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August 8, 2025

This last week has brought with it some stunning weather, though the beautiful summer skies were marred on Wednesday by smoke from the Canadian fires. Last night, an almost full sturgeon moon lit up the skies (the full moon will be in place on Saturday). I am working outside today, pounding away on my laptop, as I capitalize on a day without too much heat or humidity. And to complete my perfect summer vibe, Husband Tom picked up lobster rolls for lunch from the Cousins Maine Lobster truck. Perfect!

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August 8, 2025 - August 22, 2025

Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of August 8 - August 22.

Week of August 25, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of August 25th include FRAMED, John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since THE INNOCENT MAN, in which he teams up with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries to share 10 harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions; THE GREY WOLF, the 19th installment in Louise Penny's series starring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, who must figure out who he can trust in a frantic hunt for clues in a terrifying case; OPEN SEASON, a riveting thriller featuring psychologist Alex Delaware and Homicide Detective Milo Sturgis, who race against time to track down a twisted killer; A GREAT MARRIAGE, a poignent novel from Frances Mayes that finds two people and their families reeling when a perfect wedding is called off just days before the big event; and the genre-defying QUESTION 7, a reckoning with Richard Flanagan's life and family, and the role of fiction in our times.

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August 6, 2025

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Thursday, August 7th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of FULL BLOOM by Francesca Serritella, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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Week of August 18, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of August 18th include BY ANY OTHER NAME by Jodi Picoult, a remarkable novel about two women, centuries apart --- one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays --- who are both forced to hide behind another name; BUTCHER, an arresting novel from Joyce Carol Oates about a women’s asylum in the 19th century and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world; PARADISE BRONX, Ian Frazier’s love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough; Olesya Salnikova Gilmore's THE HAUNTING OF MOSCOW HOUSE, an elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, in which two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family’s long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past that is dangerous --- and deadly --- to remember; and the paperback original FIVE FOUND DEAD by Sulari Gentill, a heart-pounding ride filled with intrigue, suspense and literary charm.

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Week of August 11, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of August 11th include TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout, a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world; THE BIG EMPTY, a twisty, satisfying thriller from Robert Crais in which private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, face a cryptic case and a terrifying, unpredictable killer; Louis Bayard's THE WILDES, a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss and love that brings Oscar Wilde’s wife, Constance, and two sons out from the shadows of history; MEN HAVE CALLED HER CRAZY by Anna Marie Tendler, a powerful memoir that reckons with mental health, as well as the insidious ways that men impact the lives of women; and the paperback original THE HARVEY GIRLS, Juliette Fay's big-hearted tale of two very different women who must learn to trust each other as one tries to save her family and the other to save herself.

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August 5, 2025

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of August 4th and August 11th 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 our New Release Spotlight of Samsun Knight's latest novel, LIKENESS. According to author Margot Livesey, Knight “has an exquisite gift for capturing those moments when a character reaches the edge of their known feelings and steps into terra incognita. The result is a wonderfully suspenseful and deeply pleasurable novel.”

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August 5, 2025

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Wednesday, August 6th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE LOCKED WARD by Sarah Pekkanen, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

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Week of August 4, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of August 4th include COUNTING MIRACLES by Nicholas Sparks, an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change --- or even make our peace with --- the path we’ve taken; Kate Atkinson's DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK, which marks the highly anticipated return of private eye Jackson Brodie, who uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit; THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN, Marjan Kamali's heartfelt, epic novel of friendship, betrayal and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran; OUT OF THE DARKNESS by Ian O'Connor, the definitive biography of the legendary yet mysterious Aaron Rodgers; and EDEN UNDONE, a chilling, stranger-than-fiction tale from Abbott Kahler in which a power-hungry baroness with two lovers disrupts life on an Eden-like island in the Galápagos, and an isolated community descends into madness and murder.    

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