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| Hello, there! Get ready to bump this week’s books to the top of your TBR! There’s a little something for every taste, from learning about cults to page-turners you won’t be able to put down! |
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| If you think you could never wind up in a cult but are still fascinated by cults and why people join them, these books are for you. Screenwriter and actress Guinevere Turner (American Psycho, Go Fish) explores her childhood growing up in an infamous cult, while journalist Amanda Montell shares how cult-like thinking and behavior has permeated our everyday lives. |
 | | When the World Didn’t End | | The life young Guinevere knows is one of communal living among fellow children, mostly separated from her mother, as part of what came to be known as the Lyman Family cult. From ritualistic cult life to leaving and going to public school, Turner’s immersive memoir offers a glimpse into the psychology of cult life and its lifelong impact. | | Add to reading list |
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 | | Cultish | | | If you think you’d never join a cult, Wordslut author Amanda Montell will make you think again. This entertaining nonfiction book looks at everything from Heaven’s Gate to Soul Cycle to find out what makes joining so appealing—and how the language of cults has seeped into our everyday lives. | | Add to reading list |
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 | | Sycamore Circle: $1.99 until 5/30! | | Love weaves its unpredictable threads in Ross County, where Joy and Bo's whirlwind romance faces a web of trust issues amidst mysterious messages, jealous exes, and a complicated past. | |
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 | Guess The Writer |
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- The title of this bestselling author’s most famous book series has become synonymous with historical romance.
- She’s won big money on game show The Weakest Link.
- She’s co-authored a novel with Shonda Rhimes.
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| Everyone loves a book that savors the suspense right up until the last page. You’ll get swept away and stay up way past your bedtime frantically reading to find out what will happen next with these exciting novels. |
 | | When No One Is Watching | | Gentrification comes to Brooklyn, and with it, a shadowy, scary past. In this twist-filled psychological thriller, Sydney finds that the neighborhood where she was raised has changed a lot, in ways that go beyond simply sprucing up storefronts. The deeper she digs, the more horrifying facts she uncovers, ones that will put her and everyone she loves in danger. | | Add to reading list |
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 | | Things We Do in the Dark | | When famous actor Jimmy Peralta is found dead, with his wife Paris next to him holding a straight razor, she’s thrust into the spotlight. She proclaims her innocence, but must dive into her own tumultuous past that threatens to upend the life she’s built. True crime has nothing on this suspenseful novel. | | Add to reading list |
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 | | The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy | | This epistolary novel gets increasingly cringe as these two powerful women, each in love with John F. Kennedy, find themselves drawn to each other without knowing the huge passion they have in common. | | Add to reading list |
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| | See the full list of plot twists you won’t see coming! | |
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| Critical Love |
| With “exquisitely sensitive” dialogue according to the New York Times and “a fresh reinvention of the campus novel” by the Washington Post, this new book by the Booker Prize shortlisted author of Real Life will speak to college students past and present. |
 | | The Late Americans | | This Iowa City-set novel follows graduate students Seamus, Ivan, Fatima, and Noah, a group of friends and lovers who are navigating life and love and sex while facing an uncertain future. They feel deeply, each asking themselves probing questions about who they want to be to each other and the larger world. | | Add to reading list |
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| The Big Debut |
| Start your summer reading early with this novel set on Fire Island, which Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan calls a “roiling beach community satire serves up wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp.” |
 | | Bad Summer People | | Jen and Lauren are the queen bees of their social circle, whether at the beach or tennis court. But beneath the gossip and good times, not everything’s beachy or breezy. Darker urges lurk, getting unleashed when a dead body is found face down near the boardwalk. Could one of their set be capable of murder? | | Add to reading list |
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| Bookworld |
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💜 The first trailer for the movie musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is here and it’s chill-inducing!
👄 Check out the cover for Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino’s new novel.
🏆 Haruki Murakami wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature.
📚 How should we feel about Barnes & Noble now? |
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| Guess the Writer Answer | | This queen of romance is Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series and the new Queen Charlotte, with both adapted for Netflix. |
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