Discover these must-read debut novels! UNIVERSE OF GRACE by Rachel Calnek-Sugin 9781250430021 | 11/17/26 One afternoon, on a visit to the Bronx Zoo, a jaguar tells six-year-old Grace Goldberg-Li that she isn’t human. But this is something that Grace has already suspected. Her life seems normal, but no one else, not even her beloved sister […]
Tag: magical realism

Happy Half Hour (6/8/26)
Today, we’re chatting about Bleak Haven, the town you won’t (or can’t!) leave; the life Oscar Wilde could have lived had he not been imprisoned, exiled from England, and died in his forties; and a mysterious family of women who have held their small North Carolina town enthralled for generations. CORPSE CREEK by Vincent Ralph […]

For Your Consideration: July 2026 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite July titles for the July 2026 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE JUNE 1ST! FABULOUS BODIES by Chuck Tingle | 9781250398567 | 7/7/26 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Tingle (LUCKY DAY) turns both the music and the blood spatter up to 11 in this extremely gory horror outing that nevertheless […]

Memoirs (4/8/26)
Powerful memoirs to add to your reading list! A VOICE LIKE MINE by Deb Haaland 9781250434227| 6/9/26 Nothing about Deb Haaland’s upbringing or family history set her up for a life of firsts: the first Native American woman elected to chair a state political party in the United States; one of the first two Native American […]

Book Club Books (4/7/26)
Check out these book club worthy reads! QUEEN MAB by Emily McBride 9780374617820| 8/4/26 There is a changeling in this story—but who is it? Madeleine is young for motherhood, a promising grad student in Victorian and modernist literature, twenty-three and not long married. Even her mother worries about the timing. But Madeleine’s ambivalence is pushed […]

Upcoming Releases – 3/3/26
Check out these noteworthy upcoming releases for your shelves—arriving March 3rd! WAIT FOR ME by Amy Jo Burns 9781250399304| 3/3/26 From the author of MERCURY and SHINER comes a novel about the bond between two female folk singers, the love stories that haunt them, and the music that brings them together to burn bright. LADY […]

2026 Best Fiction for Young Adults
We’re thrilled to have 6 titles on YALSA’s 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adults list! DUST by Alison Stine NOBODY IN PARTICULAR by Sophie Gonzales NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART by Lex Croucher OUR INFINITE FATES by Laura Steven SALVACIÓN by Sandra Proudman THE THRASHERS by Julie Soto You can view the full list […]

ALA’s 2026 Rainbow Book List
We’re so excited to have 7 titles on ALA’s2026 Rainbow Book Listfor Teen Readers! THE GOOD VAMPIRE’S GUIDE TO BLOOD & BOYFRIENDS by Jamie D’Amato (in the top ten!) Brennan is surprised to wake up a vampire one day. He’s also surprised to find himself falling for a cute librarian who seems oddly accepting of […]

Upcoming Releases – 1/27/26
Check out these noteworthy upcoming releases for your shelves—arriving January 27th! IF I RULED THE WORLD by Amy DuBois Barnett 9781250378125 | 1/27/26 A fast-paced, juicy debut novel that peeks behind the curtain at the cutthroat world of hip-hop music and the glamorous magazine scene in the late 1990s, written by the ultimate insider. THE […]

Day’s YA: IN TIME WITH YOU
IN TIME WITH YOU by Kristin Dwyer 9781250355133 3/3/2026 Wednesday Books Ages 13-18 Egalley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Nieve Monroe is nineteen years old, and she’s standing at her boyfriend’s funeral. She knows everyone there blames her for Carter’s death. Even Carter’s best friend, Max. Even Nieve herself, sometimes. After all, Carter drowned while […]

