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| Hello, there! We’re all in on family stories today, from a high-profile debut to thrillers about parents in shocking circumstances. Plus, the hottest books on Likewise this week. |
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| Real Artists, Fictional Muses |
| In The Bookends, we pick an exciting new release and pair it with an older title readers will also love. This week: Women who inspired artists take center stage in these lush historical novels. |
 | | The Flames | | In this buzzy new novel, four women with a connection to Viennese painter Egon Schiele orbit the man and his shocking work in this novel set in early 20th century Austria. | | Add to reading list |
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 | | The Marriage of Opposites | | Set on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas in the 1800s, Hoffman’s novel chronicles the life of headstrong Rachel Pomié. After an early marriage to a much older man, the widow Rachel falls for his nephew and has a son who will become the influential Impressionist Camile Pissaro. | | Add to reading list |
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 | Ask a Librarian |
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| I’m looking for books like the TV shows Your Honor and Defending Jacob. - Isabella |
Both of these shows are almost unbearably tense; they’re hard to watch but impossible to look away from. I have some book suggestions that should be equally gripping.
Between the Lines
Like the shows you mentioned, these thrillers follow parents of teenagers accused of murder. They’re about the lengths that desperate parents will go to protect their children. If you haven’t already read Defending Jacob, the bestselling novel that inspired the TV show, it’s a great place to start. If you have, or you want a totally new story, these three wrenching and suspenseful reads will keep you on the edge of your seat. |
 | | The Dinner | | Two couples meet for dinner at an elegant Amsterdam restaurant, where talk eventually turns to their two teenage sons and a situation they’re involved in that could derail the lives of both families. | | Add to reading list |
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 | | Red Leaves | | When an eight-year-old girl disappears, police suspect her babysitter, teenager Keith Moore. Keith swears he’s innocent, but his father has doubts. | | Add to reading list |
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 | | Miracle Creek | | In rural Virginia, the hyperbaric oxygen chamber involved in an experimental medical treatment explodes, killing two people. Did the immigrant family who owned the tank have something to do with the explosion? Or did the mother of one of the children who died start the fire intentionally? | | Add to reading list |
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| Meet the Librarian
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 | Guess The Writer |
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- Although all his published work was written in English, this writer grew up speaking French at home and wasn’t fluent in English until his late teens.
- Despite his reputation for wild living, he was a devout Catholic.
- He is considered one of the most important writers of the Beat Generation, although he disliked the label.
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Critical Love
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s second novel appeared on “Most Anticipated” lists from the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, and more. Reviewers call it “compelling” (Shelf Awareness) and “heart-wrenching” (BookPage). Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen says the family saga is “powerful and deeply empathetic.” |
 | | Dust Child | | The child of a Vietnamese bar girl and an American soldier plans to emigrate to the United States and a veteran of the Vietnam war returns to Vietnam decades later. Their lives intersect in unexpected ways in this sweeping historical novel. | | Add to reading list |
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The Big Debut
Publishers Weekly says Leigh McMullan Abramson’s story-within-a-story family novel is “thought-provoking” and “clever” and Amazon calls it “keenly-observed.” |
 | | A Likely Story | | | A struggling writer finds her career and her life upended when she uncovers secrets about her father, a bestselling author, and her beloved mother. | | Add to reading list |
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| Bookworld |
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⚔️ Amazon Studios will adapt Jennifer Armentrout’s BookTok-beloved fantasy series.
👩🏿 Oprah announced the 100th pick for her book club.
🎖️ Speak author Laurie Halse Anderson won the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
🎥 The documentary based on an explosive book about corruption in the Baltimore Police Department hits theaters this weekend. |
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