# The Sequel - Paperback

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by **Jean Hanff Korelitz** (Author)

**"Sequels are notoriously tricky. Even the characters in _The Sequel_ acknowledge it. "They're never as good as the first book, are they?"... Well, this one is. By shifting the focus to Anna, Korelitz gives the novel what many sequels lack: a sense of newness. While the story grows more intricate, she remains in control. Her plot ― ha! ― is propulsive, her prose precise."  
_―The New York Times_  
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**After the "insanely readable" (Stephen King) and "perfectly told" (Malcolm Gladwell) _New York Times_ bestseller _The Plot_ comes Jean Hanff Korelitz's equally captivating new novel: _The Sequel_.  
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Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business. That is to say, she's taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and laid to rest those anonymous accusations of plagiarism that so tormented him. Now she is living the contented life of a literary widow, enjoying her husband's royalty checks in perpetuity, but for the second time in her life, a work of fiction intercedes, and this time it's her own debut novel, _The_ _Afterword_. After all, how hard can it really be to write a universally lauded bestseller?

But when Anna publishes her book and indulges in her own literary acclaim, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. That it does means something has gone very wrong, and someone out there knows far too much: about her late brother, her late husband, and just possibly... Anna, herself. What does this person want and what are they prepared to do? She has come too far, and worked too hard, to lose what she values most: the sole and uncontested right to her own story. And she is, by any standard, a master storyteller.

With her signature wit and sardonic humor, Jean Hanff Korelitz gives readers an antihero to root for while illuminating and satirizing the world of publishing in this deliciously fun and suspenseful read.

### Author Biography

**Jean Hanff Korelitz** is the _New York Times_ bestselling author of the novels _The Plot, The Latecomer, You Should Have Known_ (which aired on HBO as _The Undoing_, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), _Admission_ (adapted as a film starring Tina Fey), _The Devil and Webster, The White Rose, The Sabbathday River_ and _A Jury of Her Peers_, as well as _Interference Powder_, a novel for children. Her company BOOKTHEWRITER hosts Pop-Up Book Groups in which small groups of readers discuss new books with their authors. She lives in New York City with her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldoon.

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 0.82 x 8.95 x 5.82 IN

**Publication Date:** September 30, 2025

## Details

- **Price:** 25.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Price Written on Book, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers

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