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Sign up for Sourcebooks Landmark news, deals, and giveaways at: books.sourcebooks.com/sourcebookslandmark-newsletter/ hat’s your favorite type of book to read with your book club?
Are you looking for something that’s going to open up new worlds and will blossom into new ideas and different ways of thinking? How about something that could bring you to tears? Or makes you laugh out loud? Maybe you love books with characters you can’t stop thinking about. Perhaps it's all of the above! We all have our own ideas about what our favorite types of books are, and let's be honest: that can change from season to season.
Sourcebooks Landmark is happy to present you with a bouquet of hand-picked titles that will satisfy every book club need. And to make it easier to pick the right book for your club, we’ve included our flower scale, which will help you figure out what story landscape is a match for each book club!
What's Your Book Club Mood Match?
More is definitely more! You like things big, full, and colorful. This is the perfect book if you want something that will bring tears to your eyes (and not just because of allergies!), leaves you on the edge of your seat, or encourages conversations that last long into the night.
Pleasantly fragrant, but not overpowering. This book will make you smile one moment and then tug at your heartstrings the next. Get ready for a fun read with plenty of social issues to discuss.
1+1 = the perfect balance. This book will inspire fun con- versations while making you and your friends feel extra smart and ready to take on the world.
You prefer things simple and sweet. This fun, fearless book will leave you and your friends laughing as you talk about your favorite scenes and characters. 2 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
AVAILABLE Now By Kelli Estes
FICTION • 978-1-4926-0833-2 TRADE PAPER • $14.99
For book clubs who loved:
Orphan Train; Snow Flower and the Secret Fan; Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
About the book:
n 1886, Mei Lien is washed up on Orcas IIsland, the lone survivor of a cruel purge of the Book Club Mood Match: Chinese from Seattle. She is determined to tell her heartbreaking story the only way she knows how: through needle and thread. A century later, Inara Erickson, enlisting the help of a local professor, uncovers details in Mei Lien’s What people are saying: delicate stitching that could have far-reaching “This story is compelling, repercussions for her own life. Should she heartrending, and bring shame to her family and risk everything absolutely a beautiful read.” by telling the truth, or tell no one and dishonor —DEBBIE BUCK, Mei Lien’s memory? This brilliant debut is Vintage Books (Vancouver, WA) atmospheric, beautifully written, and serves as a poignant tale of the importance of our own stories.
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Best Book Club Snacks: Cross-Cultural—Blackberry Pie, Crab Cakes, Cornmeal Catfish Sandwiches, Chili Wontons, Pork Buns, Sesame Noodles Best Wine: Viognier—Wild Horse Winery, Montpellier Vineyards, Honey Moon Best Beer: Lambic—Brasserie Cantillon, Upland, Lindemans Best Coffee: City Roast—Vienna Coffee Company, Coffee Bean Direct, Farmer Brothers Best Tea: Oolong—Teavana Qi’Lan Fireside, Prince of Peace Organic, Mighty Leaf Tea Bleu Peacock SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 3
The Other Einstein
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By Marie Benedict
HISTORICAL FICTION • 978-1-4926-4758-4 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: Mrs. Poe; Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald; Mrs. Hemingway; America’s First Daughter
About the book:
hat secrets may have lurked in the shadows W Book Club Mood Match: of Albert Einstein’s fame? His first wife, Mileva “Mitza” Marić, was more than the devoted mother of their three children—she was also a brilliant physicist in her own right, and her contributions to the special theory of relativity have been hotly What people are saying: debated for more than a century. “Superb…the haunting story of Einstein’s In The Other Einstein, as Albert’s fame grows, brilliant first wife who was lost in his shadow.” so too does Mileva’s worry that her light will be lost in her husband’s shadow forever. A literary —SUE MONK KIDD, New York Times bestselling historical in the tradition of The Paris Wife and author of The Invention of Wings, Mrs. Poe, The Other Einstein reveals a complicated The Secret Life of Bees, and The Mermaid Chair partnership that is as fascinating as it is troubling.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: German Fare—Bauernwurst with Sauerkraut, Potato Pancakes, Brie with Green Apples, Kinder Candies Best Wine: Riesling—Barefoot Riesling, Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling, Red Newt Cellars Circle Riesling Best Beer: German Brews—Hofbräu Original, Paulaner Original Munich Lager, Flensburger Pilsener Best Coffee: Espresso—Evocation Coffee Roasters Co. Epoch Espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee Black Cat Classic Espresso, Chromatic Coffee Gamut Espresso Best Tea: Black—Twinings Tea USA Blackcurrant Breeze, TAZO Vanilla Caramel Chai, Argo Tea Earl Grey Crème 4 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
Sold on a Monday
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By Kristina McMorris
FICTION • 978-1-4926-6399-7 TRADE PAPER • $15.99
For book clubs who loved: The Orphan’s Tale; The Paris Architect; Lilac Girls
