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- 28 May 2013
'The Son' by Philipp Meyer
The Son is an epic story of power and dynasty in Texas over 150 years—and it's a modern classic.
- 4 June 2013
'Trans-Atlantic' by Colum McCann
This latest novel goes from 1849 to 1918 to 1998 and explores the relationship between America and Ireland, slavery and freedom and war and peace.
'Big Brother' by Lionel Shriver
Inspired in part by Shriver's own relationship with her brother, who died of complications from diabetes and obesity in 2010, this is an unflinching look at the toll of obesity on family relationships.
'Sparta' by Roxana Robinson
Robinson takes on the issue of soldiers returning to the home front. Conrad enlisted after college, served his time without major incident, and comes home to his girlfriend and family. But he is unable to ease back into everyday life—and his bitterness turns into anger that might have serious consequences.
- 11 June 2013
'The Engagements' by J. Courtney Sullivan
In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
- 18 June 2013
'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' by Neil Gaiman
This new modern fable—which, at 192 pages, is more of a novella—tells the story of a man who returns to his native English village and suddenly realizes the cost of the horrible evil he fought as a child, with the help of Lettie Hempstock and her extraordinary mother and grandmother.
- 25 June 2013
'The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells' by Andrew Sean Greer
Greta Wells experiences three alternate lives during a therapy session, all with different secrets and losses, pain and happiness. Which one will she ultimately choose?
'Sisterland' by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sittenfeld returns with the story of twin sisters: Vi, a professed psychic, and Kate, a wife and mother in denial of her talents. When Vi predicts a devastating earthquake is around the corner, Kate must decide whether to support her sister and out herself for the potential good of the community, or continue to ignore her own instincts.
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Bogus Books
We recently heard a story on the CBC show Day 6 with Brent Bambury that we found quite intriguing, amusing, and a bit disturbing: e-books that are produced with similar titles to bestsellers to lure the unwary into buying them. … Continue reading
TOC conference: Live!
The O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference started today, and if you didn’t make it to New York City, never fear: The entire conference is being broadcast live. Check the schedule and revisit the stream here if there’s a … Continue reading
BookPage is on the Nook Newsstand!
Calling all BookPage-loving Nook owners! As of today, BookPage is available on the Nook Newsstand. You can either buy the current issue (January 2012) for $3, or subscribe for $2.50 a month. If you subscribe, each new issue will be … Continue reading
Today in digital news
Forgive the cliché, but it seems the one constant in the realm of publishing these days is change. Every day brings at least one new story about digital publishing and ereader technology, but today two especially interesting ones came to … Continue reading
Digital dilemma
At BookPage, we have a Nook Color and a Kindle at our office, both of which I have used extensively. And I usually have a book or two on my iPhone. I like the convenience of reading digitally enough to … Continue reading
Rowling gives more details about Potter website
This morning, J.K. Rowling announced some details about her new Pottermore website. You can watch the announcement below, in which Rowling states that Pottermore will provide a digital reading experience for fans of all ages. It will also be the … Continue reading
Tour the March issue of BookPage! (& our office)
Happy March! We are very excited about the March issue of BookPage, which includes a fabulous The Tiger’s Wife-inspired cover and 55 new book reviews. You can browse the entire issue here. But! Why would you want to do that … Continue reading
Survey results: a whopping half of you own e-readers
Last month we asked you to fill out a short survey about your e-reader use, and now I have the results. You may have noticed that the BookPage print edition (starting in January 2011) includes a note on whether each … Continue reading
E-readers: yea or nay?
In this week’s edition of BookPageXTRA, we got nosy about your reading habits. Specifically: Have e-readers won you over? Or are you in the ink-and-paper forever camp? Somewhere in between? We want to hear from our blog readers, too . … Continue reading
Supplemental reading for Wallace’s ‘The Pale King’
From amplified e-books to coupons, sometimes it seems that there is no limit to the “extras” publishers will create to entice you to buy a book. I will admit that typically the extras don’t do a whole lot for me … Continue reading
#whyiread
#Whyiread is trending right now on Twitter*, and I’ve enjoyed reading the varied responses (not surprisingly, many have to do with escape—from a bad day, where you live, ignorance). A big reason I was excited to see this hashtag is … Continue reading
Jezebel fans rejoice!
This is not an exaggeration: I’m pretty sure that every one of my girlfriends has at some point read Jezebel.com, the Gawker Media-owned blog with a tagline of “Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women.” The website reports on everything from airbrushing … Continue reading
Audiobooks: update—a love letter to “Playaway”
Since writing about my search for the perfect audiobook on Monday, I have discovered my new favorite toy at the Nashville Public Library: Playaway. I’d heard about the device, but I finally decided to give it a try. Playaway is … Continue reading
Autographed books in an XTRA special contest
Tomorrow morning we’re sending out a Fantastic Fall Fiction-themed edition of BookPageXTRA. The e-newsletter is filled with book recommendations that are not in our print edition. Remember that blog post from a couple weeks ago on Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, … Continue reading
