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We interview Jesmyn Ward, celebrate a decade of Goodreads, recommend some great dystopia, recap a season of fabulous new debut novels, and more.


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Hi Rob,

We are so excited to welcome you to our <a href='https://goo.gl/V8Aaf7'>Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration</a>! We’ve got quite the party planned, including our first-ever <a href='https://goo.gl/83synm'>Hide-a-Book-Day event</a>, <a href='https://goo.gl/AtpuYY'>fabulous giveaways</a>, and a bevy of content to sink your teeth into (like <a href='https://goo.gl/VedL65'>Stephen King's ten favorite books</a> of all time). Thank you for a decade of Goodreads!<br/><br/>Happy reading,<br/>Elizabeth Chandler, editor in chief


Exclusive Interview


<a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none;" href=https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1291.Jesmyn_Ward?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sept62017&utm_content=interviews1>Sing, Unburied, Sing [http://images.gr-assets.com/misc/1504117804-1504117804_goodreads_misc.png]Jesmyn Ward's Return to the American South
The author of <i><a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10846336-salvage-the-bones'>Salvage the Bones</a></i> talks about going back home to Mississippi to write, exploring both history and the supernatural, and the arduous journey at the heart of <i><a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32920226'>Sing, Unburied, Sing</a></i>.Read More

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Celebrate 'Good' Times

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A Decade of Great Books and Reading Companions
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It's been ten years of finding great books and connecting with your fellow readers. To celebrate, we're sharing some of the most-beloved books on the site, asking your favorite authors about their Top 10 books, and more.
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September's Hot Books

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The Golden House
bySalman Rushdie
During the Obama-era, a real estate tycoon’s family rises to power in this novel that fuses pop culture and politics.
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The Ninth Hour
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Alice McDermott
In 20th-century Catholic Brooklyn, a man's suicide shakes the life of his widow, daughter, and the nuns who care for them.
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They Both Die at the End
byAdam Silvera
In this YA novel, two strangers get a call from Death-Cast: They're going to die today. Luckily for those looking for an End Day friend, there's an app for that.
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Sleeping Beauties
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Stephen King and Owen King
Men are left on their own as a strange sickness plunges the world’s women into a deep un-waking sleep in this novel from the father and son writing duo.
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The Last Castle
byDenise Kiernan
History and architecture buffs will love the history of one of America's grandest homes—the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore.
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The Best of Us
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Joyce Maynard
In this memoir, Maynard meets the love of her life while in her fifties, and then has to face the challenge of his sudden illness.
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Required Reading


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Deon Meyer's Favorite Post-Apocalyptic Tales</a>The South African writer has garnered fans worldwide for his bestselling <i><a href=' https://www.goodreads.com/series/53783-benny-griessel'>Benny Griessel</a></i> thrillers. In his latest book, <i><a href=' https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35562116'>Fever</a></i>, he takes readers to a postpandemic world. Here he shares his picks for postapocalyptic books.Read More
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The Season's Biggest and Brightest Debuts</a>A new class of fresh literary voices arrived on bookshelves this season. Check out these 20 debut novels—both adult fiction and YA—that are capturing readers' attention!Read More
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Debut Novel Inspired by China's One-Child Policy</a>In imagining a future with far too many men, Maggie Shen King says she thought of three possibilities: import women, export men, or ask women to marry more than one husband. “I thought the last option posed the most provocative and disturbing questions," she says.Read More
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Book Ends

* See September's <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/2017/September/?country=US&duration=w&rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sept6017&utm_content=bookend1'>most popular books</a> and <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/new_releases/2017/9?tab=by_genre?country=US&duration=w&rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sept6017&utm_content=bookend1.5'>new releases by genre</a>.

* It's time to start planning your audiobook listening for fall! Check out these <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1018-your-big-fall-audiobook-preview?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sept6017&utm_content=bookend2'>highly anticipated audiobooks</a>. [Sponsored]

* <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1016-september-s-poetry-contest-winner-flotilla?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sept6017&utm_content=bookend3'>Flotilla</a> by Steve Deutsch is this month's poetry contest winner.

* J.D. Salinger's life is coming to the movies. Before you see the film, <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1017-10-interesting-facts-about-the-catcher-in-the-rye?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sept6017&utm_content=bookend4'>read up on these little-known facts about the author</a> of <i>Catcher in the Rye</i>. [Sponsored]

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