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Welcome to the Reader’s Digest Book Club, your trusted friend for stories that will make you laugh, cry, think and feel. We know just how important reading is, and as bona fide bookworms, we’re sharing some of the most-anticipated books of the year with you, our fellow readers. Our monthly picks span genres—from the latest mysteries to romances to historical fiction and beyond—but the one thing they all have in common is a story that’s unputdownable.

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This Month’s Pick

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The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez

Step into Panama circa 1907, where work on a great canal is underway. The construction promises to change trade, but it also changes the lives of countless people living in the country at the time: laborers, locals, foreigners and more. Through the eyes of these everyday people, The Great Divide by Cristina Henríquez explores power and exploitation, class and community, family, faith and the complicated history of the area. You might know about the Panama Canal, but you’ve never seen it through the eyes of people who could’ve lived and labored there.

  • The sweeping scope of the tale
  • The interwoven stories
  • The historical setting

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Meet the Author

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Cristina Henríquez is the author of The Book of Unknown Americans, The World In Half and Come Together, Fall Apart: A Novella and Stories. She has been longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Real Simple, Oxford American, American Scholar and elsewhere. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Illinois.

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Reading one of the best books of the year is great. But talking about it with like-minded bookworms and getting the inside scoop from the author? That’s the stuff lit lovers’ dreams are made of. And it’s what you’ll get with Reader’s Digest’s online book club. Each month, we’ll select a book to read as a group, introducing you to exciting new fiction in a range of genres.

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Stay tuned to find out what the Reader’s Digest Book Club will read next! We’ll announce the next selection in April. Want to be the first to find out? Join the online book club group for a sneak peek.

 

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