Read This Next
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Are you tired of bland, overly earnest reading guides that discuss the same old books? Read This Next by Sandra Newman and Howard Mittlemark is the answer. A smart, irreverent, honest, and truly hilarious guide to your 500 new favorite books, Read This Next is aimed at those readers and book groups that are looking for great reading suggestions with more variety and spice than the usual book club picks—while offering food for thought and laughter in equal measure.
Ready to discover 500 new favorite books and finally have something interesting to discuss at your next book club meeting?
- Hundreds of Book Recommendations: Forget the same old bestsellers. Get smart, witty, and truly varied suggestions spanning classics, cult favorites, and genres you’ve never tried.
- How to Start a Book Group: A hilarious, no-nonsense chapter on starting (and running) a book group, from who to invite to how to keep members awake.
- Thematic Book Lists: Explore curated lists organized by compelling themes—from Love and History to Humor and Death—so you can find the perfect book for any mood.
- An Answer to ‘What to Read Next’: Stop searching and start reading. This guide is packed with enough variety and spice to keep your reading list full for years to come.
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Meet readers like you in the Fable For You feed, designed to build bookish communitiesAbout Howard Mittelmark
Writer and editor Howard Mittelmark's book reviews and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Hollywood Reporter, Writer's Digest, and other publications. He is the author of the novel Age of Consent.
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Sandra Newman
Sandra Newman is the author of the novels The Men, The Heavens (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), and The Country of Ice Cream Star, longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and NPR, as well as several other works of fiction and nonfiction. Her writing has appeared in Harper’s and Granta, among other publications. She lives in New York City.
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