Genre Mashups, Pt. 2 (7/18/24)

Check out these genre mashups for your next read!

IF I DIG YOU BY COLBY WILKENS | 9781250292933 | 3/25/25

The mashup: romance and action/adventure!

Archaeologists Isadora Ross and Louise Morgenstern have been best friends for sixteen years. But ever since Lou went back on a promise, broke off her toxic engagement and took a once-in-a-lifetime job on a dig in Turkey, leaving Isi behind – their relationship has been teetering on a precipice.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due 2/1/25.

THE BANE WITCH BY AVA MORGYN | 9781250835451 | 3/18/25

The mashup: thriller and paranormal romance!

Piers Corbin has always had an affinity for poisonous things – plants and men. From the pokeweed berries she consumed at age five that led to the accidental death of a stranger, to the husband whose dark proclivities have become… concerning, poison has been at the heart of her story.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due 2/1/25.

PICKS AND SHOVELS BY CORY DOCTOROW | 9781250865908 | 2/18/25

The mashup: sci-fi and thriller!

The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant—what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money—but for now he’s an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.

LibraryReads votes due 1/1/25.

MURDER BY MEMORY BY OLIVIA WAITE | 9781250342249 | 3/18/25

The mashup: sci-fi and cozy mystery!

Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty’s most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are graciously provided upon request, and should you desire a rest between lifetimes, your mind shall be most carefully preserved in glass in the Library, shielded from every danger.

LibraryReads votes due 2/1/25.

WHERE THE AXE IS BURIED BY RAY NAYLER | 9780374615369 | 4/1/25

The mashup: sci-fi and thriller!

The world is dark and cold. Several world powers have tasked complex algorithms to govern their states and “optimize” political decision-making. These newly coded ministers begin their less-than-generous assessment of mankind’s utility on earth, reallocating crucial resources and sending citizens into a panic. The body politic is extremely unwell, infected by its single-minded pursuit of efficiency, subject to the artificially intelligent wills of their new rulers.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due 3/1/25.

COLD STORAGE BY MICHAEL C. GRUMLEY | 9781250898753 | 1/7/25

The mashup: thriller and tech fiction!

Technology never works well the first time. Or even the second. Army veteran John Reiff is living proof.

This time he is revived in the back of a dilapidated ambulance, on the run from a shadowy organization that is desperate to take him back. He is the first one, their archetype, and they need to know what happened after his escape. What is happening to his body and his mind. And they need to know now.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due 12/1/24.

SPLINTER EFFECT BY ANDREW LUDINGTON | 9781250349309 | 3/18/25

The mashup: sci-fi and action/adventure!

In this action-packed debut, time traveling archaeologist Rabbit Ward maneuvers through the past to recover a long-lost, precious menorah hiding out in ancient Rome.

Available for download on Edelweiss here. LibraryReads votes due 2/1/25.

PRIDE OR DIE BY CL MONTBLANC | 9781250340474 | 4/15/25

The mashup: dark comedy and mystery!

It’s kind of hard to graduate high school when you’re the prime suspect in an attempted murder.

Seventeen-year-old Eleanora Finkel just wants to finish her senior year and get the hell out of Texas. But when her club meeting inconveniently coincides with an attack on the school’s head cheerleader, she and her friends find themselves in the hot seat.

Available for download on Edelweiss here.