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COURTESY OF SCRIBNER (PECK & PECK). PENGUIN PRESS (SLEEPING BEAUTIES). HARPER (MURDER AT THE GRAND ALPINE HOTEL). THE N OUN PROJECT (BOOK ICON) BOOKS Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel By Lucy Foley and Agatha Christie Nothing like a whodunit in the Swiss mountains to give you a chill. Agatha Christie’s beloved sleuth Miss Marple returns in this reboot fromEnglish plot- twister Lucy Foley. When a body is found in a ski lift at the Grand Alpine Hotel, everyone is a suspect: the vampirish starlet, the haughty politician’s wife, the creepy “friend.” As more bodies drop, no one is safe, and a broken train leaves them stranded as an avalanche looms. In the first authorizedMiss Mar- plemystery in 50 years, Foley, dubbed “Agatha Christie for the Instagram age,” does her proud. — Jody L. Rohlena Peck & Peck By Bonnie Garmus Batter Gray has a perfect ear—not for music or any- thing else particularly monetizable, but for poetry. The only place that skill is useful is at Peck & Peck , the poetry quarterly where he’s somehow stumbled into employment, though its 39 eccentric editors don’t make him feel useful. Still, Gray won’t quit (or can’t—he’s already over- sold his importance at the legendary publication to too many) until it’s re- stored to its former glory. Rife with spirited charac- ters and dreamlike set- tings, the latest from Lessons in Chemistry au- thor Bonnie Garmus isn’t a romance but is for the romantics, certainly. — CF Sleeping Beauties By David Byrne Once upon a time—well, countless times in his- tory—great inventions, breakthroughs andmas- terpieces were ignored or rejected. In some cases, it took centuries for them to be rediscovered—roused like a fairy-tale princess— so humanity could bene- fit. Moby-Dick didn’t just flop; it killed Herman Melville’s career. (It took 60 years and a world war that made such personal struggle and soul- searching relatable for critics to change their opinion.) This eye-opener fromTalking Heads front man David Byrne reveals how groundbreaking ideas go dormant and how to reawaken them. — Kathy Passero reader ’ s digest The RD List 152 OctOber/NOvember 2026 | readersdigest.cOm.au