For Your Consideration: September 2023 LibraryReads Titles

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

Votes due August 1!

AMAZING GRACE ADAMS by Fran Littlewood
9781250857019 | 9/5/23
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“Littlewood easily captures the grief Grace feels at nearing the end of her reproductive years, and the mother-daughter relationship is similarly well drawn… Littlewood, like her protagonist, consistently finds the right words.”–Publishers Weekly

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CHRISTMAS by Mary Kay Andrews
9781250285812 | 9/26/23
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“In Andrews’s BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CHRISTMAS, just unattached and unemployed Kerry Tolliver agrees to help her brother sell Christmas trees in New York (their family owns a tree farm in North Carolina) and meets handsome single dad Patrick after a kerfuffle over his parked Mercedes.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

CLEAT CUTE by Meryl Wilsner
9781250873309 | 9/19/23
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“Fans of the popular Apple TV show Ted Lasso and the classic sporty romance film Bend It Like Beckham will cheer for this sexy sapphic romcom that fills a gap in the heretofore male-dominated sports-romance genre.”–Booklist

DEVIL MAKES THREE by Ben Fountain
9781250776518 | 9/26/23
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“With the harsh military dictatorship and international embargo that followed the wrenching 1991 deposition of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, U.S. expat Matt Amaker finds his scuba business failing. He and classy best friend Alix Variel begin excavating shipwrecks, but then Alix’s sister uncovers an arms-trafficking ring masked as a U.S. government humanitarian aid office.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

EVERY DUKE HAS HIS DAY by Suzanne Enoch
9781250842541 | 9/19/23
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“At a glance, theirs is an opposites attract dynamic, but they are in fact exactly matched in intelligence and compassion, making it easy to understand their chemistry. This is an utter delight.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

FALL OF RUIN AND WRATH by Jennifer L. Armentrout
9781250750198 | 9/12/23
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“A courtesan uses her power of intuition to save a Hyhborn immortal… A compelling first book in a new fantasy series will leave readers wanting more.”–Kirkus Reviews

THE FRAGILE THREADS OF POWER by V. E. Schwab
9780765387493 | 9/26/23
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“The opener for a new series set in Red, White, Grey, and Black London… Schwab’s pacing is confident, assured, and the book weaves a masterful spell on the reader. A delicious treat for fans of the Shades of Magic series and a lush, suspenseful fantasy in its own right.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review

THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua
9781250903600 | 9/19/23
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“In her first novel, Chua skillfully creates tension around Sullivan’s complex investigation, tempting red herrings, and thoughtful examination of war-time social divisions.”–Booklist, starred review

“The historical mystery debut by Yale Law School professor Chua (BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER) is a successful, compelling mash-up of California history, ghost story, family tale, and social commentary.”–Library Journal, starred review

HEMLOCK ISLAND by Kelley Armstrong
9781250284198 | 9/12/23
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“Armstrong (MURDER AT HAVEN’S ROCK) traps six people on a dangerous island in this tightly focused domestic horror tale.”–Publishers Weekly

ONE BLOOD by Denene Millner
9781250276193 | 9/5/23
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“Millner explores the ways Black women searched out paths to survival for themselves and their families (often at tremendous personal cost). Echoes of determined earlier choices echo in the lives of subsequent generations in Millner’s gripping saga. Strength and love flow through Millner’s story.”–Kirkus Reviews

PAYBACK IN DEATH by J.D. Robb
9781250284099 | 9/5/23
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“Just back from vacation, Lt. Eve Dallas is hustled to a crime scene: Martin Greenleaf, a retired Internal Affairs captain, has apparently committed suicide. But Eve has her doubts; the captain nailed a lot of dirty cops in his day, and this could be revenge.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

THE RAGING STORM by Ann Cleeves
9781250836779 | 9/5/23
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“Cleeves crafts a devilishly intricate mystery that will surprise even seasoned genre fans, and Venn remains an appealing lead every bit as memorable as the author’s Vera Stanhope or Jimmy Perez. Cleeves’s fans and newcomers alike will be hungry for the next entry.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

“The third (after THE HERON’S CRY) in Cleeves’s award-winning series is an atmospheric police procedural that builds on the other books while introducing fascinating suspects.”–Library Journal, starred review

STARTER VILLAIN by John Scalzi
9780765389220 | 9/19/23
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“Readers of humorous fantasy are sure to love Scalzi’s latest (after THE KAIJU PRESERVATION SOCIETY) as much as those cats; it’s also for those who enjoy seeing superhero stories folded, twisted, and mutilated and anyone wishing for a righteous villain lair surrounded by intelligent sharks. Highly recommended.”–Library Journal, starred review

TRADING PLACES by Emily Duvall
9781649373953 | 9/26/23
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Trading Places and 10 Things I Hate About You collide when a socialite and a blue collar mechanic have to trade lives for two months in this delightful romcom from debut author Emily Duvall.