Hi all. Thanks so much for subscribing, with dollars, to this letter. Due to chaos, the main newsletter is going out later in the month than usual, but I wanted to make sure I sent this out on time. Maybe it will inspire a gift purchase for the holiday onslaught. (Though, let’s be honest—we don’t need a reason to buy good books. (Or request them from your library. Lots of people have asked me if doing so helps authors. It does!))

Anyway, if you want to know more about why I’ve chosen Hot Nightstand Content as one of my recurring posts, you can check out the inaugural one here. Otherwise, here we go:

Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett