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Oprah Winfrey has announced that her latest Oprah’s Book Club pick is Elizabeth Strout’s Olive, Again, a LibraryReads Hall of Fame pick for October! The selection was revealed on CBS This Morning, and you can watch the segment here. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s latest New York Times bestseller continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character that has captured the imaginations […]

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#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is “a compelling life force” (San Francisco Chronicle). The New Yorker has said that Elizabeth Strout […]

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Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to all the books selected for the April 2017 LibraryReads Top Ten List! Click to Prepare for Your April Readers’ Advisory. Anything Is Possible: A Novel (#1) Elizabeth Strout “Strout does not disappoint with her newest work. Her brilliant collection takes up where her novel, My Name […]

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Click to request eGalleys of our favorite April titles, and if you love the reads, please consider nominating one (or more) for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the April list ends on February 20th! Click to Request eGalleys of These April Titles. Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss […]

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We’re so excited to announce that four of our titles have been selected by public library staff across the nation for the 2016 Favorite of Favorites list! My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout #3 “Set in the mid-1980s, Lucy Barton, hospitalized for nine weeks, is surprised when her estranged mother shows up at her […]

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We are happy to share the wonderful news that public library staff across the nation have selected five Penguin Random House titles for the January 2016 LibraryReads Top Ten list, including the top pick! Click to prepare for your January Readers’ Advisory. My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel (Top Pick!) By Elizabeth Strout (Random House) […]

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                              It’s National Reading Group Month and in honor of this page-turning tradition Random House Reader’s Circle is hosting a special month-long event: Book Club Fest! Visit Random House Reader’s Circle, and check out our exclusive podcasts, sweepstakes and more. We also have an interactive calendar highlighting author events and updates to the […]

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