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10 Virtual Book Clubs You Can Join Now—and How To Start Your Own

Links to the most notable book clubs that will continue to offer online events. Plus tips about how to start...

Book of the Week for April 17, 2020

The Snake Has All The Lines by Jean Kerr

Hilarious essays about raising six children in the 1950s, and living with a theatre critic husband.

Book of the Week for April 09, 2020

Marking Time: Letters From Jean Harris To Shana Alexander by Jean Harris

Convicted for the murder of her lover, an imprisoned, former headmistress, befriends a well-known journalist.

Book of the Week for April 05, 2020

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

The Pott family discovers their car is magical; a tale by the creator of “James Bond”.

Never Mind The Brits, Here Are Five American Novels Perfect For ‘masterpiece’ Treatment

Here's a handful of vintage American novels as bully material for the multi-episode treatment that “Masterpiece” does so well.

Book of the Week for March 28, 2020

The Lottery And Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

Tales of horror and hell, that generated hate mail from the public, and other exaggerated responses.

Book of the Week for March 22, 2020

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Bored in her marriage, a woman has an extramarital affair.

Book of the Week for March 15, 2020

Damage by Josephine Hart

A British Member of Parliament has an affair with his son’s fiancée.

Book of the Week for March 08, 2020

Diary Of A Yuppie by Louis Auchincloss

A young lawyer tramples the people he loves –and hates– to satiate his ambition.

Book of the Week for March 01, 2020

Finale: A Novel Of The Reagan Years by Thomas Mallon

Petty politics, big headed egos, and the ramp up to the failed summit with Gorbachev in Reykjavik.

Best-selling Author Thomas Mallon’s Books On Jfk, Bush 43 Are Coming Back As Vintage Trade Paperbacks

His book on the Kennedy assassination focuses on a character on the edges, while ‘Landfall’ probes the effects of Hurricane...

Illustrating A Historical Partnership: Abigail And John Adams