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This is the season for gratitude.
Let me start with you, our readers. Thank you for reading this newsletter and being a part of our Bookreporter audience. We appreciate you! We love pulling together weekly updates for you, as well as our lineup of events. But none of it would matter if it was not for you joining us each week to read our suggestions --- and watching and listening to the interviews and preview events that we produce. We truly love what we do and enjoy bringing it to you.
My team here is small but mighty. Tom Donadio has been with us for 23 of our almost 30 years. His skill at selecting books for review --- and matching them with the right reviewer --- is the reason that we consistently bring you more than a dozen books to consider each week. (For those of you who are counting, there are fewer in this newsletter because of the short week!). He has his eye on what is being talked about and what people will be talking about. Every Sunday night, I write the publishers to let them know about the reviews that we have run, and I always marvel at the range of what we share with you. I am so very, very lucky to have him on our team. He also remembers titles and authors, and when I have amnesia about a title or an author, he is right there to fill in the blanks! He also is a brilliant “voice of God” on all of our live programs.
Francesca Smith runs our social media, works on all of our contests, and has another role with us on the other side of our business where we build and maintain author websites. She also edited all the videos for our Book Group Speed Dating program. She has a “can do” attitude, which I really appreciate. In addition, she stays on top of multiple projects with an ease that I admire. She is unflappable. Trust me, the pace here can be pretty crazy, so her calm energy is so important! On the days that she works with me here at the house, I always learn something new about how I can work more efficiently. Yes, having a twentysomething around is super helpful. She is very patient in showing me all kinds of tricks! She also keeps me on top of all things pop culture.
Our reviewers are far-flung, but reading their work, I feel like I have sat in a room with so many of them. I love seeing what they bring to us each week with their spot-on commentary --- and the way they can put a book in context. Imagine that over the last 29 years, I think I have met only seven of them in person. Maybe not even that many! But they are huge voices that are shared each week here. And I am so grateful to them.
Melanie Steinberg edits our Word of Mouth feature. Yes, there is someone on our team noting when readers sharing their feedback have an incorrect title or an author's name is spelled wrong. Under Melanie's guidance, I always have confidence that this feature will look as sharp as the rest of the site. She also lets me know what her book group is reading. She started the group years ago in her neighborhood in Florida, and she has helped it continue to be a great place for book discussions. I love that they honored her recently for her hard work with this.
BOOK OF LIVES is the long-awaited memoir from one of the greatest storytellers of our time, Margaret Atwood. Here, she unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape --- from the cruel year that spawned CAT’S EYE to the Orwellian 1980s Berlin where she wrote THE HANDMAID’S TALE.
Pauline Finch has our review and says, “It seems as if BOOK OF LIVES is a long-overdue series of intense café conversations in which we experience a consummate author talking about not a controlled and contained selfhood, but a continued journey to discover how her many selves learned to harmonize with, and transform, the world as she encountered it.”
Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, magnetic thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. In EVIL BONES, the 24th installment in the series, Tempe finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister.
According to Ray Palen in his review, “EVIL BONES is by far the most demented and disturbing entry” in the series. He goes on to say, “This is a dark, brooding thriller of the highest order that also plays out as a first-rate murder mystery, featuring a killer who is operating on an entirely different wavelength and is not easy to stop or identify.”
We also are reviewing these books this week:
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WE DID OK, KID: Academy Award–winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theater career, difficult childhood, and path to sobriety in this honest, moving and long-awaited memoir.
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THE SEVEN RINGS: #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts concludes her compelling Lost Bride trilogy as two women --- one dead, one alive --- prepare for a terrifying final showdown.
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ROBERT B. PARKER’S SHOWDOWN: Spenser may have uncovered an explosive secret that threatens the career of a controversial figure in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved series, penned by Mike Lupica.
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LADIES IN WAITING: In honor of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, nine authors --- Adriana Trigiani, Sarah MacLean, Eloisa James, Elinor Lipman, Audrey Bellezza, Karen Dukess, Emily Harding, Nikki Payne and Diana Quincy --- have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Austen’s minor characters.
Revisiting My “Bookreporter Talks To” Interview with Georgia Hunter
Out in paperback this week is ONE GOOD THING by Georgia Hunter, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that tells the heart-wrenching story of a young woman entrusted with a boy’s life as WWII rages in Italy. I talked to Georgia about the book in April when it released in hardcover. So if you missed the interview or would like to check it out again, you can watch it here or listen to the podcast here.
