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The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright
The True Story of Mass Murder in Paradise By: Casey Sherman Narrator: Justin Price Sourcebooks ISBN: 9781464241895 Publisher: Sourcebooks non-fiction Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America. Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings—he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy m
Judith D Collins
Jun 85 min read
Beach Thriller
By: Jamie Day Narrators: Emily Shaffer, Jane Oppenheimer, Jennifer Pickens, Megan Tusing Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250358233 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BEST SUMMER MYSTERY JUN #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat Feature The next riveting summer suspense by the author of THE BLOCK PARTY, ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY, and THE LAKE ESCAPE Jamie Day. It's been nearly twenty years since Holly last visited
Judith D Collins
Jun 813 min read
Keep Them Close
By: David Ellis Narrators: Robin McAlpine, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Kelli Tager Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217045877 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the bestselling author of Look Closer comes a new domestic thriller about betrayal and murder inside one twisted family. “David Ellis is a master of layered, complex thrillers. A fast-paced, twisty, wild ride.” —Mary Kubica, New York Times b
Judith D Collins
Jun 75 min read
Heather
By: Caitlin Mullen Narrators: Bailey Carr, Christine Lakin, Mia Wurgaft Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250400574 Publisher: Celadon Books Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us. 1990. In the myth-riddled woods of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, sixteen-
Judith D Collins
Jun 75 min read
Don't Look Away
By: Daniel Kenitz ISBN: 9781668208656 Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 07/07/2026 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the author of The Perfect Home comes a harrowing domestic crime thriller where a former defense attorney is forced out of retirement to defend her husband—now the prime suspect in the serial murder case terrorizing Florida’s Gulf Coast. Leslie Woodhouse’s most exciting days should be behind her. In a past life, she
Judith D Collins
Jun 43 min read
In Wonderland
By: Joyce Maynard Narrator: Joyce Maynard Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662540899 Publisher: LIttle A Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In one golden summer, Frances trades her working-class world for an elite Maine lakeside estate—where privilege and betrayal turn into a deadly game. Frances believes she’s found a ticket to paradise when a wealthy couple hires her for the summer as their mother’s helper at th
Judith D Collins
Jun 42 min read
The Windsor Affair
By: Melanie Benjamin Narrator: Clare Corbett ISBN: 9780593497883 Publisher: Ballantine | Delacorte Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A scandalous affair. A power struggle for the throne. A sensational rivalry between an English queen and an American social climber. In this electrifying novel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue tells the story of the Abdication of Edward VIII—
Judith D Collins
Jun 46 min read
Evie Walters Takes the Wheel
By: Kathleen Fox ISBN: 9781662544019 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this warmhearted and witty debut, a mysterious gift spurs a widow to take a cross-country journey to find its sender—and along the way, she rediscovers herself. Evie Walters has lived most of her seventy-one years according to others’ expectations. But on the day of her husband’s funeral, she receives an anonymous delivery: an
Judith D Collins
Jun 42 min read
You Girls Play NIce
By: KD Aldyn Narrator: Joy Regullano ISBN: 9781464236662 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS For fans of Karin Slaughter and The Butcher Game, comes a chilling, "good for her" revenge thriller that paints a searing picture of friendship, justice, and vengeance, a story that asks: how far would you go to avenge your friend? Four friends. Four plans for revenge. One secret killer. When He
Judith D Collins
Jun 45 min read
Autoimmunity and the Good Girls
How Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well By: Sara Hirsh Bordo Narrator: Sara Hirsh Bordo ISBN: 9780063450660 Publisher: HarperOne Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars % (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #TopBooksof2026 “Sara’s an architect of change.” —Maria Shriver Foreword by Richard Carmona MD, MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States The inspirational, deeply researched wellness journey by the award-winning
Judith D Collins
Jun 210 min read
The Secret Attic
By: Chelsea Conradt Narrator: Brittany Pressley Sourcebooks ISBN: 978-1464229190 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "Haunting and atmospheric." ―Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author, for The Farmhouse The past isn't just haunting her―it's hunting her. Addison Lowe knew her mother-in-law despised her, but inheriting Barb's massive estate after her death feels less like closure an
Judith D Collins
Jun 27 min read
Road Trip
By: Mary Kay Andrews Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250372895 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Rolling hills, hot men with accents, and a trip to Ireland two sisters might not survive. The queen of summer beach reads and New York Times Bestselling author, Mary Kay Andrews is crossing the pond! Road Trip marks Andrews’ first novel in two years, the book was
Judith D Collins
Jun 15 min read
Sisterhood Above All
