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Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview is with Susie Yang,
whose debut novel, WHITE IVY, is this month's "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club pick.
Click on the image above for the video and here for the podcast.
The Miami Book Fair will take place online from November 15-22.
Carol recently conducted interviews with Sue Miller and Jacqueline Winspear, which will be part of the Fair's stellar lineup, along with five other author interviews of ours that were previously filmed.
Click on the image above to visit the Fair's website and see their events schedule.
On Tuesday, December 1st at 3pm ET, members of the Simon & Schuster team will host a
Facebook Live Book Club chat featuring Kristin Harmel, whose latest novel,
THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES, is November's pick for S&S's Book Club Favorites.
Click on the image above to RSVP for the event.
Happy Almost Thanksgiving!
This year, as Thanksgiving rolls around, we are giving thanks to our readers who are in book groups. We know this year has been super challenging for book group discussions, but we are seeing increased traffic on our site, leading us to believe that more people are trying to connect with their groups in new ways. We hear over and over again that people are reading more than ever for escape --- and then finding connection with fellow booklovers. Thank you for making the time for reading…and book discussion!
Please keep in mind that next Thursday, November 19th at 8pm ET, we will host our first “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event via Zoom. Our special guest will be Jeanine Cummins, who will discuss her bestselling novel, AMERICAN DIRT. Some guests who have read the book will join Jeanine and me "on stage" at one point to be part of the conversation. Other readers will watch the event and will be able to pose a question during the last 10 minutes of the program. If you would like to attend the event as a participant or as an audience member, be sure to sign up here by Monday, November 16th at 10am ET. Please note that our Zoom room only accommodates 500, and from what we see, it WILL “sell out” that night. We will be taping this event to air at a future date in case you do not make it in.
On Wednesday, we held our last “Bookaccino Live” afternoon event of 2020, where I talked about books releasing from November 10th to January 5th, along with four from February, that I wanted to get on your radar. For those of you who missed the presentation, it will be available on our YouTube channel next week. In the meantime, you can see a list of all the titles that I presented here.
Our first “Bookaccino Live” event of 2021 will be held on Wednesday, January 13th at 2pm ET. The focus will be on books releasing from January 12th to February 2nd, with a peek ahead to March. The signup link will be available in our December newsletter.
We already are starting to see “Best Books of the Year” lists pop up here and there…and, of course, there will be plenty more to come in the weeks ahead. But as many of you know, we handle this annual wrap-up just a bit differently. We leave it up to you and your book group to help us compile our “Best Of” lists, and this year is no exception!
Click here to share both your favorite book that you read with your group this year and your favorite book that you read outside your group. One Grand Prize winner will receive six outstanding book group titles releasing in 2021: THE CHILDREN'S BLIZZARD by Melanie Benjamin, ETERNAL by Lisa Scottoline, THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah, THE PUSH by Ashley Audrain, THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn, and WHAT COULD BE SAVED by Liese O'Halloran Schwarz.
The deadline for your entries is Wednesday, January 6th at noon ET. We will share our reader-compiled "Best Of" list with you in our early January newsletter. Please note: Your favorite book that you discussed with your group CAN be the same as your favorite book of the year. And they don't need to have been published in 2020.
Our latest “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest title is MISS BENSON’S BEETLE, the newly released novel from Rachel Joyce, who many of you know as the bestselling author of THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY.
It is 1950. While London is still reeling from World War II, a schoolteacher and spinster named Margery Benson is trying to get through life. One day, she reaches her breaking point and sets out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist --- the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, she ends up with fun-loving Enid Pretty, who seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. But together Margery and Enid find themselves drawn into a cross-ocean adventure that exceeds all expectations.
Three groups will win 12 copies of MISS BENSON’S BEETLE; to enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, January 6th at noon ET (yes, this will be a TWO-month contest as we know many groups do not meet in December, even in a normal year). In the meantime, click here for the discussion guide, and our review will appear in tomorrow’s Bookreporter Weekly Update newsletter.
