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End-of-the-Year Contest 2023

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 End-of-the-Year Contest! One reader received all 44 of Carol Fitzgerald's Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2023, while 11 others won four of these titles. You can see all the winners below, along with 2023's Bets On selections.

If you would like to know more about these books, be sure to check out this video and podcast where Carol talks about each of her 44 picks.

Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve

1950s Philadelphia: Fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright. Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don’t let just anyone into their fold. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William’s family and grant her the life she’s been searching for. But having a baby --- and fitting in --- is easier said than done.

The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

February 2023

A couple of years ago, Sadeqa Johnson wrote YELLOW WIFE, her first work of historical fiction, which I made a Bets On pick. Her writing of character, place and story was so well done --- and I loved interviewing her about her inspiration for the book. I looked forward to what she would do next…and wow, THE HOUSE OF EVE delivers again. While her previous novel took place during the days of slavery, her latest is set in the 1950s.

Week of February 5, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of February 5th include I WILL FIND YOU, a breathtaking thriller from Harlan Coben in which an innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive; CITY OF DREAMS, the dramatic second novel in Don Winslow's epic crime trilogy, a sweeping saga of family, love, revenge, survival and the fierce reality behind the dream; THE LAST ORPHAN, the eighth entry in Gregg Hurwitz's pulse-pounding Orphan X series, which marks the return of Evan Smoak (aka The Nowhere Man) --- but this time, everything changes and everything is at risk; and four outstanding books that were 2023 Bookreporter Bets On picks when they released in hardcover: ALL THAT IS MINE I CARRY WITH ME by William Landay, EXILES by Jane Harper, THE HOUSE OF EVE by Sadeqa Johnson, and THE HOUSE OF LINCOLN by Nancy Horan.

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