reviews

Deck the shelves with novels set during Christmas and Hanukkah!

What the Wife Knew by Darby Kane is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.

O’Brien’s fiction debut is a highly intriguing vision of the near future that examines the role of memory in a functional aspect, which also underscores the utility of forgetting: “Funes the Memorious” by Jorge Luis Borges meets Total Recall by Philip K. Dick, with a wry narration that balances the grim reality.

Four iconic writers of Golden Age crime fiction—Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham—help DCI Lilian Wyles, the first woman detective chief inspector in the CID, solve a case. 

New LGBTQIA+ fiction from Joanna Lowell, Mae Marvel, Chip Pons, and Jodie Slaughter to help celebrate Pride Month, along with great beach reads from Josie Silver and Alicia Thompson.

This month features a lesbian vampire tale from bestselling V.E. Schwab, a historical portal fantasy from LJ Best Book author H.G. Parry, and two fairy-tale retellings.

Rival thieves, court intrigue, and monsters appear amid the romance in these anticipated romantasy reads.

Taylor Jenkins Reid returns with a 1980s-set love story amid NASA’s Space Shuttle program, while YA author Renée Ahdieh makes her adult debut with a novel about young lawyer Jia Song and the wealthy Park family.

Award-winning Susan Choi and Joyce Carol Oates offer new novels, and Ho-Yeon Kim's international bestseller is released in the U.S.