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We have been teasing this for a while, so I am THRILLED to officially announce our very special 25th Anniversary Feature, which includes a BIG contest that we had fun pulling together.
We looked back and created a list of the most discussed books each year since ReadingGroupGuides.com launched in 2000 --- and yes, doing this brought up a whole swell of memories and a lot of discussion.
Among these titles are WHITE TEETH by Zadie Smith (2000), SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See (2005), THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot (2010), THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah (2015), AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins (2020), and THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN by Marjan Kamali (2024).
One lucky reader will win ALL 25 of these books, while five others will each win five of these books.
The deadline for your entries is Monday, December 1st at noon ET. This gives you plenty of time to enter the contest --- and to spread the word about it to your friends, family and book group members! After all, if you or someone you know wins, you will want to be sharing titles.
In addition to the contest, our Anniversary Feature includes the Most Requested Guides of 2025 so far (along with the Most Requested Guides of 2024), tips on starting, running and maintaining a book group, our Book Group Checkup feature (which I mentioned in a previous newsletter), and much more.
It has been 10 years since we have done a big survey on what is happening with book groups today. We did a brief questionnaire in 2020 to ask what your group was doing during COVID, but now we want to do a deep dive to see how much has changed over the past decade.
We would like you to answer our 25th Anniversary Book Group survey by Monday, December 1st at noon ET and to share it with people you know who are in book groups. The more that we can learn about the current practices of book groups, the more we can share with our publishing partners to let them know what groups today are like. We think there have been a lot of changes in the last 10 years, but we can use your help in showing us if we are right.
This is your last newsletter reminder to sign up for this month’s “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event, which will take place TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 22nd at 8pm ET.
Our guest will be Paula Hawkins, and she will be talking about her most recent thriller, THE BLUE HOUR. This instant New York Times bestseller and “Good Morning America” Book Club pick is a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection that is now available in paperback.
If you have a question for Paula, please email it to me using the subject line “Paula” by Wednesday 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 Paula 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 Paula in our virtual green room before the program starts.
We will be hosting our 14 ½ Annual Book Group Speed Dating event on Friday, November 7th at 1pm ET. If you are a bookseller, librarian or book group leader, and would be interested in attending this event, please email me using the subject line “Speed Dating.” In your note, tell me a bit about yourself and what you do with book groups.
This is a “trade only” event, but we will be sharing the publisher videos, PowerPoint slides and other materials with you later in November.
My latest “Bookreporter Talks To” interview is with Lily King. I had the pleasure of talking to her about her new novel, the instant New York Times bestseller HEART THE LOVER, which will be a Bets On pick. We also are featuring the discussion guide in this newsletter.
Lily shares that she was working on a political murder mystery that came to a grinding halt when she got a manuscript from Ann Patchett, which led her to write college scenes that were the start of HEART THE LOVER. She talks about a significant plot point that was changed in the manuscript about 12 days before the book was submitted, as well as the long path to getting the right cover. She also touches on how this novel is a companion to her previous work, WRITERS & LOVERS.
Click here to watch the video or here to listen to the podcast. HEART THE LOVER is also this month’s Barnes & Noble Book Club selection and #1 Indie Next pick. If you’d like to hear more from Lily, be sure to sign up here for her virtual B&N event on Tuesday, November 4th at 3pm ET. And don’t miss my Bets On commentary in the next newsletter.
What if you got to do everything in your life --- twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s latest novel, which is October’s “Good Morning America” Book Club pick, is a love story that is enchanting, probing and clairvoyant in matters of the heart. TWICE will make you think, weep and overflow with love from beginning to end.
Our Bookreporter reviewer Kate Ayers says, “TWICE is a book that comes around once in a lifetime. It will touch your heart in ways that only a story from Mitch Albom can. It is heartbreaking, heartwarming, charming and wise, plus so much more. Albom is an unparalleled storyteller. No one can come even close to the man’s talent. He reaches down to the depths of human emotions and then digs far deeper. Whatever you do, don’t miss this gem.” Click here for the full review and here for the guide.
