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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

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This month we look back at some of the year's best books, including our Goodreads Choice Awards winners and finalists!

Anthony Doerr The Goodreads Choice Winnerfor Best Historical Fiction talks about his World War II tale, All the Light We Cannot See, which took ten years to write. More

Liane Moriarty Death, secrets, and schoolyard power play are in the mix in her suspenseful sixth novel, Big Little Lies, aGoodreads Choice Finalist forBest Fiction. More

Pierce Brown At just 26, this Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Debut Authorhas struck gold with Red Rising, the first installment of a dystopian trilogy set on Mars. More

BEST BOOKS OF 2014

Announcing the 2014 Winners! The readers have spoken—with a record 3.3 million votes cast in the 6th annualGoodreads Choice Awards! Check out the winners in 20 categories, and don't forget to stuff your to-read list with the best books of the year. You can view the full results to see all the champions and runners-up for Best Fiction, Mystery, Humor, Young Adult Fantasy, Romance, Nonfiction, and more. See the Winners!

BOOK LOOK

Melting Away: A Ten-Year Journey Through Our Endangered Polar Regions

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GOOD MINDS SUGGEST

E. Lockhart's Favorite YA Novels for Readers of All Ages Not just for teens! Try these recs from the author of We Were Liars, the Choice Winner for Young Adult Fiction.

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David Lebovitz's Favorite Cookbooks The author of My Paris Kitchen, aChoice Finalist for Best Food & Cookbooks, offers some mouth-watering picks.

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BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH

How to Be Both by Ali Smith Two interconnected narratives—one the story of a modern-day teenager, the other of an Italian Renaissance painter—combine in this inventive novel to create a consuming consideration of life, art, time, truth, and fiction. More

Pioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill A treasure trove of new details about the life and experiences of Little House on the Prairiecreator Laura Ingalls Wilder and her pioneer family is offered in this book, edited by an award-winning Wilder biographer. More

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz The second volume by the British author to reanimate the world of Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle, this new mystery takes up after Holmes's fateful struggle with nemesis Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. More

Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter An in-depth and suspenseful examination of how Stuxnet, the world's first digital weapon, was created, launched, and ultimately exposed after sabotaging Iran's nuclear program four years ago. More

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) An 85-year-old relates her life story to her granddaughter in this coming-of-age story: growing up in early-20th-century Boston as the daughter of Jewish immigrants, seeking love and adventure in a rapidly evolving world. More

No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown (Goodreads Author) Amber Vaughn, 16, is a gifted singer living in a small town with her dysfunctional family in this vibrant, music-filled debut for teens. She dreams of escaping and embarks on a journey of unsettling discoveries to find her voice.

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