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Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview and podcast is with Raymond Khoury,
whose new novel, EMPIRE OF LIES, is now in stores.
Click on the photo above for the video and here for the podcast.
Carol is reading and loving LADY CLEMENTINE by Marie Benedict, which releases on January 7th.
Carol was very happy to get a copy of Elton John's autobiography, ME, which releases on Tuesday,
along with the super cool tote bag that you see above.
In August, we featured Carol's video interview with Fiona Davis, whose new novel is
THE CHELSEA GIRLS. We now have added a podcast of their discussion,
which you can listen to by clicking on the photo above.
Carol will be interviewing six authors at the Morristown Festival of Books on Saturday:
Marie Benedict, Pam Jenoff, Marjan Kamali, Jennifer Robson, Whitney Scharer and Beatriz Williams.
All of them have written books that we have reviewed here.
A Book Festival…and a Long Weekend!
The houseplants are all inside, repotted and cleaned up. I really like the way they look right now, but am not looking forward to watering in the “indoor months” ahead. I got a funny note from a reader last week in reference to my line about first bringing the plants into the garage so the bugs could crawl out. Donna asked, “Regarding bringing your plants into the garage to acclimate them to warmer temps, what makes you sure that the crawly things DO exit?” Ha, Donna was right. Last night I saw a large bug crawling around one of the pots, and I know it’s not a typical “house bug.” It jumped, a lot. And as I was repotting, I saw some tiny bugs moving around. I feel like this gardening project has some Stephen King overtones to it.
Tomorrow I will be moderating three panels at the Morristown Festival of Books. I hope to see some of you there. You can see the complete schedule for the Festival here. All of the authors who I will be interviewing --- Marie Benedict, Pam Jenoff, Marjan Kamali, Jennifer Robson, Whitney Scharer and Beatriz Williams --- have written books that we have reviewed here. If you are there, please be sure to come up and say hi. I love that we have a book festival that is as robust as this, so close to home. Doing a bit of “ahead reading,” I am enjoying Marie Benedict's LADY CLEMENTINE, which will be in stores on January 7th. In keeping with her tradition of writing about strong women beside powerful men, here she writes about Clementine Churchill. I am enjoying it.
Then, next Sunday the 20th, I will be at the White Plains Public Library at 1:30pm for a presentation called “What Should I Read Next?" They are taking reservations here, and I have heard the open seats are filling up quickly.
On Wednesday, Raymond Khoury stopped by our office for a “Bookreporter Talks To” interview. We first met when he wrote THE LAST TEMPLAR back in 2006, and it's been a while since he was in New York (he lives in London), so it was wonderful to catch up with him about his latest book, EMPIRE OF LIES, which we reviewed last week. We talked about much more than just the book, including the genesis of his friendship with Steve Berry and a conversation about his background, which I think infused so much of this novel. We have it on video, as well as on a podcast.
Also this week, we posted a podcast of my interview with Fiona Davis, whose new novel is THE CHELSEA GIRLS. We are catching up on a few of the interviews that were on video, but are still releasing as podcasts.
Typically we like to have the author guests for our “Bookreporter Talks To” series be a surprise. But for an upcoming one, I am asking if you have questions you would like me to ask of Heather Morris, the author of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and the newly released CILKA'S JOURNEY. She is in from Australia doing a four-location tour in the U.S., and I am interviewing her on October 29th. Please send your question to me by Monday, October 21st with the subject line "Question for Heather."
We have 13 reviews to share with you this week. Among them are WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE, Elin Hilderbrand’s follow-up to last year’s WINTER IN PARADISE, in which secret lives and new loves emerge in the bright Caribbean sunlight; NINTH HOUSE, a dark fantasy from YA author Leigh Bardugo, who has written her first novel for adults; 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; THE 19th CHRISTMAS, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro’s new Women’s Murder Club thriller, which finds the month of December upended for Detective Lindsay Boxer and company thanks to a criminal mastermind; and QUANTUM, Patricia Cornwell’s first book in a series featuring Captain Calli Chase --- a NASA pilot, quantum physicist and cybercrime investigator.
WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE is one of the books we’re giving away in our current Word of Mouth contest; the other is John Grisham’s upcoming legal thriller, THE GUARDIANS, which we will review next week. Submit your comments about the books you’ve read by Friday, October 18th at noon ET, and you’ll be in the running to win both these novels.
It was announced this week that NINTH HOUSE is this month’s Barnes & Noble Book Club selection. B&N will be selling a special Exclusive Book Club Edition of the book, along with hosting a free Book Club Night to discuss it, in stores across the country on Tuesday, November 5th at 7pm local time. Click here to sign up for the event.