Oprah’s Book Club pick for this month is A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF, Megha Majumdar’s second novel (following A BURNING) and a finalist for this year’s National Book Awards.
Oprah says, “It’s a story set in her own hometown of Kolkata, India. And it’s about a mother and her two-year-old daughter, where they’re trying to get provisions to come to the United States of America to join her husband, who’s teaching at a university and all that comes with that. And another young man whom she encounters who also is just trying to stay alive and survive, at a time when the whole town has been affected by multiple changes that cause a lot of people to live in a sense of desperation.
“I have to say this was one great read, because Megha Majumdar is wise beyond her years, and she’s able to bring in cultural conflicts and interweave the way people live and relate to each other in such a way that leaves us spellbound. And she does it in just a little over 200 pages!”
A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF recently sparked a lively and thoughtful conversation among readers at a Starbucks coffeehouse in New York City. Click here for Oprah’s discussion with Megha and here for the guide, which we’re featuring this month.
We also have added guides for these three books:
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THE IRISH GOODBYE: Heather Aimee O'Neill’s debut novel is this month’s “Read with Jenna” Book Club pick. Jenna says, “[Three sisters] return for a Thanksgiving weekend to all be under one roof, and just as families know better than anybody, old patterns come out. We find out about a tragedy that has left these sisters reeling, but it also is full of love and hope and humor.”
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PAPER GIRL: In her memoir, which focuses on her beloved hometown of Urbana, Ohio, Beth Macy has turned to face the darkness in her family and community, people she loves wholeheartedly, even the ones she sometimes struggles to like. And in facing the truth, she has found sparks of human dignity that she has used to light a signal fire of warning but also of hope.
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THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL: Kirsten Miller, the author of THE CHANGE and LULA DEAN'S LITTLE LIBRARY OF BANNED BOOKS, has penned a tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy. Erin A. Craig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE THIRTEENTH CHILD, calls the book “a rallying cry. It filled me with hope and felt like a hug from my best friend.”
We also are continuing to feature the guide for I AM YOU by Victoria Redel. Sarah Jessica Parker, whose SJP Lit imprint published the book, says, “I loved I AM YOU in a way that’s different from other books I have loved. Victoria Redel masterfully evokes the rich period of Golden Age Amsterdam and the centrality of its artists. Against this vivid and brilliantly detailed backdrop, the story of a female painter and her assistant comes to life, captivating us with its insights on time, art, sexual politics, class, women’s rights, and how we tell and retell our histories. It is spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget.”
For more October selections, including the Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, see our “Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks” feature here. Please note that there is no Reese's Book Club pick this month as Reese Witherspoon is on book tour for her debut novel, GONE BEFORE GOODBYE, which she wrote with Harlan Coben.
Our Most Popular Book Group Selections from September’s Monthly Contest
In our recent “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest, where we gave away copies of the aforementioned THE BLUE HOUR by Paula Hawkins, here are the five books mentioned most frequently by book groups that they have read: BROKEN COUNTRY by Clare Leslie Hall, THE FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon, THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah, the aforementioned THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN by Marjan Kamali, and JAMES by Percival Everett. Scroll further down the newsletter to see the Top 15.
I’m Betting You’ll Love…
We have SIX Bets On commentaries to share with you in this newsletter. They are THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans, APOSTLE’S COVE by William Kent Krueger, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY? by Sarah McCoy, THE BREAK-IN by Katherine Faulkner, and Clare Leslie Hall’s two earlier novels that are now available for the first time in the US: DAYS YOU WERE MINE and PICTURES OF HIM. Click on each of the titles for my thoughts on these books. And if you missed my interview with Virginia Evans, be sure to watch or listen to it.
