Readers of Books, August 29th

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Welcome to the August edition of Readers of Books. Please share what reading material you have acquired, read, abandoned, and/or recommend.  Don't read?  That's okay, too.

Extra credit:
What book should everyone should read?

Best sellers this month:
Courtesy of NYT.
1.Where the Crawdad Sing by Delia Owens
2.The Bitterroots by C.J. Box
3.Contraband by Stuart Woods

Courtesy of Publisher's Weekly
1.Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
2.Where the Crawdad Sing by Delia Owens
3.The Inn by James Patterson, Candice Fox

ICYMI:
I knew library books were disgusting and my aversion to them was somewhat justified.  Library books were once blamed for spreading deadly diseases [Mental Floss]

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Someone is already trying to cash in on a book about creep Epstein.  Author says there will be "kompromat" [LA Times]

Lisbeth Salander is back in a post-Larrson story by Lagercrantz [Chicago Sun Times]

Andrew Scott, AKA Fleabag's hot priest, will narrate Beatrix Potter audiobooks [Literary Hub] 

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A Literary Guide to the 2019 Emmy nominations [Literary Hub]

Edward Snowden to release memoir in September [The Verge]

Meghan Markle might write a children's book [Town & Country]

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Author Spotlight: 

"Margaret Atwood - Foire du Livre de Francfort" by ActuaLitté is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0         

Margaret Atwood is an award-winning Canadian writer and inventor of the LongPen who is known for such works as The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, and Alias Grace.  The Testaments, her latest work, is  longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize despite being currently embargoed.  Her work generally falls under the genre of speculative fiction. For more information about Margaret Atwood, check out her website.  Here's a video out to see how the remote signing device, the LongPen works.

Happy reading, WoTers!