About the book:
n 1931, ambitious reporter Ellis Reed photographs Ithe gut-wrenching sign that reads 2 children for Sale posted beside a pair of siblings on a farmhouse porch. Book Club Mood Match: Ellis writes an article to accompany the photo— capturing the hardships of American families during the Great Depression—which generates national attention and Ellis’s career skyrockets. But the piece also leads to consequences more devastating than he What people are saying: ever imagined—and it will risk everything he values “McMorris does what to unravel the mystery and set things right. few writers can— transport me right into A picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes the middle of the story.” the story behind the picture is worth a thousand —SARA GRUEN, more. From New York Times bestselling author #1 New York Times Kristina McMorris comes another unforgettable bestselling author novel inspired by a stunning piece of history.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Handhelds—Street - Style Tacos, BLT Sandwiches, Mini Sliders, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Best Wine: In a Can—The Great Oregon Wine Company Pinot Noir, NV House Wine Rosé, Ramona Ruby Grapefruit Wine Spritz Best Beer: Local—Yuengling, Free Will Brewing Co., Penn Brewery Best Coffee: Local—East Coast Coffee Comin’ Home Blend, Rival Bros. Whistle & Cuss Blend, Pilgrim Roasters Decaf Colombia Palestina Best Tea: Matcha—DAVIDsTEA Vanilla Matcha, The Republic of Tea Double Green Matcha, Buddha Teas Matcha Green SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 5
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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By Stuart Turton
FICTION • 978-1-4926-7012-4 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: Ashley Bell and Agatha Christie
About the book:
he most inventive debut of 2018, this clever, mind- Book Club Mood Match: bendingT murder mystery will leave readers guessing until the very last page.
• One of Stylist magazine’s 20 Must-Read Books of 2018 • One of Harper’s BAZAAR’s 10 Must-Read Books of 2018 • One of Marie Claire Australia’s 10 Books You Absolutely What people are saying: Have to Read in 2018 “Agatha Christie meets Downton Abbey with a At a gala party thrown by her parents, Evelyn splash of red wine and Hardcastle will be killed. Again. She’s been murdered Twin Peaks.” hundreds of times, and each day, Aiden Bishop is —DELILAH S. DAWSON, too late to save her. Doomed to repeat the same day New York Times bestselling author over and over, Aiden’s only escape is to solve Evelyn Hardcastle’s murder. However, nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Game Night Snacks—Soft Pretzel Bites with Cheese Spread, Tomato & Mozzarella Caprese Skewers, Spinach & Feta Spanakopita Triangles, Baked Zucchini Fries, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Best Wine: Zinfandel—Murder Ridge Wildlands, Michael David Winery 7 Deadly Zins, Hanh Family Wines Boneshaker Best Beer: Imperial IPAs—Heretic Brewing Company Evil Cousin, Black Shirt Brewing Co. Red Evelyn, Dark Horse Brewing Co. Double Crooked Tree Best Coffee: Espresso—Kicking Horse Coffee Cliff Hanger Espresso, Koffee Kult Eye Cracker Espresso, Stone Street Coffee Knee Buckling Espresso Best Tea: White Tea—The Republic of Tea Asian Jasmine, DAVIDsTEA Cherry Blossom, Adagio Teas White Eternal Spring Tea 6 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
The Paris Architect
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By Charles Belfoure
HISTORICAL FICTION • 978-1-4022-9415-0 TRADE PAPER • $14.99
For book clubs who loved: The Nightingale; City of Women; Sarah’s Key; Those Who Save Us
About the book:
ike most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, L architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy Book Club Mood Match: for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesn’t really believe in. Ultimately, he What people are saying: can’t resist the challenge and begins designing “A beautiful and elegant expertly concealed hiding spaces—behind account of an ordinary a painting, within a column, or inside a man’s unexpected and drainpipe—detecting possibilities invisible to reluctant descent into the average eye. But when one of his clever heroism during the hiding spots fails horribly and the immense Second World War.” suffering of the Jews becomes incredibly —MALCOLM GLADWELL personal, he can no longer deny reality.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: French Fare—French Baguette, Fromage de Meaux, French Tourtière, Crème Brûlée Best Wine: French Pinot Noir—Domaine Pierre Guillemot Bourgogne Rouge, Domaine des Beaumont Gevrey- Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cherbaudes Best Beer: Beer Cocktails—Snakebite, Black Velvet, Black and Tan Best Coffee: French Coffee—Carte Noire, French Market Coffee City Roast Best Tea: Wine-Flavored Tea—Vintage TeaWorks Green Tea Sauvignon, sereniTEA Champagne Raspberry SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 7
If the Creek Don’t Rise
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By Leah Weiss
FICTION • 978-1-4926-4745-4 TRADE PAPER • $15.99
For book clubs who loved: Olive Kitteridge; Above the Waterfall; Bull Mountain; The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
About the book:
n a North Carolina mountain town filled with I Book Club Mood Match: moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She’s been married to Roy Tupkin for fifteen days, and What people are saying: she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when “Weiss captures the fierce pull of desperation a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off- and the formidable kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to power of hope. An think there might be more to life than being impressive debut from a talent to watch.” Roy’s wife. —KATHLEEN GRISSOM, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Kitchen House and Glory Over Everything
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Southern Fare—Fried or Grilled Chicken Wings with a Variety of Dipping Sauces, Celery and Blue Cheese Sauce, Loaded Tater Tots, Pineapple Pound Cake Best Wine: Wine Coolers—Seagram’s Escapes Calypso Colada, Jack Daniel’s Jack Honey & Lemonade, Mike’s Hard Black Raspberry Lemonade Best Beer: American Standards—Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Miller Genuine Draft, Goose Island Best Coffee: Nutty Flavors—Dean & Deluca Southern Pecan, PT’s Coffee Finca Villa Loyola, Onyx Coffee Lab Southern Weather Blend Best Tea: White—Twinings Tea USA Pure White, Harney & Sons White Vanilla Grapefruit, The Tea Spot Meditative Mind, TAZO Cucumber White 8 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
The Radium Girls
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By Kate Moore
HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY • 978-1-4926-5095-9 TRADE PAPER • $17.99
For book clubs who loved: The Girls of Atomic City; Hidden Figures; Rise of the Rocket Girls; The Astronaut Wives Club
About the book:
s World War I raged around the globe, hundreds A Book Club Mood Match: of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, • Emma Watson’s Our covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. Shared Shelf Book Club With such a coveted job, these “shining girls” were Pick considered the luckiest alive—until they began to • #1 Summer 2018 Indie fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium Next Pick for Reading took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one Groups of America’s biggest scandals and a groundbreaking • New York Times Bestseller battle for workers’ rights.
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Best Book Club Snacks: Comfort Food—Pork Loin with Rosemary and Mustard Rub, Roasted Butternut Squash, Garlic Breadsticks, Vanilla Ice Cream with Raspberries Best Wine: Sparkling—Fizz 56 Sparkling Red, Mia Sparkling Moscato Rosé, Neige Bubble Sparkling Apple Wine Best Beer: Citrus—Samuel Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA, Almanac Beer Co. Farmer’s Reserve Citrus, Boulevard Brewing Company Cranberry Orange Radler Best Coffee: Artisan Roasters—Counter Culture Coffee Hologram, Chromatic Coffee Holy Mountain Blend, Atomic Coffee Roasters Rocketeer Blend Best Tea: Loose Leaf —Mountain Rose Herbs Mango Ceylon, DAVIDsTEA Raspberry Cream Pie, Argo Tea Hazelnut Chai SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 9
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
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By Kim Michele Richardson
FICTION, HISTORICAL • 978-1-4926-7152-7 TRADE PAPER • $15.99
For book clubs who loved: For readers of Ron Rash and Kathleen Grissom
About the book:
he hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek T have to scrap for everything—everything except Book Club Mood Match: books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter.
Cussy’s not only a book woman, however; she’s What people are saying: also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue “Fascinating… unlike most anyone else. If Cussy wants to bring impressive storytelling.” the joy of books to the hillfolk, she’s going to have —RON RASH, to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias New York Times bestselling author and suspicion as deep as the holler.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Comfort Food—Pork Loin with Rosemary and Mustard Rub, Roasted Butternut Squash, Garlic Breadsticks, Vanilla Ice Cream with Raspberries Best Book Club Snacks: Potato Candy, Appalachian Corn Bread, Biscuits and Chocolate Gravy Best Wine: Sparkling—Fizz 56 Sparkling Red, Mia Sparkling Moscato Rosé, Neige Bubble Sparkling Apple Wine Moonshine: Ole Smoky Blue Flame, Smith Creek Butter Cake, Midnight Moon Apple Pie Best Beer: Citrus—Samuel Adams Rebel Grapefruit IPA, Almanac Beer Co. Farmer’s Reserve Citrus, Boulevard Brewing Best Beer: Bourbon Barrel Ales— Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale, Founders Brewing Co. Company Cranberry Orange Radler Backwoods Bastard, Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout Best Coffee: Artisan Roasters—Counter Culture Coffee Hologram, Chromatic Coffee Holy Mountain Blend, Atomic Coffee Best Coffee: Dark Coffee—Bones Coffee Company Maple Bacon, Ole Smoky Mountain Java Moonshine Roasters Rocketeer Blend Best Tea: Sweet Tea—SweetLeaf Organic, TAZO Organic Iced Black Tea, Smith Creek Sweet Tea Moonshine Best Tea: Loose Leaf —Mountain Rose Herbs Mango Ceylon, DAVIDsTEA Raspberry Cream Pie, Argo Tea Hazelnut Chai 10 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins
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By Katarina Bivald
FICTION • 978-1-4926-8101-4 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend; Britt-Marie Was Here
About the book:
ew from the author of the New York Book Club Mood Match: N Times bestseller The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend!
