"The LibraryReads monthly Top Ten list is created by library staff across the country, who read advance copies of pre-pub adult books generously supplied by publishers. Rather than picking "the best" of anything, LibraryReads represents collective favorites - the books library staff loved reading and cannot wait to share. There is no selection committee or jury; the list is completely compiled via votes from the U.S. public library community." LibraryReads.org
Bookshops & Bonedust
By Baldree, Travis
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek. Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes, Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books.. Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk -- so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.. What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?. Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.
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9781250886101
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Paperback
The Future
By Alderman, Naomi
From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Power comes a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.The Future - as the richest people on the planet have discovered - is where the money is.The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction while safeguarding their own survival with secret lavish bunkers.The Future is private weather, technological prophecy and highly deniable weapons.The Future is a handful of friends - the daughter of a cult leader, a non-binary hacker, an ousted Silicon Valley visionary, the concerned wife of a dangerous CEO, and an internet-famous survivalist - hatching a daring plan. It could be the greatest heist ever. Or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
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9781668025680
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Hardcover
Day
By Cunningham, Michael
A searing, exquisitely crafted exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life - and how we all must learn to live together and apart - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. April 5, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel, husband and wife, are slowly drifting apart - and both, it seems, are a little bit in love with Isabel's younger brother, Robbie. Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, is living vicariously through a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house - and whose departure threatens to break the family apart. And then there is Nathan, age ten, taking his first uncertain steps toward independence, while his sister Violet, five, does her best not to notice the growing rift between her parents.
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9780399591341
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Hardcover
Good Girls Don't Die
By Henry, Christina
A sharp-edged, supremely twisty thriller about three women who find themselves trapped inside stories they know aren't their own, from the author of Alice and Near the Bone.. Celia wakes up in a house that's supposed to be hers. There's a little girl who claims to be her daughter and a man who claims to be her husband, but Celia knows this family - and this life - is not hers ... . Allie is supposed to be on a fun weekend trip - but then her friend's boyfriend unexpectedly invites the group to a remote cabin in the woods. No one else believes Allie, but she is sure that something about this trip is very, very wrong ... . Maggie just wants to be home with her daughter, but she's in a dangerous situation and she doesn't know who put her there or why. She'll have to fight with everything she has to survive .
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9780593638194
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Paperback
Plot Twist
By Rosa, Erin La
"Definitely needs to be on your TBR." - Frolic on For Butter or Worse. "With great tension, simmering heat, and clever banter, For Butter or Worse is a mouthwateringly delicious enemies-to-lovers romance." - Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Heart Principle. She's written off more than she can chew ... . Romance author Sophie Lyon's ironic secret just went viral: she's never been in love. Though her debut novel made readers swoon, Sophie's having trouble getting her new characters to happily-ever-after, and she blames it on her own uninspired love life. With a manuscript deadline looming, Sophie makes an ambitious plan to overcome her writer's block: reunite with her exes to learn why she's never fallen in love - and document it all for her millions of new online followers.
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9781335458117
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Paperback
Class
By Land, Stephanie
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner - a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid.. When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" (People) . Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions.
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9781982151393
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Hardcover
The Manor House
By Macmillan, Gilly
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come trueBe careful what you wish for...Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple - until a massive lottery win changes their lives overnight.Soon they've moved into a custom-built state-of-the-art Glass Barn on the stunning grounds of Lancaut Manor in Gloucestershire. They have fancy cars, expensive hobbies, and an exclusive lifestyle they never could have imagined.But this dream world quickly turns into a nightmare when Tom is found dead in the swimming pool. Nicole is devastated. Tom is her rock. And their beautiful barn - with all its smart features that never seem to work for her - is beginning to feel very lonely.
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9780063074385
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Hardcover
A Grandmother Begins the Story
By Porter, Michelle
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story of the unrivaled desire for healing and the power of familial bonds across five generations of Métis women and the land and bison that surround them.. Written like a crooked Métis jig, A Grandmother Begins the Story follows five generations of women and bison as they reach for the stories that could remake their worlds and rebuild their futures.. Carter is a young mother, recently separated. She is curious, angry, and on a quest to find out what the heritage she only learned of in her teens truly means. Allie, Carter's mother, is trying to make up for the lost years with her first born, and to protect Carter from the hurt she herself suffered from her own mother.