In other book club news, Angie Cruz’s latest novel, DOMINICANA (which we reviewed a couple of weeks ago), is the first pick in “Good Morning America’s” new book club, “Cover to Cover”. Here’s what “GMA” has to say about the book: “Inspired by her own mother, Cruz tells the harrowing and poignant story of a 15-year-old girl who immigrates to New York City in the 1960s from the Dominican Republic, leaving her entire family behind in hopes of building a life for them here in the U.S. It's a story about strength, sacrifice and finding your voice, and it's the perfect novel to kick off our new series and to honor National Hispanic Heritage Month this October.” Click here for more about “Cover to Cover” and DOMINICANA, and check out the discussion guide that we added on ReadingGroupGuides.com here. And in case you missed it, click here for our review.
In this week’s Fall Preview contests, we gave away THE PLAYGROUND by Jane Shemilt, THE POPPY WIFE: A Novel of the Great War by Caroline Scott, THINGS WE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A GIRL (which we reviewed last week), and THE WHISPER MAN by Alex North (a Bets On pick). This year’s contests wrap up next week with our final three giveaways: BEFORE AND AFTER: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate, THE GREAT BLUE HILLS OF GOD: A Story of Facing Loss, Finding Peace, and Learning the True Meaning of Home by Kreis Beall, and IF ONLY I COULD TELL YOU by Hannah Beckerman. The first contest of the week will go live on Tuesday, October 15th at noon ET.
This month’s Sounding Off on Audio prizes are the audio versions of Jojo Moyes' THE GIVER OF STARS, read by Julia Whelan, and Elizabeth Strout's OLIVE, AGAIN, read by Kimberly Farr. Let us know by Friday, November 1st at noon ET what audiobooks you’ve listened to for your chance to win both these audio titles.
Our poll continues to ask if you attend, or would like to attend, author events, including book festivals. Click here to cast your votes.
The finalists for this year’s National Book Awards have been announced. They include DISAPPEARING EARTH by Julia Phillips (Fiction), THE YELLOW HOUSE by Sarah M. Broom (Nonfiction), and LOOK BOTH WAYS: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, by Jason Reynolds (Young People’s Literature). Click here for all the nominees. The winners will be announced on November 20th.
Also, the winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have been announced for both last year and this year. The 2018 prize (which had been postponed due to a scandal at the Swedish Academy, the institution responsible for choosing the Nobel Laureates in Literature) has been awarded to Olga Tokarczuk "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life." The 2019 prize goes to Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."
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Reader Mail:
Barbara wrote, “I recently finished THIS TENDER LAND, which I was thrilled to win in your Fall Preview contest. I was a big fan of ORDINARY GRACE and was looking forward to the release of William Kent Krueger's new stand-alone book. It met all of my expectations...a story of courage, loss and redemption with characters I loved. I did not want it to end!! Thanks for one of my favorite books of the year.” Sandy also wrote about THIS TENDER LAND: “It is so well-written. I can see the characters when I close my eyes. Read it in three days. Loved the epilogue. Told me everything I wanted to know.”
What’s Happening on ReadingGroupGuides.com: I shot a video that will update you on what’s new for book groups this month on our book group site. You can see it here.
Pumpkin Muffins: These are quite wonderful. I found the recipe last weekend, and they were a big hit. Amusingly, I made up a batch of pumpkin spices for it.
Morning Brew: I have been reading this news source over the past week, and they have shared some interesting pieces.
I just added an event to my calendar for Thursday, November 14th from 6:30-8:30pm at the HarperCollins offices, where Book Club Girl presents "A Night Out" with Susan Wiggs (whose latest novel is THE OYSTERVILLE SEWING CIRCLE) and Alena Dillon (whose debut novel, MERCY HOUSE, releases on February 11th). I am looking forward to interviewing them! Click here for all the details and to purchase your tickets.
Elton John’s autobiography, ME, is in stores on Tuesday, and thus I was super happy to get a copy a few days in advance, as well as a very, very cool tote bag!
We’re closed on Monday to give the staff a break between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Greg is headed to Portland, OR for the long weekend. He wants to do some lighthousing and off-roading out there.
I am looking forward to kicking it back a notch on Sunday and Monday. I started to knit a shawl that has a pattern that is more complicated than just knitting in a circle. I built a spreadsheet to make it easier to follow. A few of you asked for the pattern for a shawl that I was wearing in one of the videos a few weeks ago. It’s a ruana pattern that I have in my pattern box and will look around for. I made it about 15 years ago with Prism yarns that I am not sure are still available. I do remember “changing it up” a lot. I mean, really, why follow the pattern?
