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Rob Shapiro Author Of The Book of Sam

From Rob's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Rob's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Rob Shapiro Why Rob loves this book

Ashley Audrain is a talent. I loved The Push and couldn't wait to read her latest.

The Whispers doesn't break new storytelling ground. A domestic drama that lifts the veil on an idyllic wealthy suburb that's thrown into turmoil when a young boy falls out of a window, threatening not only his life but the secrets of the adults around him. We've seen it before but Audrain infuses the characters with depth, feeling and relatability and the pace never lets up. 

It's an easy read, sure, but it's gripping and some moments riddled me with anxiety. But, hey, marriage and parenting are tough so it's all on brand.

By Ashley Audrain ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

“Expertly, subtly and powerfully rendered….[The Whispers] delivers a sucker-punch ending you’ll have to read twice to believe.”—The New York Times Book Review

“[An] electrifying…razor-sharp page-turner.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After

Featured in summer reading recommendations by Good Morning America, TIME, ELLE, The Washington Post & more

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a propulsive page-turner about four families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens—and what is lost when we give in to our own worst impulses

On Harlow Street, the well-to-do neighborhood couples and their children gather…


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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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Rob Shapiro Author Of The Book of Sam

From Rob's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Dad Obsessive movie watcher Avid reader Toronto sports Fan

Rob's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Rob Shapiro Why Rob loves this book

This book took me back to a pivotal time in my life: being a kid and staying up late to watch Siskel & Ebert. I loved movies from a young age and devoured every review, Entertainment Weekly and book on film criticism I could find. Siskel & Ebert were a godsend.

These two Chicago-based film critics taught me so much about filmmaking and film criticism and introduced me to a plethora of movies and talent in front and behind the camera that still influence me and my career to this day. Every page made me nostalgic for those nights when I'd stay up late to watch them argue, sometimes harshly, over the latest movie releases. Siskel was particularly mean but I love the guy.

Matt Singer captured the experience of watching Siskel & Ebert; their wit, passion and rivalry and conveyed their importance to film, which sadly has been minimized.…

By Matt Singer ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Opposable Thumbs as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB.

You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it “two thumbs up.”

On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before they’d ever exchanged a word) met for lunch in a Chicago pub. Gene Siskel was the film critic for the Chicago Tribune. Roger Ebert had recently won the Pulitzer Prize—the first ever awarded to a film critic—for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times. To say they despised…


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