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9781643755182
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Hardcover
The Mystery Guest
By Prose, Nita
A new mess. A new mystery. It's up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty, in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club pick.. Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead - very dead - on the hotel's tea room floor.. When Detective Stark, Molly's old foe, investigates the author's unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul.
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9780593356180
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Hardcover
The Other Half
By Vassell, Charlotte
The night beforeRupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's - catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot.The morning afterHis girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally.This investigation is going to be about Classics degrees and aristocrats, Instagram influencers and who knows who. Or is it whom? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and as into self-improvement as Clemmie - but as he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxury, a wall of staggering wealth threatens to shut down his investigation before it's begun.Can he see through the tangled set of relationships in which the other half live, and die, before the case is taken out of his hands?Bitingly funny, full of twists, and all too close to reality, this is a stunning debut from your next favourite crime writer.
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9780593685945
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Hardcover
Calamity
By Fay, Constance
Winter's Orbit meets Ilona Andrews in this sexy enemies-to-lovers romance. . "Constance Fay...wildly combines heart-stirring romance with a high-stakes adventure in a wonderfully deep space odyssey. This passionate story is a heady mix of suspense, romance, and intrigue, all set within an intricate and intriguing new world!"--Rebecca Zanetti, New York Times bestselling author of You Can Hide. The captain of a ragtag mercenary ship is given an offer she can't refuse by the ruthless head of an intergalactic noble family. The only catch? She'll have to team up with his son--an upsettingly competent hardbody with his own agenda--to get her reward.. She's got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member ..
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9781250330413
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Hardcover
Dolls of Our Lives
By Mahoney, Mary
Which American Girl are you? . Are you a Molly (a patriotic overachiever with a flair for drama) ? Felicity (the original horse girl) ? Kirsten (a cottagecore fan who seems immune to cholera) , Samantha (a savior complex in a sailor suit) , or Josefina (who dealt with grief by befriending a baby goat) ? Have you ever wondered how Britney Spears or Michelle Kwan would answer that question? And why do we care so much which girl we are?. Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, Dolls of Our Lives follows Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney on an unforgettable journey to the past as they delve into the origins of this iconic brand. Continuing the conversations that began on their podcast, they set out to answer the lingering questions that keep them up at night.
"The LibraryReads monthly Top Ten list is created by library staff across the country, who read advance copies of pre-pub adult books generously supplied by publishers. Rather than picking "the best" of anything, LibraryReads represents collective favorites - the books library staff loved reading and cannot wait to share. There is no selection committee or jury; the list is completely compiled via votes from the U.S. public library community." LibraryReads.org
Bookshops & Bonedust
By Baldree, Travis
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek. Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes, Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books.. Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk -- so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.. What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?. Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.
The Future
By Alderman, Naomi
From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Power comes a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.The Future - as the richest people on the planet have discovered - is where the money is.The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction while safeguarding their own survival with secret lavish bunkers.The Future is private weather, technological prophecy and highly deniable weapons.The Future is a handful of friends - the daughter of a cult leader, a non-binary hacker, an ousted Silicon Valley visionary, the concerned wife of a dangerous CEO, and an internet-famous survivalist - hatching a daring plan. It could be the greatest heist ever. Or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
Day
By Cunningham, Michael
A searing, exquisitely crafted exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life - and how we all must learn to live together and apart - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. April 5, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel, husband and wife, are slowly drifting apart - and both, it seems, are a little bit in love with Isabel's younger brother, Robbie. Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, is living vicariously through a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house - and whose departure threatens to break the family apart. And then there is Nathan, age ten, taking his first uncertain steps toward independence, while his sister Violet, five, does her best not to notice the growing rift between her parents.
Good Girls Don't Die
By Henry, Christina
A sharp-edged, supremely twisty thriller about three women who find themselves trapped inside stories they know aren't their own, from the author of Alice and Near the Bone.. Celia wakes up in a house that's supposed to be hers. There's a little girl who claims to be her daughter and a man who claims to be her husband, but Celia knows this family - and this life - is not hers ... . Allie is supposed to be on a fun weekend trip - but then her friend's boyfriend unexpectedly invites the group to a remote cabin in the woods. No one else believes Allie, but she is sure that something about this trip is very, very wrong ... . Maggie just wants to be home with her daughter, but she's in a dangerous situation and she doesn't know who put her there or why. She'll have to fight with everything she has to survive .
