Hello, readers!
We’re wrapping up another wonderful year here at Beaufort, and we hope you’re enjoying this time of year as much as we are! Before we take some time off to celebrate with our loved ones, we want to wish you a joyful holiday season and share our final update of the year. We’ll see you in 2022!
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SHOUT-OUT TO OUR AWARD WINNERS
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Beaufort Books had four titles honored in the 2021 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Awards!
Out of ten books longlisted, two were Beaufort titles: Whereabouts Unknown by Richard Probert, and The Image by Steven Faulkner.
Two others were honored as Notable 100 books: A Few Words About Words by Joe Diorio, and Anchored by Mort Crim.
Join us in congratulating these wonderful authors!
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 We’re so excited to introduce one of our spring 2022 titles: Fever by Janet Gilsdorf.
About Fever: In 1984, in the small Brazilian village of Promissão, a young child begins to fuss, her eyes turning pink and her skin flushed with heat. Four days later, she’s dead. Sidonie Royal, an accomplished physician and scientist, arrives in the small Brazilian village of Promissão to investigate and hopefully cure this insidious new disease. With several young children already dead, and more getting sick by the day, the stakes cannot get any higher.
As Sid relentlessly pursues an explanation for the disease, the village’s physician calls in the Global Health Agency, triggering a scientific race that spans two continents and becomes increasingly defined by personal stakes. Set against the backdrop of the early days of the AIDS epidemic, Fever is about finding courage in the face of the unknown, the lasting power of community, and one woman’s challenge to prove herself.
Janet Gilsdorf is a Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan and is the author of Continual Raving: A History of Meningitis and the People Who Conquered It (2019).
Preorder Fever before it’s released on April 26, 2022!
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We’re doing something a little different this month! Instead of giving an update on what we’re currently reading, we decided to do a final check-in on our annual reading goal.
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Do you set a yearly reading goal? I do! It started a few years ago when I noticed that I wasn’t reading for fun as much as I used to. So I use Goodreads to set and track my goal. Every year I set my reading goal to 52 books; which seems fair since that is one book a week. I do not count submissions; only fully published books.
Did you meet your goal? If not, how far along are you? I am a little behind schedule right now. I have read 46 books so far. I count audio books; and normally at this point of the year I also read/listen to a lot of short stories; so I can make my goal!
What were some of your favorite books you read this year? That is a tough question. Most of my list is Agatha Christie titles (I am making my way through all her published works); but there are three non-Agatha Christie books that stand out. The Thursday Murder Club (loved the mystery and amazing characters); The Last Equation of Isaac Severy (amazing mystery and the writing was lovely), and Long Way Down (I listened to the audio which was narrated by the author. This isn’t a feel good book; but it was powerful and left you thinking about the story long after it was finished).
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Do you set a yearly reading goal? Yes, I first set a reading goal in 2020 to push myself to read more. I got a late start in 2020 so I set my goal to 40 books, and I finished 52 books (not counting the submissions read for Beaufort). This year, I felt more ambitious and set my goal for 75.
Did you meet your goal? If not, how far along are you? I did! I’m currently at 124 books for the year, and I may shoot for a few more by January 1.
What were some of your favorite books you read this year? Where do I even begin? To mention just a few: Lisa Kleypas’s Wallflowers series, Sarah MacLean’s Rules of Scoundrels series, almost anything written by Julia Quinn, The Very Nice Box by Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett, and of course, The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (AKA—the book I can’t and won’t shut up about).
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Do you set a yearly reading goal? I did not set a reading goal this year because I like to take my time when reading! I believe I read about 30 books this year, which I think is a good amount.
What were some of your favorite books you read this year? Some of my favorite books include: Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, and I’m currently reading (and loving) Dune by Frank Herbert.
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WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
By Richard Probert
Pub Date: February 15, 2022
After 18-year-old Beth’s parents die in a tragic car accident, she sets out to find the only living family member she has left. But as she travels across the U.S., she learns her parents were hiding more than they let on. Spanning decades and continents, Whereabouts Unknown links two unlikely characters who may just have what the other is looking for.
Preorder Whereabouts Unknown
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LACIE’S SECRETS
By Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist
Pub Date: April 12, 2022
When her estranged mother dies, Kate Williams is forced to return to her family’s summer home in Maine, where her younger sister Lacie was last seen 18 years ago. But not long after she arrives, inexplicable incidents and suspicious visitors begin to torment Kate, and she realizes the house might be holding more secrets than she can handle. Lacie’s Secrets is an exciting and cinematic psychological thriller with surprising twists that will keep the reader guessing until the very last page.
Preorder Lacie’s Secrets
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BEAUFORT WISHES YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY
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Beaufort Books is an independent publisher based in New York City. Beaufort publishes a mix of non-fiction and fiction titles, with about 15–20 new titles each year. Since 2007, we’ve published four New York Times bestsellers.
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