Read on, and have a great week.
Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)
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Featured Review: WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE
by Elin Hilderbrand
WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE by Elin Hilderbrand (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Erin Bennett
A year ago, Irene Steele had the shock of her life: her loving husband, father to their grown sons and successful businessman, was killed in a helicopter crash. But that wasn't Irene's only shattering news: he also had been leading a double life on the island of St. John, where another woman loved him, too. Now Irene and her sons are back on St. John, determined to learn the truth about the mysterious life --- and death --- of a man they thought they knew. Along the way, they're about to learn some surprising truths about their own lives, and their futures. Reviewed by Vivian Payton.
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Featured Review: NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo
October’s Barnes & Noble Book Club Selection
NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo (Supernatural Thriller/Dark Fantasy)
Audiobook available, read by Lauren Fortgang and Michael David Axtell
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs and much, much worse. In fact, by age 20, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. She arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, but their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.
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- Visit the Barnes & Noble Book Club page and sign up for their free Book Club Night to discuss NINTH HOUSE on November 5th.
Click here to read our review.
Featured Review: INSIDE OUT by Demi Moore
INSIDE OUT: A Memoir by Demi Moore (Memoir)
Audiobook available, read by Demi Moore
For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight --- or the headlines. Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past, just one step ahead of the doubts and insecurities that defined her childhood. In this deeply candid and reflective memoir, Demi pulls back the curtain and opens up about her career and personal life --- laying bare her tumultuous relationship with her mother, her marriages, her struggles balancing stardom with raising a family, and her journey toward open-heartedness. Reviewed by Bronwyn Miller.
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Featured Review: THE 19th CHRISTMAS
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
THE 19th CHRISTMAS by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by January LaVoy
As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco. Then a fearsome criminal known only as "Loman" seizes control of the headlines. He is planning a deadly surprise for Christmas morning. And he has commissioned dozens of criminal colleagues to take actions that will mask his plans. All that Lindsay and the SFPD can figure out is that Loman's greed --- for riches, for bloodshed, for attention --- is limitless. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
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Featured Review: QUANTUM by Patricia Cornwell
QUANTUM: A Captain Chase Novel by Patricia Cornwell (Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by January LaVoy
On the eve of a top-secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming blizzard and government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicide --- a series of disturbing clues point to Calli’s twin sister, Carme, who’s been MIA for days. Desperate to halt the countdown to disaster and clear her sister’s name, Captain Chase digs deep into her vast cyber security knowledge and her painful past, probing for answers to her twin’s erratic conduct. Reviewed by Ray Palen.
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Featured Review: BLOWOUT by Rachel Maddow
BLOWOUT: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow (Political Science/Geopolitics)
Audiobook available, read by Rachel Maddow
In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia --- including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove --- was sold at auction for over $1 million to a guy who was, officially, just the lowly forestry minister of the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea. And in 2014, Ukrainian revolutionaries raided the palace of their ousted president and found a zoo of peacocks, gilded toilets, and a floating restaurant modeled after a Spanish galleon. Unlikely as it might seem, there is a thread connecting these events, and Rachel Maddow follows it to its crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry. Reviewed by Roz Shea.
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- Click here to read an excerpt.
Click here to read our review.
Featured Review: FRANKISSSTEIN
by Jeanette Winterson
FRANKISSSTEIN: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson (Horror/Romance)
Audiobook available, read by John Sackville and Perdita Weeks
Lake Geneva, 1816. Nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley is inspired to write a story about a scientist who creates a new life-form. In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love with Victor Stein, a celebrated professor leading the public debate around AI and carrying out some experiments of his own in a vast underground network of tunnels. Meanwhile, Ron Lord, just divorced and living with his mom again, is set to make his fortune launching a new generation of sex dolls for lonely men everywhere. Across the Atlantic, in Phoenix, Arizona, a cryogenics facility houses dozens of bodies of men and women who are medically and legally dead… but waiting to return to life. What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman.
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Bookreporter.com's Fall Preview Contests and Feature
Fall is known as the biggest season of the year for books. The titles that release during this latter part of the year often become holiday gifts, and many are blockbusters. To celebrate the arrival of fall, we are spotlighting a number of outstanding books that we know people will be talking about in the days and months to come.
