Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the April 2018 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due February 20! Click here for the full list of 2018 deadlines. AFTER ANNA by Lisa Scottoline Anna is a drop-dead gorgeous sixteen-year-old with a secret dark side and when she turns up dead, all fingers point to her […]
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Adult Books With Teen Appeal
These starry new adult releases may also appeal to teens: OLIVER LOVING by Stefan Merrill Block Also available in audio One of Esquire‘s “Most Anticipated Books of 2018” with two starred reviews! Nine years after seventeen-year-old Oliver Loving was struck by a bullet and fell into a coma, new diagnostic technology promises to reveal if […]
Most Anticipated Books of 2018
Best of 2017 has come and gone, now here are the most anticipated books of 2018, according to major media: Entertainment Weekly — 50 books we can’t wait to read in 2018 THE HAZEL WOOD by Melissa Albert One of the most anticipated debuts of the year — having set off an auction frenzy — […]
The 2018 #HoltDebutSquad
New year, new talent! Our pals at Henry Holt & Co. wanna make sure you don’t miss these exciting debut novels: THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT by Nafkote Tamirat Available March 13, 2018 A haunting story of fatherhood, national identity, and what it means to be an immigrant in America today, this coming-of-age story explores what […]
Stars for GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER
We were blown away by Shobha Rao’s debut story collection, AN UNRESTORED WOMAN, which made the 2017 RUSA Notable Fiction Reading List. Now, Rao’s debut novel, GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER, has THREE starred reviews: “This powerful, heart-wrenching novel and its two unforgettable heroines offer an extraordinary example of the strength that can be summoned in even […]
Our #LibFaves17 Picks
We enjoyed seeing so many of you participate in #LibFaves17 (thanks for making Jane Harper’s THE DRY an official 2017 Top Ten pick!). Now here are OUR #LibFaves17 picks (aka our 2017 “Recommended Reads” from the newsletter): Talia THE MAP THAT LEADS TO YOU by J.P. Monninger Also available in audio Finally, a book version […]
THE WIFE BETWEEN US and BENEATH THE SUGAR SKY are January 2018 LibraryReads Picks!
FANTASTIC NEWS! Macmillan has two books on the January 2018 LibraryReads list! Debuting at #2 is THE WIFE BETWEEN US by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen A January 2018 Indie Next pick with two starred reviews and big movie news! A novel of suspense that explores the complexities of marriage and the dangerous truths we […]
Stars for EAT THE APPLE
Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen after a drunken night culminating in wrapping his car around a fire hydrant, and deployed to Iraq three times. Now a creative-writing professor at Centralia College, Young shares his experiences through a broad range of narrative approaches (second person, third person, first-person plural, screenplay, crude drawings, […]
Thriller Thursday (12/7/17 Edition)
There’s a chill in the air… and a chill down your spine! THE VANISHING SEASON by Joanna Schaffhausen A December 2017 Indie Next pick! In the 2016 Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award winner, Ellery Hathaway is the only one who knows the real reason a person goes missing around her birthday […]
Day’s YA – I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOU
Hey hey YA readers! Emily here, your friendly neighborhood YA aficionado, with my thoughts on another SPECTACULAR book. I’ve been on a bit of a fairy tale/fantasy kick lately (as you could probably tell from my previous two posts, which I’m going to shamelessly plug here and here), so this brilliant piece of realistic fiction […]