January 20th is #PenguinAwarenessDay and we’re celebrating the best way we know how—with books! From beautiful images to delightful tales for both adults and children, these fun reads celebrate and commemorate these fascinating and beloved flightless birds. The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell A unique and moving real-life story of the extraordinary bond between a young teacher and a penguin. In 1975, twenty-three-year-old Englishman Tom Michell follows his wanderlust to Argentina, where he becomes assistant master at a prestigious boarding school. But Michell’s adventures really begin when, on a weekend in Uruguay, he rescues a penguin covered in oil from…
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Whether you're looking for diversity, historical fiction, or the next big read, here you'll find something for every kind of book club. For Book Clubs Looking for the Next Big Read: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Now Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick! A page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the…
Looking to make some positive changes in 2020? Great! Not making any new year’s resolutions this year? No problem! We’ve put together a list of books that can either inspire change or help you celebrate the wonderful you, you already are. So however you’re ringing in the New Year—in 2020, you do you. New Year, New You: Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Designing Your Life, a job-changing, outlook-changing, life-changing book that shows us how to…
He’s making a list, and checking it twice; gonna find out who’s naughty or nice . . . See where some of our favorite books land on Santa’s list this year! The Naughty List: Reputation by Sara Shepard In this perfectly-paced new novel from Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, the women of a tight-knit college town learn through gossip, scandal, betrayal, and even murder, who their neighbors and husbands really are. Aldrich University is rocked to its core when a hacker dumps 40,000 people’s e-mails—the entire faculty, staff, students, alums—onto an easily searchable database. Rumors…
Our Roaring Reads for 2020 Excerpt Sampler features novels that are sure to dazzle and thrill every kind of reader. Dip into these five novels and ring in 2020 with roaring reads. Click to View the Sampler. The Holdout by Graham Moore One juror changed the verdict. What if she was wrong? From the Academy Award–winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and bestselling author of The Last Days of Night. It’s the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school, and her teacher, Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American…
