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 April 1, 2025
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
Paper Book
WATERSTONES FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2024 THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER BARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK AMAZON.COM NO.1 BOOK OF THE YEAR 'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS 'A generous, compassionate book about the...
The Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak
Paper Book
Succession meets Lucy Foley's The Guest List in this thriller with a big heart and even bigger surprises, from the author of Hidden Pictures. 'Kept my heart racing and my mind reeling' Riley Sager 'The best thriller I've read all year' Grady Hendrix...
Society of Lies
Lauren Ling Brown
THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK 'Dark academia, secret societies, and murder - what's not to love?' Jessica Payne 'Takes you on a wild ride. It's a must-read!' Courteney Cox ------------ How far would you go to...
What Does It Feel Like?
Sophie Kinsella
Paper Book
From Number One bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story - by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming - of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew. 'What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it is my most...
Everyone Here Is Lying
Shari Lapeña
Paper Book
'The most addictive book I've read in ages- so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant.' LISA JEWELL 'I was obsessed with Everyone Here is Lying. . . Fast paced, tightly-plotted and with twists so well executed they floored me. Loved every word!'
Happiness Falls
Angie Kim
Paper Book
A gripping, heart-wrenching, missing-person story, Happiness Falls is about family, the pursuit of happiness and how far we go to protect the ones we love.
The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Paper Book
The wildly twisty and devilishly clever new thriller from the bestselling author of The Plot
The Librarianist: A Novel
Patrick deWitt
Paper Book
**AN INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER** **Selected as a Washington Post Book of the Summer**'I absolutely adored it' NINA STIBBE From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's...
The Mistletoe Mystery
Nita Prose
Paper Book
There's a 5* Christmas mystery unfolding at The Regency Grand Hotel... Full of charm and feel-good festive cheer, The Mistletoe Mystery short story is the perfect stocking-filler this Christmas! ____ It's the Christmas countdown at the Regency Grand Hotel, and...
Whalefall
Daniel Kraus
Paper Book
The Martian meets 127 Hours in this powerfully humane thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.
Swordcrossed
Freya Marske
Paper Book
Brimming with steamy romance, rougeish charm and intrigue, Swordcrossed is a dazzling queer fantasy from the internationally bestselling author of The Last Binding trilogy.'If you're doing romantasy without Freya Marske, you're doing it wrong' - Casey McQuiston, author of Red, White & Royal BlueLow...
Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo
Paper Book
A huge-hearted novel about three generations of women preparing for a living wake - the debut adult novel from the National Book Award-winning poet and YA author of The Poet X
Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda. Nena knows a thing or two about monsters--as the daughter of a rancher in Mexico, her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from...
The Blonde Identity
Ally Carter
Paper Book
'A unique, delightful, hilarious, unputdownable romance. . .I'm wonderstruck by The Blonde Identity!' - Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis'Everything I wanted in rom-com and more! Brilliant banter, clever humor, and so many swoon worthy scenes. . . I can't remember the last...
How Can I Help You
Laura Sims
Mister Magic
Kiersten White
Paper Book
Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show - and discover the secret of its enigmatic host - in this dark supernatural thriller from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide. Thirty years after a tragic...
The Woman in the Castello: A Gripping Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs
Kelsey James
Paper Book
A Lady's Guide to Scandal
Sophie Irwin
Paper Book

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