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Hi , Happy New Year! Here's our monthly newsletter—giving you the latest and greatest in our quest to help you find your next favorite book! EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS China Miéville The genre-bending author, known for his peculiar worlds and haunting imagery, chats about his disturbing new book, This Census-Taker, and the value of pessimism. More Marie Kondo The decluttering guru takes her beloved KonMari Method to the next level in her new guide, Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up. More GOOD MINDS SUGGEST Elizabeth Strout's Favorite Character Studies Get to know these five indelible characters, each recommended by the Pulitzer winner, whose latest is My Name Is Lucy Barton.   Elizabeth suggests:      More... Gregg Hurwitz's Favorite Books About Assassins Rogue agents and lone gunmen abound in these deadly picks and in Orphan X, a new thriller series with a lethal protagonist.   Gregg suggests:      More... Susan Meissner's Favorite Books About Gone with the Wind Don't think about it tomorrow! Read these picks now from the author of Stars Over Sunset Boulevard, set during the making of the iconic film.   Susan suggests:      More... DEBUT AUTHOR SNAPSHOT Dawn Anahid MacKeen Part history, part memoir, The Hundred-Year Walk chronicles MacKeen's grandfather's incredible tale of survival during the Armenian Genocide and her ten-year quest to understand her family heritage. More BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth (Goodreads Author) Anna and Luke, the only two nonseniors at their assisted living facility, have a special connection even as they each cope with dementia. But their families must decide whether to keep them apart in this unlikely love story. More The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir by Ruth Wariner (Goodreads Author) Her father's 39th child, Wariner endured a hardscrabble childhood in a polygamous Mormon community. This memoir recounts her coming of age and emancipation, and offers a courageous indictment of fundamentalism. More Fallen Land by Taylor Brown (Goodreads Author) A young horse thief and an orphaned girl elude bounty hunters as they ride through the devastated South in the final year of the Civil War. This bleakly beautiful survival tale is earning raves from fans of Cormac McCarthy. More In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan & Caren Zucker This comprehensive and compassionate history puts a human face on a complex disorder, from the first child diagnosed with autism in 1943, through decades of misguided treatments, to today's hotly contested issues. More The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley (Goodreads Author) Who is to blame? Cousins and roommates Arden and Rory are unconscious in the E.R. after a dorm room fire kills another student. Secrets unfold in flashback as their two families—and the police—piece together what happened. More The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author) Kentucky teen Natalie starts catching glimpses of a parallel world, just as she falls hard for football player Beau. This novel for young adults weaves together Native American myth, high school football, and plenty of romance. More View Past Best Books of the Month... GOODREADS POETRY CONTEST Want your words to reach millions of people? Goodreads and the ¡POETRY!group have partnered to host an ongoing poetry contest. Join the ¡POETRY!group and vote each month to pick a winner from among the finalists. You can also submit a poem for consideration. Here is our January winner! Absence by Rose Mary Boehm (Goodreads Author) Unquiet, furless animals, her hands are comforting each other on light-blue cotton and a piece of creamy silk. Still there is beauty in her face — all folded in upon itself. Her eyes have found a focus in the Milky Way; her ears are tuned to broadcasts from distant nebulae. Acknowledging my touch she almost turns to me. Her puzzled voice is hesitant: "And who are you?" Read More Poetry With love, The Goodreads Editorial Team