[Ginga-argentina] This month’s best new book club picks

Sat Aug 1 22:21:36 CEST 2026

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This Month’s Best New Book Club Picks

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Beginning Middle End by Valeria Luiselli

This mother-daughter road trip through Sicily is ‘beautiful, maybe perfect’ (Tommy Orange)

- With her marriage in shambles, her daughter growing up, and her mother dealing with dementia, a woman grapples with change, memory, and the complexities of family

- “A moving ode to our short time in the world and the connections that make our lives worth living. Luiselli is truly a bard for our modern times” (<i>Chicago Review of Books</i>)

- From a Booker Prize nominee hailed as “one of the country’s most gifted novelists” (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>) 

Media Praise: The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Financial Times, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Literary Hub

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The Nord Stream Conspiracy by Bojan Pancevski

The shocking story behind the biggest act of sabotage in modern history

- In 2022, a secret mission targeted the $20 billion Nord Stream pipeline system under the Baltic Sea — sending shockwaves throughout the world and creating a complex geopolitical mystery

- “A high-stakes international war story in blockbuster prose… A spectacular feat of investigative journalism” (<i>The New York Times</i>)

- This <i>New York Times</i> Editors’ Choice is based on unprecedented access to the Ukrainian agents who executed the attack as well as the German investigators of the incident

Media Praise: PBS, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Kirkus Reviews

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The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders

A ‘gripping multigenerational epic’ (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>) called ‘truly magnificent’ (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)

- One of the most highly anticipated summer releases, recommended by over a dozen publications including NPR, <i>People</i>, and <i>Oprah Daily</i>

- When Aubrey inherits her father’s share of a Tennessee farm, she begins to uncover its history — while the ghosts of her opinionated ancestors watch her closely…

- Take it from Tayari Jones: “A pleasure and a treasure. Witty and wise, intelligent and engaging, heartbreaking and heartmending” 

Media Praise: Book of the Month, NPR, Oprah Daily, People, The Washington Post, Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Real Simple, Elle, The Boston Globe, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage, Electric Literature, Literary Hub

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Catch the Devil by Pamela Colloff

‘Unfolding in cinematic detail,’ this ‘riveting’ true story (NPR) reads like a thriller

- After decades of cons, Paul Skalnik fed the broken criminal system even more lies — gaining his freedom and helping put multiple innocent men on death row

- An award-winning reporter paints a “spellbinding” portrait (<i>Time</i>) of the remorseless manipulator and audacious jailhouse informant	

- This “engrossing read” (<i>The New York Times</i>) has been highly anticipated by <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Boston Globe</i>, and more

Media Praise: Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, Literary Hub

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With Friends Like You by Amy Chozick

Take it from Jessica Knoll: ‘I lost myself in [this] dizzying and absorbing novel in the very best way’

- Exhausted new mother Emily is desperately searching for Daisy, her college roommate who disappeared years ago. But when Daisy suddenly turns up, it completely upends Emily’s world…

- A <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author “keeps you guessing until the last page” (Laura Dave)

- Book clubs will have plenty to unpack while racing through this “biting, unsettling, and darkly hilarious” read (Maria Semple)

Media Praise: Vogue, Bustle, Real Simple, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Booklist

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Ransom by Daniel Silva

A #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller from ‘a world-class practitioner of spy fiction’ (<i>The Washington Post</i>)

- Why would Alice Winter walk away from her charmed, luxurious life? At the request of her husband, Gabriel Allon dives headfirst into a search that will dredge up old secrets…

- This latest installment in a beloved series will keep you riveted until its shocking final twist

- “Silva can really write. The bastard” (James Patterson)

Media Praise: Good Morning America, The Boston Globe

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Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel

The lives of nine Americans intertwine over the course of one unforgettable week in Paris

- Sure to be another hit from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Book of Lost Names</i> and <i>The Winemaker’s Wife</i>

- A mother and daughter find the unexpected on their last trip together, an aging musician finally meets his match, a wife grapples with her husband’s betrayal, and much more

- Kristy Woodson Harvey calls it a “breathtaking new escape” that’s “sure to be the must-read novel of the year!”

Media Praise: Library Reads, Library Journal

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A Founding Mother by Laura Kamoie and Stephanie Dray

Allison Pataki says this Reese’s Book Club pick ‘ought to be required reading’

- The latest from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling authors of <i>America’s First Daughter</i> and <i>My Dear Hamilton</i> — right on time for the nation’s 250th birthday

- From the American Revolution to her husband’s presidency, Abigail Adams boldly rises to the challenge to shape the future

- Kate Quinn raves, “The research shines, the prose gleams, [and] the characterization is a delight”

Media Praise: Reese's Book Club, People

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Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead

The author of <i>The Underground Railroad</i> delivers a ‘dizzyingly brilliant’ novel (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>)

- “Electrifying… Every page is incandescent with longing, doubts, calculations, and determination as Whitehead’s magnetic characters are pushed to the limits” (<i>Booklist</i> starred review)

- In 1980s New York City, furniture dealer Ray Carney is living a double life — and must risk his family’s safety to rescue one of their own

- Full of poignant insights and page-turning action, this is “Whitehead at his best” (<i>Oprah Daily</i>)

Media Praise: The New Yorker, Time Magazine, TODAY Show, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, The Economist, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Times, The Boston Globe, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub

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Country People by Daniel Mason

A ‘delightful’ read from ‘one of our country’s most gifted novelists’ (<i>BookPage</i>)

- In the wilds of Vermont with his family, Miles is swept up in an unusual local legend in this eagerly anticipated <i>Good Morning America</i> Book Club pick

- “The book of the summer… Full of joy — and exactly the kind of reading experience we could all do with right now” (Mick Herron, author of <i>Slow Horses</i>)

- From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of the hit novel <i>North Woods</i>

Media Praise: Good Morning America Book Club, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Harper's Bazaar, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage

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