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10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in June

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Is it really June already? There are some terrific books coming to our shelves in June that have “hammock time” written all over them.

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. Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
  2. The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
  3. The Book of Speculation by Erica Swyler
  4. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
  5. The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
  6. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
  7. The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand
  8. The Precipice by Paul Doiron
  9. My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
  10. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in May

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Did you know that May is “Get Caught Reading” Month? And with the terrific roster of books coming out in May, it should be easy get caught reading this month!

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. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  2. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
  3. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
  4. The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
  5. The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
  6. Early Warning by Jane Smiley
  7. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
  8. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
  9. Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
  10. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton

 

 

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in April

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April is typically a month of new beginnings. The snow is gone (we hope), the grass, leaves, and flowers are starting to grow, and plenty of new books are hitting the shelves.  Who knows, it may even get warm enough to read outside!

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. At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
  2. The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan
  3. A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
  4. The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg
  5. Still the One by Jill Shalvis
  6. Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
  7. House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy
  8. The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos
  9. The Bone Tree by Greg Iles
  10. Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in March

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There’s a light at the end of that winter tunnel! While you’re waiting for spring to finally arrive, why not hunker down with a good book? There are some great ones coming to our shelves in March!

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 Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce
  2. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
  3. Prudence by Gail Carriger
  4. The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M. J. Rose
  5. Cat Out of Hell by Lynne Truss
  6. Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
  7. Delicious Foods by James Hannaham
  8. The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell
  9. The Pocket Wife by Susan Crawford
  10. Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy

10 Books We’re Looking Forward to in February

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February. This quote from the Old Farmer’s Almanac pretty much sums it up:

“Groundhog found fog. New snows and blue toes. Fine and dandy for Valentine candy. Snow spittin’; if you’re not mitten-smitten, you’ll be frostbitten!”

We recommend curling up with a good book. Getting swept up in a good story can make the days fly by!

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 February are:

  1. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
  2. A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott
  3. My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
  4. The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn
  5. Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
  6. Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon
  7. A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
  8. A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders
  9. The Siege Winter by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman
  10. Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King