We are hosting a series of 24-hour contests for these titles on select days in September and October, so you will have to check the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter to win. We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
Our next prize book will be announced on Tuesday, October 15th at noon ET.
This year's featured titles are:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
Two Special Contests on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
Enter to Win Copies of
THE LIBRARY BOOK by Susan Orlean
and IF ONLY I COULD TELL YOU by Hannah Beckerman
Each month in our "What's Your Book Group Reading This Month?" contest, 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 THE LIBRARY BOOK by Susan Orlean, which is now available in paperback. This unique and utterly compelling book chronicles the 1986 fire that ravaged the Los Angeles Public Library and its aftermath, showcasing the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives. To enter, please fill out the form on this page by Wednesday, November 6th at noon ET.
THE LIBRARY BOOK by Susan Orlean (Social History)
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm. The fire was disastrous: It reached 2,000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed 400,000 books and damaged 700,000 more. Investigators descended on the scene, but over 30 years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library --- and if so, who? Award-winning journalist Susan Orlean investigates this legendary fire to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives.
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- Click here to read our review.
- Click here for the discussion guide.
- Click here to read an interview with Susan Orlean.
- Click here to read Carol's Bookreporter.com Bets On commentary for the audiobook.
Click here to enter the contest.
We are celebrating the October 15th release of IF ONLY I COULD TELL YOU by Hannah Beckerman --- a life-affirming novel that tells the story of a family divided and the secret that can possibly unite them --- with a special contest that will give 25 readers the chance to win a copy of the book. To enter, please fill out this form by Wednesday, October 23rd at noon ET.
IF ONLY I COULD TELL YOU by Hannah Beckerman (Fiction)
Audrey’s dream as a mother had been for her daughters, Jess and Lily, to be as close as only sisters can be. But now, as adults, they no longer speak to each other, and Audrey’s two teenage granddaughters have never met. Audrey just can’t help feeling like she’s been dealt more than her fair share as she’s watched her family come undone over the years, and she has no idea how to fix her family as she wonders if they will ever be whole again. If only Audrey had known three decades ago that a secret could have the power to split her family in two, and yet also keep them linked. And when hostilities threaten to spiral out of control, a devastating choice that was made so many years ago is about to be revealed, testing this family once and for all.
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SARAH JANE by James Sallis (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Julie McKay
Sarah Jane Pullman is a good cop with a complicated past. From her small-town chicken-farming roots through her runaway adolescence, court-ordered Army stint, ill-advised marriage, and years slinging scrambled eggs over greasy spoon griddles, Sarah Jane unfolds her life story, a parable about memory, atonement and finding shape in chaos. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she is named the de facto sheriff of a rural town, investigating the mysterious disappearance of the sheriff whose shoes she’s filling --- and the even more mysterious realities of the life he was hiding from his own colleagues and closest friends. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
THE LYING ROOM by Nicci French (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Jan Cramer
When Neve Connolly pays a morning-after visit to her lover, Saul, and finds him brutally murdered, all the lies she has so painstakingly stitched together threaten to unravel. After scrubbing clean every trace of her existence from Saul’s life --- and death --- Neve believes she can return to normal, shaken but intact. But she can’t get out of her head the one tormenting question: What was she forgetting? An investigation into the slaying could provide the answer. It’s brought Detective Chief Inspector Alastair Hitching, and Neve’s worst fears, to her door. But with every new lie, every new misdirection to save herself, Neve descends further into the darkness of her betrayal --- and into more danger than she ever imagined. Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub.
RIGHT AFTER THE WEATHER by Carol Anshaw (Fiction)
Audiobook available, read by Candace Thaxton with Pete Simonelli
It’s the fall of 2016. Cate, a set designer, lives and works in Chicago’s theater community. She has stayed too long at the fair and knows it’s time to get past her prolonged adolescence and stop taking handouts from her parents. Only a few blocks away, but in a parallel universe, we find Nathan and Irene --- casual sociopaths, drug addicts and small-time criminals. Their world and Cate’s intersect the day she finds these strangers assaulting her friend, Neale. Forced to take fast, spontaneous action, Cate does something she’s never even considered. She now also knows the violence she is capable of, as does everyone else in her life, and overnight, their world has changed. Reviewed by Rebecca Munro.
