LibraryReads

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 August 29, 2025
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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...
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...
The Satisfaction Café: A Novel
Kathy Wang
"An engrossing and original story about a woman who moves from Taiwan to California and builds an unexpected life there"--
The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel
Allison King
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic--of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life--holds the power to transform a young woman's relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long-lost connections across time...
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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