A charming tale of the folks who reunite at What people are saying: a ramshackle roadside motel in Pine Creek, “Bivald talks about her Oregon, after the unfortunate death of characters like you talk Henny, a local who worked at the cabins all about your best friends. You’ll care when you her life and who isn’t going to let a tiny thing read because she really, like death stop her from living fully—not really cared when she when her friends and her little town need her wrote.” the most. —FREDRIK BACKMAN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Comfort Food—Bacon Grilled Cheese, Pulled Pork Mac-n-Cheese, Hot Buttered Parmesan Cheese Popcorn, Blueberry Cobbler Best Wine: Pinot Noirs—Erath, A to Z, Adelsheim, Argyle Best Beer: Hoppy IPAs—Green Flash Brewing Co. West Coast IPA, Bell's Brewery Hopslam Ale, Two Brothers Brewing Company Heavy Handed IPA Best Coffee: Espresso—Lavazza L’Espresso Gran Crema, Starbucks Coffee Espresso Roast, Café Bustelo Best Tea: Iced—TAZO Organic Iced Black Tea, Gold Peak Lemon Tea, Teavana Strawberry Apple Green Tea SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 11
Lady Clementine
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By Marie Benedict
HISTORICAL FICTION • 978-1-4926-6690-5 HARDCOVER • $26.99
For book clubs who loved: The Women in the Castle; The Only Woman in the Room; The Alice Network
About the book:
n 1909, Clementine steps off a train with I her new husband, Winston. An angry woman Book Club Mood Match: emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. What people are saying: “Benedict is a true Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the master at weaving the threads of the past into ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the a compelling story for story of a partner who did not flinch through the today.” sweeping darkness of war, and who would not —SUSAN MEISSNER, surrender either to expectations or to enemies. New York Times bestselling author of The Last Year of War
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: British Fare—CCrumpets with Various Jams and Jellies, Cucumber Finger Sandwiches, Lemon Blueberry Scones, and Mini Shepherds Pot Pies Wine: Lady Hill Winery Cuvee Etienne Lucier Slide Mountain, Warwick Estate The First Lady Cabernet Sauvignon, Wyldewood Cellars Lady Dulce Sweet White Best Beer: Morland Brewery Old Speckled Hen English Fine Ale, Eagle Brewery Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, Boddington’s Pub Ale, Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Oatmeal Stout Best Coffee: Dark Roast—Death Wish Coffee Dark Roast, Ethiopian Queen City Dark Roast Best Tea: Tetley’s British Blend, Harney & Sons Tower of London Blend, The Republic of Tea British Breakfast Blend 12 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
Me and White Supremacy
AVAILABLE January 2020
By Layla F. Saad
DISCRIMINATION, RACE • 978-1-7282-0980-7 HARDCOVER • $25.99
For book clubs who loved: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism; So You Want to Talk about Race
About the book:
hen Layla Saad began an Instagram W challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she Book Club Mood Match: never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it… What people are saying:
“She is no-joke changing Updated and expanded from the original edition, the world and, for what Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to it’s worth, the way I live dismantle the privilege within themselves so my life.” they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting —ANNE HATHAWAY damage on people of color and, in turn, help other white people to do better too.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Smoky Three Cheese Fondue with French Bread, Soft Pretzels and Apples, Baked Brie with Figs and Walnuts, Baked Ham and Cheese Roll-Ups Best Wine: Sparkling—Cottonworth Classic Cuveé Brut, Freixenet Cava de Paraje Calificado, Wiston Estate South Downs Cuveé Brut Best Beer: Ales—Boddingtons Pub Ale, Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Pale Ale, Eagle Brewery Bombardier English Premium Ale Best Coffee: Donut Shop—Green Mountain Donut Shop Coffee, Dunkin’ Donuts Original Blend, New England Coffee Donut Shop Blend Best Tea: Tea Lattes—Matcha Latte, Chai Latte, Almond Milk Black Tea Latte SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 13
Lost at Sea
AVAILABLE March 2020
By Erica Boyce
WOMEN'S FICTION • 978-1-4926-8973-7 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: The Guest Book; Everything I Never Told You; Everything We Keep
About the book:
hen beloved local fisherman John Staybrook W is lost at sea, his death stirs up more than grief, Book Club Mood Match: especially for his daughter, Ella, who is convinced he’s still alive and vows to bring him home. But, as hidden secrets throughout the small community begin to bubble up to the surface, everyone from What people are saying:
the local librarian to the nurses at the hospital are “This could have been a swept up in the storm. sorrowful story, yet…it is one of courageous love and the promise of healing.” For fans of Kerry Lonsdale and Sarah Blake, Lost at Sea is a mysterious yet uplifting family drama —KELLI ESTES, with unexpected twists that explores a small-town USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk community caught up in the disappearance of one man, the resurgence of tightly held secrets, and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love.