In our previous “What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” contest, here are the five books mentioned most frequently as titles that our book groups read: the aforementioned AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins, THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS by Lisa Jewell, THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM by Marie Benedict, THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett, and THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes. Scroll further down the newsletter to see the Top 15.
Susie Yang’s much-talked-about debut novel, WHITE IVY, is this month’s “Read with Jenna” Today Show Book Club pick. Ivy Lin is a Chinese immigrant who grows up in a low-income apartment complex in Massachusetts and is desperate to assimilate with her American peers. She develops a crush on the golden boy Gideon Speyer, whose patrician New England family is the paragon of the WASP ideal. Her mother is a Tiger Mom, berating Ivy regularly when she disapproves of her grades, her looks and her attitude. But Ivy has a mentor --- her grandmother Meifeng --- from whom she learns to shoplift to get the things she needs. Years later, when she bumps into Gideon’s sister, Ivy believes it’s destiny. She has worked long and hard to be the right woman for Gideon. But just as they begin dating, another man from Ivy’s past appears, and he has his own set of rules.
I had the pleasure of chatting with Susie recently for a “Bookreporter Talks To” interview. She has lived around the world; in fact, she spoke with me from Istanbul, where she is living this month. Her peripatetic lifestyle has contributed to her writing, as she has moved so often. We talked in-depth about the characters in her book, as well as the multi-step editing process that took it from first draft to publication. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast. Also, you can find the guide here and our review on Bookreporter here.
WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE is a true-crime memoir that has been getting a lot of buzz leading up to its release this week. 1969 was the year that universities would seek to curb the unruly spectacle of student protest; the winter that Harvard University would begin the tumultuous process of merging with Radcliffe, its all-female sister school; and the year that Jane Britton, an ambitious 23-year-old graduate student in Harvard's Anthropology Department and daughter of Radcliffe Vice President J. Boyd Britton, would be found bludgeoned to death. Forty years later, a curious undergrad named Becky Cooper will hear the first whispers of the story --- a tale of gender inequality in academia, a “cowboy culture” among empowered male elites, the silencing effect of institutions, and our compulsion to rewrite the stories of female victims. Click here for the guide and here for our Bookreporter review.
We also are featuring the guide for STILL COME HOME by Katey Schultz, a novel that explores how the decisions of three characters --- whose paths intersect over the span of three days --- will forever alter each other's lives.
Aaseya, an ambitious, educated Afghan girl, struggles to walk the line between social disgrace and faith that her hometown of Imar can unharden and heal. Though she cannot bear her older husband, Rahim, and she suspects her sister-in-law played a part in her family's murder, Aaseya maintains self-reliance and dignity by rebelling against the misogyny and violence surrounding her. Second Lieutenant Nathan Miller blames himself for the death of a soldier under his command and worries that his constant absence from his North Carolina home has permanently damaged his marriage. When Rahim learns that the Taliban, for whom he reluctantly works, are hatching this violent plan, conflicting loyalties to country, to enduring peace and to his young wife take all three down a road that will change their lives forever.
Along with the guide, we have a Q&A with Katey Schultz and praise for the book from a number of notable authors, including Ben Fountain, who says, “STILL COME HOME is personal, global, tender, brutal, and deeply introspective --- in short, a powerhouse of a book. Katey Schultz has written one of the finest works of fiction yet to come out of the Long Wars... [T]he wrong and the right of it, the mercy, the love, the blood-letting and profit-making, Schultz captures it all in this splendid novel.”
A reminder that on Tuesday, December 1st at 7pm ET, Barnes & Noble will be hosting a virtual event on their Facebook page featuring Jess Walter, who will be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo about his latest book, THE COLD MILLIONS, which is this month’s B&N Book Club pick.
As we mentioned in the last newsletter, the instant New York Times bestseller THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES is November’s pick for Simon & Schuster’s Book Club Favorites. Author Kristin Harmel will join members of the S&S team for a Facebook Live Book Club chat about the book on Tuesday, December 1st at 3pm ET. Click here to RSVP for the event. We encourage you to join the conversation with your comments about the novel and interact with Kristin and your fellow readers.
