Friday, September 27, 2024

This month’s best new book club picks

 
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This Month's Best New Book Club Picks
Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know.
 
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Book cover for Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
What would you do if a stranger told you when — and how — you were going to die?
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • From the wildly popular author of Big Little Lies and Apples Never Fall
  • On a delayed flight, six passengers find their lives changed when a mysterious woman predicts their deaths…
  • "A riveting story so wild you don't know how she'll land it, and then she does, on a dime" (Anne Lamott)
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, People, The Washington Post, Elle, Good Housekeeping, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks
The author of The Notebook is back — and he doesn't disappoint
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Brings all the emotion fans expect" (Publishers Weekly)
  • Army ranger Tanner finds true love and community where he least expects it
  • Set in a cozy small town filled with unforgettable characters
FEATURED IN:
TODAY Show, Good Morning America, The Washington Post, Parade, Publishers Weekly, Booklist
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Book cover for By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
What if a woman really wrote Shakespeare's plays?
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Follows two unforgettable women playwrights whose lives are intertwined four centuries apart
  • Glowing praise from Kristin Hannah, Jojo Moyes, and Chris Whitaker
  • Debuted at the top of the New York Times bestsellers list
FEATURED IN:
Good Morning America, People, The Washington Post, Elle, Parade, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings
The true story of one woman's escape from an abusive, fundamentalist marriage
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Perfect for readers of Educated
  • A bestselling memoir offering an alarming counterpoint to the so-called "traditional" trend of tradwife living
  • "Peels back the layers of Christian fundamentalism… A devastatingly triumphant story" (Kirkus Reviews starred review)
FEATURED IN:
The Washington Post, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Spend autumn back in Crosby, Maine, in Oprah's latest book club pick!
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • After a shocking crime rocks Crosby, the community finds solace in storytelling and friendship
  • Reconnect with beloved characters like Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton
  • From a Pulitzer Prize winner with "an extraordinary capacity for radical empathy" (The Boston Globe)
FEATURED IN:
Oprah's Book Club, CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Financial Times, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage
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Book cover for Worst Case Scenario by T. J. Newman
This jaw-dropping sensation is the best thriller James Patterson has read in 2024
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • At 35,000 feet, a pilot suffers a heart attack — plunging a passenger airliner into a nuclear power plant…
  • The latest bestseller from the author of Falling and Drowning
  • Lee Child and Brad Thor can't get enough of T. J. Newman's pulse-pounding novels
FEATURED IN:
Time Magazine, PBS, Good Morning America, People, The Washington Post, USA Today, Esquire, Forbes, Parade, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
A widow inherits a house on an island — and what she finds can't possibly be real…
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • When 72-year-old Grace arrives at her run-down new home in Spain, she unravels the mystery of her old friend's death
  • "Magic comes to breathtaking life" in this "magnificent" novel (Publishers Weekly) from the author of The Midnight Library
  • This instant New York Times bestseller is one of fall's must-reads, according to Time and People
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, Time Magazine, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, People, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Slate, Town & Country, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Parade, The Guardian, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, BookPage
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Book cover for The Devil at His Elbow by Valerie Bauerlein
It was the trial that captivated the nation: Why would a successful attorney kill his wife and son?
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Alex Murdaugh was a respected trial lawyer and family man — whose secret life of fraud would only be exposed after he committed the ultimate crime
  • "Forget the podcasts, the TV specials, and the documentaries — this is the version of the story you'll want to read" (John Carreyrou)
FEATURED IN:
PBS, TODAY Show, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
A case of mistaken identity shows an elderly man it's never too late for a new beginning
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove and Remarkably Bright Creatures
  • When kindhearted widower Frederick takes a grumpy man's place at a nursing home, his lonely world is transformed
  • "A funny, heartfelt story about found family and seeing the silver lining in life" (Library Journal)
FEATURED IN:
Parade, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Our Narrow Hiding Places by Kristopher Jansma
An 80-year-old widow reveals her harrowing fight for survival in Nazi-occupied Holland
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A must-read for fans of All the Light We Cannot See
  • Long-hidden family secrets reverberate across generations
  • A "complex, compassionate tale of human resilience" (Alice McDermott)
FEATURED IN:
NPR, CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Literary Hub
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