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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 August 9, 2025
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Not Quite Dead Yet: A Novel
Holly Jackson
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A roller coaster ride of page-turning suspense and knock-out twists!' FREIDA MCFADDEN 'A thrilling, twisting, heartbreaker' CHRIS WHITAKER 'An original and...
King of Ashes
S. A. Cosby
'S. A. Cosby's novels always hit the grand slam of crime fiction' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'Cosby sends a shiver down the spine' DAILY MAIL 'A pulsating saga of family secrets and double and triple-crossing' THE TIMES, THE BEST THRILLERS OF 2025 A...
So Far Gone
Jess Walter
Paper Book
National Bestseller "A warm, funny, loving novel. . . . It's an American original."--Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake "Who better to give us the latest version of a recluse with a heart of gold than Walter... It's a gleeful,...
The Listeners: A Novel
Maggie Stiefvater
Paper Book
A beguiling, powerful and heartbreaking novel from an exceptional voice in fiction, The Listeners is the story of ordinary people thrown together in extraordinary circumstances, and the things we do to survive. 'Cinematic and so very satisfying... a phenomenally...
The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
Charlie English
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...
Julie Tudor Is Not a Psychopath
Jennifer Holdich
'Serious Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine vibes and just as hilarious, sad and disturbing. I predict a monster hit' Daily Mail 'Got a wicked sense of humour? Then you'll love this' Peterborough Telegraph 'Murder has no right to be this...
The Wrong Sister
Claire Douglas
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...

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