Random House – Your 2019 Reading Year in Review!
It’s been a busy, fun, and LIT(-erary) year at Random House newsletter headquarters—and we are so grateful that we could spend it with you. Thanks for giving us your time, clicks, and feedback! Here’s what we did together this year. YOUR TOP BOOKS You bought these books more than any others!
NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of Lilac Girls and The Nightingale, The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir unfolds the struggles, affairs, deceptions, and triumphs of a village choir during World War II. READ MORE »Order The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir
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A magical love story, inspired by the legend of a woman who vanished from Grand Central Terminal, sweeps readers from the 1920s to World War II and beyond. READ MORE »Order Time After Time
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe perfect gift for new parents and grandparents: a bighearted book of wisdom, wit, and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and #1 bestselling author. READ MORE »Order Nanaville
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SEE THE FULL LIST YOU COULDN’T WAIT TO START READING . . . This was the most anticipated excerpt from our Monday Motivation series. Missed it? Make sure you’re following us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!
YOU MADE YOURSELVES KNOWN We’ll be honest, we weren’t that surprised to see that your top three genre preferences are: Mystery, Suspense, & Thriller; Historical Fiction; and Literary Fiction. But thanks to all of your excitement, we also launched three new newsletters, where we now curate content and recommendations along with these other, of-interest categories:
YOU WERE MOST EXCITED TO #READWITHUS (Well, okay, maybe you were excited to read with Oprah. We get it.) The image you clicked on most? Ms. Winfrey herself announcing the relaunch of her book club and its first pick, THE WATER DANCER.
And your most-watched video this year was author Ta-Nehisi Coates describing some of the powerful stories he drew inspiration from in his writing.
YOU GOT STYLIN’ . . . FAST You cleaned us out of our leather-handled tote bag, but we still have the canvas one–perfect for carrying your books on any upcoming vacation!
This limited edition Random House tote bag—designed for our wildly popular Open House event by our in-house creative team—features the RH Events logo in bright blue!GET YOURS Hint: We often give these tote bags to attendees at our Open House events. Make sure you get all our special event announcements by signing up here. Soon to be updated with 2020 happenings! Happy New Year from all of us at Random House—we’ll see you in 2020!
