In her second novel, The Stationery Shop, Marjan Kamali weaves a heartbreaking tale of thwarted love with the political upheavals of 1950s Iran. The beautifully immersive story takes us from Boston in 2013 to Iran in 1953 as we follow the lives of two star-crossed lovers, Roya and Bahman.

December's book club pick, Miss Benson's Beetle, is the latest by the British author Rachel Joyce. Following in the footsteps of her beloved, bestselling novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, the book whisks us away on a life-changing adventure of hope, friendship, and self-discovery.

Deepa Anappara joined us for an Ask Me Anything during which our book club asked her questions about the plot and characters of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, the switch from journalism to fiction, her publishing journey, her next book, writing advice, and more.

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell is a literary-fiction novel that showcases Dugoni's versatility as an author — a gentle coming-of-age story that our book club loved reading this month. During our AMA, Robert Dugoni reflected on his writing career, told us about his latest work, and shared invaluable advice for budding writers.

For September, we selected A Woman Is No Man as our book club pick of the month and invited the author, Etaf Rum, for an Ask Me Anything — Read the transcript of our conversation with Etaf here.

We invited Kristina for a Q&A inside our book club to discuss her book, her future plans with regards to writing, her advice for first-time authors, and the unique challenges and opportunities that come with being a young author, among several other interesting topics.

Tara Mohr — an expert on leadership and wellbeing, as well as an author and coach — offers us some valuable practical advice on how to get ourselves unhooked from praise and criticism, how to deal with our inner critic, and how to take bolder action.  

Contemplating happiness, how to cultivate healthier habits, and build better relationships? You might find Gretchen Rubin's unconventional wisdom on these subjects refreshing.

Last week, we hosted the award-winning American writer Lois Lowry for an AMA during which we asked her about the book that made her fall in love with reading, the qualities that all protagonists share in her stories, her opinion of all the new and emerging tech that's reshaping the way we take in books, how to get kids involved in reading, and much more.

The NYT best-selling author William Kent Krueger joined us for an AMA last week. Our conversation explored his love for Minnesota, the spiritual struggles & conflicts at the heart of his stories, how he thinks the readership of mystery novels is evolving, the upcoming prequel to his popular Cork O'Connor series, as well as several other interesting topics.