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Best Book Club Snacks: East coast favorites—Clam Chowder, Lobster Rolls, Baked Beans, Boston Cream Pie, Cannoli Best Wine: Rosé—Sea Sun Chardonnay, Sea Pearl Sauvignon Blanc, Seaglass Wine Pinot Grigio Best Beer: Tree House Brewing Co. Julius IPA, Ballast Point Victory at Sea Imperial Porter, Backlash Beer Company Resurrection Russian Imperial Stout, Collective Arts Brewing Radio the Mothership Imperial IPA Best Coffee: Blue Bottle Coffee Beta Blend, Mystic Coffee Roaster Dark River Blend, Mystic Coffee Roaster Mystic Espresso Blend Best Tea: Black Tea—Stash Tea Double Bergamot Earl Grey, Tea Forte Blood Orange Black Tea, Adiago Teas Irish Breakfast 14 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
The Engineer's Wife
AVAILABLE April 2020
By Tracey Enerson Wood
HISTORICAL FICTION • 978-1-4926-9813-5 HARDCOVER • $26.99
For book clubs who loved: The Only Woman in the Room; Lilac Girls; The Other Einstein
About the book:
hen Emily Warren Roebling marries Captain WashingtonW “Wash” Roebling, happiness seems Book Club Mood Match: within her grasp. But when Wash accepts the position as chief engineer on his father’s magnum opus, the Brooklyn Bridge, it changes both of their lives forever.
Wash quickly convinces Emily to be his messenger to What people are saying: the site. Little by little, Emily finds herself taking over “Just the sort of novel I the project—with no formal training or education in love and—I hope—write. math and science—amid suspicion and disparagement A beautifully written and from Manhattan’s male elite. inspiring story.”
—KAREN HARPER, The Engineer’s Wife delivers an emotional portrait of New York Times bestselling a woman transformed by a project of unfathomable author of The Queen’s Secret scale and of a husband and wife determined to build something that lasts—even at the risk of losing each other.
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Best Book Club Snacks: Classic New York Fare—New York-Style Pizza, Everything Bagel Dip with Sea Salt Bagel Chips, Black- and-White Cookies, New York-Style Mini Cheesecakes Best Wine: Woodbridge Chardonnay, Bridgeview Blue Moon Riesling Best Beer: Blue Island Beer Company 5 Bridges, Burton Bridge Empire IPA, Marz Community Brewing Co. Sour Bridgeporter Best Coffee: Brooklyn Diamond Coffee Brooklyn Brownstone Blend, City of Saints Coffee Roasters Citizen, Dean & Deluca Manhattan Blend Best Tea: Celestial Seasonings Decaf Mandarin Orchard Green Tea, Twinings of London Lemon Delight, TAZO Wild Sweet Orange SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 15
After She Wrote Him
AVAILABLE April 2020
By Sulari Gentill
THRILLER • 978-1-7282-0915-9 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: You: A Novel; The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
About the book:
adeleine d’Leon doesn’t know where Edward came Book Club Mood Match: Mfrom. He is simply a character in her next book. But as she writes, he becomes all she can think about.
Edward McGinnity can’t get Madeleine out of his mind—softly smiling, infectiously enthusiastic, and What people are saying: perfectly damaged. She will be the ideal heroine for “A swift yet psychologically his next book. complex read, cleverly conceived and brilliantly But who is the author and who is the creation? And executed.” as the lines start to blur, who is affected when a killer —DEAN KOONTZ, finally takes flesh? #1 New York Times bestselling author After She Wrote Him is a wildly inventive twist on the murder mystery that takes readers on a journey filled with passion, obsession, and the emptiness left behind when the real world starts to fall away.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Dinner Party—Heirloom Tomato Tart, Goat Cheese Enchiladas, Mixed Greens Salad, Cheesecake Wine: Red—Chateau Grand Traverse Woods Sweet Red, Redwood Creek Pinot Noir, Ménage a Trois Silk Best Beer: Pilsners—Night Shift Brewing Pfaffenheck, Burial Beer Co. Shadowclock, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers Pop Gun Best Coffee: Dark Roast—Raven's Brew Coffee Deadman's Reach, Intelligentsia Coffee El Diablo, Dark Matter Coffee Sip of Hope Best Tea: Herbal—Celestial Seasonings Vermont Maple Ginger, The Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage, Tea Fortéē Blueberry Merlot 16 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
How to Bury Your Brother
AVAILABLE May 2020
By Lindsey Rogers Cook
SOUTHERN FICTION • 978-1-7282-0537-3 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: The Night Olivia Fell; Everything I Never Told You; All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
About the book:
lice always thought she’d see her brother again. Rob A Book Club Mood Match: ran away when he was fifteen, with so many years left to find his way home. But his funeral happened first.
