Whitney Book Bistro Selections 2025Like this list

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• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

  a Novel

  Reid, Taylor Jenkins

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  July 2025 Discussion.

• Red Queen

  Gómez-Jurado, Juan

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  August Discussion: "At the start of this nail-biting thriller, the first in a trilogy, Spanish author Gómez-Jurado (The Traitor's Emblem) hooks the reader with the tantalizing opening sentence: 'Antonia Scott allows herself to think of suicide no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.

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  June 2025 Selection

• The Women

  Hannah, Kristin

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  May 2025 Discussion. A popular author and a book much requested: "A young nurse whose life is changed by the Vietnam War." Publisher's Weekly Review

• Playground

  a Novel

  Powers, Richard, 1957-

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  April Discussion. Award-winning author of The Overstory. Publishers Weekly says, "readers will be awed."

• Big Lies in a Small Town

  Chamberlain, Diane, 1950-

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  March Discussion. Murder and mystery surrounded by art!

• Bloodchild and Other Stories

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  February 2025 Discussion. This outstanding collection of short stories makes science fiction accessible and diverse. Read at least the first story and the author's afterword and join our discussion. I hope you will feel challenged and compelled to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Guncle

  a Novel

  Rowley, Steven, 1971-

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  January 2025 Discussion. "From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer"

• Project Hail Mary

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy

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  Future choice: We read and were awed by Andy Weir's The Martian (2011). This novel moves a little further into the Science Fiction realm. "Bestseller Weir (The Martian) delivers a suspenseful portrait of human ingenuity and resilience in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The River We Remember

  a Novel

  Krueger, William Kent

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  Considering this novel because we have liked a couple of his before.

• Hello Beautiful

  a Novel

  Napolitano, Ann

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  Considering this novel: "Napolitano (Dear Edward) explores the meaning of love and family with this striking story of four Chicago sisters and the young man who enters their lives. . . The author breathes great life into her characters, and brings…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anita De Monte Laughs Last

  Gonzalez, Xochitl, 1977-

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  Considering this novel: "Moving back and forth through time and told from the perspectives of both women, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, is a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

  a Novel

  Zevin, Gabrielle

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  Considering this novel: "A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an…Read moreRead more of this annotation