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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

David Grann
The author of The Lost City of Z explores the true 1920s murders of oil-rich Osage tribe members in Oklahoma and the birth of the FBI in Killers of the Flower Moon.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1239.David_Grann?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=grann_text

Anita Shreve
In The Pilot's Wife author's new novel, The Stars Are Fire, a tragic 1947 fire in Maine destroys a woman's life and leaves her husband missing.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1244.Anita_Shreve?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=shreve_text

21 BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU WATCH

2017's most anticipated book-to-screen adaptations.
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/861-21-books-to-read-before-they-become-2017-s-biggest-adaptations?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=screen_text

GOOD MINDS SUGGEST


Anne Lamott's Favorite Books to Fill You with Hope
The Hallelujah Anyway author is known for inspiring her readers. But what books inspire her? Here are her five picks.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1240.Anne_Lamott?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=stevens_text


Elizabeth Strout's Favorite Russian Novels
The Anything Is Possible author says she learned to write by reading the great Russian novels. Here are some of her favorites.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1241.Elizabeth_Strout?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=strout_text

David Leite's Recommended Books About Mental Illnesss
The food writer turned memoirist in Notes on a Banana names his favorite books that helped him understand his mental illness.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1242.David_Leite?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=leite_text


DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT

Omar El Akkad
American War imagines a second American Civil War, fought over fossil fuel. A former journalist, Akkad talks about his debut, the violence of war, and political polarization.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1243.Omar_El_Akkad?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=akkad_text

BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH

Marlena
by Julie Buntin (Goodreads Author)
Fifteen-year-old Cat befriends a glamorous and troubled teen in this debut novel. Twenty years later, she's haunted by the painful end of the friendship.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/399-best-books-of-the-month-april-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=botm1_text

The Perfect Stranger
by Megan Miranda (Goodreads Author)
In this mystery a failed journalist searches rural Pennsylvania for her vanished friend and wonders if she ever knew the missing woman at all. Or did she even exist?https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/399-best-books-of-the-month-april-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=botm2_text

Red Sister
by Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
In this first of a politically charged fantasy series, the Covent of Sweet Mercy raises girls to be assassins. But one child is much more than they could have expected.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/399-best-books-of-the-month-april-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=botm3_text

The Upside of Unrequited
by Becky Albertalli (Goodreads Author)
Molly is an expert on unrequited love. A cute boy would be the natural object of her desire, but instead she's attracted to an awkward Tolkien superfan in this YA romance.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/399-best-books-of-the-month-april-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=botm3_text

Sunshine State
by Sarah Gerard
Combining journalism and memoir, this collection of essays delves into Florida's continually fascinating eclectic culture and cast of characters.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/399-best-books-of-the-month-april-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=botm5_text

The Sleep Solution
by W. Chris Winter
Are you tired? We figured as much. Well, this neurologist and sleep expert wants to help you get a good night's sleep. It's a perfect bedtime story for stressed adults.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/399-best-books-of-the-month-april-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-04&utm_content=botm6_text


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