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Actress and library supporter Sarah Jessica is the honorary chair for the American Library Association's Book Club Central. Most recent selections are below.
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Anatomy of a Miracle: A Novel*
JONATHAN MILES - Hogarth
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A profound new novel about a paralyzed young man's unexplainable recovery - a stunning exploration of faith, science, mystery, and the meaning of life.
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Exit West: A Novel
Mohsin Hamid - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE 2018 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2017, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "A breathtaking novel ... [that] arrives at an urgent time." -NPR "It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America... |
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Stay with Me: A novel
AYOBAMI ADEBAYO - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Notable Book The New York Times' Critics' Top Books of the Year Named a Best Book of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio, The Economist, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Southern Living, HelloGiggles, and Shelf Awareness... |
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She Would Be King: A Novel
WAYTU MOORE - Graywolf Press
Format: Hardcover
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A novel of exhilarating range, magical realism, and history -- a dazzling retelling of Liberia's formationWaytu Moore's powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia's early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond.... |
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Most recent selections from Actress Reese Witherspoons's Hello Sunshine Book Club .
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Next Year in Havana
Chanel Cleeton - Berkley
Format: Paperback
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After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution...Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's... |
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You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories
Curtis Sittenfeld - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A dazzling collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with... |
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel
BALLI KAUR JASWAL - William Morrow
Format: Book
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A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages - a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.
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The Rules of Magic
Alice Hoffman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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From beloved author Alice Hoffman comes the spellbinding prequel to her bestseller, Practical Magic. Thrilling and exquisite, real and fantastical, The Rules of Magic is a story about the power of love reminding us that the only remedy for being human is to be true to yourself.
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The Last Mrs. Parrish: A Novel
LIV CONSTANTINE - Harper
Format: Book
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The mesmerizing debut about a coolly manipulative woman and a wealthy "golden couple," from a stunning new voice in psychological suspense.
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The Light We Lost
Jill Santopolo - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick "This love story between Lucy & Gabe spans decades and continents as two star-crossed lovers try to return to each other ... Will they ever meet again? This book kept me up at night, turning the pages to find... |
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Something in the Water: A Novel
CATHERINE STEADMAN - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller debut - for readers of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Shari Lapena. If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you? Erin... |
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Oprah Winfrey launched her book club in 1996. Her most recent selections are below.
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An American Marriage: A Novel
Tayari Jones - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION One of the most anticipated novels of 2018 according to Entertainment Weekly * Goodreads * Esquire * Elle * Cosmopolitan *BBC * Huffington Post * Bustle * Southern Living * Newsday * Bookish * Nylon * iBooks Store "Transcendent . . . Triumphant . . . Gorgeous."-Elle... |
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Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
Imbolo Mbue - Random House
Format: Book
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A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream.
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead - Doubleday
Format: Book
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling an enslaved woman's journey as she makes a bid for freedom in the antebellum South.
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Anthony Ray Hinton - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. Stunned, confused, and only twenty-nine... |
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Becoming
Michelle Obama - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling... |
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Most recent book club picks for Emma Watson, actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador, are below.
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Heart Berries: A Memoir
TERESE MAILHOT - Counterpoint
Format: Book
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Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A captivating family saga." - The New York Times Book Review"You won't be able to put it down." - The Skimm (Skimm Reads Pick) "This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna... |
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The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro - Vintage International; 1st edition
Format: Paperback
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The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading insular world postwar England.
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Hunger: A Memoir of
Roxane Gay - Harper
Format: Book
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New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay's Hunger is a deeply personal memoir about weight and acceptance.
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Jimmy Fallon launched his book club in July 2018. The Tonight Show is teaming up with publisher Macmillan to donate 3,000 copies through First Book, which provides books to classrooms, shelters, and community programs across the country.
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Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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With five starred reviews, Tomi Adeyemi's West African-inspired fantasy debut, and instant #1 New York Times Bestseller, conjures a world of magic and danger, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir.They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zlie... |
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Southern Lady Magazine launched a book club spring 2018. Most recent selections are below.
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The Road to Bittersweet
DONNA EVERHART
Format: Book
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Southern Lady Magazine's innaugural Book Club Pick.
Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is an evocative account of a young woman reckoning not just with the unforgiving landscape, but with the rocky emotional terrain that leads from... |
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Between Earth and Sky
AMANDA SKENANDORE - Kensington
Format: Paperback
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In Amanda Skenandore's provocative and profoundly moving debut, set in the tragic intersection between white and Native American culture, a young girl learns about friendship, betrayal, and the sacrifices made in the name of belonging.
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Chariot on the Mountain
JACK FORD
Format: Book
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Based on little-known true events, this astonishing account from Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Jack Ford vividly recreates a treacherous journey toward freedom, a time when the traditions of the Old South still thrived - and is a testament to determination, friendship,
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Portrait of a Sister
LAURA BRADFORD - Kensington
Format: Paperback
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Katie Beiler was always the follower to her twin sister Hannah's lead. That is until Hannah left their Amish upbringing for an English life - leaving Katie to find her own footing in a world that no longer looks as it once did . . . Katie has always imagined her life being just like Mamm's.... |
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