We hosted October’s “Bookaccino Live” book preview afternoon event earlier this month. I talked about 37 books releasing between now and November 4th, plus three from December and 10 from January 2026, 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 --- our last book preview event of the year --- will take place on Wednesday, November 12th at 2pm ET. The focus will be on books releasing between November 11th and January 6th, as well as some titles from February 2026, that we think will appeal to you. Click here to sign up.
Read on, and thanks to all of you who have given us the opportunity to enjoy what we do for the past 25 years! It is such fun to share ideas for new books for your groups to discuss.
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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Celebrate 25 Years of ReadingGroupGuides.com with Us! Enter to Win 25 of the Most Discussed Books
of the Past Quarter Century --- and Check Out Our
Special Anniversary Feature
In 2000, we founded ReadingGroupGuides.com with the idea that readers would be able to conveniently find discussion guides for many of the books that they wanted, as well as information of interest to book groups.
Join us in celebrating this milestone by entering our 25th Anniversary Contest!
We have selected some of the most-read book group titles of the past 25 years for this contest. It was tough to narrow our choices down to 25, just one from each year. But after lots of discussion, we developed the list on this page.
One winner will receive all 25 books. Five others will each win five of these books. If you have read one --- or many --- of these books, our prize will give you the opportunity to share the books with others in your group!
- Click here to see all the prize books and access their discussion guides by clicking on the covers.
Click here to enter the contest by Monday, December 1st at noon ET.
Click here for our special 25th Anniversary Feature, which includes
the Most Requested Guides of 2024 and 2025, tips for books clubs, and more.
New Guide: TWICE by Mitch Albom
October’s “Good Morning America” Book Club Pick
TWICE by Mitch Albom (Fiction)
When he is eight years old, Alfie Logan discovers the magical ability to get a second chance at everything. He can undo any moment and live it again. The one catch: he must accept the consequences of his second try --- for better or worse. Eventually, Alfie turns his gift to his love life, studying his crushes and going back to make himself more appealing. In time, he falls deeply in love with Gianna, the woman he believes is the one. He seems to find contentment. But as the years pass, Alfie’s eye begins to wander. Which is when he learns a lone caveat to his power: once he undoes a love, that person can never fall in love with him again. Knowing that if he gives in to temptation, he will risk losing what he has with Gianna, Alfie makes a choice that changes his life forever.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's "Good Morning America" Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: HEART THE LOVER by Lily King
October’s Barnes & Noble Book Club Selection
and #1 Indie Next Pick, and an Upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On Title
HEART THE LOVER by Lily King (Fiction)
In the fall of her senior year of college, our narrator meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. The boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. But youthful passion is unpredictable, and soon she finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever. Decades later, the vulnerable days of Jordan's youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news bring the past crashing into the present, she returns to a world she left behind and must confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self.
» HEART THE LOVER is October's Barnes & Noble Book Club pick. On Tuesday, November 4th at 3pm ET, B&N will host a live virtual event with Lily King. Click here to sign up.
- 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 Lily King.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here for the discussion guide.
HEART THE LOVER will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick.
Don't miss Carol's commentary in the next newsletter.
New Guide:
A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF by Megha Majumdar
Oprah’s Book Club Pick for October
A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF by Megha Majumdar (Fiction)
In a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine, Ma, her two-year-old daughter, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma’s husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas from the consulate, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma’s purse, containing their treasured immigration documents, has been stolen. Set over the course of one week, A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF tells two stories: the story of Ma’s frantic search for the thief while keeping hunger at bay during a worsening food shortage; and the story of Boomba, the thief, whose desperation to care for his family drives him to commit a series of escalating crimes whose consequences he cannot fathom.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's Oprah's Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Featured Guide: I AM YOU by Victoria Redel
I AM YOU by Victoria Redel (Historical Fiction)
At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel Dutch family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter, Maria, sees through Gerta’s ruse, she insists that Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world.
While Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, lover. But as Gerta steps into her own talents, their relationship fractures into a complex web of obsession and rivalry --- and the secrets they keep threaten to unravel everything.
A mesmerizing historical novel, I AM YOU is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned still-life painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age.
