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Jeff Beamish Author Of No, You're Crazy

From Jeff's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Jeff Beamish Why Jeff loves this book

Could you live with yourself if you accidentally killed your own child? While this novel doesn’t directly answer this unsettling question, it does put us inside the head of Corby as he navigates guilt, rehabilitation and forgiveness from a prison cell. Yes, this novel at times feels like it’s falling short, and maybe that’s the point. Sometimes we mess everything up and can’t quite find a way to make it better.

By Wally Lamb ,

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6 authors picked The River Is Waiting as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK

#1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick, a propulsive novel following a young father grappling with unbearable tragedy as he searches for hope, redemption, and the possibility of forgiveness.

Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that's before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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From Winter's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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I seem to be drawn to epistolary novels (Guernsey Literary and 84 Charing Cross) though I resist it! It takes a great author to create a fascinating whole out of fragments. The main character is someone I feel I'd like to know IRL--and like I already do. The conclusion of the major plot point was unexpected. I've speculated about how it would affect me.

By Virginia Evans ,

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9 authors picked The Correspondent as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


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