June Newsletter

[Twenty years after The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy is back with her second novel. Meanwhile, Dean Koontz has a new series, a new heroine, and a new fear of technology. Plus, your ultimate summer reading guide, best books of the month, and more!] Twenty years after The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy is back with her second novel. Meanwhile, Dean Koontz has a new series, a new heroine, and a new fear of technology. Plus, your ultimate summer reading guide, best books of the month, and more! [View this email in your browser]( [Goodreads](?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=2017-06&utm_content=logo) Hi {NAME}, [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS]( [Arundhati Roy]( Twenty years after [The God of Small Things]( [Roy]( second novel arrives this month. She talks about her political activism in India and how she found the plot of her new book. [More]( [Dean Koontz]( The master of spine-tingling fiction is back with a new series, a new heroine, and a new look at the dangers of technology. But would he ever go completely off the grid? [More]( The 23 Hottest Books of Summer [See Summer's Sizzling Books]( [GOOD MINDS SUGGEST]( [Taylor Jenkins Reid's Favorite Hollywood Tell-Alls]( In [Reid]( latest novel, a classic film actress looks back at her life, her loves, and her secrets. Here Reid shares her favorite true Hollywood stories of glamour and intrigue. Reid suggests: [More...]( [Mark Bowden's Recommended Wartime Reading]( From [Black Hawk Down]( to his new book on the Vietnam War, [Bowden]( is known for his insightful writing about conflicts. Here is his recommended battlefield reading. Bowden suggests: [More...]( [DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT]( [Matthew Sullivan]( This Denver literary mystery features a cast of bookish characters and a dark crime. The author took his inspiration from working at bookstores and the readers he encountered. [More]( [BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH]( [Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body]( by [Roxane Gay]( (Goodreads Author) In this raw memoir the feminist writer focuses on the connection between her struggles with her body and the violence she experienced in her childhood. [More]( [The Alice Network]( by [Kate Quinn]( (Goodreads Author) A female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France and a pregnant college girl are brought together in this story of courage that spans both WWI and WWII. [More]( [The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue]( by [Mackenzi Lee]( (Goodreads Author) In this YA novel two male friends in the 1700s embark on a Grand Tour of Europe for one last romp. Instead they stumble into a manhunt…and unexpected romance. [More]( [He Said/She Said]( by [Erin Kelly]( (Goodreads Author) In this thriller the witnesses to a brutal attack find their lives changed after they report the crime. Fifteen years on, they live in fear, wondering whether they saw the whole picture. [More]( [The Confusion of Languages]( by [Siobhan Fallon]( (Goodreads Author) Two military wives join their husbands at the U.S. embassy in Jordan during the Arab Spring. Tension soon rises between the two women in this novel of jealousy and compassion. [More]( [You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir]( by [Sherman Alexie]( After his mother's death, Alexie coped by writing a memoir about his relationship with his troubled mother and his hardscrabble childhood on an Indian reservation. [More]( [View Past Best Books of the Month...]( EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: KEVIN HART'S HARD WAY TO SUCCESS [READ]( [BOOK LOOK]( [Robert Rauschenberg edited by Leah Dickerman]( [See the Gallery]( [GOODREADS POETRY CONTEST]( Goodreads and the [¡POETRY!]( group have partnered to host an ongoing poetry contest. Join the [¡POETRY!]( group and vote to pick a winner from among the finalists. You can also [submit a poem]( for consideration. Here's our June winner: [The Hoarder]( by Susan J. Raineri People let her down, time after time. In the empty bed, where people left spaces, things piled up. Her life became choked and crowded with stuff that stayed put. Rooms filled to their brims up to the ceiling. Until, she could barely walk amongst it all; more things, more and more things. At least, she could count on these things. They sat there and collected dust, but, they never left her. She could choose what to keep and what to throw out. Mostly, she kept. We are all hoarders of something; holding on to memories, collecting love and hate, saving up envy for other people's lives, [Read More Poetry]( Happy reading, [The Goodreads Editorial Team]( [Follow on Facebook]( [@goodreads]( [Follow on]( [2017 Reading Challenge]( [Goodreads Blog]( Want to work at Goodreads? We're hiring! Check out our [Jobs Page]( for more details and to apply. 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