Holiday Cheer Contest Update
Our next Holiday Cheer contest will be up on Tuesday, December 2nd at noon ET. The prize book will be A SEA GLASS CHRISTMAS by Davis Bunn, which takes place on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and is described by the publisher as “the ultimate Christmas comfort read for fans of Nicholas Sparks and Karen Kingsbury.” I spent 14 Christmases on the Outer Banks and have this one lined up for weekend reading.
Word of Mouth Contest Reminder
You have until Friday, December 5th at noon ET to enter our Word of Mouth contest. Let us know your thoughts on the books you’ve read, and you’ll have a chance to win THE BURNING LIBRARY by Gilly Macmillan and Oprah’s latest Book Club pick, SOME BRIGHT NOWHERE by Ann Packer.
Remember to Vote in Our Poll
Friday, December 5th at noon ET is also when our current poll closes. We are asking you which of the 20 books that appear on Amazon’s Best Books of the Year list you would pick as your favorites of 2025. Be sure to let us know by clicking here.
While we’re on the subject, we’re thrilled to announce our End-of-the-Year Contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com! Once again, we’re asking you and your book group to help us compile our own “Best Books of the Year” list.
Click here to share both your favorite book that you read with your group and your favorite book that you read outside your group this year. One Grand Prize winner will receive six outstanding book group titles releasing early next year: DAUGHTER OF EGYPT by Marie Benedict, KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN by Sadeqa Johnson, KIN by Tayari Jones, SKYLARK by Paula McLain, STRANGERS: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden, and WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS GROW by Terah Shelton Harris.
The deadline for your entries is Wednesday, January 14th at noon ET. We will share our reader-compiled "Best Of" list with you shortly after the contest ends.
Last Chance to Enter ReadingGroupGuides.com's
25th Anniversary Contest
This is your last newsletter reminder to enter our 25th Anniversary Contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com.
We created a list of some of the most discussed books each year since the site launched in 2000. One lucky reader will win ALL 25 books, while five others will win five of these books. The deadline for your entries is Monday, December 1st at noon ET.
If you have read one --- or many --- of these titles, our prize will give you the opportunity to share the books with others in your group!
And be sure to check out our Anniversary Feature if you haven’t already. Here you will find the guides that you have accessed the most over the last couple of years; tips on starting, running and maintaining a book group; and more.
Last Chance to Answer Our
25th Anniversary Book Group Survey
Monday, December 1st at noon ET is also when our Book Group Survey closes. Have you taken a moment to share what your book group does for your meetings? Answer it, and you will be eligible to win a $250 gift card to the bookstore of your choice. Three runners-up will win a $50 gift card to the bookstore of their choice.
This Saturday, November 29th is Indies First, a national campaign of activities and events in support of independent bookstores. It’s held every year in conjunction with Small Business Saturday, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
The American Booksellers Association has named LeVar Burton to be their Indie Bookstore Ambassador for 2025-2026. Burton is an actor, director, producer and podcaster whose decades-long body of work includes “Roots,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Reading Rainbow.”
Burton says, “From my earliest memories, books carried me beyond the world I knew. They let me explore distant planets, ancient kingdoms, and lives very different from my own. Independent bookstores are where those explorations began. They are sanctuaries of possibility where a single story can change a life…. Step inside, wander the shelves, ask questions, and follow your curiosity. Every book you open is an invitation to imagine, to learn, and to see the world anew. But you don’t have to take my word for it!”
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Reader Mail:
Shelley wrote, “I am so delighted to be a winner in the Word of Mouth contest! Your weekly Bookreporter newsletters are a highlight of my Saturday mornings. It is a pleasure to drink my coffee and read your thoughts about books, authors and related experiences. Your suggestions and insights are shared and discussed with my book clubs, friends and family members. My to-be-read list grows weekly as a result!
“Attached is a photo of the two books I won: NASH FALLS by David Baldacci and QUEEN ESTHER by John Irving. As a fan of both authors, having read some books by each of them, I look forward to reading these new releases. I have been an avid reader since childhood, had the privilege of being a board member and officer of a public library system for many years, and am now sharing the joy of reading with my grandchildren. Thank you for all you do to encourage and promote books and for having these special contests. Happy Holidays to you and yours!”
