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  Evann Normandin thinks love is a behavior, not a feeling. 03.09.2026 19мин

  Author Evann Normandin stopped by our headquarters to discuss her new debut novel, The Good Parts. What ensued was a thoughtful conversation on memory, soulmates, and some very questionable magic pills.  When Rose takes a memory-erasing pill to wipe away a tragic past, her husband tracks her down in Scotland to make her fall in love with him all over again. But as buried memories start to resurface, the couple is forced to confront grief, second chances, and what love leaves behind. Get The Good Parts at bookofthemonth.com. Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Riley Sager wrote a quintessential Riley Sager novel. 27.08.2026 22мин

  Thriller icon Riley Sager stopped by our headquarters to chat about his tenth novel, The Unknown. Tune in for a delightful conversation about the deeply unsettling—including imposter syndrome, the logistics of ten extra toes, and why his latest release is an ode to longtime fans. While preparing for a new film, a movie crew visits a notorious island with rumors of witchcraft, where five women vanished in 1926. When a sudden emergency leaves them stranded, strange occurrences begin to mirror those of the past.  Get The Unknown at bookofthemonth.com Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Elizabeth Wellington Rollins thinks every block needs a nonna. 06.08.2026 26мин

  Author Elizabeth Wellington Rollins joined us at our headquarters to discuss her debut novel, The Three Graces of Pearl Street. What followed was a cozy conversation about nonnas, neighbors, and the relationships that carry us home.  Three generations of Italian American women find themselves under one roof again, after years of growing apart. As a grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter confront old tensions and new secrets, they navigate the love and friction of family.  Get The Three Graces of Pearl Street at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Jenny Jackson has big feelings about small towns. 31.07.2026 22мин

  Author Jenny Jackson stopped by our headquarters to discuss her new novel, The Shampoo Effect. Tune in as we dissect messy Millennial friendships, the college hangover cure behind her title, and the hard work of staying close in adulthood. In a tight-knit coastal town, a lifelong friend group stays frozen in time by sweeping their worst behaviors under the rug. But when a newcomer falls for one of them, the rug gets lifted—and years of secrets come spilling out. Get The Shampoo Effect at bookofthemonth.com. Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Chelsea Curto actually wants to talk about the weather. 16.07.2026 23мин

  Author Chelsea Curto met us at Kate Spade in Rockefeller Center to discuss In Stormy Weather, her latest romance novel. The conversation went far beyond weather small talk, touching on her Florida roots, the romantic potential of a tornado, and her dedication to writing women in male-dominated fields. When a chaotic hurricane season forces rival meteorologists Quincy and Sebastian to team up, they're thrown into close proximity. Together, they'll spend the summer chasing extreme Florida weather, and coming to terms with some extreme feelings. Get In Stormy Weather at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Tia Williams, treasurer of the soulmate industrial complex. 18.06.2026 27мин

  Author Tia Williams met us at the Kate Spade in Rockefeller Center for a special summer episode all about The Missed Connection. Set against a backdrop of beautiful bags, we unpacked the anatomy of a meet-cute, some rules of romance, and the real-life gossip behind her latest love story. When a first-class meet-cute ends without so much as a phone number, Sasha is convinced she's lost her soulmate. Her search for the man in Seat F soon spirals into an international manhunt involving chaotic coworkers, a smoldering detective, and unexpected turbulence. Get The Missed Connection at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Melissa Albert on mythologies, muses, and mermaids. 11.06.2026 20мин

  Author Melissa Albert stopped by our headquarters to discuss The Children, her new literary thriller. The conversation was pure magic—with detours through family mythology, fairytales, and the mysteries of memory.   Guinevere and her brother grew up as the inspiration for their mother's beloved children's books. But when her brother launches a provocative art exhibit about their family, Guinevere is forced to confront the dark, painful reality behind her mother's fairytales. Get The Children at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Sarah Damoff thinks marriage needs better vocabulary. 21.05.2026 23мин

  Author Sarah Damoff dropped by our headquarters to discuss her latest family drama, The Burning Side. What followed was a conversation about forgiveness, family lore, and the changing shapes love takes across a lifetime.  A house fire sends April and Leo, already on the brink of divorce, back to her childhood home. Surrounded by family and her dad's recent Alzheimer's diagnosis, the couple must confront memory, forgiveness, and their fracturing marriage.  Get The Burning Side at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Emma Brodie believes in infinite soulmates. 30.04.2026 21мин

  Author Emma Brodie joined us in our headquarters to discuss her new genre-bending book Into the Blue. The conversation covers creativity, yearning, and making the everyday epic, with a few unexpected alien detours along the way. When video store clerk AJ Graves meets rising actor Noah Drew in 2000, they form an instant bond—until he disappears without a word. Years later, they're reunited on a sci-fi TV set, where on-screen chemistry forces them to confront what they left unresolved. Get Into the Blue at bookofthemonth.com. Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Rachel Wood knows everything. 16.04.2026 22мин

  Author Rachel Wood stopped by our headquarters to discuss her new workplace romance, Annie Knows Everything. What followed went well beyond water cooler chat: a lively conversation about office politics, corporate jargon, and a headstrong heroine HR would not approve of. After getting fired, Annie bluffs her way into a job she's widely unqualified for, working under an infuriatingly attractive boss who isn't buying it. Now she must survive the job, resist her growing feelings, and stop her sister's disastrous engagement, without everything falling apart. Get Annie Knows Everything at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Laura Brooke Robson is a dating app expert. 26.03.2026 21мин

  Author Laura Brooke Robson stopped by our headquarters to discuss her new book, Love is an Algorithm. We got into AI, of course, but also the value of human relationships, not-exactly-happy endings, and what it means to stay creative through it all.   Opposites attract when an emotional musician meets a logical tech developer. But as his AI-powered dating app takes off, meddling chatbots and quantifiable data force them to navigate some unexpected realities of love in the digital age. Get Love is an Algorithm at bookofthemonth.com. Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.  
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  Charlotte McConaghy wrote the Book of the Year. 05.03.2026 19мин

  Lolly winner Charlotte McConaghy joined us to discuss the Book of the Year, Wild Dark Shore. There was a celebratory toast (obviously), plus talk of her real life voyage to a seed vault, environmental urgency, and the teenage moment that made her a writer. In the 2025 Book of the Year, the Salt family tends the world's most precious seeds on a remote island. When a mysterious woman appears during a violent storm, secrets surface and suspense builds amid the breathtaking landscape. Get Wild Dark Shore at bookofthemonth.com.
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  Leodora Darlington sent her heroine to therapy. 25.02.2026 19мин

  Leodora Darlington stopped by our office to chat about her debut novel The Exes, and immediately started spilling secrets. We got into her original (much deadlier) working title, daddy issues, and dating red flags. It's a conversation about rage, relationships, and the monsters we inherit.  Natalie is searching for "the one," but her dating history comes with a body count and lapse of memory. As old secrets claw their way into her new relationship, she's forced to confront what really happened to the men she left behind. Get The Exes at bookofthemonth.com. Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.  
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  Grant Ginder peaked at every age. 18.02.2026 18мин

  Author Grant Ginder joined us at our headquarters to talk parties, the passage of time, and his novel So Old, So Young. Much like the book itself, our conversation spanned decades, touching on evolving friendships, wedding PTSD, and the realities of millennial middle age.  Over the course of two decades and five parties, a group of college friends navigates the messy realities of adulthood–new cities, new spouses, and plenty of growing pains. As life pulls them in different directions, they're forced to confront how friendship evolves, and if theirs will endure. Get So Old, So Young at bookofthemonth.com. Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Melissa de la Cruz is done with Mr. Darcy. 28.01.2026 16мин

