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10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in June

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Summer reading never looked so good, here are some great new titles for your beach bag!

Every month, librarians from around the country pick the top ten new books they’d most like to share with readers. The results are published on LibraryReads.org. One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. Click through to read more about what new and upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy this month. The top ten titles for June are:

  1. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healy
  2. China Dolls by Lisa See
  3. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
  4. I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum
  5. The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand
  6. Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch
  7. The Lobster Kings by Alexi Zentner
  8. The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank
  9. The Quick by Lauren Owen
  10. Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

 

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in May

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So many great books coming out in May, it’s hard to pick just ten!

Every month, librarians from around the country pick the top ten new books they’d most like to share with readers. The results are published on LibraryReads.org. One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. Click through to read more about what new and upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy this month. The top ten titles for May are:

  1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
  2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  3. The Bees by Laline Paull
  4. Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
  5. The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow
  6. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
  7. Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
  8. Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage by Molly Wizenberg
  9. Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones
  10. The Blessings by Elise Juska

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in April

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Another month, another list of new books to look forward to!

Every month, librarians from around the country pick the top ten new books they’d most like to share with readers. The results are published on LibraryReads.org. One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. Click through to read more about what new and upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy this month. The top ten titles for April are:

  1. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  2. Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
  3. And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass
  4. Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
  5. By its Cover: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteryby Donna Leon
  6. The Intern’s Handbook by Shane Kuhn
  7. Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home by Nina Stibbe
  8. The Axe Factor: A Jimm Juree Mysteryby Colin Cotterill
  9. Family Lifeby Akhil Sharma
  10. On the Rocksby Erin Duffy

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in March

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Every month, librarians from around the country pick the top ten new books they’d most like to share with readers. The results are published on LibraryReads.org. One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. Click through to read more about what new and upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy this month. The top ten titles for March are:

  1. The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
  2. The Accident by Chris Pavone
  3. The Divorce Papers by Susan Rieger
  4. The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths
  5. Panic by Lauren Oliver
  6. A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante
  7. Gemini by Carol Cassella
  8. Precious Thing by Colette McBeth
  9. Kill Fee: A Stevens and Windermere Novel by Owen Laukkanen
  10. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in February

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Every month, librarians from around the country pick the top ten new books they’d most like to share with readers. The results are published on LibraryReads.org. One of the goals of LibraryReads is to highlight the important role public libraries play in building buzz for new books and new authors. Click through to read more about what new and upcoming books librarians consider buzzworthy this month. The top ten titles are:

  1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
  2. The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick.
  3. This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash.
  4. The Martian by Andy Weir.
  5. After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman.
  6. Ripper by Isabel Allende.
  7. The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin.
  8. The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon.
  9. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon.
  10. E.E. Cummings by Susan Cheever.