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Which is why I found myself landing in Ukraine on a wintery November night, having taken a midnight flight from London. Departing the airport, I went immediately to join a small tour group outside the majestic Red University Building at Volodmyrska Street in Kiev. Tired from a night without sleep, I conked out on the bus and woke up when we reached Dytiatky checkpoint. I had read Chernobyl: A History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy, which is a widely recommended book on this topic, but years ago I read Svetlana Alexievich’s Chernobyl Prayer....

Blackstone Publishing is proud to relaunch Gregory Mcdonald’s bestselling Fletch Mysteries starring the iconic literary antihero of subversion and schemes—all 11 classic crime fiction titles are now available in trade paperback, ebook, and—for the first-time ever—audiobook. Patton Oswalt says: “Gregory Mcdonald’s Fletch novels are the pinnacle of California sunshine noir—twisty, smart-alecky, and very, very human… One of the great literary creations.”

To figure out who killed their husband, a first and second wife must work together … or die trying. Charles Belfoure, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, says: “Miller has a special ability to craft descriptive fast-paced prose, creating an exciting crime novel that is also an astute commentary on the state of family and marriage today.” Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling author, says: “Miller has had more lives than a cat, and they’ve made her a writer of passion and substance....

In 2017, Barack and Michelle Obama each sold a book in a joint deal with Penguin Random House. The $65 million deal was a record-breaking amount for a presidential memoir…and it looks like that investment paid off: Michelle’s memoir, Becoming, sold over 10 million copies in the first five months of publication alone. A Promised Land, the first installment of a two-part memoir, spans the beginning of Obama’s political career through his election and first term in office....

In the past few decades, some incredible writing by women has come out of Ireland, from the literary fiction of Anne Enright to Louise O’Neill’s young adult feminist outlooks. I’ve loved the last few years of Irish publishing, but I’m excited for even more voices which are jumping up to expand the breadth of Irish literature.

Enter: Friday Fund Days. Book Riot readers have helped fund hundreds of classrooms over the last few years, and we’ll help bring funds to hundreds more. Each Friday, we’ll highlight two classrooms or other literacy-focused, important projects in hopes you’ll help them reach their goals to bring literature, advocacy, and education to others. Even if you can’t spare money, any social sharing you can offer to the projects each week absolutely helps: you never know who’ll find it and have the means by which to make the project’s fundraising goals reached....

American Street by Ibi Zoboi When Fabiola and her mother leave Haiti for her aunt’s home in Detroit, Fabiola’s mother is detained by immigration and Fabiola is forced to go ahead without her. Life on American Street is not what Fabiola expects, and neither are her cousins or aunt, who seem more American than Haitian and do not honor the traditions and customs that Fabiola was brought up with. Without knowing where her mother is or if they’ll ever be reunited, Fabiola does her best to make sense of her new home and unfamiliar family, all the while working to maintain her roots....

Good girls go to heaven and bad girls go on my bookshelf. I might recycle, remember birthdays and cry when I see disabled dogs, but it’s the wicked women that turn my pages in literature. As my father sat on the edge of my bed reading me The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, one thought burned in my tiny brain: that White Witch sounds like she has it all figured out....

My Genre Kryptonite is Intrepid Girl Reporters. I love this genre to little heart-shaped pieces. Below, my favorite recent Girl Friday reads. DREAMING IN HINDI: COMING AWAKE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE by Katherine Russell Rich Things aren’t going super-awesomely for Katherine Russell Rich at the start of DREAMING IN HINDI. She’s been fired from her job as a magazine editor and is dealing with her second (Jesus Christ, SECOND) bout with cancer....

What’s the best prize ever? A year full of books! Bas Bleu is giving away five of our bestselling Bas Bleu Book a Month 2020 packages, an eclectic collection of top-notch fiction and nonfiction titles curated especially for avid readers. To enter, just fill out the form below (U.S. residents only, please) and sign up for Bas Bleu’s e-list. Five lucky readers will win a box filled with all twelve books from our Bas Bleu Book a Month 2020 package, while all of our e-mail subscribers receive first dibs on new arrivals, special sale offers, and thoughtful literary fare!...