Click here for the featured guide, which includes discussion questions, critical praise, Victoria Redel's bio, and more.
New Guide:
THE IRISH GOODBYE by Heather Aimee O'Neill
October’s “Read with Jenna” Book Club Pick
THE IRISH GOODBYE by Heather Aimee O'Neill (Fiction)
It’s been years since the three Ryan sisters were all together at their beloved family home on the eastern shore of Long Island. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by an accident on their brother Topher’s boat: A friend’s brother was killed, the resulting lawsuit nearly bankrupted their parents, and Topher spiraled into depression, eventually taking his life. Now the Ryan women are back for Thanksgiving, eager to reconnect, but each carrying a heavy secret. When the eldest, Cait, invites a guest from their shared past to Thanksgiving dinner, old tensions boil over and new truths surface, nearly overpowering the flickering light of their family bond. Far more than a family holiday will be ruined unless the sisters can find a way to forgive themselves --- and one another.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's "Read with Jenna" Book Club pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: PAPER GIRL by Beth Macy
PAPER GIRL: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy (Memoir)
Urbana, Ohio, was not a utopia when Beth Macy grew up there in the ’70s and ’80s. Her dad was known as the town drunk, which hurt, as did their poverty. But Urbana had a healthy economy and thriving schools, and Macy had middle-class schoolmates whose families became her role models. But as her mother’s health declined in 2020, she couldn’t shake the feeling that her town had dramatically hardened. Macy had grown up as the paper girl, delivering the local newspaper, which was the community’s civic glue. Now she found scant local news and precious little civic glue. This was not an assignment Macy had ever imagined taking on, but after her mother’s death, she decided to figure out what happened to Urbana in the 40 years since she’d left. The result is an astonishing book that brings into focus our most urgent set of national issues.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by Kirsten Miller
THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by Kirsten Miller (Fiction/Magical Realism)
There are places on earth where nature’s powers gather. Girls raised there are bequeathed strange gifts. Such a place is Wild Hill. For centuries, the ghost of a witch murdered by colonists claimed the beautiful and fertile Wild Hill…until a young Scottish woman with strange gifts arrived. Sadie Duncan was allowed to stay. Five generations of Sadie’s descendants called Wild Hill home, each generation more powerful than the last. Then, in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, the last of the Duncans abandoned their ancestral home. Now Brigid, Phoebe and Sibyl have been brought to Wild Hill to discover their family legacy. The Old One, furious at the path mankind has taken, has chosen three powerful witches to turn the tide. The Duncans will fulfill their destinies --- but only if they can set aside their grievances and come together as a family.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Our Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for October
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads. We also feature a number of other prominent selections, including the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, Oprah’s Book Club, the PBS Books Readers Club, the "Read with Jenna" Book Club, Reese's Book Club, and the Target Book Club.
Below is a preview of October's "Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks." For the complete Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, as well as additional links pertaining to this month's selections, please click here.
Indie Next
#1 Pick: HEART THE LOVER by Lily King
WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY by Mona Awad
BOG QUEEN by Anna North
WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU by Patricia Lockwood
SOUL SEARCHING: A Sweetwater Peak Novel by Lyla Sage
LibraryReads
Top Pick: OVERDUE by Stephanie Perkins
CRAFTING FOR SINNERS by Jenny Kiefer
THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS by Julie Leong
RED CITY by Marie Lu
THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by Kirsten Miller
Barnes & Noble Book Club
HEART THE LOVER by Lily King
"Good Morning America" Book Club
TWICE by Mitch Albom
Oprah's Book Club
A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF by Megha Majumdar
PBS Books Readers Club
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB by Richard Osman
"Read with Jenna" Book Club
THE IRISH GOODBYE by Heather Aimee O'Neill
Reese's Book Club
Please note that there is no Reese's Book Club pick for October. Reese is on book tour this month for her debut novel, GONE BEFORE GOODBYE, which she wrote with Harlan Coben.
