Looking for heartfelt, multigenerational family stories? These five books grapple with loss, heritage, sibling dynamics, motherhood, and childhood. BACKSTITCH by Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili 9781250422712 | 2/23/27 Brooklyn, 1996. Serenity Marcelin and her six-year-old daughter, Jouvay, have spent the summer reeling from an unexpected, devastating loss. Just when the two of them are beginning to find solace Know More » […]
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Book Club Books (9/28/26)
Need some inspiration for your next book club pick? Look no further! BETWEEN YOU A RIVER by Kimberly Garza 9781250819871 | 12/1/26 In the 1960s, on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, the future of Corazon de la Cruz’s family rests with her. She’ll be the first to go to college, to immigrate to Know More » […]

For Your Consideration: December 2026 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite December titles for the December 2026 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1ST! CALL ME TRAITOR by Everina Maxwell | 9781250362339 | 12/1/26 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Maxwell’s (OCEAN’S ECHO) latest is just as queer and subversive as their previous books, with strong themes of ideology and identity, Know More » […]

For Your Consideration: November 2026 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite November titles for the November 2026 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE OCTOBER 1ST! BAD COMPANY by Sara Paretsky | 9781250412195 | 11/10/26 Request on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Paretsky’s stand-alone (after her twenty-second V. I. Warshawski novel, PAY DIRT, 2024) never lets up its unrelenting pace as Lily battles obstacles Know More » […]

Happy Half Hour (8/24/26)
Today, we’re chatting about a novelist who stumbles across a conspiracy theory that may have put his own life at risk; two sisters who are unearthing their mother’s long-buried secrets; and a precocious girl in Philadelphia trying to figure out who—or what—she might be. CONSPIRACY THEORY by Phillip Margolin | 9781250356925 | 11/17/26 BETWEEN YOU Know More » […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (8/18/26)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: LAST MISSION TO PARIS by Susan Elia MacNeal9781250361271 | 1/19/27 During WWII, four women from vastly different backgrounds, recruited as agents for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), became bonded through triumph and tragedy. But Know More » […]

Upcoming Releases – 7/14/26
Check out these noteworthy upcoming releases for your shelves—arriving July 14th! MISERY’S WIFE by Joan Tierney 9781250421791 | 7/14/26 A queer and cli-fi reimagining of a Portuguese folktale about a young trans woman who must save her elder sisters from the King of the Air, the King of the Sea, and the King of Misery. Know More » […]

July 2026 LibraryReads List
You voted, they counted, and Chuck Tingle (FABULOUS BODIES), Ashley Winstead (HOT GIRL MURDER CLUB), and Sarah Beth Durst (SEA OF CHARMS) are in the LibraryReads Hall of Fame for July 2026! FABULOUS BODIES BY CHUCK TINGLE | 9781250398567 | 7/7/26 “Tingle (LUCKY DAY) turns both the music and the blood spatter up to 11 in Know More » […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (6/9/26)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: WEIRD ERA: HOW PITCHFORK CHANGED MUSIC FOREVER by Ryan Schreiber9780374605506 | 12/1/26 In 1996, as legacy media slowly went digital, a nineteen-year-old Minneapolitan named Ryan Schreiber fired up his family’s desktop computer and brought his Know More » […]

Sneak Peek: July 2026 Indie Next List
The July 2026 Indie Next List includes three Macmillan titles! FABULOUS BODIES by Chuck Tingle 9781250398567 | 7/7/26 “Tingle (LUCKY DAY) turns both the music and the blood spatter up to 11 in this extremely gory horror outing that nevertheless puts his trademark sense of humor on full display… Tingle unwaveringly commits to the bit, Know More » […]

