The Book Series eBook Bundle

The Book Series (The Plot and The Sequel) is Jean Hanff Korelitz’s Tom Ripley–esque tale of deceit: “breathtakingly suspenseful” novels about a story too good to remain untold, the writer who steals it, and the wife left to uncover its remaining secrets.

Hailed as “insanely readable” (Stephen King), New York Times bestseller The Plot is a propulsive literary thriller about struggling writer and professor Jacob Finch Bonner, whose most arrogant student has an idea for a surefire bestseller. After the student’s unexpected death, Jake appropriates the idea and writes the story himself, but when the novel propels him to literary stardom, Jake begins to receive threatening messages: You are a thief.

As Jake races to unearth the origins of his stolen plot, he discovers a story so inconceivable it can only be true—and a person who wants nothing more than for it to remain untold.

Set in the recent aftermath of The Plot, the “witty” (The New York Times) and “unforgettable” (The Wall Street Journal) suspenseful satire The Sequel follows Jake’s wife, Anna Williams-Bonner. All too aware of the accusations that swirled around her husband’s last book, Anna decides to try her hand at writing her own acclaimed debut novel—after all, how hard can it really be to write a universally lauded bestseller? But after its publication she begins to receive excerpts of a story she never expected to see again, one that should no longer exist.

Someone knows far too much: about her husband, his book, and just possibly . . . Anna herself. Now she will stop at nothing to close that chapter of her life forever.

With her signature wit and sardonic humor, Jean Hanff Korelitz offers readers two dazzling, unputdownable literary thrillers starring two flawed but unforgettable protagonists, while illuminating and satirizing the world of publishing in this deliciously fun and memorable series.