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Winter Reading 2020

At Bookreporter.com, we kicked off 2020 with our sixth annual Winter Reading Contests and Feature. We hosted a series of 24-hour contests spotlighting a book releasing this winter (or a recently published title that we would like to get into your hands now) and gave five lucky readers a chance to win it.

Even though our contests have wrapped up, we encourage you to take a look at this year's featured titles, as these are the books you'll want to read during the winter months --- and into the warmer ones!

When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald

A heart-swelling debut for fans of THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

Sometimes life isn’t as simple as heroes and villains.

Week of August 24, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of August 24th include WHEN WE WERE VIKINGS by Andrew David MacDonald, an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own...because, after all, we are all legends of our own making; Angie Cruz's DOMINICANA, a vital portrait of the immigrant experience and the timeless coming-of-age story of a young woman finding her voice in the world; THE STRANGER INSIDE, a psychological thriller from Lisa Unger that takes readers deep inside the minds of both perpetrator and victim, blurring the lines between right and wrong, crime and justice, and showing that sometimes people deserve what comes to them; and PRINCE ALBERT, a companion biography to the acclaimed VICTORIA, in which A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert.

When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald

For Zelda, a 21-year-old Viking enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best lived with some basic rules:

1. A smile means “thank you for doing something small that I liked.”
2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect.
3. Strange people are not appreciated in her home.
4. Tomatoes must go in the middle of the sandwich and not get the bread wet.
5. Sometimes the most important things don’t fit on lists.