For more November selections, including the Indie Next and LibraryReads lists, see our “Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks” feature here.
This year’s Holiday Cheer contests on Bookreporter will start on Tuesday, November 17th at noon ET. Each 24-hour giveaway gives you the chance to win a book that is perfect for holiday giving and that you may want to include on your “to me/from me” list. You can find more details on these contests later in this newsletter.
The Miami Book Fair kicks off on Sunday, November 15th, and they have a terrific virtual lineup that will be presented in a Netflix-like search format. We shot two original interviews for them with Sue Miller and Jacqueline Winspear --- and we will share five author interviews that we previously conducted. We will tell you much more about this in tomorrow's Bookreporter Weekly Update newsletter. If you are not signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.
The semifinal round is now open for the 12th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. Be sure to cast your votes in 20 different categories by November 15th. The final round will take place from November 17th through November 30th, and the winners will be announced on December 8th.
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving; we know that for many of you the holiday will be virtual and different. Treasure whatever memories are made. We are grateful for you being a part of this book group community.
Have a great next discussion with your book group!
Carol Fitzgerald ([email protected])
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New Special Contest:
Share Your Favorite Books of 2020
and Enter to Win SIX Great Book Group Titles
Releasing in 2021!
This is the time of year when we start seeing “Best Books of the Year” lists. We would like you and your book group to help us compile ours! Click here to share both your favorite book that you read with your group in 2020 and your favorite book that you read outside your group by Wednesday, January 6th at noon ET.
One Grand Prize winner will be awarded six great book group titles releasing in 2021:
Please note: Your favorite book that you discussed with your group CAN be the same as your favorite book of the year. And they don't need to have been published in 2020. Also, please be careful with the spelling of book titles and authors’ first and last names to save us editing time.
We will have our reader-compiled "Best Of" list to share with you in the early January newsletter. We cannot wait to see what you select!
Click here to share your favorite books of 2020 and enter the contest.
“What’s Your Book Group Reading This Month?” Contest: Enter to Win 12 Copies of MISS BENSON’S BEETLE
by Rachel Joyce for Your Group
Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.
Our latest prize book is MISS BENSON'S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce, an uplifting novel about two women on a life-changing adventure, where they must risk everything, break all the rules and discover their best selves --- together. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, January 6th at noon ET.
MISS BENSON'S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce (Historical Fiction)
It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist --- the golden beetle of New Caledonia.
When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind. Fun-loving Enid Pretty in her tight-fitting pink suit and pom-pom sandals seems to attract trouble wherever she goes. But together these two British women find themselves drawn into a cross-ocean adventure that exceeds all expectations and delivers something neither of them expected to find: the transformative power of friendship.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
Click here to enter the contest.
New Guide: WHITE IVY by Susie Yang
November’s “Read with Jenna”
Today Show Book Club Pick
WHITE IVY by Susie Yang (Fiction)
Ivy Lin is a thief and a liar --- but you’d never know it by looking at her.
Raised outside of Boston, Ivy’s immigrant grandmother relies on Ivy’s mild appearance for cover as she teaches her granddaughter how to pilfer items from yard sales and second-hand shops. Thieving allows Ivy to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen --- and, most importantly, to attract the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political family. But when Ivy’s mother discovers her trespasses, punishment is swift and Ivy is sent to China, and her dream instantly evaporates.
Years later, Ivy has grown into a poised yet restless young woman, haunted by her conflicting feelings about her upbringing and her family. Back in Boston, when Ivy bumps into Sylvia Speyer, Gideon’s sister, a reconnection with Gideon seems not only inevitable --- it feels like fate.
Slowly, Ivy sinks her claws into Gideon and the entire Speyer clan by attending fancy dinners, and weekend getaways to the cape. But just as Ivy is about to have everything she’s ever wanted, a ghost from her past resurfaces, threatening the nearly perfect life she’s worked so hard to build.
