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“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin The author of Other People’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginningsdelivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone’s radar.   Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her […]

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“A compulsive page-turner with shades of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History peopled by a new generation.”—Catherine Steadman, New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water In her first weeks at Hawthorne College, Malin is swept up into a tight-knit circle that will stick together through all four years. There’s Gemma, an insecure theater major from London; John, a […]

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Click to request eGalleys of our favorite July titles, and if you love the books, please consider nominating them for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the July list ends on June 1st. Click to Request eGalleys of These and More July Titles. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York […]

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Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to all the books selected for the July 2018 LibraryReads Top Ten List! Click to Prepare for Your July Readers’ Advisory. Spinning Silver (#1) by Naomi Novik “A wonderful reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin story. A tale of love, family, magic, and destiny, told from the perspective of three strong female […]

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“When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story.” –SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street A mesmerizing debut set in Colombia […]

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Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to all the books selected for the July 2017 LibraryReads Top Ten List! Click to Prepare for Your July Readers’ Advisory. Watch Me Disappear (#2) By Janelle Brown “Billie is a beloved and loving wife and mother to Jonathan and Olive – or so they believe. Her […]

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Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to all the books selected for the July 2016 LibraryReads Top Ten list! Click to prepare for your July Readers’ Advisory. Dark Matter: A Novel (#1) By Black Crouch “Once on the fast-track to academic stardom, Jason Dessen finds his quiet family life and career upended when a stranger […]

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