Now that she has to clear out her childhood home in Georgia, the memories come flooding in, bringing What people are saying: with them an autopsy report showing her family’s “A deeply wise book about lies—and sealed, addressed letters from Rob. the secrets that families keep…honest and insightful and beautiful.” In a search for answers to questions she’s always been afraid to ask, Alice delivers the letters. Each dares her —NATHAN HILL, to open her eyes to her family’s dark past—and her New York Times bestselling author of The Nix own role in it. But it’s the last letter, addressed to her brother’s final home in New Orleans, that will force her to choose if she’ll let the secrets break her or finally bring her home.
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Best Book Club Snacks: Farm to Table—Pork Roast, Carrot and Chickpea Salad, Oven-Roasted Potatoes with Fresh Chives, Banana Bundt Cake Best Wine: Organic—Badger Mountain Riesling, Paul Dolan Vineyards Chardonnay, Bonterra Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Best Beer: Blonde—Big Muddy Brewing Blueberry Blonde, Guinness Blonde American Lager, Dogfish Head Beer to Drink Music To Best Coffee: Corner Store—Dunkin’ Donuts Original Blend, Starbucks Pike Place Roast, Caribou Coffee Traveler’s Roast Best Tea: Green—Harney & Sons Citron Green Tea, TAZO China Green Tips, Art of Tea Green Earl Grey SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 17
The Tourist Attraction
AVAILABLE May 2020
By Sarah Morgenthaler
ROMANTIC COMEDY • 978-1-7282-1048-3 TRADE PAPER • $14.99
For book clubs who loved: The Kiss Quotient; The Proposal; Red, White & Royal Blue
About the book:
hen Graham Barnett named his diner The W Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he’s Book Club Mood Match: stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless parade of resort visitors who couldn’t interest him less. Not even the sweet, enthusiastic tourist in the corner who blushes every time he looks her way… What people are saying:
“Fresh, fun, and romantic.” Two weeks in Alaska isn’t just the top item on Zoey Caldwell’s bucket list: it’s the whole bucket. —SARAH MORGAN, USA Today bestselling One look at the mountain town of Moose Springs author of A Wedding in and she’s smitten. But when an act of kindness December brings Zoey into Graham’s world, she may just find there’s more to the grumpy local than meets the eye…and more to love in Moose Springs than just the Alaskan wilderness.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Smoked Salmon and Water Crackers, Crab Cakes, Reindeer Sausage on Sourdough Rolls Best Wine: Chateau Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard Chardonnay, 14 Hands Riesling, Josh Cellars North Coast Sauvignon Blanc Best Beer: Alaskan Brewing Co.Cranberry Tart, Anchorage Brewing Company Galaxy IPA, Uinta Brewing Company Detour IPA Best Coffee: West Coast Coffee Espresso Blend, Seattle Coffee Works Emerald City Blend, Chromatic Coffee Keynote Best Tea: Rooibos—DAVIDsTEA Alpine Punch, Bigelow Dandelion and Peach Booibos and Green Tea, Positively Tea Company Blueberry Bliss Green Rooibos 18 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
Before She Was Helen
AVAILABLE May 2020
By Caroline B. Cooney
MYSTERY • 978-1-7282-0512-0 HARDCOVER • $26.99
For book clubs who loved: The Witch Elm; Sometimes I Lie
About the book:
hen Clemmie photographs a wondrous and W mysterious object on her cell phone and makes the Book Club Mood Match: irrevocable error of forwarding it, she desperately tries to keep a grip on her own personal network of secrets as it swirls over the internet. Can fifty years of careful hiding under names not her own What people are saying: be ruined by one careless picture? “Deceptively dark.”
