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View this email in your browser EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS Alan Bradley Precocious preteen sleuth Flavia de Luce is groomed to join a secret society in As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, the latest caper from the beloved mystery writer. More Yu Hua The bestselling Chinese author talks about growing up during the Cultural Revolution, writing about the absurdities of Communism, and his new novel, The Seventh Day. More BOOK LOOK Darren Almond: Fullmoon View the Gallery GOOD MINDS SUGGEST Miranda July's Favorite Recent Books by Women in Which Women Have Sex The filmmaker and artist celebrates the sex lives of women in these recs and her new novel, The First Bad Man.   Miranda suggests:      More... Jayne Ann Krentz's Favorite Romantic Suspense She serves up love affairs with a side of pulse-pounding danger in her new thriller, Trust No One, and in these steamy picks.   Jayne suggests:      More... BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author) During her daily London commute, an embittered divorcée makes up imaginary lives for a happy couple she sees regularly at a train stop. But when she witnesses something shocking, she soon becomes embroiled in an investigation. More Ghettoside: A Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy This true-crime narrative scrutinizes the murder of a young black man shot in South Central Los Angeles in 2007 and the justice system's flawed approach to inner-city violence. More The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton (Goodreads Author) After the death of his little brother, 14-year-old Kevin spends a transformative summer with his grandfather in Kentucky, where the advent of mountaintop-removal coal mining is pushing the small town to drastic measures. More A Fifty-Year Silence by Miranda Richmond Mouillot (Goodreads Author) A granddaughter recounts the turbulent events that led to her grandparents' 50-year estrangement after World War II. Her memoir chronicles their escape from the Nazis, the Nuremberg Trials, and their doomed marriage. More The Same Sky by Amanda Eyre Ward (Goodreads Author) The lives of two survivors intersect in this literary novel: Alice, a Texan businesswoman, struggling to become a mother after cancer, and 13-year-old Carla, who begins a perilous journey from Honduras to the American border. More All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author) Odd couple Theodore and Violet meet on the ledge of the school bell tower. Both consider jumping, but instead they help each other down. This raw novel for teens tackles the headiness of first love and the darkness of depression. More DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT Angelina Mirabella Step into the ring with this author's debut novel, The Sweetheart, set in the charismatic and colorful world of professional female wrestlers in the 1950s. More GOODREADS POETRY CONTEST