Three-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and James Beard Award winner Michelle Huneven’s Bug Hollow, a family novel that follows the Samuelson clan over four decades as they hurt and heal one another.

Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to the books selected for the July 2025 LibraryReads Top Ten List.

Perfect for fans of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, this thoughtful, character-driven mystery blends cozy sleuthing with a powerful look at community, legacy, and truth-telling.

With starred reviews from publications including Booklist and AudioFile—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about.

A dysfunctional book club must learn to pull together and solve a murder in this big-hearted new mystery from the USA TODAY bestselling author of NOSY NEIGHBORS.

Six great summer listens!

From a dazzling new talent, the story of a newly divorced young mother forced to reckon with the secrets of her own childhood when she brings her daughters back to the big house where she was raised.

The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life?

Request eGalleys of some of our favorite August titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the July list ends on 7/1.

With starred reviews from publications including Library Journal and AudioFile—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about.

“Libraries are the soul of a civilization. They are paginated universes. And now, as an author, going to a library and seeing something I’ve written being held on those hallowed shelves, well, it’s the culmination of a lifelong dream.”

A woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how—through letters—in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived.