In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of May 13th and May 20th that we think will be of interest toBookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.
This week, we are calling attention to our Summer Reading Contests and Feature, a series of 24-hour giveaways that are taking place on select days between now and August 23rd. Enter for your chance to win fiction and nonfiction titles that we think will be great summer book picks.
We also have three contests to tell you about on ReadingGroupGuides.com.
Moving through three generations and back and forth in time, THE GUEST BOOK tells the story of a family and a country that buries its past in quiet, until the present calls forth a reckoning. We are celebrating the release of Sarah Blake's triumphant new novel --- following 2010's THE POSTMISTRESS --- with a special contest that will give three groups the chance to win 12 copies of the book. Enter here by Thursday, June 6th at noon ET.
May's "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" contest book is LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng, which is now available in paperback and is soon to be a limited series on Hulu starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. This riveting novel traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Three winners will be selected, and each will be awarded 12 copies of the book for their group. Enter here by Thursday, June 6th at noon ET.
And you only have until tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15th at noon ET to enter our very special contest for THIS TENDER LAND by William Kent Krueger, a magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the early years of the Great Depression, which releases on September 3rd. Ten book groups will win up to 10 advance copies of the book with the commitment of previewing it and providing feedback on it by Friday, August 16th.