Club Calvi

35 years after Michael Connelly's first book, and after more than 92 million books sold, Connelly is taking his signature character Harry Bosch back to his roots. Mary Calvi talks to Connelly about his new book, "The Hollow," which he says he's waited decades to write. Bosch investigates the 40-year-old mysterious death of a boy Bosch knew when he was a ward of the state at MacLaren Children's Cen...

Readers have gone five years without a new novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas. Now the wait is over. Mary Calvi talked to Kleypas about her new novel "Queen of Lombard Street." The book is historical fiction set in Victorian London where a female economist is determined to open a bank for women, but a mysterious man may destroy her dream. Kleypas told Mary that after a succe...

Renée Watson, an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for children and young people, tells Mary Calvi that each of her novels is her way of having a conversation with her readers as they navigate life. Watson says she wants to give them a space to process their thoughts and emotions. Her new book, "Everything New Again," is about first love. It also explores the complexi...

Mary Calvi talks to Bonnie Garmus about her second novel "Peck & Peck," one of the most anticipated books of the year, and her follow-up to her blockbuster debut book "Lessons in Chemistry." Released in 2022, "Lessons in Chemistry" was on the New York Times bestselling list for 99 weeks, sold 9 million copies globally, and was adapted into a streaming series. Garmus told Mary how she handled the c...

Amy Chozick talks with Mary Calvi and answers questions from readers about her debut novel "With Friends Like You." The psychological thriller was voted a Club Calvi Readers' Choice. It's about an overwhelmed and lonely new mother in Manhattan who believes the answer to all of her problems is finding her college roommate who disappeared 15 years prior into the world of adult entertainment. Club Ca...

Amanda Peters achieved bestselling and award-winning success with her first book, "The Berry Pickers." She talked with Mary Calvi about her new novel "The Birthing Tree." It's about a woman who returns to her Indigenous community after years away, and who learns the truth behind family secrets and reconnects with her family's lineage and customs. Peters told Mary about her personal inspiration for...

15 years ago, the daytime drama "All My Children" was cancelled ending Susan Lucci's iconic, 41-year portrayal as Erica Kane. It was one of the most famous roles on television. Lucci would continue to have success on screen and stage. At her side was her beloved husband of five decades, Helmut Huber. He died in 2022. Marry Calvi talks to Lucci about her recent memoir, "La Lucci," in which she shar...

Mary Calvi talks with New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon about her new historical adventure novel "The Pirate Queen," and about the compelling character Lawhon calls "ferocious." "The Pirate Queen" is one of the most anticipated books of the year, and Lawhon's latest after her 2023 novel "The Frozen River" spent weeks on bestseller lists. "The Pirate Queen" is based on the legendary li...

When Harlan Coben, the New York Times bestselling author of three dozen novels, with 100 million books in print, and more than a dozen of his thrillers adapted for the screen, talks to Mary Calvi about his memoir on writing, get ready to take notes. Coben shares with Mary his personal and professional journey, his early struggles, his creative process, and his straightforward rules for creating. H...

Brenda Janowitz is an author very familiar to Club Calvi. Her previous novel "The Audrey Hepburn Estate" was a Club Calvi Readers' Choice in 2023. Mary Calvi talked to Janowitz about her new book, the young adult novel "The Introvert's Guide to Kissing in Europe." It's a coming of age story that may have adults remembering their first love and kisses. The book follows Emily, a high school valedict...

Jean Kwok shares with Mary Calvi how an emotionally difficult time in her life led to her writing her first novel of romantic fantasy, "Dominion," and her initial struggles in crafting the book's spicy scenes. Kwok is known for her works of literary fiction, including her previous novel "The Leftover Woman," which was a 2023 Club Calvi Top 3 FicPick, and her bestsellers "Girl in Translation" and "...

Mary Calvi talks to Charles Lachman about his latest nonfiction book that reads like a page-turning thriller. He told Mary that "They Shall Not See the Dawn" is the untold story about the greatest manhunt in history. The book follows a little-known unit of the US Army called the Counter Intelligence Corps, the so-called "G-men in khakis," in a race against time during World War II to track down Ad...

Mary Calvi talks to Chris Bohjalian about his new novel "The Amateur," which became an instant New York Times bestseller. The book opens with golf prodigy Mira Winston hitting a shot that kills a young caddie on a golf course in Westchester County. Her life unravels after the tragedy. Bohjalian told Mary that he uses elements of his personal life in his characters, and he shared the surprising one...

Bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray talk with Mary Calvi and answer questions from readers about their latest novel "A Pair of Aces." It was voted a Readers' Choice for Club Calvi, and was Benedict and Murray's third book together and third bestseller. Their previous novels were "The Personal Librarian" and "The First Ladies." In "A Pair of Aces," Benedict and Murray...

John Searles is known as a bestselling author of suspenseful thrillers, but he told Mary Calvi that his new novel of dramatic fiction is one that he's wanted to write for years. In the 1990s, Searles was hired by legendary magazine Editor-In-Chief Helen Gurley Brown to work at Cosmopolitan magazine. He stayed there for more than 20 years and became a top editor. His new book, "Single Girls," reima...

Abigail Savitch-Lew took a long, deep dive researching the history of her family and the history of a community in Brooklyn to write her debut novel "Livonia Chow Mein." She spent a decade crafting the story of a Chinese family who owns a restaurant in Brownsville and the restaurant's impact on Black and Jewish residents over the course of 100 years. The novel explores how the changing times impac...

Daniel Silva is on a publishing streak that most authors can only dream about: all of his novels have been New York Times and international bestsellers. He talked to Mary Calvi about his latest book, "Ransom," his 29th novel and the 26th featuring Gabriel Allon, the art restorer and master spy who is pulled back into the life he thought he left behind. In Allon, Silva created one of the most popul...

One year before thieves in 2025 staged a brazen robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Jo Piazza had already finished the final draft of her latest novel "The Parisian Heist." Piazza told Mary that the book was born from her love of art, her discovery of the largely forgotten woman who created the legacy of Vincent van Gogh after his death, and her love of heist movies. Piazza is known for her boo...

Emily Giffin's novels are usually among the most popular books of summer, and her new book will have readers talking. "Love You More" asks the question: if you could have a "do-over" when it comes to love, would you take it? The book is about a woman in New York City who seems to be living her perfect life, with a dream job and dream fiancé. But then she gets a phone call from her first love, and...

As the U.S. celebrates its 250th year of independence and its founding fathers, a new book celebrates a founding mother. Authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie talked with Mary about "A Founding Mother," their novel based on the life of Abigail Adams. She was the wife of one American president and the mother of another. As an important advisor to both men, Adams has a unique place in American his...

Author Kimberly McCreight is back with a thriller that takes readers inside the marriage of a wealthy couple caught in a deadly love triangle, and to an expedition on Mount Kilimanjaro that ends in tragedy. McCreight's previous book, "Like Mother, Like Daughter," was a Club Calvi Readers' Choice in 2024. She talked to Mary about her new novel "Someone Else's Husband." It is a "most anticipated boo...

Emma Straub turned her love for a boy band into her latest New York Times bestselling book "American Fantasy." It's about a 50-year-old woman who is recently divorced, empty-nested, and having problems at work, and who travels solo on a boy-band cruise. As Straub told Mary, the character discovers "transcendence." Straub wrote the book after she went on a similar cruise to bring her joy as she hea...

New York Times Bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews says her books are about women reclaiming their power, discovering who they are, and who they can become. Her latest novel, "Road Trip" takes readers on a journey with two sisters, both broke, who haven't spoken in years and who are now forced together after their mother's death. A painting in their mother's home might be worth millions, and they...

Fiona Davis brings the forgotten histories and dramatic stories of iconic New York City buildings to life in her historical fiction novels. Among her books, she's written about Radio City Music hall in "The Spectacular," the Frick mansion in "The Magnolia Palace," and the New York Public Library in "The Lions of Fifth Avenue." Her latest book "The Stolen Queen," a dual timeline set in the Metropol...

Eloisa James has been called a "Reigning Queen of Romance," and she certainly has had one of the most interesting day jobs in the industry. James is the author of dozens of historical romances, many of them hitting bestseller lists. She told Mary that she wrote her books on the weekends because on weekdays she was a professor teaching Shakespeare at Fordham University in New York City. James talke...