  Author Melissa de la Cruz joined us at our headquarters to discuss her new romantasy, Rings of Fate. With nearly 90 books under her belt, she imparted wisdom on crafting flawed heroes, pitching a "sexy Lord of the Rings" to your publisher, and why brooding isn't always better.  Cynical barmaid Aren Bellamore never saw herself as anyone's princess, least of all a cursed prince's prince's fiancée. But after a fake engagement draws her into a dangerous quest to save their kingdoms, she must face magic, monsters, and some very inconvenient feelings.  Get Rings of Fate at bookofthemonth.com. Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.  
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  Madeline Cash is a literary it girl, gnaturally. 21.01.2026 22мин

  We caught up with author Madeline Cash at the launch party for her debut novel, Lost Lambs. Surrounded by friends, fans, and her boyfriend's entire extended family, we discussed manifesting a book deal, a failed lamb photoshoot, and the family dysfunction that drives her debut.  The Flynn family is unraveling–romantically, emotionally, and possibly morally–in a small seaside town. But when an open marriage collapses, gnats swarm the church, and conspiracies flare, the chaos could be just enough to tangle them all up together again. Get Lost Lambs at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.  
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  Marisa Kashino on the book she can't believe no one wrote before. 22.12.2025 18мин

  Author Marisa Kashino sat down in our headquarters to discuss her debut novel Best Offer Wins. She talks about her pivot from real estate reporting to housing horror, her increasingly unhinged protagonist, and whether a flash mob-filled street is a homebuying dealbreaker.  After 11 unsuccessful bids, a desperate homebuyer in a cutthroat market will stop at nothing to snag her dream home. As ambition gives way to obsession, she resorts to increasingly extreme measures to win the house (and the life) she's always dreamed of.  Get Best Offer Wins at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Stacia Stark could manage a team of gladiators. 11.12.2025 16мин

  Author Stacia Stark came by our headquarters to talk about her new Romantasy, We Who Will Die. Naturally, the conversation turned to her Roman Empire, one filled with vampires, gladiators, fighting to the death, and second chance love.  Enter the perilous Thorn district, where vampires and gladiators collide and Arvelle is caught between them. After vowing to assassinate an ancient vampire emperor, she's forced into a deadly gladiator arena and an uneasy alliance with her vampire ex boyfriend.  Get We Who Will Die at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.
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  Delusion, persistence, and manifestation: Three authors talk debut novels in Aspen. 07.11.2025 32мин

  In this special episode recorded at the Aspen Literary Festival presented by Book of the Month, debut authors Kristin Koval, Anika Jade Levy, and Eliana Ramage give candid thoughts on first novels, family themes, and the pure magic of getting published. From origin stories to audience questions, they discuss what it takes to go from blank page to Book of the Month pick. About Penitence: When murder rocks a Colorado family, old secrets resurface, and long-lost love returns. Spanning decades and coasts, one family grapples with guilt, forgiveness, and the mess of trying to make things right. About Flat Earth: In a crumbling near-future New York, a young woman spirals through grad school, sugar daddies, and watching her best friend become the next big thing. This darkly funny debut explores transactional love, female friendship, and some unexpected conspiracy theories.  About To the Moon and Back: Steph Harper is determined to escape her past—and Earth—with a dream to become an astronaut. As she pushes toward space, and past the Cherokee Nation where she was raised, the women around her navigate their own journeys of identity, ambition, and belonging.  Get Penitence, Flat Earth, and To the Moon and Back at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.  
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  Thea Weiss is somewhere between nostalgia and now. 03.11.2025 17мин

  Author Thea Weiss came by our headquarters to chat about her debut novel, The Second Chance Cinema, and things got nostalgic fast. She shares thoughts on lasting love, the memories that make us, and, of course, the movies.  A couple on the brink of marriage stumbles upon a hidden theatre that screens their real life memories, forcing them to confront forgotten moments, buried truths, and old versions of themselves. As the past plays out on screen, they must decide whether revisiting it will strengthen their future or unravel it.  Get The Second Chance Cinema at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.