Another hearty congratulations to Sarah Penner’s The London Séance Society, which has been named a LibraryReads Pick for March! The author of The Lost Apothecary brings a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead. From Shari Suarez, GDL-Johnson Memorial: “Lenna Wickes came to Paris in 1873 to apprentice for Vaudeline D’Allaire, a renowned spiritualist.Vaudeline is called back to (read more…)
More LibraryReads love! We’re so thrilled to announce that IT’S ONE OF US by J.T. Ellison has been named a LibraryReads Pick for February! From Andrea Galvin, Mt. Pulaski Public Library: “JT Ellison has written a beautiful story from start to finish. Olivia and Park struggle with infertility. A woman is found dead, and DNA shows the murderer is related to Park. Not only is this a well-done mystery of (read more…)
Our authors have done it again! Author Beverley Kendall’s TOKEN is January’s Bonus Pick and JUST THE NICEST COUPLE by Mary Kubica has entered the LibraryReads Hall of Fame for January! Best described as Queenie meets The Other Black Girl, Beverley Kendall’s TOKEN [Graydon House, Jan 3] is a fresh and of-the-moment novel that tackles racism and tokenism as experienced by a young Black American woman in the cutthroat world of publicity. (read more…)
A huge congratulations to authors Amber and Danielle Brown [SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT] and Molly Fader [THE SUNSHINE GIRLS]! Their books were voted LibraryReads picks for December! Here’s what librarians had to say: Amber and Danielle Brown’s SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT [Graydon House, Dec 27] is a fast-paced suspense novel about a young Black woman whose internship experience at the fashion house of her dreams is cut short after overhearing (read more…)
Congratulations to SOMEDAY, MAYBE by Onyi Nwabineli [Graydon House] and SECLUDED CABIN SLEEPS SIX by Lisa Unger [Park Row] for being named to November 2022’s LibraryReads list! Lisa Unger enters LR’s Hall of Fame, which honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly LibraryReads list since 2013. Named a GMA Book Club Pick for November, SOMEDAY, MAYBE is a stunning and witty debut novel about a young (read more…)
