For Your Consideration: March 2024 LibraryReads Titles

Download, read, and vote for your favorite March titles for the March 2024 LibraryReads list!

Votes due February 1!

LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera | 9781250880314 | 3/5/24
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“Best friends Lucy and Savvy are the darlings of their little Texas town, with Lucy marrying her pick of beaus and Savvy boasting several. Then, on a night she cannot recall, Lucy appears covered in Savvy’s blood. Years later, she finally confronts the past when a true-crime podcaster decides to revisit Savvy’s murder.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED by Jay Kristoff | 9781250245335 | 3/12/24
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“Following Kristoff’s New York Times best-selling series starter, EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE, EMPIRE OF THE DAMNED follows Gabriel de León as he links arms with the vampire Liathe to deliver the just-rescued Grail to the Blood Esani.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo | 9781250790316 | 3/19/24
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Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Leslie believes he can handle whatever is thrown at him—but Spar Creek holds a darkness beyond his nightmares.

ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by Xochitl Gonzalez | 9781250786210 | 3/5/24
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“In addition to the intrigue generated by Raquel’s search for answers about de Monte’s death, Gonzalez crafts excoriating and whip-smart commentary on the art world’s Eurocentric conceptions of beauty and the racism faced by first-generation students of color. This is incandescent.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

THE DIVORCEES by Rowan Beaird | 9781250896582 | 3/19/24
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“Having married in the 1950s to escape loneliness, Lois Saunders now wants to escape her empty marriage. So she heads to a divorce ranch in Reno, NV, where she enjoys a brisk frivolity she never knew in her heartlands suburb and meets a woman who changes her life.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

THE TRAIL OF LOST HEARTS by Tracey Garvis Graves | 9781250280275 | 3/26/24
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“After her fiancé’s death, Wren Waters learns that he was married with children and follows The Trail of Lost Hearts as she goes geocaching (something like treasure hunting) in the Pacific Northwest, where fellow geocacher Marshall Hendricks helps her overcome her grief.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne | 9781250826121 | 3/26/24
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Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: Tread lightly and survive. The gorgeous, remote villa in Monteperso seems like a perfect place to endure so much family togetherness, until things start going off the rails—the strange noises at night, the unsettling warnings from the local villagers, and the dark, violent past of the villa itself.

OFF THE AIR by Christina Estes | 9781250863850 | 3/26/24
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“When controversial talk show host Larry Lemmon dies under murky circumstances in Phoenix, AZ, local TV reporter Jolene Garcia is on the scene (along with a horde of competitors). She was the last person to have interviewed Lemmon, and she’s determined to solve his murder.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

TROUBLE by Lex Croucher | 9781250323965 | 3/5/24
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Emily Laurence is a liar. She’s not polite, she’s not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life. This position was meant to be her sister, Amy’s, but Amy is unwell and needs a doctor. So here Emily is, pretending to be something she’s not.

SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY by Aggie Blum Thompson | 9781250891990 | 3/12/24
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The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Washington, D.C., and the Calhouns are in the midst of hosting their annual party to celebrate the best of the spring season. With a house full of friends, neighbors, and their beloved three adult children, the Calhouns are expecting another picture-perfect event. But a brutal murder in the middle of the celebration transforms the yearly gathering into a homicide scene, and all the guests into suspects.

BYE, BABY by Carola Lovering | 9781250289360 | 3/5/24
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“Following the Hulu hit Tell Me Lies, Lovering’s BYE, BABY features Cassie, now married, wealthy, and eager to leave behind single, lusterless Billie, who knows Cassie’s worst secrets and has just kidnapped her baby.”–Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert