Plus, Book Adaptations We Can’t Wait to See 🎬
 | | Happy Thursday, Friend! Remember last year’s big scammer trend? We’ve got a new addition to the genre to add to your TBR, along with the 10 hottest books on Likewise this week. Plus, movie news for two projects we already can’t wait to see. |  | The Bookends |
| | Con Artists and the People Who Love Them | | In The Bookends, we pick an exciting new release and pair it with an older title readers will also love. This week: Women with plenty to hide charm their way into the lives of ordinary people in these scammer stories. |  | | The Fake | | A thirty-something woman named Shelby is mourning the sudden death of her wife when she meets the magnetic Cammie at a support group; meanwhile, a recently divorced man named Gregory falls for Cammie after a poker game. When Shelby and Gregory accidentally meet, they realize Cammie’s stories don’t add up. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | Cover Story | | In this suspenseful 2022 read–told through emails, Instagram posts, text messages–fashion magazine intern Lora meets wealthy socialite Cat Wolff, who convinces Lora to drop out of school and move into her suite at the Plaza Hotel–but all is not what it seems with Cat. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | Fictional Inheritance Squabbles That Could’ve Been Avoided With Better Financial Literacy | The death of a family member is never easy, but a high-drama fight over the inheritance only makes it worse. The families in these three novels could’ve saved a lot of grief if only they’d had some sound financial advice. Avoid starring in your own fiscal debacle and turn your investments into your dreams, starting with as little as $10.
Download Betterment to start planning for your financial future today. |  | | The Nest | | Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. In this warm and funny debut novel, four adult siblings grapple with the fate of the shared inheritance. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | Family Trust | | Stanley, the Huang family patriarch, is dying from pancreatic cancer. For years he’s been insinuating that he’s sitting on a small fortune, which spurs his two children and ex-wife to spend more time with their ill-tempered father and by extension, his 28-years-younger wife. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | French Exit | | This dark comedy follows a wealthy widow and her adult son as they flee from New York to Paris in the wake of scandal and financial disintegration. Now a major motion picture starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges. | | Add to reading list |
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| |  | |  | Guess The Writer |
| - This writer was born in New York City but spent her childhood in France before returning to the US for college.
- Her first novel, Going Home, was published in 1973
- She has written 190 books that have sold more than 800 million copies worldwide.
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| Critical Love
The new book from Pulitzer Prize winner Matthew Desmond (Evicted) may be the best reviewed work of nonfiction so far this year. Harper's calls it “lucid and scathing” and NPR says it is “provocative and compelling.” |  | | Poverty, By America | | Backed by data and extensive research, journalist Desmond explores the causes of poverty in the US. | | Add to reading list |
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| | The Big Debut
Jinwoo Chong’s debut appeared on “most anticipated” lists from The New York Times, Nylon, and more. Publishers Weekly compared the novel to cult favorite This Is How You Lose the Time War, calling it a “gorgeous speculative gem” and Buzzfeed says it’s a “ wildly imaginative and mind-bending read.” |  | | Flux | | | The lives of three seemingly unrelated people connect in strange ways in this genre-blending sci-fi neo-noir mystery. | | Add to reading list |
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| | | Bookworld |
| 🔥 Amazon will adapt E. Lockhart’s BookTok hit We Were Liars.
🪷 The movie version of the bestselling memoir Crying in H Mart has its director.
🏅 Authors Colson Whitehead and Ann Patchett were among the recipients of this year’s National Humanities Medals. | | | Guess the Writer Answer | | Perennial chart-topper Danielle Steel’s new book hit the bestseller list this week. |
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