News & Interviews
Kate Atkinson
The year is 1940, and Juliet Armstrong is on the trail of Nazi collaborators. Juliet isn't some MI5 femme fatale; the protagonist of Transcription, a new novel by Kate Atkinson, is just an 18-year-old girl who writes up surveilled sessions between fascist sympathizers. But though she's a minor cog in the war effort among the secret agents, she's soon pulled into bigger things.
Deborah Harkness
Just as her bestselling All Souls trilogy is being adapted for television, Deborah Harkness returns to the world of vampires and witches with Time's Convert. Goodreads talked to the history professor about researching her fantasies, writing a "sequely-prequely thing," and why she's never read Dracula.
Patrick deWitt
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Patrick deWitt is known for his quirks in prose, characters, and plotlines. French Exit, his fourth and latest, is a darkly comedic look at how Upper East Side widow Frances Price starts her life over, even as she heads out the door.
Sally Field
Actress Sally Field has spent more than five decades in front of a camera. Now it's Field's turn to tell her own story, in her own words, in the new memoir. In honor of her book, Field is recommending five more powerful memoirs that have inspired her.
T. Greenwood
Author T. Greenwood is making her first foray into historical fiction with Rust & Stardust, based on the true story of the 1948 kidnapping of 11-year-old Sally Horner, which reportedly inspired Vladimir Nabokov’s classic novel Lolita. Greenwood recommends four novels (and one story) which were also ripped from the headlines.
Megan Abbott
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In the new psychological thriller Give Me Your Hand, author Megan Abbott looks at how a life-changing secret can destroy an unlikely friendship. Abbott knows a thing or two about writing about the dark side of female friendships, and here she picks her favorite literary duos.
Want to Read
Ibi Zoboi
National Book Award Finalist and American Street author Ibi Zoiboi introduces readers to a modern-day re-imagining of a beloved Jane Austen classic. “Retelling Pride and Prejudice came up during a conversation about smart love stories. Elizabeth Bennet was the hero and love interest I didn't know I needed. I wanted to update her so she could be relatable to teens.”
Courtney Summers
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What happens to girls who go missing? Courtney Summers gives her gritty take on this question and more in her latest YA mystery thriller, Sadie. “There are a lot of missing-girl stories; I wanted to remind people that at the heart of them is a girl, and the moment we deny her that humanity, we lose some of our own.”
I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers
I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers translates the passion for reading into contemporary art, photography, and illustrations.
Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day
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Mark Bradford is best known for his large abstract paintings. He uses fragments of posters, billboards, newsprint, and other found objects to create commentaries on class, race, and gender through his lens as a black American artist.
Kendall Ryan
Kendall Ryan, the bestselling author of Hard to Love and Filthy Beautiful Lies, introduces us to a seriously seductive friendship in Flirting with Forever. She talked to us about irresistible banter, book boyfriends, and favorite romance tropes.
Jamie McGuire
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Calling all contemporary romance fans: The brand-new series from Jamie McGuire is here! The author of Beautiful Disaster and Beautiful Oblivion talks to us about the runaway bride at the heart of From Here to You, the allure of bad boys, and her favorite love stories.
Megan Whalen Turner
Bow down to YA royalty—Megan Whalen Turner is back with a new The Queen's Thief adventure. She shares the books that inspire her love of history and magic.
Stephanie Garber
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Caraval has electrified early readers with its tale of a magical game that's both dazzling and dangerous. Garber shares her favorite mysteries, fantasy series, and more.
Books Through Bars
The volunteer-run nonprofit organization Books Through Bars distributes free books to incarcerated people in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia.
International Literacy Association
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The International Literacy Association is a global nonprofit organization of more than 300,000 educators, researchers, and experts across 78 countries. Its mission is to make literacy accessible for all.
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Lisa Brennan-Jobs' coming-of-age memoir, Small Fry, details her childhood as the disowned daughter of Apple cofounder and tech icon Steve Jobs. "I felt ashamed to be the dark side of someone’s brilliant story—and I wanted to write, in part, to understand that," she says about her debut book.
Heather Morris
Heather Morris' debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, started with a simple question: Would she like to meet a man who had a story to tell?
Christina Dalcher
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The debut novel Vox is set in a dystopian near-future where women live in forced silence, limited to 100 words a day, and are forbidden from holding jobs.
Nicola Yoon
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All love stories have to start somewhere. Nicola Yoon, the author of The Sun Is Also a Star and Everything, Everything, shares an excerpt about young love from the new anthology, Meet Cute, which also features short stories from Jennifer L. Armentrout, Nina LaCour, and Sara Shepard.
