falconer Nate Romanowski off the grid and out for revenge.
Wednesday, February 26th at 8pm ET: "Bookaccino Live" Book Group: Carol Fitzgerald will talk to Lisa Wingate about her novel, SHELTERWOOD, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that releases in paperback on February 18th. Lisa 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 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 is our latest interview:
Other authors we've interviewed include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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Marie Benedict (THE QUEENS OF CRIME)
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Charmaine Wilkerson (GOOD DIRT)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
THE BUSINESS TRIP by Jessie Garcia (Psychological Thriller)
Twist upon twist, layer upon layer, where nothing is as it seems, THE BUSINESS TRIP takes you on a descent into the depths of a mastermind manipulator. But who is playing who?
DEAR SISTER: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds by Michelle Horton (Memoir)
In this powerful and touching memoir, a woman fights the criminal justice system to release her incarcerated sister after she kills her long-time abuser.
THE DOLLHOUSE ACADEMY by Margarita Montimore (Thriller)
From the nationally bestselling author of the "GMA" Book Club pick OONA OUT OF ORDER comes a novel about two best friends and aspiring actresses who join the Dollhouse Academy, where stars are made and dangerous secrets are hidden.
THE FAVORITES by Layne Fargo (Romance)
THE FAVORITES is an epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice.
GOOD DIRT by Charmaine Wilkerson (Fiction)
The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of BLACK CAKE, a "Read with Jenna" Book Club pick.
HARLEM RHAPSODY by Victoria Christopher Murray (Historical Fiction)
She found the literary voices that would inspire the world. HARLEM RHAPSODY is the extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN.
THE HEART OF WINTER by Jonathan Evison (Fiction)
Jonathan Evison's THE HEART OF WINTER is about a married couple in their golden years --- from when they met across big ups, deep downs and survive-it-all, opposites-attract love.
ISOLA by Allegra Goodman (Historical Fiction)
A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this epic saga of love, faith and defiance from the bestselling author of SAM.
JUNIE by Erin Crosby Eckstine (Historical Fiction)
A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship and power as the Civil War looms.
LET’S CALL HER BARBIE by Renée Rosen (Historical Fiction)
She was only 11 ½ inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.
THE QUEENS OF CRIME by Marie Benedict (Historical Mystery)
The New York Times bestselling author of THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE returns with a thrilling story of Agatha Christie’s legendary rival, Dorothy Sayers; the race to solve a murder; and the power of friendship among women.
SHELTERWOOD by Lisa Wingate (Historical Fiction)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of BEFORE WE WERE YOURS comes a sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth.
TARTUFO by Kira Jane Buxton (Fiction)
From the author of HOLLOW KINGDOM comes a fantastically funny story featuring a cast of colorful characters in a dying Italian village --- and a giant truffle that changes their fate forever.
THIS IS A LOVE STORY by Jessica Soffer (Fiction)
An homage to New York City, to romance and even to loss, THIS IS A LOVE STORY tenderly and suspensefully captures deep truths about life and marriage in radiant prose. It is about love that endures despite what life throws at us, or perhaps even because of it.
UNSHACKLED: A Camille Delaney Mystery by Amanda DuBois
(Legal Thriller/Mystery)
Camille Delaney returns with another investigation --- and this time it’s personal --- in UNSHACKLED, the third installment in Amanda DuBois' mystery/thriller series featuring the quick-witted Seattle attorney.
Please note that these titles, for which we already had the guides when they appeared in hardcover, are now available in paperback:
A CALAMITY OF SOULS by David Baldacci (Historical Thriller)
Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully accused Black client.
DIVA by Daisy Goodwin (Historical Fiction)
New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world.
EXPIRATION DATES by Rebecca Serle (Romance)
The New York Times bestselling author of IN FIVE YEARS and ONE ITALIAN SUMMER returns with a love story about a young woman who decides to finally live for herself rather than rely on the universe for answers.
A LOVE SONG FOR RICKI WILDE by Tia Williams (Romance)
In this sexy modern-day fairy tale from the New York Times bestselling author of SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician share a soul mate connection told through the history, art and magic of Harlem.
THE MANY LIVES OF MAMA LOVE: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing by Lara Love Hardin (Memoir)
New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot-caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.
SLOW NOODLES: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon with Kim Green (Memoir)
SLOW NOODLES is a haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
THE STORM WE MADE by Vanessa Chan (Historical Fiction)
THE STORM WE MADE is a spellbinding, sweeping novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII --- and the shocking consequences that rain upon her community and family.
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