Target Book Club
THE LOST STORY OF EVA FUENTES by Chanel Cleeton
Click here for October's Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks.
Our Most Popular Book Group Selections from September's "What's Your Book Group
Reading This Month?" Contest
Bookreporter.com Bets On:
THE CORRESPONDENT, APOSTLE’S COVE,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY?
DAYS YOU WERE MINE, PICTURES OF HIM
and THE BREAK-IN
THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans (Fiction)
There are times when the buzz about a book seems to be everywhere. But in this case, it was from our readers, none of whom I knew personally. They were passionate about THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans, which came out in April. Their drumbeats about the book encouraged me to explore it. I confess that the two birds on the cover did nothing to draw me in, but reading these declarations of how good it was spurred me to read it in September.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to watch our "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Virginia Evans.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on THE CORRESPONDENT.
APOSTLE'S COVE by William Kent Krueger (Mystery)
William Kent Krueger always delivers with his Cork O’Connor series. While I am a huge fan of his stellar stand-alone novels, I am in awe of how he consistently cranks out interesting stories in his series books. He also is brilliant at weaving in enough backstory on characters and prior events to ensure that even a newcomer can stay on top of what’s going on. Things like references to Cork’s first wife are incorporated here (she was active on the case being discussed in this latest installment as she was the attorney on it), but readers also will learn about her death, which happened in an earlier book. The storytelling feels seamless for readers, but you know it takes a deft hand from an author to reveal what you need to know and when you need to know it.
- 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 visit William Kent Krueger's website.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on APOSTLE'S COVE.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY? by Sarah McCoy (Historical Fiction)
I spent 16 years in Catholic school, so a book about a Hollywood starlet who becomes a nun would grab my attention, the same way that trick-or-treating at the convent would as we hoped we would see what nuns wore when they didn’t have their habits on. We never found out anything about the latter. But with Sarah McCoy’s latest novel, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY?, we get to learn what happened to Lucille Lorianne Hickey, who first became Lori Lovely when she hit the stage, and then was christened to be Sister Jude and later Mother Lori.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to visit Sarah McCoy's website.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY?
DAYS YOU WERE MINE by Clare Leslie Hall (Fiction)
There is something lovely about enjoying an author’s latest book and then going back to read his or her previous work. Earlier this year, I read BROKEN COUNTRY by Clare Leslie Hall. I, like many other readers, loved it. I enjoyed the plotting, the storytelling and the characters. There were reveals, questions about what was right --- and wrong --- and great pacing. It’s one of the most talked-about books of the year, and I venture that it will appear on many “Best of 2025” lists.
So it was lovely to see that Clare’s publisher repackaged and released for the first time in the US two of her backlist titles: DAYS YOU WERE MINE (published in late August) and PICTURES OF HIM (published in late September).
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on DAYS YOU WERE MINE.
PICTURES OF HIM by Clare Leslie Hall (Fiction)
I loved Clare Leslie Hall’s BROKEN COUNTRY, so I was eager to read her two earlier books, both of which had not been published in the States until late August and late September. I wrote about DAYS YOU WERE MINE, her second book, earlier this month. Now I turn my attention to PICTURES OF HIM, her debut novel.
As it opens, Catherine is mute. Something happened that has rendered her speechless, and readers are set on a journey to her life 15 years ago, four months before, and now. It is told only in the voices of Catherine and Lucian.
- Click here to read more about the book.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on PICTURES OF HIM.
THE BREAK-IN by Katherine Faulkner (Domestic Thriller)
Katherine Faulkner writes such twisty domestic thrillers. I loved GREENWICH PARK and THE OTHER MOTHERS, so I was eager to read THE BREAK-IN, which takes the genre to a whole new level.