By: Kathleen Barber and Amayah Shaienne Narrators: Narrated by Charlotte Lobdell; Khaya Fraites; Suzy Jackson ISBN: 9781250445087 Publisher: Macmilan Audio Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: TBR (ALC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Any girl would kill to be a Gamma. “Barber and Shaienne’s juicy, sexy, vicious collab is like America’s Next Top Model stitched with The Art of War. You’ll be equally riveted by the reality TV-level drama and the raw authenticity of t
Judith D Collins
Jun 13 min read
The Other Kind of Lion
By: Catherine Ryan Hyde ISBN: 9781662522352 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 11/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A war widow and a neglected boy form a chosen family in a profoundly moving multigenerational saga about the transformative power of kindness by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. It’s 1970 in rural California where Shirley Bennett, a forty-year-old Vietnam War widow, lives with her two sons. It’s a rou
Judith D Collins
Jun 12 min read
This Jury Is Guilty
By: Laurie Blake ISBN: 9781464278723 Publisher: Sourebooks Landmark Publication Date: 11/03/3026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Everyone is Watching meets Twelve Angry Men in a tense and twisty locked-room thriller where, sequestered together until the Hollywood trial is closed, a jury must decide the fate of an actor accused of attempted murder, but this jury has explosive secrets, and one of them is about to get away with murder. No one here
Judith D Collins
Jun 12 min read
Wicked Wanted Widows
The Widows #3 By: Kimberly Belle, Vanessa Lillie; Cate Holahan ISBN: 9781464255502 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The Widows are back in this thrilling third installment of the Young Rich Widows series! This time, a Providence bank robbery-turned-kidnapping creates chaos, as rescuing one of their own finds them on the wrong side of the law, risking everything they've built since their sp
Judith D Collins
Jun 13 min read
The Housewife
By: Natalie Barelli Narrator: Karissa Vacker Dreamscape Media ISBN: 9781464247552 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From bestselling indie thriller writer Natalie Barelli comes a new deliciously dark novel about a woman who married the man of her dreams, only for him to become her worst nightmare. Jodie always dreamed of being a housewife. And after a whirlwind romance, she ma
Judith D Collins
Jun 16 min read
The Paris Files
By: Eva Jurczyk ISBN: 9798217060641 Publisher: Viking | Panela Dorman Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “Staggeringly good . . . Eva Jurczyk is a dazzling talent, and her dark and beguiling Paris is unforgettable.” —Rosie Walsh A sophisticated, character-driven thriller in which a romantic rendezvous in Paris turns disastrous after the disappearance of a new lover Genie St. Onge’s heart is broken more often than it’s not—
Judith D Collins
Jun 13 min read
You First
A Joe Goldberg Prequel Book #5 YOU By: Caroline Kepnes Narrator: Santino Fontana ISBN: 9780399591464 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “The most distinctive voice in thrillers is back.”—Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast How did Joe Goldberg become Joe Goldberg? What led to his first love . . . first obsession . . . first kill? Find out in
Judith D Collins
May 316 min read
The Quitters Club
By: Jessica Strawser Narrator: Andi Arndt Brilliance Audio ISBN: 978-1662534959 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 06/01/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "Jessica Strawser delivers a thought-provoking, life-affirming novel about the things we keep, what we leave behind, and the courage it takes to, well, quit. The Quitters Club is an ode to female friendship and the liberating truth that defining life on your own terms isn’t failure, it’s f
Judith D Collins
May 306 min read
Based on a True Story
By Sarah Vaughn Narrator: Juliet Stevenson ISBN: 9780063457706 Publisher: HarperAudio Adult | Harper Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “Vaughan is simply a genius at immersing you in simmering tensions and turning up the heat."—Ellery Lloyd “A stunning novel."—Gilly Macmillan "A flawlessly constructed thriller, perfectly paced and filled with smart reveals. This is a read-in-one-sitting delight of a novel!"—Lucy Clarke A co
Judith D Collins
May 2911 min read
You Let Me In
By: Lucy Clarke ISBN:9780802168016 Publisher: Atlantic Crime | Grove Atlantic Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format:Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TWO MILLION COPY AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR “Utterly compulsive! Twisty, atmospheric, and beautifully written. I couldn’t put it down.”—Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The Wrong Sister Lock Every Door meets Rear Window in this white-knuckle thriller about a struggling writer locked in a twis
Judith D Collins
May 292 min read
River Deep
Bitterfrost Thriller #2 By: Bryan Gruley ISBN: 978-1448316120 Publisher: Severn House Publication Date: 07/07/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS JUL #LITLIFTMINIAUTHORCHAT Attorney Devyn Payne is left navigating thin ice as her small-town community fractures in the wake of a shocking crime in River Deep, the second in the Bitterfrost thriller series from Edgar nominee and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bryan Gruley. “Visceral, vivid, and sus
Judith D Collins
May 2810 min read
Beneath a Broken Sky
Ben Packard #4 By: Joshua Moehling Narrator: Linda Jones Sourcebooks ISBN: 978-1728279053 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From USA Today bestselling author Joshua Moehling comes a tense, atmospheric thriller about one detective's search for a mysterious killer in the chaos following a deadly storm… It's a hot, miserable summer in the small town of Sandy Lake. Detective Ben Packard has
Judith D Collins
May 286 min read
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