Download, read, and vote for your favorite May titles for the May 2026 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE APRIL 1ST! PALACES OF THE CROW by Ray Nayler | 9780374620752 | 5/19/26 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “A meditation on morality and mortality, this sharp speculative WWII drama from Hugo Award winner Nayler (THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION) […]
Tag: coming-of-age

Happy Half Hour (9/29/25)
Today, we’re chatting about a daughter who returns home to become her father’s caretaker and repair their strained relationship; a girl at Oxford who has one week to prove her innocence in her best friend’s murder, and catch the real killer; and a woman who is determined to save a struggling hip hop music and […]

Voices from the Screen and Stage (2/28/24)
These actors and musicians bring these novels to life on audio–from a famous opera singer and her relationship with a wealthy Greek shipping magnate, to a woman who has spent her career defending others but now must defend herself, to an art history student whose life eerily mirrors that of a deceased artist! DIVA BY […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (2/5/2024)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: GLASS HOUSES by Madeline Ashby9780765382924 | 8/13/24 A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, […]

Sneak Peek: March Indie Next List
The March 2024 Indie Next List includes EIGHT Macmillan titles! GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE BY SLOANE CROSLEY9780374609849 | 2/27/24 3 starred reviews! “[Crosley’s] characteristically whip-smart prose takes on a newly introspective quality as she reinvigorates dusty publishing memoir tropes and captures the minutiae of a complicated friendship with humor and heart. This is a must-read.”–Publishers […]

New Year, New Reads Staff Picks (1/30/24)
In celebration of a new year, we’re getting out of our comfort zones and picking up books outside of the genres we normally read! AMANDA’S PICK: THE WEDDING PEOPLE BY ALISON ESPACH This book has been getting so much in-house love that I can’t wait to dive in. It introduces a woman who gets the […]

Upcoming Romance (1/23/24)
If you’re in the mood for romance–be it second-chance, funny, rivals-to-lovers, fake dating, or coming-of-age–you’ll surely find something here! ONE LAST SHOT BY BETTY CAYOUETTE Available for download on Edelweiss know more. LibraryReads votes due by April 1st. “Cayouette crafts an engaging story that jumps back and forth between the protagonists’ high school days and […]

Upcoming Literary Fiction (1/11/24)
If you’re craving a look back at the 1960’s, a unique family saga, a sci-fi graphic novel, a thriller centered around a mother and daughter, an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age story, or a look into the tiny organisms that surround us, then you’ll surely find something here! THORN TREE BY MAX LUDINGTON Available for download on Edelweiss […]

Genre Friday: Romance (12/8/23)
We are swooning over these novels where a young girl learns to cope with chronic illness, three teens discover a fictional character has gotten into the real world, childhood friends reunite after having changed a lot, a governess fakes her way through her job, a Navy SEAL returns home to find the woman whose life […]

Women’s Fiction Wednesday (12/6/23)
We’re reading lots of female-centric books today with a novel inspired by the mysterious death of a Cuban American artist, the story of the kidnapping of an infant, a geocaching fanatic reeling from the death of her fiancé, and a woman finding her way again after hitting rock bottom. ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST BY […]

