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December 16, 2015

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that is perfect for holiday giving and that you may want to include on your “to me/from me” list. Read more about it, and enter our Holiday Cheer Contest by Thursday, December 17th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of LIGHTEN UP, Y'ALL: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome by Virginia Willis. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

Brady vs. Manning: The Untold Story of the Rivalry That Transformed the NFL by Gary Myers

December 2015

Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are perhaps the two greatest quarterbacks of all time. But what do they actually think of each other? What are they like behind closed doors and in the locker room, and how does that influence their careers? Veteran NFL correspondent Gary Myers tackles this subject from every angle and with unprecedented access and insight, drawing on a huge number of never-before-heard interviews with Brady and Manning, their coaches, their families, and those who have played with them and against them.

Hostage Taker

Susan Crawford, author of The Pocket Wife

Dana Catrell is shocked when her neighbor, Celia, is brutally murdered. To Dana’s horror, she was the last person to see Celia alive. Suffering from mania, the result of her bipolar disorder, she has troubling holes in her memory, including what happened on the afternoon of Celia’s death. The closer she comes to piecing together the shards of her broken memory, the more she falls apart. Is there a murderer lurking inside of Dana...or is there one out there in the shadows of reality, waiting to strike again?

—Lori Roy, Edgar Award-winning author of BENT ROAD and LET ME DIE IN HIS FOOTSTEPS

—Booklist

—RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars)

—Library Journal

—Sabine Durrant, author of UNDER YOUR SKIN

"Best Of" 2015 Lists

This is the time of year when “Best Of” lists are everywhere. These annual roundups always seem to spark lively discussions among readers as they reflect on their favorite books of the year. Although we at Bookreporter.com don’t have a “Best Of” list of our own, we’ve compiled a number of them for you here. See which of your top picks appear on these lists and which titles you feel should've been included but weren't. Perhaps you’ll even find some books to add to your reading list as we head into the new year!