The Read More! Reading Challenge suggestions for the month of December are here! Read a book published this year or an award-winning book!
A Book Published This Year
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Beautiful – by Danielle Steel
Genre: Mainstream fiction
Description: A famous, young model has her appearance forever altered and loses the people she loves most in a terrorist attack and changes the course and purpose of her life after reading a revealing letter that accompanied her mother’s will.
Black Dog – by Stuart Woods
Genre: Thrillers and suspense
Description: Stone Barrington must battle a nasty opponent in the latest action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.
The Homewreckers – by Mary Kay Andrews
Genre: Contemporary romances
Description: Hattie Kavanaugh went to work helping clean up restored homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen; married the boss’s son at twenty; and was only twenty-five when her husband, Hank, was killed in a motorcycle accident. Then, Hattie gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: star in a beach house renovation reality show called The Homewreckers, cast against a male lead who may be a love interest, or may be the ultimate antagonist. Soon there’s more at stake than bad pipes and dry rot: During the demolition, evidence comes to light that points to the mysterious disappearance of a young wife and mother years before.
Welcome to the School by the Sea – by Jenny Colgan
Genre: Relationship fiction
Description: At Downey House, a charming English boarding school on the sea, new teacher Maggie is determined to make her mark, which jeopardizes her relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend, while new student Simone tries to fit in and fellow student Fliss tries to get out.
An Award-Winning Book
The Chain – by Adrian McKinty
Macavity Awards – Mystery Readers International
Genre: Thrillers and suspense
Description: A parent receives a panicked phone call from a stranger who reveals that both of their children have been kidnapped by someone who demands that they abduct another child to prevent the murders of their own.
Lost Children Archive – by Valeria Luiselli
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Genre: Literary fiction
Description: A novel about a family of four, on the cusp of fracture, who take a trip across America–a story told through varying points of view, and including archival documents and photographs.
The Night Watchman – by Louise Erdrich
Pulitzer Prize – published by an American author
Genre: Historical fiction; Literary fiction
Description: A historical novel based on the life of the author’s grandfather traces the experiences of a Chippewa Council night watchman in mid-19th-century rural North Dakota who fights Congress to enforce Native American treaty rights.
The Stranger Diaries – by Elly Griffiths
Edgar Award for Best Novel
Genre: Adult books for young adults; Gothic fiction; Multiple perspectives; Mysteries
Description: A high-school English teacher chronicles her suspicions about the murder of a colleague before discovering a sinister message in her own diary.
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