Filled with surprising twists and a nuanced exploration of class and race, WHITE IVY is a glimpse into the dark side of a woman who yearns for success at any cost.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
- Click here to watch Carol's "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Susie Yang.
- Click here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
- Click here to see why the book is this month's "Read with Jenna" pick.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE by Becky Cooper
WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper (True Crime/Memoir)
1969: the height of counterculture and the year universities would seek to curb the unruly spectacle of student protest; the winter that Harvard University would begin the tumultuous process of merging with Radcliffe, its all-female sister school; and the year that Jane Britton, an ambitious 23-year-old graduate student in Harvard's Anthropology Department and daughter of Radcliffe Vice President J. Boyd Britton, would be found bludgeoned to death in her Cambridge, Massachusetts apartment.
Forty years later, Becky Cooper, a curious undergrad, will hear the first whispers of the story. In the first telling the body was nameless. The story was this: A Harvard student had had an affair with her professor, and the professor had murdered her in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology because she'd threatened to talk about the affair. Though the rumor proves false, the story that unfolds, one that Cooper will follow for 10 years, is even more complex: a tale of gender inequality in academia, a "cowboy culture" among empowered male elites, the silencing effect of institutions, and our compulsion to rewrite the stories of female victims.
WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE is a memoir of mirrors, misogyny and murder. It is at once a rumination on the violence and oppression that rules our revered institutions, a ghost story reflecting one young woman's past onto another's present, and a love story for a girl who was lost to history.
- Click here to read our review on Bookreporter.com.
Click here for the discussion guide.
New Guide: STILL COME HOME by Katey Schultz
STILL COME HOME by Katey Schultz (Fiction)
The three characters in Katey Schultz’s novel are each searching for the best way to live --- all the while fighting cultural, societal and political forces far beyond their control. As their paths intersect, STILL COME HOME explores how their decisions will forever alter each other’s lives.
Exploring the tensions between loyalty to self and loyalty to country, STILL COME HOME reveals how three vastly different lives meet this challenge head-on, learning firsthand that remaining true to one’s self is the only way to survive, no matter the cost.
- Click here to read a Q&A with Katey Schultz.
- Click here to read critical praise for the book.
Click here for the discussion guide.
Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for November
Each month, we share top book picks from Indie Next and LibraryReads, as well as the Target Book Club title and Pennie's Pick for Costco. We also feature a number of other prominent picks, including Oprah’s Book Club, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club, Jenna Bush Hager's "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club, the "Good Morning America" Book Club, the PBS NewsHour-New York Times “Now Read This” Book Club, and Simon & Schuster’s Book Club Favorites.
Below is a preview of November'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: MEMORIAL by Bryan Washington
THE COLD MILLIONS by Jess Walter
WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper
WHERE THE WILD LADIES ARE: Stories, written by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Polly Barton
PLAIN BAD HEROINES written by emily m. danforth, with illustrations by Sara Lautman
LibraryReads
LibraryReads Top Pick: MISS BENSON'S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce
BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
THE BOY TOY by Nicola Marsh
THE BURNING GOD by R. F. Kuang
MURDER IN OLD BOMBAY by Nev March
Target Book Club
KEEPING LUCY by T. Greenwood
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP by Fannie Flagg
Barnes & Noble Book Club
THE COLD MILLIONS by Jess Walter
Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club
GROUP: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate
Jenna Bush Hager's "Read with Jenna" Today Show Book Club
WHITE IVY by Susie Yang
"Good Morning America" Book Club
MEMORIAL by Bryan Washington
PBS NewsHour-New York Times “Now Read This” Book Club
THE POET X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Simon & Schuster's Book Club Favorites
THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES by Kristin Harmel
Our Most Popular Book Group Selections for October’s "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" Contest
New November Releases of Interest to Book Groups
Below are a number of books releasing in November 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.
