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Syndetics Unbound has partnered with LibraryReads to deliver favorites from librarians around the country. As LibraryReads recommends books before they arrive in most libraries, the list below is drawn from the last three months of LibraryReads.
Updated October 18, 2025
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna
Ebook
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! * A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers--and her life--back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Sera Swan...
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The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
Kristin Harmel
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who "is the best there is at sweeping historical drama" (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a...
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So Far Gone
Jess Walter
Paper Book
"As talented a natural storyteller as is working in American fiction."--Washington Post From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins--and in the wild, propulsive spirit of Charles Portis' True Grit--comes a hilarious and brilliantly provocative adventure...
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The Magician of Tiger Castle
Louis Sachar
Paper Book
* AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER * AN INDIE NEXT LIST PICK * A LIBRARY READS PICK * The beloved author of Holes presents his first adult novel, a modern fantasy classic of forbidden love, a crumbling kingdom, and the unexpected magic all around us. "After decades...
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The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
Brigitte Knightley
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Loyalties are tested in this slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy following an assassin and a healer forced to work together to cure a fatal disease, all while resisting the urge to kill each other--or, worse, fall in love. ...
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The Poppy Fields
Nikki Erlick
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit The Measure--a runaway bestseller and a Read with Jenna TODAY Show pick--comes a stunning speculative story of healing, self-discovery, forgiveness, and found friendship. "This ambitious novel tells a speculative...
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Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
Katie Yee
Paper Book
Summer's Best Beach Reads by The New York Times * Books You Should Read This July by New York magazine * Books We're Most Excited About by Today * Best Beach Reads by Harper's Bazaar * Best Books of Summer by ELLE * Most Anticipated Books of the Summer by...
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The Phoenix Pencil Company
Allison King
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "The Phoenix Pencil Company is a masterful blending of history, fantasy, and romance that sank into my heart . . . This book had me smiling through my tears." -- Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and...
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The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold
Ally Carter
Paper Book
"Ally Carter wrote a unique, delightful, hilarious, unputdownable romance! I didn't know I needed an adventure romcom about grumpy/sunshine spies with amazing chemistry and a dash of amnesia, but it was exactly what was missing in my life. I'm wonderstruck by The Blonde Identity! (Also, this book...
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Typewriter Beach: A Novel
Meg Waite Clayton
Paper Book
Instant USA Today Bestseller · Washington Post 5 Works of Historical Fiction to Read This Summer · Top 10 Library Read · Los Angeles Times 10 Reads for a Beach Day · Publishers Weekly Summer Read · Woman's World Book Club Pick · Zibby Books That'll Make You Swoon · AARP Summer...
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The Satisfaction Café
Kathy Wang
Paper Book
National Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Summer by People, Oprah Daily, and Today.com A LibraryReads "">Top 10 Pick How do we live so that we are satisfied? How can people connect during moments of loneliness?...
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What Hunger
Catherine Dang
Paper Book
One of Goodreads, Book Riot, and AV Club's Most Anticipated Horror Novels of the Year "Incendiary...this one hits hard." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) * "Intense, visceral, and not to be missed." --Booklist (starred review) *...
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Meet Me at the Crossroads: A Novel
Megan Giddings
Paper Book
A LIBRARY READS PICK From the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly, a dazzling novel about two brilliant sisters and what happens to their undeniable bond when a mysterious and possibly perilous new world beckons. On an ordinary summer...
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