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In this issue, we wrap up Highlights coverage for the year with our current book club discussion of Sandra Newman's Julia, a fascinating feminist twist on George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984.

Still searching for holiday presents for family and friends? It's not too late to take advantage of seasonal savings on a BookBrowse membership when you give one as a gift (or gift one to yourself!).

Plus, our Best of Year quiz, featuring opening lines from the annual BookBrowse Top 20, may just give you more excellent gift ideas for the readers in your life.

Keep an eye out for the next issue of Highlights on Jan 4, and for those who subscribe to it, Publishing This Week will arrive on Jan 2. In the meantime, you can get excited for 2024 by browsing our 60+ previews of January releases.

We look forward to bringing you all the latest on great new books in the new year. Happy holidays!

With best wishes,

The BookBrowse Team

An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell's 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith's lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.

"I thought Newman did an excellent job of bringing the world of Big Brother to life, making it real and vivid in a way far more compelling and relevant to our world today than Orwell’s." —JLPen77

"I appreciate that Newman provides readers with a glimpse into the life of women in Big Brother's scary world, and this aspect might entice a new generation of students to read 1984 along with Julia." —rebeccar

"I think I have a bias against books that are a rewrite of others, but Julia proved to me that it can be well done and can provide more layers to the original story. Julia was actually one of my favorite books of the year." —kimk

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We know it can be tough to keep up with all the new books coming out every month, so we do the hard work for you. We've carefully selected 60+ of the most noteworthy books publishing in January and are continually updating our selections — check them out and get yourself on the library wait-list ahead of the crowd!

BookBrowse members can see, sort and download the full list of previews for all months.

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Can you match these BookBrowse 2023 Best of Year books to their opening lines?

BookBrowse's Top 20 reflects authentic reader opinion because only BookBrowse members and subscribers of our free newsletters are eligible to vote, which prevents the vote-stuffing that skews other popular awards in favor of the books with the biggest fan base.

We've published a best-of-year list every year since 2001, but this is the first year we've turned the list into a quiz. We hope you enjoy testing your knowledge of this year's Top 20!

BookBrowse Highlights is one of our four free newsletters. We also offer Publishing This Week every Sunday, and Book Club News and Librarian News monthly.

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