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Forbes’ 30 Under 30…
Forbes named author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 28, as one of the top 30 “young, creative and bold minds” of 2020, for the way his writing “uses dystopian, near-future settings to explore urgent issues of race, violence and capitalism.”
Oprah’s Book Club…
Oprah’s November book club pick is “Olive, Again” by Elizabeth Strout, which is the sequel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning work, “Olive Kitteridge.” Everyone’s favorite curmudgeonly character continues to keep it real and relatable in this follow-up. “I love [Olive] because she’s so 100% authentically herself,” Winfrey said on “CBS This Morning.”
National Book Award winner…
“Trust Exercise” won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction, with judges praising author Susan Choi for “blend[ing] the intellectual rigor of post-modern technique with a story that is timely, mesmerizing, and, in the end, unsettling.” The novel upends conventional storylines in a charged exploration of deception when two students fall in love at a competitive performing arts high school in the 1980s.
Book club pick…
Jenna Bush Hager selected Kevin Wilson’s scifi-tinged novel as her November Read with Jenna TODAY Show Book Club pick. Within a few tumultuous years, 10-year-old twins Bessie and Roland endure the dissolution of their family and the sudden death of their mom. But where other kids might deal with these traumas with tears and tantrums, the manifestation of the twins’ angst is a bit unusual: they catch on fire. (They’re fine, but other people, furniture, etc. are not.) As you might expect from the premise, this is an absurd and very funny book. What you might not expect is that it’s often quite heartwarming, as well.
New Scribd Original…
Award-winning author Peter Heller’s evocative observations of nature are on full display in “The Orchard,” our latest Scribd Original. Journey through changing times and Vermont’s Green Mountains with Frith, her mother, and an unexpected visitor.
2019 Booker Prize winner…
Margaret Atwood is one of two authors awarded the prestigious literary prize in 2019. Atwood won for “The Testaments,” her sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” More than 30 years after that landmark feminist dystopia was first published, it’s time to head back to Gilead and follow three new women as they navigate the impending collapse of this dysfunctional society.
Book club pick…
Richard Power’s magisterial work is, ultimately, about being unable to see the forest for the trees. Except in this case, it’s human beings who are the trees, and trees that are the forest. Don’t worry; this isn’t an environmental polemic. Or maybe it is, but you’ll be far too engrossed in the writing to notice. “The Overstory” won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is the November selection for the New York Times and PBS NewsHour book club, Now Read This.
Nobel Prize Winner…
Author Olga Tokarczuk won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 (just announced in October 2019) for what the Swedish Academy calls “a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.” Her novel “Flights” is a philosophical read with a focus on travel, more invested in sharing the disparate stories of dozens of people than on following the exploits of one central protagonist.
New release…
Buckle up, fans of Louise Erdrich and Zora Neale Hurston. Robin Page’s moving debut novel explores the lives of two neighbors haunted by the ghosts of past traumas that send their lives spinning out of control.
New release…
A new, intimate story collection from National Book Award finalist Kate Walbert (“Our Kind”) explores the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters. Sharp, unsettling, and ultimately beautiful, these stories will stick with you long after the last page.
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The New York Times Picks The Best Books of 2019
These books are The Times Book Review editors’ favorite reads of the year.A cura di Scribd Editors
The Best Books of 2019, According to O, The Oprah Magazine
These are the top titles of the year, as selected by the queen of book clubs.A cura di Scribd Editors
2019 National Book Award Finalists: Fiction
The winning novel, plus the other top contenders for the prestigious award.A cura di Scribd Editors
6 Lovable Curmudgeons to Warm Your Heart
In honor of Olive Kitteridge being adorably crabby once more in “Olive, Again.”A cura di Scribd Editors
The New Irish Writers You Need to Know
Rising stars in Ireland are lighting up the literary world with these novels.A cura di Scribd Editors
6 ‘Genius’ Books from 2019 MacArthur Fellow Winners
Explore works by a “rebel historian,” a refugee poet, and a “disrupting” writer.A cura di Scribd Editors
Elegantly Long and Quirky Titles You Can’t Resist
The stories are just as beautiful and eloquent as their windy titles.A cura di Scribd Editors
Editors’ Picks: Fiction
Our editors’ fiction favorites continue to amaze us, year after year.
