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Exclusive Interview


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French Exit
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Mother and Son Take a Wild Parisian Journey

Psychics, detectives, former fiancées, and a cat tag along on a mother-son adventure to burn through their inheritance in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1041872.Patrick_deWitt?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=dewittlink">Patrick deWitt</a>'s quirky new novel, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36590432-french-exit?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=frenchexitlink"><i>French Exit</i></a>. He talked with Goodreads about his upper-crust characters and how they found themselves caught in a "tragedy of manners."
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Brainy Books


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Nonfiction.Best
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Back-to-School Reading for Adults

Why should kids be the only ones to learn something new? Gain some knowledge (and be thoroughly entertained) with the highest-rated and most popular nonfiction of the year, including books on politics, the environment, technology, business, self-help, and more!
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Dazzling Debuts


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Cherry
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Book Recommendations from a Bank Robber-Turned-Author

Debut author <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17289272.Nico_Walker?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=nicolink">Nico Walker</a>'s life is the stuff of fiction. He returned from Iraq a war hero suffering from PTSD and became addicted to heroin. That's when he started robbing banks. This month, his gritty novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36978222?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=cherrylink"><i>Cherry</i></a> arrives in stores. Now, Walker's sharing the books he's discovered as he's serving his prison term.
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https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1383.Christina_Dalcher

Vox
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Dystopian Debut Where Women's Words Are Policed

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17319381.Christina_Dalcher?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=dalcherlink">Christina Dalcher</a>'s novel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37796866-Vox?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=voxlink"><i>Vox</i></a> is set in the near-future where women are forced to live in near silence—limited to just 100 words a day. Dalcher, a professional linguist, talked to Goodreads about the power of language, finding writing as a second career, and experimenting with flash fiction.
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Top Sci-Fi & Fantasy


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The Best Sci-fi & Fantasy of 2018 (So Far)
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The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2018 (So Far)

From <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36896898?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=silverlink"><i>Spinning Silver</i></a>'s smart reimagining of <i>Rumpelstiltskin</i> to the latest novel in the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/117100-red-rising-saga?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=redrisinglink"><i>Red Rising Saga</i></a>, the year has offered plenty of reasons to escape into great fantasy and sci-fi books. Discover the four-star 2018 releases the genres' fans are loving.
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https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1351

Most Anticipated Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Future Faves: Highly Anticipated Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Get ready for some new favorite sci-fi and fantasy novels! In the coming months, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=martinlink">George R.R. Martin</a> returns with the history of the Targaryens in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39943621?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=fireandbloodlink"><i>Fire & Blood</i></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3849415.Deborah_Harkness?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=harknesslink">Deborah Harkness</a> revisits the <i>All Souls</i> world in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38356765?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=timeconvertlink"><i>Time's Convert</i></a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4192148.James_S_A_Corey?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Aug232018&utm_content=coreylink">James S.A. Corey</a> adds to <i>The Expanse</i> series, among many more stellar reads!
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