Elise wrote, “Thank you so much for the copy of THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD BEACH AND BOOK CLUB by Martha Hall Kelly that I received as a prize for answering the Reader Survey! I was so excited to get it. I saw in last week's newsletter that an 'Elise D. from Charlotte, NC' was a winner, and I was hoping it was me. It was! I can't wait to dive in, and I plan to pass it around to my book club friends after I have finished. Thank you for all you do. I have been a faithful newsletter reader for more than 20 years. Your content is superb, and I've also caught a few of the 'Bookaccino Live' videos and enjoyed them as well. Happy Thanksgiving, and thanks again!”
Dianne wrote, “I received a wonderful surprise today with news that I was a winner in Bookreporter's Reader Survey contest. The book that I won is on my TBR list, and I can't wait to read it: WRECK by Catherine Newman. Thank you so much, Carol, for this fantastic surprise, and for all the interesting books and topics you discuss in the Bookreporter newsletter.”
Roxann wrote and shared the photo above: “I received CALDER STRONG by Janet Dailey on Saturday. I’m just starting chapter five and enjoying it so far. Thank you so much for this latest in the Calder series!"
Karen also wrote about winning CALDER STRONG: “Thanks so much for the book. I have never read any of the Calder books but look forward to getting started. I appreciate your contests and newsletter, and I look forward to Saturdays when I can read your book reviews and recommendations and add to my list.
Debbie wrote about last week's “Bookaccino Live” Book Group with Clare Leslie Hall: “Thank you! Terrific interview.”
Judy wrote about the note that I sent after the event with Clare. She liked seeing the information about our upcoming events. She said, “This is great information to have. I thoroughly enjoyed the BROKEN COUNTRY interview.”
The Mellon Foundation has launched a historic $50 million initiative to bolster literary arts. One of the things they want to sponsor is book festivals! See more here. This is needed considering the stats that only about 16% of the population read for pleasure.
Mercury moves out of retrograde on Saturday. I cannot wait! This particular period of Mercury retrograde has been crazy. I feel like everything that I have done, I have done twice.
We are hosting Thanksgiving here. As always, we have a very ambitious menu. For appetizers, there will be carrot soup served in shot glasses and butternut squash ravioli with sage butter sauce, among other culinary delights. We are not a big pumpkin pie family. I am making a key lime pie, we bought a strawberry rhubarb pie, and I am making a cranberry cake.
Read on, and have a great NINE days!
Carol Fitzgerald (Carol@bookreporter.com)
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Featured Review: BOOK OF LIVES by Margaret Atwood
BOOK OF LIVES: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood (Memoir)
Audiobook available, read by Margaret Atwood
Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents --- entomologist father, dietician mother --- Margaret Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec. This childhood was unfettered and nomadic, sometimes isolated, but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape --- from the cruel year that spawned CAT’S EYE to the Orwellian 1980s Berlin where she wrote THE HANDMAID’S TALE. In pages bursting with bohemian gatherings, her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, and major political turning points, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood actors and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel. Reviewed by Pauline Finch.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
Click here to read our review.
Featured Review: EVIL BONES by Kathy Reichs
EVIL BONES: A Temperance Brennan Novel by Kathy Reichs (Mystery/Thriller)
Audiobook available, read by Linda Emond
Small creatures have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in a bizarre manner. But one day, Temperance Brennan gets a disturbing call. The perp is upping the ante. This find could be human. Tempe visits the scene and discovers that the victim is a dog. As one who has always found animal cruelty abhorrent, Tempe agrees to help apprehend the person responsible, and she acquires an equally outraged ally in semi-retired homicide detective Erskine “Skinny” Slidell. Then a woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the animal killings. Subsequently, people Tempe cares about begin to go missing until it becomes clear she is being taunted, the target in a sick game that has her and Slidell racing against a ticking clock and facing a terrifying question: “What is pure evil?” Reviewed by Ray Palen.
- Click here to read more about the book.
- Click here to read an excerpt.
Click here to read our review.
