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 October 8, 2025
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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.
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Not quite dead yet : a novel
Jackson, Holly
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder--now a hit Netflix series--returns with her first novel for adults: a twisty thriller about a young woman trying to solve her own murder. The stunning hardcover of Not Quite Dead features a...
The enchanted greenhouse
Durst, Sarah Beth
Paper Book
Return to the cosy and heartwarming world of The Spellshop in The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst, a world brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes and honeyed love. Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and...
King of ashes
Cosby, S. A.
Paper Book
The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy
Knightley, Brgitte.
Paper Book
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping: A cosy, heartfelt witchy romance from the author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Mandanna, Sangu.
Paper Book
So far gone : a novel
Walter, Jess
Paper Book
National Bestseller "A warm, funny, loving novel. . . . It's an American original."--Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake "Searing and sublime ... Walter is a slyly adept social critic, and has clearly invested his protagonist with all...
The Poppy Fields : a novel
Erlick, Nikki
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 listeners
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
As the U.S. joins World War II, the manager of a luxury hotel set in the remote West Virginia mountains finds herself charged with the care of detained Nazi diplomats--and the FBI agent looking for a spy among them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Maggie Stiefvater. ...
The CIA book club : the best-kept secret of the Cold War
English, Charlie
Paper Book
'Entertaining and vivid... This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment' OBSERVER 'Reads like a thriller' THE SUN The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. For...
Party of Liars: a gripping new debut psychological thriller with a gothic edge from an exciting new voice in fiction
Cox, Kelsey.
Paper Book
The Phoenix Pencil Company : a novel
King, Allison
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...
Maggie: ; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar
Yee, Katie.
Paper Book
The locked ward : a novel
Pekkanen, Sarah
Paper Book
New from Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Glass and co-author of The Wife Between Us. A shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood―and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point, The Locked...
Meet me at the crossroads : a novel
Giddings, Megan
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...
The library at Hellebore
Khaw, Cassandra
Paper Book
The witch roads
Elliott, Kate
Paper Book
Book 1 in the Witch Roads duology, the latest epic novel by fan favorite Kate Elliott.. Status is hereditary, class is bestowed, trust must be earned. When an arrogant prince (and his equally arrogant entourage) gets stuck in Orledder Halt as part of...
Automatic noodle
Newitz, Annalee
Paper Book
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.You don't have to eat food to know the way to a city's heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost...
The magician of Tiger Castle
Sachar, Louis
Paper Book
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. Long ago and far away (and somewhere south of France) lies the kingdom of Esquaveta. There, Princess Tullia...
Lucky day
Tingle, Chuck
Paper Book
"An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of Death Lucky Day is the instant USA Today and Indie bestseller from Chuck Tingle, where one woman...
The Book of Lost Hours: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Gelfuso, Hayley.
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! For fans of The Ministry of Time and The Midnight Library, a sweeping, unforgettable novel following two remarkable women moving between postwar and Cold War-era America and the mysterious time space, a library filled...
BLONDE WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
CARTER, ALLY.
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...
The river's daughter : a memoir
Crocker, Bridget
Paper Book
A vivid and propulsive memoir about finding courage and meaning in a life outdoors, by a world-class whitewater rafting guide. After Bridget Crocker's parents' volatile divorce, she moved with her mother from Southern California to Wyoming. Her life was idyllic, growing up...
What hunger
Dang, Catherine
Paper Book
The wrong sister
Douglas, Claire (Journalist)
Paper Book
**THE BRAND-NEW SUSPENSE-FILLED THRILLER FROM NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER CLAIRE DOUGLAS** *RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK* 'Outstanding. A terrific family drama' THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Claire Douglas at her masterful best...
The Battle of the Bookshops: A Novel
Alexander, Poppy.
Paper Book
A charming literary-themed novel about a young woman determined to save her great-aunt's beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competition--which also happens to be run by the handsome son of her family's rivals. The cute, seaside town of Portneath has been the home of...
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