For Your Consideration: October 2024 LibraryReads Titles

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

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IF I STOPPED HAUNTING YOU BY COLBY WILKENS | 9781250292902 | 10/15/24
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“This forced-proximity, enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy has plenty of chills and thrills. Readers will stay up late, with all the lights on, to finish Wilkens’s satisfying debut.”–Library Journal, starred review

A PIRATE’S LIFE FOR TEA BY REBECCA THORNE | 9781250333179 | 10/1/24
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“[This is] charming, pun-filled, gentle, and deeply affirming. Thorne spins out the story at an easy pace, creating a feeling of calm and ease, even as a tumble of angst and misadventures fill the plot. As was true with the first in the delightful ‘Tomes & Tea’ series, the pleasures of this novel are centered in the relationships and the ethics Key and Rain advance.”–Library Journal

A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS BY ANN LIANG | 9781250289469 | 10/1/24
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“Xishi comes alive, and her conflicted feelings take center stage as she navigates the Wu court and learns how far she’s willing to go for revenge… YA author Liang’s adult debut will appeal to those who enjoy retellings blending history and myth.”–Library Journal

HOW TO HELP A HUNGRY WEREWOLF BY CHARLOTTE STEIN | 9781250352330 | 10/1/24
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“Stein’s delightful, steamy romance is full of surprises that will keep readers guessing. Give this one to romance fans who like their books hot and sweet.”–Library Journal

BLOOD OF THE OLD KINGS BY SUNG-IL KIM | 9781250895332 | 10/8/24
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“Kim masterfully weaves together [the characters’] stories, which each embody a different style of fantasy, creating an immersive, thorough world that’s sparking towards war. The characters are unwilling subjects of a conquering empire that excuses its violence by claiming it offers the gifts of peace and civilization… The [main characters] do come into contact, but each arc remains its own and comes to a satisfying conclusion.”–Library Journal

THE STARS ARE DYING BY CHLOE C. PEÑARANDA | 9781250355669 | 10/8/24
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“A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES meets THE HUNGER GAMES in the first in the Nytefall series… [This] delivers on common romantasy tropes… Romantasy readers [will enjoy] the steamy scenes.”–Booklist

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE KISSMAS BY SARA RAASCH | 9781250333193 | 10/8/24
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“This romance takes place in an intricately created kingdom, where holidays are real and joy is a commodity. Hex and Coal are well-developed characters whose emotional needs and traumas influence the course of their relationship. While perfect for any time of year, Raasch’s adult debut is definitely a book to put on display for the Christmas season.”–Library Journal

THE LOVE ELIXIR OF AUGUSTA STERN BY LYNDA COHEN LOIGMAN | 9781250278104 | 10/8/24
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“Loigman presents two fully realized time lines, each full of Jewish cultural touchstones, in this charming love story that proves it’s never too late for a second chance.”–Booklist

CATCH AND KEEP BY ERIN HAHN | 9781250827135 | 10/15/24
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Maren Laughlin has just turned down her boyfriend’s proposal, walked away from her decade-long position as a park ranger, and returned to her childhood playground in Northern Wisconsin to accept her inheritance: a decrepit waterfront bait shop. After a lifetime of letting things happen to her, she’s ready to start making her own moves. At least the local heartstopper and resort owner is on her side. Things between Maren and Joe are easy. So easy, they’re fully immersed in the middle before they even decide to begin. It’s not a question of should they, but rather can they make it last?

PERFECT FIT BY CLARE GILMORE | 9781250880567 | 10/29/24
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Josie Davis has spent her entire twenties building her company. When her investors order her to hire a consultant, the last person she expects to be working with is Will Grant–the twin brother of her ex best friend. She and Will have never been friends and romance isn’t on the table for either of them until they blink, and realize there’s a reason they can’t stay away from each other. As Josie’s burnout looms and she falls harder for Will, she contends with the fact that eventually, she’ll have to make a choice: stay alone to be productive, or slow down to be in love.

