Need a New Book Recommendation? See WhatThe SequelAuthor Jean Hanff Korelitz Is Reading (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jean Hanff Korelitz’s reading reccomendations.Photo:Vintage; Riverhead Books; Riverhead Books; Random House

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Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.PEOPLE caught up with the author ahead of theTexas Book Festival, taking place in Austin on Nov. 16 and 17, where she shared some of her must-read books. See Hanff Korelitz’s picks below.

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Vintage

“Hers would be a childhood that we’ve all read about in biographies of all the people involved,” Hanff Korelitz said. “But this was her story and it was quite good.”

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Riverhead Books

The author called this historical novel, about the devastation caused when a family takes a young couple into their London home, one of her “highlights of the last few months.”

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Random House

The author is a fan of Perry’s Jane Whitefield mystery novel series, which debuted in 1995 withVanishing Act. The books follow Jane Whitefield, a Native American woman who heads a business “helping the desperate disappear,” per the description ofVanishing Act.“I think he’s the great current writer of suspense, and I’m just in awe of how he’s turned out book after book that are so compelling,” Hanff Korelitz says. “I would be totally tongue-tied if I ever got to meet Thomas Perry.”

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Hanff Korrelitz willbe in conversationwith Moore at the Texas Book Festival on Nov. 17, and says she’s “all ready” to speak about Moore’s latest novel.The God of the Woodsfollows the aftermath of a teenager’s disappearance from a summer camp in the 1970s, and was one of the year’s buzziest books.

source: people.com