One to Watch Author Spotlight

One to Watch is our promotion where we look at authors whose books are making news, or making noise, but whose work does not fall in a specific genre like suspense/thriller or mystery. Typically the books here will be fiction, but if we spot a nonfiction title we love, we will be quick to feature it as well. Some of these books will be debuts, but not all. They all will be books we want to scream about and share.

Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery....

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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 January 3rd to January 17th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of PRESUMED GUILTY by Scott Turow and WHAT HAPPENED TO THE McCRAYS? by Tracey Lange.

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New in Paperback

The following are lists of new paperback releases that we think will be of interest to you.

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Books On Screen

January's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of CBS's "Watson" and Netflix's "Missing You"; the season premieres of "Will Trent" on ABC, "When Calls the Heart" on Hallmark Channel, "Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches" on AMC, and "C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart" on Max; the season finales of STARZ's "Outlander" and Apple TV+'s "Silo"; the continuation of "Dexter: Original Sin" on Paramount+ and "The Irrational" on NBC; the films Dog Man in theaters and The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription on Hallmark Mystery; and the DVD/Blu-ray releases of The Return, Here and Venom: The Last Dance.

Reading Group Guides

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim

James by Percival Everett

One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery

Private Rites by Julia Armfield

This Motherless Land by Nikki May

Time of the Child by Niall Williams

We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson

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