Kristyn Kusek Lewis

Kristyn Kusek Lewis recommends books for gift giving this holiday.

Her recommendations:

Tell Me Everything by Minka Kelly
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
Capote's Women by Laurence Leamer
Nothing Is Missing by Nicole Walters
The Book of More Delights by Ross Gay
Call You When I Land by Nikki Vargas
Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Absolution by Alice McDermott
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
The Hike by Lucy Clarke
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2024? Check out the new Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.

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Author and Contributing Books Editor at Real Simple magazine

Kristyn Kusek Lewis is the bestselling author of Perfect Happiness (HarperCollins, 2020), Half of What You Hear (HarperCollins, 2018), Save Me (Grand Central, 2014), and How Lucky You Are (Grand Central, 2012).

Kristyn is also the Contributing Books Editor for Real Simple magazine, where she handles the magazine’s books coverage for an audience of over six-million monthly readers. Kristyn curates the magazine’s Books page, working with publicity teams and editors across the publishing industry to handpick and feature five new releases each month. She previously held editing positions at publications including Glamour and Child, and is a well-established freelance writer who has written for dozens of publications over the past twenty-five years. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Reader’s Digest, the New York Daily News, Glamour, Self, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Parents, Allure, Good Housekeeping, Cooking Light, Health, Men’s Health, and many more.

Kristyn loves talking to book clubs about her work. She regularly speaks to community groups, ranging from elementary school classes to senior audiences, about writing and the publishing industry. She is a graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she earned an MFA in creative writing, and the College of the Holy Cross. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her family.