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CHRIS PAVONE is the New York Times-bestselling author of international thrillers including THE EXPATS and, most recently, TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON; his sixth novel, THE DOORMAN, publishes May 20, 2025. Chris's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and IndieNext; have won both the Edgar and Anthony awards, and have been shortlisted for the Strand, Macavity, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize; are in development for film and television; and have been translated into more than two dozen languages.

He has written for outlets including the New York Times Book Review and Magazine, the Telegraph, and Salon; has appeared on Face the Nation, Good Day New York, Al ...more

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	Two Nights in Lisbon 3.71 avg rating — 39,156 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Expats (Kate Moore, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 39,619 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doorman 3.90 avg rating — 11,446 ratings — published 2025 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accident 3.64 avg rating — 11,906 ratings — published 2014 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Travelers 3.62 avg rating — 7,649 ratings — published 2016 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Paris Diversion (Kate Moore, #2) 3.53 avg rating — 6,102 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accident: Free e-sampler 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I pick up a lot of books for the sole reason that they're huge successes, and I want to know what they are. I put most of these down after just a few pages, when I figure out what they are, and it's not something I want. It's not that I think these b ...more
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Writing any memoir is an act of immense bravery, and what is so remarkable about this one is Belle's utter honesty and vulnerability, about something so intimate and painful, from someone so shy and private. An amazing book. ...more
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This is such an important book, about such an important subject: how to make our lives better, and the lives of the people around us--our friends and family and neighbors and colleagues, even people we don't know. We are at a horrible moment in the U ...more
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