Today, we’re chatting about a young actress desperate to have a normal teenage summer at a small town book festival; Alyson Stoner’s memoir that shares their powerful story for the first time; and five sisters in a small village in eighteenth-century England whose neighbors are convinced they’re turning into dogs.
WISH YOU WERE HER by Elle McNicoll | 9781250335586 | 8/26/25
SEMI-WELL-ADJUSTED DESPITE LITERALLY EVERYTHING: A Memoir by Alyson Stoner | 9781250353498 | 8/12/25
THE HOUNDING by Xenobe Purvis | 9781250366382 | 8/5/25
Additional titles we mentioned:
WHERE THERE’S ROOM FOR US by Hayley Kiyoko | 9781250356314 | 11/4/25
THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by J.R. Dawson | 9781250805584 | 7/29/25
BALANCING ACT by Paula Chase | 9781250809391 | 10/21/25
THE DUKE STEALS HEARTS & OTHER BODY PARTS by Elias Cold | 9798890032317 | 5/13/25
MY FAIR MONSTER by Adrienne Rivera | 9798890032935 | 8/19/25
TRIP by Amie Barrodale | 9780374617349 | 9/2/25
WITH STARS IN HER EYES by Andie Burke | 9781250372529 | 9/16/25
FINAL CUT by Olivia Worley | 9781250392985 | 10/28/25
NEVER OVER by Clare Gilmore | 9781250383099 | 10/28/25
PRIDE AND PLEASURE: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill | 9780374254377 | 10/21/25
WILD FOR AUSTEN: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser | 9781250361332 | 9/2/25
BONE VALLEY: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida by Gilbert King | 9781250368546 | 10/7/25
HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL by Dennard Dayle | 9781250345677 | 6/17/25
THE WAYFINDER by Adam Johnson | 9780374619572 | 10/14/25
A MURDEROUS BUSINESS by Cathy Pegau | 9781250356482 | 9/16/25
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE by Eden Royce | 9781250330963 | 10/21/25
MARGUERITE BY THE LAKE by Mary Dixie Carter | 9781250790385 | 5/20/25
BLACKTHORN by J.T. Geissinger | 9781250379139 | 11/4/25
WOVEN FROM CLAY by Jenny Birch | 9781250365460 | 8/12/25
LUCKY DAY by Chuck Tingle | 9781250398659 | 8/12/25
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