Saturday, August 1, 2026

This month’s best new book club picks

 
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This Month’s Best New Book Club Picks
 
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Book cover for Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli
This mother-daughter road trip through Sicily is ‘beautiful, maybe perfect’ (Tommy Orange)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • With her marriage in shambles, her daughter growing up, and her mother dealing with dementia, a woman grapples with change, memory, and the complexities of family
  • “A moving ode to our short time in the world and the connections that make our lives worth living. Luiselli is truly a bard for our modern times” (Chicago Review of Books)
  • From a Booker Prize nominee hailed as “one of the country’s most gifted novelists” (Los Angeles Times)
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Media mentions for Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli MEDIA MENTIONS: The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Financial Times, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders
A ‘gripping multigenerational epic’ (Publishers Weekly) called ‘truly magnificent’ (Kirkus Reviews)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • One of the most highly anticipated summer releases, recommended by over a dozen publications including NPR, People, and Oprah Daily
  • When Aubrey inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm, she begins to uncover its history — while the ghosts of her opinionated ancestors watch her closely…
  • Take it from Tayari Jones: “A pleasure and a treasure. Witty and wise, intelligent and engaging, heartbreaking and heartmending”
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Media mentions for The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders MEDIA MENTIONS: Book of the Month, NPR, Oprah Daily, People, The Washington Post, Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Real Simple, Elle, The Boston Globe, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for With Friends Like You by Amy Chozick
Take it from Jessica Knoll: ‘I lost myself in [this] dizzying and absorbing novel in the very best way’
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Exhausted new mother Emily is desperately searching for Daisy, her college roommate who disappeared years ago. But when Daisy suddenly turns up, it completely upends Emily’s world…
  • A New York Times bestselling author “keeps you guessing until the last page” (Laura Dave)
  • Book clubs will have plenty to unpack while racing through this “biting, unsettling, and darkly hilarious” read (Maria Semple)
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Media mentions for With Friends Like You by Amy Chozick MEDIA MENTIONS: Vogue, Bustle, Real Simple, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Booklist
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Book cover for The Nord Stream Conspiracy by Bojan Pancevski
The shocking story behind the biggest act of sabotage in modern history
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • In 2022, a secret mission targeted the $20 billion Nord Stream pipeline system under the Baltic Sea — sending shockwaves throughout the world and creating a complex geopolitical mystery
  • “A high-stakes international war story in blockbuster prose… A spectacular feat of investigative journalism” (The New York Times)
  • This New York Times Editors’ Choice is based on unprecedented access to the Ukrainian agents who executed the attack as well as the German investigators of the incident
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Media mentions for The Nord Stream Conspiracy by Bojan Pancevski MEDIA MENTIONS: PBS, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for A Founding Mother by Laura Kamoie and Stephanie Dray
Allison Pataki says this Reese’s Book Club pick ‘ought to be required reading’
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • The latest from the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter and My Dear Hamilton — right on time for the nation’s 250th birthday
  • From the American Revolution to her husband’s presidency, Abigail Adams boldly rises to the challenge to shape the future
  • Kate Quinn raves, “The research shines, the prose gleams, [and] the characterization is a delight”
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Media mentions for A Founding Mother by Laura Kamoie and Stephanie Dray MEDIA MENTIONS: Reese's Book Club, People
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Book cover for Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead
The author of The Underground Railroad delivers a ‘dizzyingly brilliant’ novel (Los Angeles Times)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Electrifying… Every page is incandescent with longing, doubts, calculations, and determination as Whitehead’s magnetic characters are pushed to the limits” (Booklist starred review)
  • In 1980s New York City, furniture dealer Ray Carney is living a double life — and must risk his family’s safety to rescue one of their own
  • Full of poignant insights and page-turning action, this is “Whitehead at his best” (Oprah Daily)
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Media mentions for Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead MEDIA MENTIONS: The New Yorker, Time Magazine, TODAY Show, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, The Economist, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Times, The Boston Globe, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel
The lives of nine Americans intertwine over the course of one unforgettable week in Paris
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Sure to be another hit from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names and The Winemaker’s Wife
  • A mother and daughter find the unexpected on their last trip together, an aging musician finally meets his match, a wife grapples with her husband’s betrayal, and much more
  • Kristy Woodson Harvey calls it a “breathtaking new escape” that’s “sure to be the must-read novel of the year!”
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Media mentions for Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel MEDIA MENTIONS: Library Reads, Library Journal
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Book cover for Country People by Daniel Mason
A ‘delightful’ read from ‘one of our country’s most gifted novelists’ (BookPage)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • In the wilds of Vermont with his family, Miles is swept up in an unusual local legend in this eagerly anticipated Good Morning America Book Club pick
  • “The book of the summer… Full of joy — and exactly the kind of reading experience we could all do with right now” (Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses)
  • From the New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of the hit novel North Woods
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Media mentions for Country People by Daniel Mason MEDIA MENTIONS: Good Morning America Book Club, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Harper's Bazaar, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage
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Book cover for Catch the Devil by Pamela Colloff
‘Unfolding in cinematic detail,’ this ‘riveting’ true story (NPR) reads like a thriller
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • After decades of cons, Paul Skalnik fed the broken criminal system even more lies — gaining his freedom and helping put multiple innocent men on death row
  • An award-winning reporter paints a “spellbinding” portrait (Time) of the remorseless manipulator and audacious jailhouse informant
  • This “engrossing read” (The New York Times) has been highly anticipated by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and more
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Media mentions for Catch the Devil by Pamela Colloff MEDIA MENTIONS: Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Ransom by Daniel Silva
A #1 New York Times bestseller from ‘a world-class practitioner of spy fiction’ (The Washington Post)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Why would Alice Winter walk away from her charmed, luxurious life? At the request of her husband, Gabriel Allon dives headfirst into a search that will dredge up old secrets…
  • This latest installment in a beloved series will keep you riveted until its shocking final twist
  • “Silva can really write. The bastard” (James Patterson)
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Media mentions for Ransom by Daniel Silva MEDIA MENTIONS: Good Morning America, The Boston Globe
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The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
By Flannery O’Connor
A dark and witty National Book Award–winning collection from a Southern gothic master and the celebrated author of A Good Man Is Hard to Find. “Astonishing: The stories burn brighter than ever, and strike deeper” (Newsweek).
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The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words
By Pip Williams
Esme, whose father is working on the first Oxford English Dictionary, secretly collects words that don’t make the cut. But when she makes a surprising discovery, Esme sets out to create a dictionary of her own. “This charming, inventive, and utterly irresistible novel is the story we all need right now” (Susan Wiggs).
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The Lost Family
The Lost Family
By Jenna Blum
From a New York Times bestselling author comes an “exquisite page-turner” (People). In 1960s Manhattan, June and her daughter build a life with Peter, a dashing restaurateur, but live in the shadow of those he lost at Auschwitz. “I was spellbound” (Laura Moriarty).
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The House by the Lake
The House by the Lake
By Thomas Harding
In this “fascinating window on a tumultuous period” (Financial Times), over a century of German history is revealed through the story of one house and the families who inhabited it. “An epic, fact-filled, multivoiced saga told with pace, verve, and warmth, and rich in fascinating revelations… Masterful” (The Minnesota Star Tribune).
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Messenger Cat Café
Messenger Cat Café
By Nagi Shimeno
In this recently released international bestseller, tabby Fuuta takes a job at a café between worlds in hopes of meeting his beloved human again. “Such a charming, effervescent novel that even a dog person like me is recommending it to everyone I know” (Lauren Grodstein, author of A Dog in Georgia).
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Dead Line
Dead Line
By Marc Cameron
A 2025 release: The disappearance of a protected witness in the frozen mountains of Alaska sends deputy US marshal Arliss Cutter into the unforgiving wilderness to save him. “Marc Cameron is one of the great ones… I can’t think of another writer whose work I admire more” (William Kent Krueger).
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Love, Theoretically
Love, Theoretically
By Ali Hazelwood
With over 255,000 five-star Goodreads ratings, this “thoroughly charming” #1 New York Times bestseller (Publishers Weekly) “may be [Hazelwood’s] best yet” (Kirkus Reviews). Physicist by day and fake girlfriend for hire by night, Elsie finds her life flipped upside down when her new client turns out to be her brooding department head! “LOVED. IT.” (Jodi Picoult).
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Fearless
Fearless
By Fern Michaels
From a #1 New York Times bestselling author: After meeting on a singles cruise, widow Anna and divorced professor Ryan find an instant connection. But back home in Texas, their families begin to intertwine — and Anna realizes there may be more to Ryan than she thought…
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The Moonshine Women
The Moonshine Women
By Michelle Collins Anderson
A “rich and poignant” recent release (Kim Michele Richardson): In the Prohibition-era Ozarks, three very different sisters take over their family’s moonshine business, which is founded on a secret recipe passed down through generations. “Held me spellbound until the very last page” (Donna Everhart, author of The Saints of Swallow Hill).
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The Intruder
The Intruder
By Freida McFadden
A 2025 release from the New York Times bestselling author of the Housemaid series! As a hurricane looms, Casey discovers a girl outside her remote cabin — and she’s covered in blood. Who is she? Disturbing revelations will lead Casey to a dark secret, one that she may not survive to tell…
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The Second Chance Supper Club
The Second Chance Supper Club
By Caroline Roberts
After moving to a sleepy Northumberland village, heartbroken Cath connects with a new group of friends over her garden supper club. Can they help her believe in love again? A 2025 release from an author whose books are “cozy and uplifting — a real treat!” (Debbie Johnson).
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