ALL THAT GLITTERS by Danielle Steel (Fiction)
In Danielle Steel’s dazzling new novel, a young woman must overcome tremendous adversity in her quest to find herself and achieve real happiness.
DARK TIDES by Philippa Gregory (Historical Fiction)
#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory’s new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice and New England.
HOW TO RAISE AN ELEPHANT: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (21) by Alexander McCall Smith (Mystery)
Mma Ramotswe must balance family obligations with the growing needs of one of Charlie's pet projects in this latest installment in the cherished No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
LITTLE CRUELTIES by Liz Nugent (Psychological Thriller)
Liz Nugent is back with a powerful and unsettling new novel that will invite comparison to the bitter relationships in HBO’s blockbuster series "Succession," as it follows three brothers, bound by blood but split by fate, and delves into the many ways families can wreak emotional havoc across generations.
NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox (Memoir)
NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE is a moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality --- and how these things resonate in our lives --- by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox.
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LAUGHING: A Memoir by Jacqueline Winspear (Memoir)
The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series offers a deeply personal memoir of her Kentish childhood and her family’s resilience in the face of war and privation.
November’s New in Paperback Roundups
on Bookreporter.com
November's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles on Bookreporter.com includes THE WATER DANCER, National Book Award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates' dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men and children --- the violent and capricious separation of families --- and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved; OLIVE, AGAIN, in which Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions; THE BIG LIE by James Grippando, which finds Miami attorney Jack Swyteck fighting for a “faithless elector,” caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent; and POSTSCRIPT, the long-awaited sequel to Cecelia Ahern's PS, I LOVE YOU, which follows Holly Kennedy as she helps strangers leave their own messages behind for loved ones.
Among our nonfiction highlights are NANAVILLE, a bighearted book of wisdom, wit and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from beloved author Anna Quindlen; INSIDE OUT, actress Demi Moore’s bold memoir that lays bare the trials and traumas of her youth in an effort to better understand herself and her damaged family’s history; TELL ME A STORY, in which Cassandra King Conroy considers her life and the man she shared it with, paying tribute to her husband, Pat Conroy, the legendary figure of modern Southern literature; and WHEN TIME STOPPED, a remarkably moving memoir from Ariana Neumann, who dives into the secrets of her father’s past --- years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew.
Find out what's New in Paperback for the weeks of
November 2nd, November 9th, November 16th and November 23rd.
Announcing Bookreporter.com's
Holiday Cheer Contests and Feature
At Bookreporter.com, we kick off the holiday season in style with our Holiday Cheer Contests and Feature. As our gift to you, on select days in November and December, we are spotlighting a book and giving five lucky readers the chance to win it. You have to visit the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter the 24-hour contest. As always, we are sending our special Holiday Cheer newsletter on the days when there are contests. Click here to sign up for these email alerts.
Our first prize book will be announced on Tuesday, November 17th at noon ET.
This year's featured titles are:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
From left to right: Jacqueline Winspear, Jess Walter, Philippa Gregory
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.
Sunday, November 15th at 7pm ET: Exclusive Miami Book Fair Online Fundraising Event: An Evening with Ann Patchett & Emma Straub: Celebrate the opening of Miami Book Fair Online with acclaimed novelists Ann Patchett and Emma Straub, hosted by Tony Award-winning actress Julie White. Click here for the full Miami Book Fair schedule.
Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm ET: Books Are Magic Virtual Event: Books Are Magic is pleased to present a virtual event with writers Susie Yang and Lucy Tan. Yang will discuss her debut novel, WHITE IVY.
Wednesday, November 18th at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": Every Wednesday, Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry and Mary Alice Monroe talk books and writing on their "Friends and Fiction" Facebook group page. Their special guests will be J.T. Ellison and Hank Phillippi Ryan.
Wednesday, November 18th at 8:30pm ET: Broadway Books Virtual Event: Broadway Books is thrilled to announce a virtual event for the launch of Jacqueline Winspear's memoir, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LAUGHING. Winspear will be in conversation with New York Times reporter Sarah Maslin Nir.