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PURSUIT by Joyce Carol Oates (Supernatural Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Andi Arndt
As a child, Abby had the same recurring nightmare night after night, in which she wandered through a field ridden with human skulls and bones. Now an adult, Abby thinks she’s outgrown her demons, until, the evening before her wedding, the terrible dream returns and forces her to confront the dark secrets from her past she has kept from her new husband, Willem. The following day --- less than 24 hours after exchanging vows --- Abby steps out into traffic. As his wife lies in her hospital bed, sleeping in fits and starts, Willem tries to determine whether this was an absentminded accident or a premeditated plunge, and he quickly discovers a mysterious set of clues about what his wife might be hiding. Reviewed by Christine M. Irvin.
CONTRABAND: A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods (Thriller/Adventure)
Audiobook available, read by Tony Roberts
Stone Barrington is getting some much-needed rest and relaxation in the Florida sun when trouble falls from the sky --- literally. Intrigued by the suspicious circumstances surrounding this event, Stone joins forces with a sharp-witted and alluring local detective to investigate. But they run into a problem: the evidence keeps disappearing. From the laid-back Key West shores to the bustling Manhattan streets, Stone sets out to connect the dots between the crimes that seem to follow him wherever he travels. His investigations only lead to more questions, and shocking connections between old and new acquaintances. But as Stone must quickly learn, answers --- and enemies --- are often hiding in plain sight. Reviewed by Judy Gigstad.
OVERTIME: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football by John U. Bacon (Sports)
Audiobook available, read by Johnny Heller
For the past year, John U. Bacon has received unprecedented access to Jim Harbaugh’s University of Michigan football team: coaches, players and staffers, in closed-door meetings, locker rooms, meals and classes. OVERTIME captures this storied program at the crossroads, as the sport’s winningest team battles to reclaim its former glory. But what if the price of success today comes at the cost of your soul? Do you pay it, or compete without compromising? Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg.
Next Week’s Notables:
Noteworthy Books Releasing on October 14th and 15th
Below are some notable titles releasing on October 14th and 15th that we would like to make you aware of. We will have more on many of these books in the weeks to come. For a list of additional hardcovers and paperbacks available the week of October 14th, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.
October 14th
DAD'S MAYBE BOOK by Tim O’Brien (Memoir)
Bestselling author Tim O’Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humor and rewards of raising two sons.
October 15th
THE BODY: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson (Science/Humor)
Bill Bryson, the bestselling author of A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
A BOOK OF BONES by John Connolly (Supernatural Thriller)
Private Investigator Charlie Parker returns in this heart-pounding thriller as he seeks revenge against the darkest forces in the world, from the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed THE WOMAN IN THE WOODS.
CATCH AND KILL: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow (True Crime)
In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost.
CHRISTMAS SHOPAHOLIC by Sophie Kinsella (Fiction)
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns with a festive new Shopaholic adventure filled with holiday cheer and unexpected gifts.
A DOG'S PROMISE: A Dog's Purpose Novel by W. Bruce Cameron (Fiction)
A DOG'S PROMISE continues the story of Bailey, the good dog whose journey started in A DOG'S PURPOSE and continued in A DOG'S JOURNEY (both major motion pictures). This time, Bailey is joined by Lacey, another very special dog, who helps Bailey fulfill his promise over the course of several lives.
GIRL by Edna O'Brien (Fiction)
GIRL, Edna O’Brien’s hotly anticipated new novel, envisages the lives of the Boko Haram girls in a masterpiece of violence and tenderness.
THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham (Legal Thriller)
With THE GUARDIANS, John Grisham delivers a classic legal thriller --- with a twist.
HOME WORK: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews with Emma Walton Hamilton (Memoir)
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, HOME, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and Victor/Victoria.
ME by Elton John (Autobiography)
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend.
OLIVE, AGAIN by Elizabeth Strout (Fiction)
#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions.
STEALTH: A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods (Thriller/Adventure)
Stone Barrington must trap a ruthless defector in this heart-stopping thriller from fan favorite Stuart Woods.
Click here to see the latest "On Sale This Week" newsletter.
Our Latest Poll: Attending Author Events
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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 October 4th to October 18th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham and WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE by Elin Hilderbrand.
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.
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Sounding Off on Audio Contest: Tell Us What
You're Listening to --- and You Can Win Two Audiobooks!
Tell us about the audiobooks you’ve finished listening to with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for both the performance and the content. During the contest period from October 1st to November 1st at noon ET, two lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win the audio versions of Jojo Moyes' THE GIVER OF STARS, read by Julia Whelan, and Elizabeth Strout's OLIVE, AGAIN, read by Kimberly Farr.
To make sure other readers will be able to find the audiobook, please include the full title and correct author names (your entry must include these to be eligible to win). For complete rules and guidelines, click here.
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