From Caroline B. Cooney, the international —JULIE HYZY, bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton, New York Times bestselling author comes Before She Was Helen, an absorbing mystery that brings decades-old secrets to life and explores what happens when the lie you’ve been living falls apart and you’re forced to confront the truth.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Herb-Roasted Chicken skewers, Tossed Salad, Sweet Potato Rolls, Red Velvet Cake Wine: Slay Estate and Vineyard Pinot Noir, Ravage Wines Dark Red Blend, Raven Conspiracy Deep Dark Red Best Beer: New Holland Brewing Company Dragon’s Milk, Fierce Brewing Fierce Pilsner, Dark Horse Brewing Co. Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th Imperial Stout Best Coffee: Dark Coffee—Death Wish Coffee Company Valhalla Java Odinforce Blend, Gevalia French Dark Roast, Starbucks Coffee Company Komodo Dragon Blend Best Tea: Black—Celestial Seasonings Morning Thunder, Queen Mary Tea Queen’s Earl Grey, The Republic of Tea Rose Petal Black SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 19
The Sunday Girl
AVAILABLE May 2020
By Pip Drysdale
THRILLER • 978-1-7282-1085-8 HARDCOVER • $26.99
For book clubs who loved: The Girl on the Train; Something in the Water; The Wife Between Us
About the book:
aylor Bishop is hurt, angry, and wants to destroy T Angus Hollingsworth in the way he destroyed her: Book Club Mood Match: “Insidiously. Irreparably. Like a puzzle he’d slowly dissembled, stolen a couple of pieces from, and then discarded, knowing that nobody would ever
be able to put it back together ever again.” What people are saying:
“A gripping psychological So Taylor consults The Art of War and makes a thriller.” plan. Then she takes the next irrevocable step— one that will change her life forever. —DAILY TELEGRAPH
Things start to spiral out of her control—and The Sunday Girl becomes impossible to put down. It’s a tale of love gone wrong…and revenge done right.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Parmesan-Rosemary Popcorn, Goat Cheese and Carmelized Onion Flatbread, Chocolate Chip Puff Pastry Sticks Best Wine: Dark Red Blends—19 Crimes Red Blend, Actum Sinister Dark Red Blend, Apothic Dark Best Beer: Brown Ales—Pete’s Wicked Ale, Ale Asylum Madtown Nutbrown Best Coffee: Dark Roast—Death Wish Coffee Company Dark Roast, Intelligentsia Black Cat Classic Espresso, Starbucks Coffee Company Komodo Dragon Blend Best Tea: Maté—Adagio Teas Mocha Nut Maté, The Tea Spot Climber’s High Chai, DAVIDsTEA Chocolate Rocket 20 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
Miss Cecily’s Recipes for Exceptional Ladies
AVAILABLE June 2020
By Vicky Zimmerman
WOMEN'S FICTION • 978-1-7282-1023-0 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend; The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper; Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
About the book:
hen her life falls apart on the eve of her fortieth W birthday, Kate Parker finds herself volunteering Book Club Mood Match: at the Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies. There, she meets ninety-seven-year-old Cecily Finn, whose tongue is as sharp as her mind. Having no patience with Kate’s choices, Cecily prescribes her a self-help book with a difference. What people are saying: Food for Thought, a charming 1950s cookbook “Wise, warm, witty, and high on enthusiasm featuring menus for mouthwatering.” anything life can throw at the “easily dismayed.” —ISABELLE BROOM, bestselling author of One Thousand Stars and You So begins an unlikely friendship between two lonely and stubborn souls—one at the end of her life, one stuck in the middle—who discover one big life lesson: never be ashamed to ask for more.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: 1950s Cookbook—Deviled Eggs, Salmon Mousse Canapes, Spiced Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, Cheeseball and Crackers Cocktails: Classic Martini, White Russian, Tom Collins, Whiskey Sour, Pink Squirrel Best Coffee: Corner Store—Dunkin’ Donuts Original Blend, Starbucks Coffee Company Pike Place Roast, Caribou Coffee Traveler’s Roast Best Tea: Decaf—Celestial Seasonings Decaf Green Tea, Mountain Rose Herbs Dream Tea, Bigelow Tea French Vanilla, The Republic of Tea Ginger Peach SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 21
Conventionally Yours
AVAILABLE June 2020
By Annabeth Albert
ROMANTIC COMEDY • 978-1-7282-0029-3 TRADE PAPER • $14.99
For book clubs who loved: Red, White & Royal Blue; Fangirl; My Favorite Half-Night Stand
About the book:
harming, charismatic, and effortlessly popular, C Conrad Stewart seems to have it all…but in reality, Book Club Mood Match: he’s scrambling to keep his life from tumbling out of control.
Brilliant, guarded, and endlessly driven, Alden Roth may as well be the poster boy for perfection… What people are saying: but even he can’t help but feel a little broken inside. “Sweet, emotional, and uniquely quirky.”
When these mortal enemies are stuck together —CARRIE ANN RYAN, on a cross-country road trip to the biggest fan New York Times and USA Today bestselling author convention of their lives, will their infamous rivalry take a back seat to an unexpected connection or will their egos get in the way of something truly magical?
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: A Variety of Flatbread Pizzas, Fruit Kebabs, Terra Original Sea Salt Veggie Chips, Triple Chocolate Cake Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon—Jones of Washington, Vina San Pedro 1865 Single Vineyard, Ridge Crest Best Beer: Hard Cider—ACE Pineapple, McKenzie’s Black Cherry Hard Cider, Uncle John’s Pear Cider Best Coffee: Breakfast Blends—Intelligentsia Coffee El Gallo Organic Breakfast Blend, Starbucks Coffee Company Breakfast Blend, Raven’s Brew Breakfast Blend Best Tea: Decaf—Celestial Seasonings Decaf Green Tea, Mountain Rose Herbs Dream Tea, Bigelow Tea French Vanilla, The Republic of Tea Ginger Peach 22 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
The Last Flight
AVAILABLE June 2020
By Julie Clark
THRILLER • 978-1-7282-1572-3 HARDCOVER • $26.99
For book clubs who loved: Gone Girl; The Silent Patient; The Flight Attendant
About the book:
laire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion Cof a political dynasty, with a Manhattan town Book Club Mood Match: house and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, that perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he’s not above What people are saying: using his staff to track Claire’s every move, making “Gripping…haunting, sure she’s living up to his impossible standards. But vulnerable.” what he doesn’t know is that Claire has worked for —AIMEE MOLLOY, months on a plan to vanish and a chance meeting in New York Times bestselling an airport bar, with a woman whose circumstances author of The Perfect Mother are as dire, will give new meaning to the phrase “last call.”
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Brunch—Spinach, Mushroom, and Feta Omelets; Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding; Candied Orange Peel Granola Best Wine: Napa Valley—Hess the Lioness Chardonnay, Etude Cabernet Sauvignon, The Prisoner Red Blend Best Beer: Ales—River Dog Brewing There Will Be Blood…Orange Blonde Ale, Anchor Brewing Go West! IPA, Triple Voodoo Unintended Consequences Kolsch Best Coffee: Decaf—Green Mountain Dark Magic Decaf, Don Pablo Colombian Decaf, No Fun Jo Organic Decaf Best Tea: Decaf—Celestial Seasonings Decaf Green Tea, Mountain Rose Herbs Dream Tea, Bigelow Tea French Vanilla SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS 23
Her Perfect Life
AVAILABLE June 2020
By Rebecca Taylor
FICTION • 978-1-7282-0665-3 TRADE PAPER • $16.99
For book clubs who loved: Big Little Lies; Then She Was Gone
About the book:
eclusive Clare Collins crafts her novels like R Book Club Mood Match: she crafts her life: perfectly. So the world is stunned when the famous author is found dead on a beach from a self-inflicted gunshot—the morning after her latest book hits the shelves. What people are saying:
Her sister, Eileen, is at a loss. Clare led a “A stunning debut…that unfolds bit by bit. I was charmed life. Why would she throw it all away? captivated!” But while reading through her sister’s latest— —COURTNEY COLE, and greatest—novel, Eileen discovers a clue that New York Times unravels the fiction and reveals the painful truth. bestselling author Suddenly, the life that Eileen had envied doesn’t seem so sparkling…
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Sweet and Savory—Artisan Cheese Tray, Lake Champlain Chocolates, Fresh Blueberries, Crusty Bread Wine: Champagne—Nicolas Feuillatte Brut, Boyer Blanc de Blancs, Lamberti Prosecco Best Beer: Sour Ale—Free Will Brewing Co. Blood & Guts Dark Sour Ale, Goose Island Lolita Sour Ale Best Coffee: Maple—Bones Coffee Company Maple Bacon, Donut Shop Classics Maple Glazed, Turkey Hill Pure Maple Coffee Best Tea: Iced—Mighty Leaf Passion Fruit Black, The Republic of Tea Rosé Iced Tea, Adagio Teas Spiced Apple Chai 24 SOURCEBOOKS BOOK CLUB PICKS
The Burning
AVAILABLE April 2020
By Laura Bates
YOUNG ADULT • 978-1-7282-0673-8 HARDCOVER • $17.99
For book clubs who loved: Girl in Pieces; Moxie
About the book:
nna and her mother have moved hundreds of A miles to put the past behind them. Anna hopes to Book Club Mood Match: make a fresh start and escape the harassment she’s been subjected to. But then rumors and whispers start, and Anna tries to ignore what is happening by immersing herself in a history project about What people are saying: Maggie, a local woman accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. “A haunting rallying cry against sexism and
bullying.” In her newfound friendships with Alisha, Cat, and Robin, as well as her connection with Maggie, —KIRKUS REVIEWS Anna finds a voice to face her tormentors.
QUICK BOOK CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE GUIDE Best Book Club Snacks: Snack Food—Pizza Bites, Macaroni and Cheese, Cheese Quesadillas, Hummus and Veggies Best Wine: Moscato—Barefoot Pink Moscato, Yellow Tail Moscato, Seven Daughters Moscato Best Beer: Ciders—Crispin Pacific Pear, ACE Pineapple, Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Best Coffee: Cold Brews—Pop & Bottle Vanilla Cold Brew Almond Milk Latte, Chameleon Cold-Brew Dark Chocolate, Starbucks Coffee Company Almond Milk Mocha Frappuccino Best Tea: Canned—Marley Mellow Mood Herbal Honey, Steaz Iced Green Tea, Harney & Sons Organic Lemonade and Tea Don’t forget to keep in touch! Sign up for our newsletter for updates, discussion guides, giveaways, and exclusive sneak peeks!
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