Dear Librarians, You’re the heroes of Mother Daughter Traitor Spy, my first stand-alone novel. Without you, it simply wouldn’t exist. Let me explain. First, I wouldn’t and couldn’t have written a single book without librarians and without libraries. My hometown library—and one librarian in particular—nurtured my love of books and reading. I remember her putting a copy […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Listen to a Clip from the Audiobook. Twins Jeanie and Jamie King are inseparable. Stuck in a cabin in rural Washington with their alcoholic father, they cling to one another for safety and companionship. Until one night, when their father comes home covered in blood. The next […]
August Virtual Events Wrap-Up Watch the Latest Installment of Our AAPI Communities in Conversation Series Join author James Yang (A Boy Names Isamu) & librarian Karen Wang for the next episode of AAPI Communities in Conversation! Watch Here. View the Full Lineup of Our AAPI Communities in Conversation Here. View Previous Episodes on Our YouTube Channel Here. […]
Request eGalleys of some of our favorite November titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the November list ends on 10/1. Click to Request eGalleys of These November Titles and More. Click to Learn More About the Audio Editions. The Magic Kingdom: A Novel by Russell […]
Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Listen to a Clip from the Audiobook. Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood […]
Last year we celebrated National Best Friends Day with a staff roundup of our book BFFs. But this year we couldn’t resist going a little darker to collect a list of our book best “fiends” forever. From murderous therapists to psychotically twisted housewives, these are the characters we love to hate. “Ruby is a thriving […]
Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to the books selected for the September 2022 LibraryReads Top Ten List. Click to Request eGalleys to Prepare for Your September Readers’ Advisory. Click to Learn About the LibraryReads Picks on Audio. TOP PICK: The Marriage Portrait: A Novel by Maggie O’Farrell The author of Hamnet—New York Times best […]
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Click to Read an Excerpt on First Look. Listen to a Clip from the Audiobook. View or Download the Book Club Kit. Lolly Blanchard’s life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother’s tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order […]
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