What Are We Reading? Summer Staff Picks

By Rachel Tran | June 27 2024 | NewsStaff PicksGeneral

PRH Library Marketing is celebrating hot book summer with these staff picks. Which will you read next?

Rachel's Pick

Miriam's Pick

Thus Waves Come in Pairs
Thus Waves Come in Pairs
Thinking with the Mediterraneans
Reflections on the Mediterraneans, their interconnected cultures and bodies of sweet and salty water, and the possibilities of narrating their current transformations.
Feb 06, 2024
Paperback
Sternberg Press
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Jen R.'s Pick

Jackpot Summer
Jackpot Summer
Elyssa Friedland

Read by Thérèse Plummer

After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy lives will transform into sleek, storybook perfection–but they couldn’t be more wrong.

USA Today bestseller
A Skimm Reads Pick
She Reads – Most Anticipated Contemporary Fiction 2024

 

Jun 11, 2024
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Sharnell's Pick

Not You Again
Not You Again
Ingrid Pierce
Married at First Sight meets The Ex Talk in this heartfelt yet sexy second-chance romance debut in which one couple must decide if they can overcome their past for a chance at happily ever after, perfect for fans of One to Watch.
Jul 09, 2024
Paperback
Alcove Press
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Kelly's Pick

Summer After Summer
Summer After Summer
A Novel
Lauren Bailey
A woman returns to her family's Hamptons beach house for a final time—and a final chance at the love she's lost before, in this contemporary retelling of Persuasion, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Rebecca Serle.
May 07, 2024
Hardcover
Alcove Press
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Maureen's Pick

The Wisdom of Sheep
The Wisdom of Sheep
Observations from a Family Farm
Rosamund Young
“Elegiac, funny, warm and wise, The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike.” —Katherine MayA touching, wise and surprising chronicle of the rich inner lives of animals, drawn from Rosamund Young’s extraordinary lifetime as an organic farmer
Aug 13, 2024
Hardcover
Penguin Press
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Valeria's Pick

She Who Knows
She Who Knows
Nnedi Okorafor
Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality, this novella offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a teenager whose coming of age will herald a new age for her world. Set in the universe Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor first introduced in the World Fantasy Award-winning Who Fears Death, this is the first in the She Who Knows trilogy
Aug 20, 2024
Hardcover
DAW
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Elizabeth's Pick

The Next Mrs. Parrish
The Next Mrs. Parrish
A Novel
Liv Constantine
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • CBS NEW YORK BOOK CLUB PICK • Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each other’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line, in this thrilling sequel to the million-copy-bestselling Reese’s Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish. “Delicious and shocking, The Next Mrs. Parrish is an incredibly entertaining and compulsive tale of revenge and deception you won’t want to miss.”—Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author of You Shouldn’t Have Come Here
Jun 18, 2024
Hardcover
Bantam
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