Thursday, November 19th at 7pm ET: Midtown Scholar Books Virtual Event: The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is pleased to welcome authors Becky Cooper and Emma Copley Eisenberg (THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL) for a live-stream conversation on Cooper’s new work, WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence.
Thursday, November 19th at 8pm ET: "Bookaccino Live" Book Group Event: Jeanine Cummins will discuss AMERICAN DIRT with Carol Fitzgerald and a few guests who have read the book. Other readers will watch the event and will be able to pose a question during the last 10 minutes of the program. Sign up here by Monday, November 16th at 10am ET if you would like to attend the event as a participant or as an audience member.
Wednesday, November 25th at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": The "Friends and Fiction" authors will talk to Sue Monk Kidd, whose most recent novel is THE BOOK OF LONGINGS.
Sunday, November 29th at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": Join the "Friends and Fiction" authors for a special Sunday bonus episode, featuring holiday cooking with Nathalie Dupree.
Tuesday, December 1st at 3pm ET: Simon & Schuster's Book Club Favorites Online Event: Kristin Harmel will join members of the Simon & Schuster team for a Facebook Live Book Club chat about THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES, which is November's pick for S&S's Book Club Favorites.
Tuesday, December 1st at 7pm ET: Barnes & Noble Virtual Book Club Event: Barnes & Noble will host a Facebook Live discussion for their November book club pick, THE COLD MILLIONS, featuring Jess Walter in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo.
Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm ET: "Friends and Fiction": The "Friends and Fiction" authors will talk to Robyn Carr, whose most recent novel is RETURN TO VIRGIN RIVER.
Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm ET: Midtown Scholar Books Virtual Event: Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory for an exclusive live-stream conversation about her new novel, DARK TIDES.
"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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Sue Miller (MONOGAMY)
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Liz Nugent (LITTLE CRUELTIES)
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Jacqueline Winspear (THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LAUGHING: A Memoir)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
Enter Bookreporter.com’s Word of Mouth Contest:
Tell Us What You're Reading, and You Can Win Two Books!
Tell us about the books you’ve finished reading with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from November 6th to November 20th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of THE LAW OF INNOCENCE: A Lincoln Lawyer Novel by Michael Connelly and PIECE OF MY HEART by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the books you write about, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For rules and guidelines, click here.
- To see reader comments from previous contest periods, click here.
We currently are featuring the following guides on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS ON TRADD STREET by Karen White (Fiction)
The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Karen White.
GROUP: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate (Memoir)
GROUP is the refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers --- her psychotherapy group --- and in turn finds human connection, and herself.
INVISIBLE GIRL by Lisa Jewell (Psychological Thriller)
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of THEN SHE WAS GONE returns with an intricate thriller about a young woman’s disappearance and a group of strangers whose lives intersect in its wake.
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LaRUE by V.E. Schwab (Fantasy)
In the vein of THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE and LIFE AFTER LIFE, THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LaRUE is New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.
MISS BENSON'S BEETLE by Rachel Joyce (Historical Fiction)
From the bestselling author of THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY comes an uplifting, irresistible novel about two women on a life-changing adventure, where they must risk everything, break all the rules and discover their best selves --- together.
STILL COME HOME by Katey Schultz (Fiction)
When the odds are stacked against you, doing everything right still might not be enough to protect yourself and the ones you love.
WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper (True Crime/Memoir)
For readers gripped by IN COLD BLOOD and I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE is both a haunting true-crime narrative of an unsolved 1969 murder at a prestigious institution and a lyrical memoir of obsession and love for a girl who dreamed of rising among men.
WHITE IVY by Susie Yang (Fiction)
From prize-winning Chinese American author Susie Yang, this dazzling coming-of-age novel about a young woman’s dark obsession with her privileged classmate offers sharp insights into the immigrant experience.
Please note that this title, for which we already had the guide when it appeared in hardcover, is now available in paperback:
OLIVE, AGAIN by Elizabeth Strout (Fiction)
Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions.
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