On a July evening, Alice Rathbone is hosting her friends, Yas and Stella, at her house as she has accepted a new job as an art restorer. Each of them has a young daughter, and the girls are playing in a room with Becca, the nanny whom Alice employs. This quiet evening is interrupted when a young man who is not in possession of all of his faculties bursts through the basement door and asks, “Where is he?” He lashes out at Alice, calling her a liar, reaches for a kitchen knife, and heads to the room where the children are.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here to read more of Carol's commentary on THE BREAK-IN.
From left to right: Catherine Newman, Paula Hawkins, Louise Penny
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
Here are four upcoming virtual book and author events that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links for more info and to register.
Wednesday, October 22nd at 7pm ET: “Friends & Fiction”: Join “Friends & Fiction” for a conversation with Catherine Newman about her new book, WRECK. Full of laughter and heart, this wonderful novel is about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned.
Wednesday, October 22nd at 8pm ET: “Bookaccino Live” Book Group: Carol Fitzgerald will talk to Paula Hawkins about her thriller, THE BLUE HOUR, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that is now available in paperback. Paula also will answer questions from guests who will be “on stage,” as well as from other members of the audience.
Monday, October 27th at 7pm ET: Barnes & Noble: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny for a live virtual discussion of THE BLACK WOLF, the 20th installment in her award-winning Inspector Armand Gamache mystery series. Louise will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Will Schwalbe.
Tuesday, October 28th at 9pm ET: Killer Author Club: Kimberly Belle and Kaira Rouda will talk to fellow “Killer Author” Heather Gudenkauf about her latest gripping thriller, THE PERFECT HOSTS, in which a couple’s gender reveal party turns deadly --- and everyone is a suspect.
"Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts
“Bookreporter Talks To” is a video and podcast series that delivers long-form, in-depth author interviews. For years, Carol has moderated book festivals and author events around the country. But we know that readers often do not live where they can attend an author event. Our goal is to bring these author interviews to readers, wherever they may be. Watch on video, or listen as a podcast. (The podcasts include audio excerpts.)
Here is our latest interview:
Other authors we've interviewed recently include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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Vicky Nguyen (BOAT BABY: A Memoir)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
AMITY by Nathan Harris (Historical Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of THE SWEETNESS OF WATER comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.
AT LAST by Marisa Silver (Historical Fiction)
Set in mid-century America, AT LAST explores a rich family saga centered on two fierce and competitive matriarchs whose intertwined lives reflect the complexities of family, tradition and personal ambition.
THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans (Fiction)
Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, THE CORRESPONDENT is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person.
A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF by Megha Majumdar (Fiction)
Megha Majumdar’s electrifying novel, following her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, A BURNING, is set in a near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, in which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other.
HEART THE LOVER by Lily King (Fiction)
From the New York Times bestselling author of WRITERS & LOVERS comes a magnificent and intimate novel of desire, friendship and the lasting impact of first love.
I AM YOU by Victoria Redel (Historical Fiction)
A mesmerizing historical novel, I AM YOU is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned still-life painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age.
THE IRISH GOODBYE by Heather Aimee O'Neill (Fiction)
In this debut, for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan and Mary Beth Keane, three adult sisters grapple with a shared tragedy over a Thanksgiving weekend as they try to heal strained family bonds through the passage of time.
THE LOST STORY OF EVA FUENTES by Chanel Cleeton (Historical Fiction)
A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day unites three women --- and their secrets --- in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton.
PAPER GIRL: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy (Memoir)
From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric comes her most personal and powerful work: a reckoning with the changes that have rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown.
TWICE by Mitch Albom (Fiction)
What if you got to do everything in your life --- twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s novel is a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along.
THE WILDERNESS by Angela Flournoy (Fiction)
THE WILDERNESS is an era-defining novel about five Black women over the course of their 20-year friendship, as they move through the dizzying and sometimes precarious period between young adulthood and midlife.
THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by Kirsten Miller (Fiction/Magical Realism)
From fan favorite Kirsten Miller, the author of THE CHANGE and LULA DEAN'S LITTLE LIBRARY OF BANNED BOOKS, comes a witty, spectacular and timely tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy.
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