In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of November 11th and November 18th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.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 a very special contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com for Therese Anne Fowler's upcoming novel, A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, which releases on February 4th and will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. We’re giving 50(!) book groups the chance to win up to 12 advance digital copies of the audiobook, which is read by Adenrele Ojo. Enter here by Monday, December 2nd at noon ET.
Now that Thanksgiving is fast approaching, many of you may be thinking about what to give your family and friends for the holidays. Simon & Schuster is here to help! Their “Books I Love to Give” gift guide has plenty of options for your bookish loved ones, with categories such as “Best in Fiction,” “Home, Heart, and Health,” “For the History Buff,” “Thrillers, Mysteries and Suspense” and many more. Click here to take a look at their varied selections.
Also, please click on the covers above for our reviews of three books that we featured in last Friday's Weekly Update newsletter: THE STARLESS SEA, Erin Morgenstern's long-awaited second novel (following her nationally bestselling debut, THE NIGHT CIRCUS), a timeless love story set in a secret underground world --- a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars and ships that sail upon a starless sea; THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS, this month's Barnes & Noble Book Club pick and another page-turning novel of psychological suspense from Lisa Jewell, which tells the story of three entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets; and Mary Higgins Clark’s new thriller, KISS THE GIRLS AND MAKE THEM CRY, which revolves around allegations of sexual misconduct at a high-profile television news network --- and the ensuing deaths of two of the accusers.