Featured Review: WE DID OK, KID by Anthony Hopkins
WE DID OK, KID: A Memoir by Anthony Hopkins (Memoir)
Audiobook available, read by Kenneth Branagh with the author
Born and raised in Port Talbot --- a small Welsh steelworks town --- amid war and depression, Sir Anthony Hopkins grew up around men who were tough, to say the least, and eschewed all forms of emotional vulnerability in favor of alcoholism and brutality. A struggling student in school, he was deemed by his peers, his parents and other adults as a failure with no future ahead of him. But, on a fateful Saturday night, the disregarded Welsh boy watched the 1948 adaptation of Hamlet, sparking a passion for acting that would lead him on a path that no one could have predicted. With candor and a voice that is both arresting and vulnerable, Sir Anthony recounts his various career milestones and provides a once-in-a-lifetime look into the brilliance behind some of his most iconic roles. Reviewed by Ron Kaplan (www.RonKaplansBaseballBookshelf.com).
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Click here to read our review.
New Special Contest on ReadingGroupGuides.com:
Share Your Favorite Books of 2025 --- and Enter to Win
SIX Outstanding Book Group Titles Releasing in 2026!
This is the time of year when we start seeing “Best Books of the Year” lists. On ReadingGroupGuides.com, we would like you and your book group to help us compile ours by entering our special End-of-the-Year Contest!
All you have to do is fill out this form, sharing both your favorite book that you discussed with your group and your favorite book that you read outside your group in 2025.
One Grand Prize winner will be awarded SIX fabulous book group titles releasing in 2026:
Please note: Your favorite book that you discussed with your group CAN be the same as your favorite book that you read outside your group. And they don't need to have been published in 2025.
We will share our reader-compiled "Best Of" list with you shortly after the contest ends. We cannot wait to see what you select!
Click here to enter the contest by Wednesday, January 14th at noon ET.
Featured Review: THE SEVEN RINGS by Nora Roberts
THE SEVEN RINGS: The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 3 by Nora Roberts (Paranormal Fantasy/Romance)
Audiobook available, read by Brittany Pressley
Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house --- a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings. And now, to break the curse and banish a malevolent spirit once and for all, a difficult task must be completed. After Sonya; her boyfriend, Trey; and their friends are forced to hear, see --- and feel --- the suffering of the house’s many ghosts, their bond only strengthens and their anger is renewed. Refusing to let her spirit be broken, Sonya searches each room for clues to her ancestors’ hidden story. But the enemy in the black dress continues to hover and come at her in frightening forms. Reviewed by Pamela Kramer.
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Click here to read our review.
Featured Review:
ROBERT B. PARKER’S SHOWDOWN by Mike Lupica
ROBERT B. PARKER'S SHOWDOWN: A Spenser Novel by Mike Lupica (Mystery)
Audiobook available, read by Joe Mantegna
Vic Hale is one of the biggest --- and loudest --- podcasters in the nation and got there by spewing overheated rhetoric that’s reviled by some but loved by even more. His particular brand of “entertainment” is so successful, he’s about to sign the biggest contract in the history of online broadcasting. Vic is riding high…until he gets a visit from Spenser. Spenser is there on behalf of Daniel Lopez, a young man who believes Hale may be his father. It’s a potentially explosive revelation for a man in the podcaster’s position, and it might even be enough to blow up his massive new deal. That could explain the bodies that start popping up --- bodies connected in one way or another with the mystery surrounding Daniel’s birth. There are a lot of questions remaining, and Spenser is going to have to find the answers before someone shuts Hale or Daniel up for good. Reviewed by Ray Palen.
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Click here to read our review.
Featured Review: LADIES IN WAITING by Various Authors
LADIES IN WAITING: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters by Adriana Trigiani, Sarah MacLean, Eloisa James, Elinor Lipman, Audrey Bellezza, Karen Dukess, Emily Harding, Nikki Payne and Diana Quincy (Fiction)
Audiobook available; read by Shiromi Arserio, Billie Fulford-Brown, Fiona Hardingham and Angel Pean
In honor of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, nine authors --- Adriana Trigiani, Sarah MacLean, Eloisa James, Elinor Lipman, Audrey Bellezza, Karen Dukess, Emily Harding, Nikki Payne and Diana Quincy --- have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Austen’s minor characters. Written with plenty of love and wit, these clever stories star everyone from PRIDE AND PREJUDICE’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY’s Eliza Williams, and much more. Blurring genres and taking us across the oceans, LADIES IN WAITING is a heartfelt celebration of Jane Austen and her timeless masterpieces. Reviewed by Jane T. Krebs.
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Bookreporter.com's 20th Annual
Holiday Cheer Contests and Feature
At Bookreporter.com, we kick off the holiday season in style with our Holiday Cheer Contests and Feature. As our gift to you, on select days in November and December, we are spotlighting a book and giving five lucky readers the chance to win it. You have to visit the site each day to see the featured prize book and enter the 24-hour contest. As always, we are sending our special Holiday Cheer newsletter on the days when there are contests. Click here to sign up for these email alerts.
