One City One Book – Recommendations

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Do you run a One City One Book/Community Wide Reads program at your library? We have title suggestions for you! If you need more specific recommendations or would like to request a copy of any of these books, please email us at emily.day@macmillan.com.

Want more recommendations than what you see here? Click here to view the Edelweiss catalog of all of our recommendations.

Click the links below for specific genre recommendations:
Coming-of-Age | Families | Mystery/Thriller | Love & Relationships | Adventures | LGBTQ+ | Horror | Literary Fiction | Science Fiction / Fantasy | Historical Fiction | Nonfiction | Novellas

Out Now in Paperback:

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MAAME by Jessica George
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FRACTURED FABLES by Alix E. Harrow
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WEYWARD by Emilia Hart
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THE GOD OF ENDINGS by Jacqueline Holland
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WILD TONGUES CAN’T BE TAMED: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora by Saraciea J. Fennell
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IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS by TJ Klune
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A COUNTRY YOU CAN LEAVE by Asale Angel-Ajani
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HOUSE OF COTTON by Monica Brashears
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BIRDGIRL: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future by Mya-Rose Craig

Upcoming Paperbacks:

HELLO STRANGER by Katherine Center (5/28/24)
A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES by T. Kingfisher (5/28/24)
THE FIRST BRIGHT THING by J.R. Dawson (6/11/24)
MADDALENA AND THE DARK by Julia Fine (6/11/24)
HOTEL LAGUNA by Nicola Harrison (6/18/24)
YOU’VE REACHED SAM by Dustin Thao (6/25/24)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby (7/9/24)
NO TWO PERSONS by Erica Bauermeister (7/9/24)
THE SUNSET CROWD by Karin Tanabe (7/16/24)

Novellas:

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THORNHEDGE by T. Kingfisher
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SHY by Max Porter
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THE CRANE HUSBAND by Kelly Barnhill
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ARCH-CONSPIRATOR by Veronica Roth
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RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi
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REMOTE CONTROL
by Nnedi Okorafor
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A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT by Becky Chambers
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UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED by Sarah Gailey
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EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire