List: Book Talk | Curated by Melissa Gouty

Oct 2, 2024
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Book TalkInsight into books, authors, and the publishing.
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Melissa Gouty
Who Can You Believe? Read the Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Novel, TRUST, by Hernan DiazPut the pieces together
Oct 2, 2024
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Oct 2, 2024
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My Bold Prediction Was Wrong! Night Watch Takes the Pulitzer for Fiction, 2024Eating crow…
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
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Looking for a Smart, Mature Heroine? Read the Novel, Frozen RiverAriel Lawhon’s Historical Fiction
Feb 5, 2024
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Feb 5, 2024
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What’s a King’s Harem Really Like? Read the Novel, Jewel of PersiaRoseanna M. White’s historical fiction
Feb 11, 2024
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Feb 11, 2024
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One Bold Prediction: North Woods Will Win the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for FictionDaniel Mason’s novel is that good!
Mar 4, 2024
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Mar 4, 2024
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Are You Grieving? You Should Definitely Read Fresh Water for FlowersValerie Perrin’s novel
Mar 19, 2024
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Mar 19, 2024
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How to Return to Childhood: Read The Hobbit on National Tolkien Reading DayThank you, Mrs. Handy
Mar 26, 2024
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Mar 26, 2024
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Cover Art of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Seduced meThe trilogy was dressed for success
Feb 18, 2020
Feb 18, 2020
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Why William Byrd’s Secret, Coded Diary Still MattersRaucous, racy, and interesting 300 years later!
Oct 27, 2019
Oct 27, 2019
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How Brooks’ Novel MARCH Uses Little Women as a Springboard for a PulitzerGeraldine Brooks’ spin-off
Jan 4, 2024
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Jan 4, 2024
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Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Is No Ordinary NovelFive  techniques to make your novel extraordinary, too
Jan 30, 2020
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Jan 30, 2020
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Can a Husband Commit His Wife? The Woman They Could Not SilenceTerrifying and true
Nov 8, 2023
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Nov 8, 2023
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The Widow Spy and the Amazing (Secret) Connections of Book Club MembersMartha Peterson’s network
Sep 17, 2023
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Sep 17, 2023
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Why the Novel “Horse” Should Have Been Titled “Racehorse”Geraldine Brooks’ 2022 Book
Sep 20, 2023
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Sep 20, 2023
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The Writing Cooperative
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Is It a Good Thing That Private Equity Is Now Buying Publishers?KKR buys Simon & Schuster
Sep 4, 2023
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Sep 4, 2023
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Why You’ll Want to Read the Novel, Tom Lake. So Many Terrific Reasons!Ann Patchett’s touching book
Aug 14, 2023
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Aug 14, 2023
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What Really Happens in Amor Towles’ Novel, The Lincoln Highway?One important question
Aug 1, 2023
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Aug 1, 2023
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Two Books That Might Be Too Painful to Read After the Horrible Fire in MauiMrs. Mike and The Stars Are Fire
Aug 12, 2023
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Aug 12, 2023
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People Think They Know About Shakespeare: 5 Absolutely Wrong AssumptionsThank you, Bill Bryson!
Aug 10, 2023
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Aug 10, 2023
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Six Fun Facts You Should Know About the Talented Author, Amor TowlesBest-selling novelist
Aug 8, 2023
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