Books for Your Book Clubs (6/17/24)

Looking for your next book club read? Look no further!

THE SEQUEL BY JEAN HANFF KORELITZ
9781250875471 | 10/1/24

“Deep character development, an impressively thick tapestry of intertwining story lines, and a candid glimpse into the publishing business make this a page-turner of the highest order. Korelitz deserves acclaim for her own perfect plot.” —Publishers Weekly (STARRED Review)

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by September 1st.

TIME OF THE CHILD BY NIALL WILLIAMS
9781639734207 | 11/19/24

Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town. A visit from the doctor is a sign of bad things to come. His eldest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father’s shadow, and remains there, having missed one chance at real love—and passed up another offer of marriage from an unsuitable man.

But in the Advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy’s lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes, father and daughter’s lives, the understanding of their family, and their role in their community are changed forever.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by October 1st.

THE LOVE ELIXIR OF AUGUSTA STERN BY LYNDA COHEN LOIGMAN
9781250278104 | 10/8/24

On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to Rallentando Springs—an active senior community in Florida—she unexpectedly crosses paths with Irving Rivkin, the delivery boy from her father’s old pharmacy—and the man who broke her heart sixty years earlier.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by September 1st.

THE BOOK OF GEORGE BY KATE GREATHEAD
9781250351029 | 10/8/24

If you haven’t had the misfortune of dating a George, you know someone who has. He’s a young man brimming with potential but incapable of following through; sweet yet noncommittal to his long-suffering girlfriend; distant from but still reliant on his mother; charmingly funny one minute, sullenly brooding the next. Here, Kate Greathead paints one particular, unforgettable George in a series of droll and surprisingly poignant snapshots of his life over two decades.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by September 1st.

TROUBLE ISLAND BY SHARON SHORT
9781250292841 | 12/3/24

Many miles from anywhere in the middle of Lake Erie, Trouble Island serves as a stop-off for gangsters as they run between America and Canada. The remote isle is also the permanent home to two women: Aurelia Escalante, who serves as a maid to Rosita, lady of the mansion and wife to the notorious prohibition gangster, Eddie McGee. In the winter of 1932, the women anticipate the arrival of Eddie and his strange coterie: his right-hand man, a doctor, a cousin, a famous actor, and a rival gangster who Rosita believes murdered their only son.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by November 1st.

BECAUSE FAT GIRL BY LAUREN MARIE FLEMING
9781649376916 | 10/22/24

When it comes to styling the stars, Diana Smith knows exactly what she’s doing.

A personal shopper at Roussard’s, a high-end department store, Diana spends her days surrounded by Hollywood’s most glamorous elite. But when it comes to her own movie-making dreams, Diana’s career is far from shining. Just when she’s folding up her Director’s Chair and settling into a life in the suburbs with her sister, fate intervenes, and famous action star Drew Williams takes an interest in her script — and her.

LibraryReads votes due by September 1st.

THE SUNFLOWER HOUSE BY ADRIANA ALLEGRI
9781250326522 | 11/12/24

With her life on the line, Allina is forced to work as a nurse in Hochland Home, part of the notorious Lebensborn Program in Nazi Germany—a real-life Handmaid’s Tale. Her Jewish identity must remain a secret in order for her to survive, but when she discovers the neglect occurring within the home, she is determined not only to save herself, but also the children in her care.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by October 1st.

WHAT IT’S LIKE IN WORDS BY ELIZA MOSS
9781250355058 | 12/3/24

Enola is approaching 30 and everything feels like a lot. The boxes aren’t ticked and she feels adrift in a way she thought she would have beaten by now. She wants to be a writer but can’t finish a first draft; she romanticizes her childhood but won’t speak to her mother; she has never been in a serious relationship but yearns to be one half of a couple that DIYs together at the weekends.

Enter: enigmatic writer. Enola falls in love and starts to dream about their perfect future: the wedding, the publishing deals, the house in Stoke Newington. But the reality is far from perfect. He’s distant. But she’s a Cool Girl, she doesn’t need to hear from him every day. He hangs out with his ex. But she’s a Cool Girl, she’s not insecure. Is she? He has dark moods. But he’s a creative, that’s part of his ‘process’. Her best friend begs her to end it, but Enola can’t. She’s a Cool Girl.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by November 1st.

INTERMEZZO BY SALLY ROONEY
9780374602635 | 9/24/24

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

LibraryReads votes due by August 1st.

THE SHUTOUTS BY GABRIELLE KORN
9781250323484 | 12/3/24

The year is 2041, and it’s a dangerous time to be a woman driving across the United States alone. Deadly storms and uncontrollable wildfires are pummeling the country while political tensions are rising. But Kelly’s on the road anyway; she desperately needs to get back to her daughter, who she left seven years ago for a cause that she’s no longer sure she believes in.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due by November 1st.