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Mystery writer B.A. Paris and thriller expert Michael Connelly spill the secrets on their new novels. Plus best books of the month, our giveaways guide, and much more.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

B.A. Paris
After her bestselling debut, Behind Closed Doors, the mystery writer is back with her second novel. She confesses that until recently she'd kept her literary success a secret—even from her closest friends.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1274.B_A_Paris?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=paris_text

Michael Connelly
Prolific thriller writer Michael Connelly kicks off a new series (and introduces readers to police officer Renée Ballard, based on one of Connelly's friends) in The Late Show.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1275.Michael_Connelly?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=connelly_text

Librarians are loving these books ...
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GOOD MINDS SUGGEST

Matthew Quick's Favorite Books on Coping with Trauma
The author of The Silver Linings Playbook is known for his complicated characters who face adversity. Here he recommends books about overcoming past traumas.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1272.Matthew_Quick?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=quick_text

Joshilyn Jackson's Favorite Fictional Southern Women
Novelist Jackson has made a career of writing about the lives of strong Southern women. Here she shares some of her all-time-favorite Southern female characters.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1271.Joshilyn_Jackson?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=jackson_text

Alissa Nutting's Favorite Awkward Sex Scenes
Nutting's latest novel is a bawdy look at marriage and monogamy, featuring sex dolls and mind-control chips. In this spirit, the author shares her "funniest bad sex scenes."
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1270.Alissa_Nutting?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=nutting_text
DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT

Zinzi Clemmons
Zinzi Clemmons found the plot of her first novel as she struggled to deal with her mother's death. The result is What We Lose, a gut-punch of a debut that examines issues of identity and grief.
https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1260.Matthew_J_Sullivan?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=clemmons_text

BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH

Final Girls
by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author)
In this thriller that reads like a scary movie, three survivors of separate mass killings—dubbed "The Final Girls" by the gore-obsessed media—find themselves in danger.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/409-best-books-of-the-month-july-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=botm1_text

Goodbye, Vitamin
by Rachel Khong (Goodreads Author)
A young sonogram technician quits her job to take care of her father who has Alzheimer’s. Sounds depressing? Well, get ready for a sparkling and heartfelt comedic debut.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/409-best-books-of-the-month-july-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=botm2_text

The Life She Was Given
by Ellen Marie Wiseman (Goodreads Author)
Set in the lurid world of a Depression-era traveling circus and coming full circle in the 1950s, this novel unravels long-held family secrets (literally kept in the attic).
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/409-best-books-of-the-month-july-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=botm3_text

Reading with Patrick
by Michelle Kuo (Goodreads Author)
This is a memoir of a friendship between a young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta. In turn, this is also a love letter to literature.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/409-best-books-of-the-month-july-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=botm3_text

Sons and Soldiers
by Bruce Henderson
In 1942, the U.S. Army formed elite groups of German-born Jews to interrogate German POWs and help win WWII. This history tells the tale of these "Ritchie Boys."
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/409-best-books-of-the-month-july-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=botm5_text

Daughter of the Burning City
by Amanda Foody (Goodreads Author)
This YA fantasy takes readers to the infamous Gomorrah Festival, where all dreams and desires are catered to. There a young illusion worker finds her creations may be mortal.
https://www.goodreads.com/featured_lists/409-best-books-of-the-month-july-2017?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-07&utm_content=botm6_text


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