Plot Twist
By Rosa, Erin La
"Definitely needs to be on your TBR." - Frolic on For Butter or Worse. "With great tension, simmering heat, and clever banter, For Butter or Worse is a mouthwateringly delicious enemies-to-lovers romance." - Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Heart Principle. She's written off more than she can chew ... . Romance author Sophie Lyon's ironic secret just went viral: she's never been in love. Though her debut novel made readers swoon, Sophie's having trouble getting her new characters to happily-ever-after, and she blames it on her own uninspired love life. With a manuscript deadline looming, Sophie makes an ambitious plan to overcome her writer's block: reunite with her exes to learn why she's never fallen in love - and document it all for her millions of new online followers.
Class
By Land, Stephanie
From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner - a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid.. When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" (People) . Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions.
The Manor House
By Macmillan, Gilly
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come trueBe careful what you wish for...Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple - until a massive lottery win changes their lives overnight.Soon they've moved into a custom-built state-of-the-art Glass Barn on the stunning grounds of Lancaut Manor in Gloucestershire. They have fancy cars, expensive hobbies, and an exclusive lifestyle they never could have imagined.But this dream world quickly turns into a nightmare when Tom is found dead in the swimming pool. Nicole is devastated. Tom is her rock. And their beautiful barn - with all its smart features that never seem to work for her - is beginning to feel very lonely.
A Grandmother Begins the Story
By Porter, Michelle
Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story of the unrivaled desire for healing and the power of familial bonds across five generations of Métis women and the land and bison that surround them.. Written like a crooked Métis jig, A Grandmother Begins the Story follows five generations of women and bison as they reach for the stories that could remake their worlds and rebuild their futures.. Carter is a young mother, recently separated. She is curious, angry, and on a quest to find out what the heritage she only learned of in her teens truly means. Allie, Carter's mother, is trying to make up for the lost years with her first born, and to protect Carter from the hurt she herself suffered from her own mother.
The Mystery Guest
By Prose, Nita
A new mess. A new mystery. It's up to Molly the maid to uncover the truth, no matter how dirty, in this standalone novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid, a Good Morning America Book Club pick.. Molly Gray is not like anyone else. With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, she has risen through the ranks of the glorious five-star Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But just as her life reaches a pinnacle state of perfection, her world is turned upside down when J.D. Grimthorpe, the world-renowned mystery author, drops dead - very dead - on the hotel's tea room floor.. When Detective Stark, Molly's old foe, investigates the author's unexpected demise, it becomes clear that this death was murder most foul.
The Other Half
By Vassell, Charlotte
The night beforeRupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's - catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot.The morning afterHis girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally.This investigation is going to be about Classics degrees and aristocrats, Instagram influencers and who knows who. Or is it whom? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and as into self-improvement as Clemmie - but as he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxury, a wall of staggering wealth threatens to shut down his investigation before it's begun.Can he see through the tangled set of relationships in which the other half live, and die, before the case is taken out of his hands?Bitingly funny, full of twists, and all too close to reality, this is a stunning debut from your next favourite crime writer.
Calamity
By Fay, Constance
Winter's Orbit meets Ilona Andrews in this sexy enemies-to-lovers romance. . "Constance Fay...wildly combines heart-stirring romance with a high-stakes adventure in a wonderfully deep space odyssey. This passionate story is a heady mix of suspense, romance, and intrigue, all set within an intricate and intriguing new world!"--Rebecca Zanetti, New York Times bestselling author of You Can Hide. The captain of a ragtag mercenary ship is given an offer she can't refuse by the ruthless head of an intergalactic noble family. The only catch? She'll have to team up with his son--an upsettingly competent hardbody with his own agenda--to get her reward.. She's got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member ..
Dolls of Our Lives
By Mahoney, Mary
Which American Girl are you? . Are you a Molly (a patriotic overachiever with a flair for drama) ? Felicity (the original horse girl) ? Kirsten (a cottagecore fan who seems immune to cholera) , Samantha (a savior complex in a sailor suit) , or Josefina (who dealt with grief by befriending a baby goat) ? Have you ever wondered how Britney Spears or Michelle Kwan would answer that question? And why do we care so much which girl we are?. Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, Dolls of Our Lives follows Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney on an unforgettable journey to the past as they delve into the origins of this iconic brand. Continuing the conversations that began on their podcast, they set out to answer the lingering questions that keep them up at night.