April 7, 2026
 April 7, 2026 Our latest Spring Reading newsletter spotlights Fredrik Backman's #1 New York Times bestseller, MY FRIENDS, which now has sold more than one million copies. This unforgettably funny, deeply moving novel is about four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life 25 years later. We are giving five readers the chance to win a copy of the book. PLEASE NOTE: Typically our Spring Reading giveaways are open for just 24 hours, but we are extending the deadline of this contest to Thursday, April 9th at noon ET. That gives you an extra day to submit your entries!  Today's Featured Book and Contest:  The #1 New York Times bestselling author of ANXIOUS PEOPLE returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life 25 years later. Most people don’t even notice them --- three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that unexpectedly will be placed into 18-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art. Click here to enter the contest This is a special newsletter for our Spring Reading contests, which will mail on select days through mid-April. This newsletter is separate from our weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter, which mails every Friday. You can subscribe to that newsletter here. You also can subscribe to our "On Sale This Week" newsletter, which mails every Tuesday, here. And you can sign up for our Events newsletter here. Please visit the other websites in TheBookReportNetwork.com: ReadingGroupGuides.com and AuthorsOnTheWeb.com. |