Our next contest will be up on Tuesday, December 2nd at noon ET. The prize book will be A SEA GLASS CHRISTMAS by Davis Bunn, in which a bracing Christmas on North Carolina’s Outer Banks opens the door to a second chance at love.
This year's prize books are:
Click here to read all the contest details
and learn more about our featured titles.
Bookreporter.com’s “What to Give, What to Get” Guide:
“Reader Perfect” Suggestions
for Holiday Giving and Getting
We at Bookreporter.com know that readers crave ideas for gift-giving --- and getting --- at the holidays. With this in mind, we are offering a "What to Give, What to Get" Guide with four "Reader Perfect" suggestions.
BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by V. E. Schwab (Historical Fantasy)
The bestselling author of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LaRUE has written a genre-defying, generations-spanning novel of vampires, sapphism and hunger --- for blood, for life and, above all, for freedom.
GIRL DINNER by Olivie Blake (Horror/Dark Humor)
Good girls deserve a treat. From the New York Times bestselling author of THE ATLAS SIX comes a darkly fun novel about power, lust and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend.
GIRL LOST by Kate Angelo (Romantic Suspense)
Officer Luna Rosati and Special Agent Corbin King are at odds over their failed teenage romance, but they reunite on a mission and must put their past aside. When they encounter a kidnapping, missing bodies and a murder, the secrets Corbin and Luna keep from one another are only the beginning of the threats they face.
THE SANDS OF SEA BLUE BEACH by Rachel Hauck (Romance)
Can anything rekindle the summer love between former sweethearts facing old wounds and a divided town? This poignant tale of second chances and the enduring power of love includes themes of small-town romance, dual-time storytelling and complex family dynamics.
Click here to see our "What to Give, What to Get" Guide.
What’s New This Month on ReadingGroupGuides.com
Next Week's Notables:
Noteworthy Books Releasing on December 1st and 2nd
Below are some notable titles releasing on December 1st and 2nd 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 December 1st, see our “On Sale This Week” newsletter here.
December 1st
THE LAST DAYS OF MARILYN MONROE: A True Crime Thriller by James Patterson and Imogen Edwards-Jones (Historical Thriller)
THE LAST DAYS OF MARILYN MONROE is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day.
December 2nd
THE AWARD by Matthew Pearl (Psychological Thriller)
The author of SAVE OUR SOULS and THE DANTE CLUB makes his eagerly awaited return to fiction with this irreverent and propulsive novel about a young writer trying to make his way through a cutthroat literary scene that turns deadly.
THE BOOK OF LUKE by Lovell Holder (Fiction)
For fans of "Survivor" and "Less," this fast-paced debut novel shines an unflinching light on the drama of reality TV when a gay man returns to the cutthroat show he won in his youth after his adult life begins to unravel.
CANTICLE by Janet Rich Edwards (Historical Fiction)
Grounded in the little-told stories of medieval women --- mystics, saints, anchoresses and beguines --- this masterful debut novel follows a spirited young lady’s explorations of faith, agency and love in 13th-century Bruges.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD by Ace Atkins (Historical Thriller/Humor)
Elmore Leonard meets Robert Ludlum in a rollicking comedic thriller set in 1985 from acclaimed author Ace Atkins, in which a suburban teen suspects his mom’s new boyfriend is the ultimate bad guy --- a KGB agent.
THE GALLAGHER PLACE by Julie Doar (Psychological Thriller/Mystery)
This chilling debut set in New York’s Dutchess County is a layered exploration of family secrets, sibling misconceptions and an unsolved murder.
THE HEIR APPARENT by Rebecca Armitage (Fiction)
THE HEIR APPARENT is an irresistible modern fairy tale about a British princess who must decide between her duty to her family --- or to her own heart. I am, reading this now and am thoroughtly enjoying it!
HUGUETTE: A Novel of Liberation by Cara Black (Historical Thriller)
In the lawlessness of post–World War II France, a resilient young woman fights to survive and make a living, no matter the cost.
QUEENS AT WAR: England's Medieval Queens, Book Four by Alison Weir (Biography)
The tumultuous period in English history that marked the end of the medieval era and the rise of the Tudors comes to stunning life in the final volume of Alison Weir’s four-part Medieval Queens series, filled with dramatic true stories chronicling the turbulent reigns of the last five Plantagenet queens.