I’LL BE WAITING BY KELLEY ARMSTRONG | 9781250284211 | 10/1/24
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Only months after getting married, Nicola Laughton loses her husband in a horrible car crash, and he utters to her with his final breath, “I’ll be waiting for you.” In hopes of stopping her downward spiral, friends and family find a medium to perform a séance. The medium has barely begun when paranormal activity starts. And, unbeknownst to the others, this isn’t Nicola’s first time contacting the dead as she’s quickly haunted by nightmares of her past. Then she finds the first body…

ROUGH PAGES BY LEV A.C. ROSEN | 9781250322449 | 10/1/24
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Private Detective Andy Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat, the family butler, has been volunteering for a book service, one that specializes in mailing queer books to a carefully guarded list of subscribers. When bookseller Howard Salzberger goes suspiciously missing along with his address book, everyone on that list, including some of Andy’s closest friends, is now in danger.

THE MERRIEST MISTERS BY TIMOTHY JANOVSKY | 9781250338938 | 10/1/24
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A couple has been married for less than a year, but their passionate romance is cracking under the pressures of domestic life. When one of them knocks out Santa Claus himself, they have to work together to save Christmas. But when the sleigh takes them to the North Pole, they’re in for a massive shock. The couple must assume the roles of Santa Claus and the first ever Merriest Mister or Christmas will be canceled. With Christmas–and their marriage–on the line, they agree to stay together for one year. But can running a toy shop together save their relationship, or will they be stuffing coal in each other’s stockings come next Christmas?

THE SEQUEL BY JEAN HANFF KORELITZ | 9781250875471  10/1/24
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Anna Williams-Bonner is living the contented life of a bestselling author’s widow, enjoying her husband’s royalty checks in perpetuity. But when Anna publishes her own book, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. That it does means something has gone very wrong, and someone out there knows far too much: about her late brother, her late husband, and just possibly… about Anna, herself. What does this person want and what are they prepared to do?

MODEL HOME BY RIVERS SOLOMON | 9780374607135 | 10/1/24
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When the Maxwells moved to the lily-white gated enclave outside of Dallas, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. Right away bad things, scary things began to happen in their house. Maybe it was some cosmic trial, a demonic rite of passage into the upper-middle class. But they stayed put. Years later, when the adult Maxwell siblings return home at the news of their parents’ death, they must all figure out what happened while they were away. It was not a “natural” death for their parents . . . but was it supernatural?

I DID SOMETHING BAD BY PYAE MOE THET WAR | 9781250330512 | 10/8/24
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When journalist Khin Hlaing is assigned by Vogue to get a scoop on Tyler Tun, Hollywood’s hottest movie star, she’s determined to succeed. Tyler has always kept his personal life private, and he doesn’t show any sign of letting down his walls for Khin. But then one night on set, a strange man follows Khin into the surrounding park grounds. When he threatens her, Tyler steps in and things escalate fast. Soon, Khin and Tyler are covering up a murder together and potentially falling for each other in the process.

THE LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING BY JASON REKULAK | 9781250895783 | 10/8/24
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When a father who’s been estranged from his daughter for 3 years receives a call from her inviting him to her wedding, he’s thrilled. But when he arrives at the private estate where the wedding is taking place, he is surprised to learn she’s marrying the son of a famous tech billionaire. And there’s something strange about the situation–both she and her groom are oddly removed and no one seems to like the family. He decides he needs to know more about this family his daughter is marrying into, before he loses her forever.

A NEW LEASE ON DEATH BY OLIVIA BLACKE | 9781250336675 | 10/29/24
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Since Cordelia Graves died in her apartment a few months ago, she’s kept up her residency. When her across-the-hall neighbor, Jake, is shot and killed, Cordelia is determined to bring his killer to justice. But since she herself is dead, she must enlist the help of the obnoxiously perky, living tenant of her apartment. That’s where Ruby comes in. Slowly, Cordelia and Ruby form an unlikely friendship as they get closer to the truth about Jake’s death.