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End-of-the-Year Contest 2022

Congratulations to the winners of our 2022 End-of-the-Year Contest! One Grand Prize winner received all 40 of Carol Fitzgerald's Bookreporter.com Bets On picks from 2022, while eight others won a selection of five of these titles. You can see all the winners below, along with 2022's Bets On books.

The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda

July 2022

Each time I picked up THE LAST TO VANISH by Megan Miranda, I immediately found myself caught up in the town of Cutter’s Pass, North Carolina, which sits along the Appalachian Trail. I felt the small-town vibe where everyone knows everyone and their history. Show up new to work in town and people take notice. In the summer, this quiet place comes to life as tourists go there to hike the trails, raft and commune with nature. If they find themselves staying at The Passage Inn, they will meet the manager, Abigail Lovett, who has been there for 10 years. It’s one of those places with a cozy lobby where you can grab breakfast and the staff is always ready to share a great spot for you to visit, a little nugget that will make your vacation memorable.

Week of March 13, 2023

Paperback releases for the week of March 13th include THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah, a powerful American epic about love, heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression --- a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, millions were out of work, and even the land seemed to have turned against them; THE LAST TO VANISH, a gripping and propulsive thriller from Megan Miranda that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass; CITY ON FIRE, the opening installment in Don Winslow's epic new trilogy, a contemporary masterpiece in the tradition of The Godfather, Casino and Goodfellas; Kate Quinn's THE DIAMOND EYE, an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper; and AVALON by Nell Zink, a poignant portrait of a young woman who, against all odds, is determined to find her place in the world and find clarity in its remote corners.