10 lucky winners will be randomly selected to receive the following multi-genre assortment of some of our best and brightest new recordings! THE BOOK OF PRIDE by Mason Funk; THE BRINK by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth; COMEDY SEX GOD written and performed by Pete Holmes; THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON by Sara Collins; THE GONE DEAD by Chanelle Benz; THE KOMMANDANT’S GIRL by Pam Jenoff; LIKE A LOVE STORY by Abdi Nazemian; PAN’S LABYRINTH: THE LABYRINTH OF THE FAUN by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke; SAY NO TO THE DUKE by Eloisa James; UNLEARN written and performed by Humble the Poet We have 10 bundles each of 10 audiobooks (listed above) to give away to 10 Riot readers!...

Our uber famous twenty-two year old narrator has it all. A teen idol since he was twelve, when a video of him singing went viral, his star has only risen since. Now, haunted by the suicide of his manager-father, unsettled by the very different paths he and his teenage love (and girl pop-star counterpart) “Mandy” have taken, and increasingly aware that he has signed on to something he has little control over, he begins to parse the divide that separates him from the “normal people” of the world....

Book clubs are back in action, and so are many other fall activities. Audiobooks are the perfect complement to your busy schedule since you can listen while you do other things (multi-tasking at its best!). You won’t be unprepared for book club again! Listen to new releases such as The Witch Elm by Tana French; Florida, written and read by Lauren Groff; or Christina Dalcher’s Vox; and enjoy a whole new book club experience....

A fantastical journey set at the height of the Spanish Inquisition from the award-winning author of ​Alif the Unseen​ and writer of the Ms. Marvel series, G. Willow Wilson’s ​The Bird King​ is a jubilant story of love versus power, religion versus faith, and freedom versus safety. The novel follows Fatima, the only remaining Circassian concubine to the sultan, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker, on their quest to find the mysterious, possibly mythic island of The Bird King, whose shifting boundaries will hopefully keep them safe....

Goodreads Hacks for Shelves Create a DNF Shelf This is the most popular question people have on Goodreads! To create a DNF (did not finish) shelf, where the book is not counted in your read count, you must make it an exclusive shelf. Here’s how to set that up: Go to My Books and click edit next to bookshelves in the top left corner. That will bring you to a list of all your shelves....

Then there’s my Fiddle dog, who is not made out of a fiddle nor does he look like a fiddle — he actually kind of looks like a creature Jim Henson would have created à la the original Dark Crystal series. My Fiddle dog also does not play the fiddle. I just called him a fiddle dog for no reason, other than that his name is Fiddle. He’s my best good boy....

Clinton is teaming up with award-winning Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny to co-write State of Terror, which tells the story of a newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State who must solve a series of terrorist attacks. The book will hit shelves on October 12, and is being jointly published by Clinton and Penny’s publishers, Simon & Schuster and St. Martin’s Press respectively. State of Terror takes place just after a four-year presidential term that pulled America away from the world stage....

Sense and Sensibility and Not Enough Smooches As a child, there were bright sunny summer days dedicated to devouring Anne of Green Gables and all the rest of the series by L. M. Montgomery. Many nights were spent realizing that the Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility films I’d grown up reading were preceded by even better novels. And of course, there was my childhood heartbreak while reading The Land by Mildred Taylor....

Who really understands the concept of karma? Half the time when people are referencing it, it sounds like some form of revenge. But karma is a much deeper and richer concept than that.As explained by Sadhguru, yogi & mystic, karma means action. Sadhguru turns the tables by showing us clearly that karma is an empowering possibility for taking charge of our lives by choosing how we respond to what is happening to us....