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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Roxane Gay
This Bad Feminist author is best known for her essays and columns. Now she's back with Difficult Women, a collection of short stories. She talks to us about feminism, influences, and who would play her in a movie.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1207?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=gay_text

Steve Jones
The Sex Pistols' guitarist is a recovering addict, thief, and rock legend. With Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, he explores punk rock, his dodgy childhood, and the one book he's read.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1208?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=jones_text

23 HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2017

Allow us to suggest a few additions to your overflowing bookshelves and ereaders. We rounded up the 2017 books that are getting the most buzz from your fellow Goodreads members. Take a look! How many do you need?
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/778-23-highly-anticipated-books-of-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=anticipation_text

GOOD MINDS SUGGEST

Will Schwalbe's Books to Ring in the New Year
The Books for Living author knows the value of reading the right book at the right time. Here's his list of books to start 2017 off right.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1210.Will_Schwalbe?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=schwalbe_text

Meik Wiking's Books to Ponder Happiness
We asked the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute and author of The Little Book of Hygge to share books that help shape his ideas about happiness.https://https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1211.Meik_Wiking?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=wiking_text

Sarah Pinborough's Thrillers that Leave You Reeling
We asked the author of the thriller Behind Her Eyes to share her favorite mysteries with some shocking twists of their own.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1209.Sarah_Pinborough?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=pinborough_text

DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT

Emily Fridlund
History of Wolves is a coming-of-age novel about perception, misguided belief, and guilt. The debut author talks about how she was inspired by J.M. Coetzee, Francine Prose, and pack animals.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1212.Emily_Fridlund?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=fridlund_text

BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH

The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden (Goodreads Author)
History and myth intertwine in this debut novel that takes readers to an enchanted version of medieval Russia. This novel features a strong-willed heroine, a fiercely devout stepmother, and a demon that appears in the frigid night.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/389-best-books-of-the-month-january-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=botm1_text

The Sleepwalker
by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads Author)
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest Room comes this mystery about a woman who vanishes from her bed one night. The novel explores the world of parasomnia and the inner workings of one Vermont family.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/389-best-books-of-the-month-january-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=botm2_text

4 3 2 1
by Paul Auster
This literary novel is a sweeping story of inheritance, family, and love. Here we follow four identical versions of Archibald Isaac Ferguson from his birth on March 3, 1947, through his four parallel and entirely different lives.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/389-best-books-of-the-month-january-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=botm3_text

Caraval
by Stephanie Garber (Goodreads Author)
The film rights to this YA debut have been secured by the producer of Divergent, and for good reason. This sweeping novel tells the tale of two sisters who escape their cruel father and enter the dangerous world of Caraval.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/389-best-books-of-the-month-january-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=botm3_text

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
A thrilling true adventure featuring a 500-year-old curse, a medical mystery, and a journey into the unknown. The author gives his firsthand account of the search for a lost city in the Honduran jungle.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/389-best-books-of-the-month-january-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=botm5_text

How to Murder Your Life
by Cat Marnell
This buzzy memoir portrays an out-of-control New Yorker who somehow manages to hold down a high-profile beauty editor job while partying her life away. Cat Marnell knows plenty about self-destructive behavior, and she shares all.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/389-best-books-of-the-month-january-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-01&utm_content=botm6_text


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