SHARPE'S STORM: Richard Sharpe and the Invasion of Southern France, 1813 by Bernard Cornwell (Historical Fiction/Adventure)
SHARPE'S STORM is a gripping novel featuring the legendary Richard Sharpe from Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling master of historical fiction.
SILENT BONES: A Karen Pirie Novel by Val McDermid (Mystery/Thriller)
This new installment in Val McDermid's series finds Karen Pirie and her team investigating the murder of a journalist paved under a motorway. But was it his work or his private life that put him there?
STUART WOODS' BLOWN AWAY: A Teddy Fay Novel Featuring Stone Barrington by Brett Battles (Thriller/Adventure)
Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another thrilling Hollywood adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series.
WHITE WOLF: An Evan Ryder Novel by Eric Van Lustbader (Thriller/Adventure)
New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader thrusts readers into a world where power is being redefined by a revolutionary communication program that renders modern encryption obsolete, one that will topple global power structures and give rise to technology-driven totalitarian states.
Click here to see the latest “On Sale This Week” newsletter.
From left to right: Kathy Reichs, John Irving, Erin O. White
Upcoming Virtual Book and Author Events
Here are three upcoming virtual book and author events that you may be interested in attending. Click on the links for more info and to register.
Tuesday, December 2nd at 3pm ET: Barnes & Noble Book Club: Join Barnes & Noble as they welcome Erin O. White for a live virtual event to discuss their November B&N Book Club pick, LIKE FAMILY. Erin will be in conversation with Mallory Rochester, Store Manager at Barnes & Noble in Calabasas, CA.
Tuesday, December 2nd at 8pm ET: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore: Kathy Reichs will talk about EVIL BONES, her latest thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. This time, Tempe finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister.
Wednesday, December 3rd at 7pm ET: “Friends & Fiction”: Join “Friends & Fiction” for a conversation with John Irving about QUEEN ESTHER. After 40 years, Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES.
"Bookreporter Talks To" Videos & Podcasts
“Bookreporter Talks To” is a video and podcast series that delivers long-form, in-depth author interviews. For years, Carol has moderated book festivals and author events around the country. But we know that readers often do not live where they can attend an author event. Our goal is to bring these author interviews to readers, wherever they may be. Watch on video, or listen as a podcast. (The podcasts include audio excerpts.)
Here is our latest interview:
Other authors we've interviewed recently include:
Upcoming interviews include:
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Vicky Nguyen (BOAT BABY: A Memoir)
Click here for a complete list of our
"Bookreporter Talks To" videos and podcasts.
Our Latest Poll: Amazon’s Best Books of the Year
Amazon has announced their top 20 books of 2025. Which of these, if any, would you select as your favorite books of the year? Please check all that apply.
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BUCKEYE by Patrick Ryan
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THE CORRESPONDENT by Virginia Evans
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THE BOYS IN THE LIGHT: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood, by Nina Willner
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THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong
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WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy
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THE INTRUDER by Freida McFadden
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AWAKE: A Memoir, by Jen Hatmaker
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ATMOSPHERE: A Love Story, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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REPLACEABLE YOU: Adventures in Human Anatomy, by Mary Roach
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THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai
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BROKEN COUNTRY by Clare Leslie Hall
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PAPER GIRL: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America, by Beth Macy
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KATABASIS by R. F. Kuang
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CURSED DAUGHTERS by Oyinkan Braithwaite
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NEXT OF KIN: A Memoir, by Gabrielle Hamilton
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KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby
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THE BEAST IN THE CLOUDS: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda, by Nathalia Holt
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HEART THE LOVER by Lily King
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THE BOOK OF GUILT by Catherine Chidgey
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BALDWIN: A Love Story, by Nicholas Boggs
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None of the above
Click here to vote in the poll by Friday, December 5th at noon ET.
Word of Mouth Contest: Tell Us What
You've Read --- and You Can Win Two Books!
Tell us about the books you’ve read with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars. During the contest period from November 14th to December 5th at noon ET, three lucky readers each will be randomly chosen to win a copy of THE BURNING LIBRARY by Gilly Macmillan and SOME BRIGHT NOWHERE by Ann Packer.
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.
- To see reader comments from previous contest periods, click here.
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