For Your Consideration: April 2023 LibraryReads Titles

Download, read, and vote for your favorite April titles for the April 2023 LibraryReads list!

Votes due March 1!

BLIND SPOTS by Thomas Mullen
9781250842749 | 4/4/23
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“The author of THE LAST TOWN ON EARTH (2006) and DARKTOWN (2016) has outdone himself here: this is a tremendous crime-SF hybrid, a brilliantly conceived story impeccably told. A novel that will stay with you for a very long time.”–Booklist, starred review

HOUSE OF COTTON by Monica Brashears
9781250851918 | 4/4/23
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“Orphaned 19-year-old Magnolia Brown is poor, Black, and stuck in a going-nowhere job at the gas station in her God-obsessed Southern town when a stranger offers her a job modeling at (of all places) a funeral home. It more than pays the bills, but her assignments are getting increasingly creepy. From an attention-getting Affrilachian author.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

IF WE’RE BEING HONEST by Cat Shook
9781250847546 | 4/18/23
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“When Gerry Williams dies, his best friend delivers a eulogy that completely upends the family. Gerry’s widow, Ellen, tries to remain dignified, but the cousins run riot with their own upsets. Delia whines about her ex, Alice reels over when she spots her high school sweetheart, suddenly famous Grant (he was on The Bachelorette) seeks to launch an inadvisable affair, and Red wonders where he fits in.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS by TJ Klune
9781250217448 | 4/25/23
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“Readers who loved Klune’s (UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR) previous works will find plenty of the author’s trademark charm, heart, and bittersweetness, while those looking for more hopeful robot stories, like A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT by Becky Chambers, will find this interpretation of a robot-future different but just as compelling.”–Library Journal, starred review

ONE FOR MY ENEMY by Olivie Blake
9781250892430 | 4/4/23
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“In the New York Times best-selling Blake’s ONE FOR MY ENEMY, a firestorm is breaking out between two New York witch families—the beautiful Antonova sisters, serving a mother called Baba Yaga, and the Fedorov brothers, beholden to a father known as Koschei the Deathless.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

PANTHER GAP by James A. McLaughlin
9781250821003 | 4/4/23
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“McLaughlin follows up the Edgar Award–winning BEARSKIN with the story of two brothers, raised by their father and two uncles on an isolated Colorado ranch, who have grown apart but must reconnect in their thirties owing to a promised inheritance from their grandfather. The inheritance is both illegal and a lot of trouble, bringing on ruthless criminal elements who want it for themselves.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

THE PLUS ONE by Mazey Eddings
9781250847041 | 4/4/23
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“This is a must-read for fans of Eddings, filled with moments of comedic relief and steamy, intimate scenes.”–Library Journal

SOME DESPERATE GLORY by Emily Tesh
9781250834980 | 4/11/23
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“The first novel from Tesh (‘Greenhollow’ novellas) is an intriguing space opera and study of radicalization, indoctrination, and what happens when one breaks free in the most absolute way.”–Library Journal, starred review

UNTETHERED SKY by Fonda Lee
9781250842466 | 4/11/23
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“This slim novella packs a punch as it explores the emotional journey of one woman’s feelings of vengeance and devotion, as wild as the creatures that she must face.”–Library Journal

THE WARDEN by Daniel M. Ford
9781250815651 | 4/18/23
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“Ford begins an appealing new fantasy series filled with adventure, action, and old magic.”–Library Journal

YOU KNOW HER by Meagan Jennett
9780374607098 | 4/4/23
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“Highly recommended, especially for anyone following the growing thriller trend of female serial killers.”–Booklist, starred review

“Jennett is a writer to watch.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review