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Falling For Peachtree Bluff
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey Narrators: Janet Metzger, Shannon McManus, Rebekkah Ross, Erin Ruth Walker, Candace Thaxton Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781668219300 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 09/15/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Welcome to Peachtree Bluff: a sweet, cozy small town where family is everything. The “go-to for elevated beach reads,” (People), Kristy Woodson Harvey, returns just in time for pumpkin spice season. T
Judith D Collins
Sep 155 min read
Hollow Bones
By: Jodi Picoult Narrators: Rebecca Soler, MacLeod Andrews, Julia Whelan, Jodi Picoult Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593726259 Publisher: Ballantine Publication Date: 09/15/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner. On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fi
Judith D Collins
Sep 156 min read
Daughters of Gold
By: Robin Mahle ISBN: 9798996605705 Publisher: Harp House Publishing Publication Date: 09/15/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Some women are born to inherit it. Others are forged by it. California, 1852 Gold fever has transformed the American frontier. Men flood west in search of fortune, while new towns emerge from the wilderness almost overnight. For some, the Gold Rush offers the chance to strike it rich. For others, it offers somethi
Judith D Collins
Sep 145 min read
A Rainy Night in Georgia
A Lawman's Brutal Murder, a Rogue Southern Sheriff, and a Prosecutor's Quest for Justice By: J. Tom Morgan Narrator: J. Tom Morgan Contributor: John Capouya ISBN:9798349169885 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Publication Date: 09/15/2026 Format:Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "A sheriff-elect was murdered. I was next on the hit list." —J.Tom Morgan In December 2000, Derwin Brown, the newly elected sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia, was ambushed and murder
Judith D Collins
Sep 137 min read
The Law Student
The French Illusion .5 A prequel short story By: John Grisham ISBN:978-0385553834 Pub Date: 09/08/2026 Publisher: Doubleday Random House Audio Format: Audio Publication Date: 09/08/2026 My Rating: 5 Stars SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this original prequel to his upcoming thriller, The French Illusion, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham introduces his next unforgettable hero in a moving story of family, ambition, and the pursuit of justice. As a college football
Judith D Collins
Sep 126 min read
He Had it Coming
A Novella By: Darby Kane Narrators: Josh Bloomberg, Jennifer Pickens, Allyson Ryan ISBN: 978-0063488298 Publisher: William Morrow Paperback Publiction Date: 10/06/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS It’s been eight years since “the incident” that stole the future Jerek Hayes had planned. Accusations. Negative press attention. Rabid anger from people he’s never met. Some say he avoided responsibility for his crime. That his family’s money save
Judith D Collins
Sep 114 min read
Somebody Always Comes Looking
By: Paul Cleave ASIN: B0HHJN1YN9 Publisher: Paul Cleave Publication Date: 09/10/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS It’s funny how a bag full of cash can spin your moral compass all over the map, and who better to understand that than Luca Carpenter? When Luca and Katie meet on a beach in Malaysia, the attraction is immediate. What’s more, it turns out both are from New Zealand – they live only blocks from each other thousands of miles away back h
Judith D Collins
Sep 106 min read
The Survivor's Guild
By: Gabriella Saab Narrators: Saskia Maarleveld, Gail Shalan ISBN: 9781400351374 Publisher:Harper Muse Harper Muse Audiobooks Publication Date: 09/01/2026 Format: Audio & e-book : My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In 1912 aboard the RMS Titanic, Nabiha “Bea” Nohra is traveling to America to find work, eager to earn the funds necessary to afford passage for the family she left in Lebanon. On the same ship, heiress Marguerite Ashby sails home to celebra
Judith D Collins
Sep 35 min read
Mother Daughter Sister Stranger
By: Hank Phillippi Ryan Narrator: Stevi Incremona ISBN: 9781250350022 Publisher: Minotaur Books St. Martin's Press Publilication Date: 09/01/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Featured SEP #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats #MacAudio2026 What if your own family history turns out to be a terrifying lie? Every family has its story, and this one’s deadly. Two sisters. One secret. And a race against time to find the explosive truth in this twisty and
Judith D Collins
Sep 315 min read
Paper Ghosts
By: Sarah Addison Allen Narrator: Marin Ireland ISBN: 9781250283429 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 09/01/0206 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Other Birds hailed as “whimsical, wise, and delightfully mysterious.” (Real Simple) Every family has its secrets...The Wester women live inside theirs. For generations, Wester House has st
Judith D Collins
Sep 37 min read
The House Swap
By: Keri Beevis Narrator: Imogen Church ISBN: 9781835336236 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 09/012026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS What began with trust, ends with betrayal and danger… I needed to escape. Somewhere quiet. Somewhere safe. So I decide to swap homes with Tom, a man I’ve grown close to, and fly to his villa in Crete with my best friend Keira. Winter sun. Empty beaches. Silence. At last, I can breathe. At first, it
Judith D Collins
Sep 15 min read
The Damage Man
An Orphan X Short Story By: Gregg Hurwitz Narrator: Scott Brick ISBN: 9781250474377 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 09/01/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Once the U.S. government’s deadliest off-the-books assassin, Evan Smoak was known only as Orphan X. He broke free from the Program, vanished, and reinvented himself as The Nowhere Man — the last hope for those with nowhere else to turn. This program is read by AudioFile Gol
Judith D Collins
Sep 14 min read
The Secrets We Hide
By: Karin Slaughter North Falls #2 Narrator: Kathleen Early ISBN: 978-0063458789 Publisher: Willliam Morrow Publication Date: 08/11/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The next thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series. Welcome back to North Falls — a small town with big secrets. Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer
Judith D Collins
Aug 305 min read
Murder on Charity Lane
A Marigold Cottages Mystery #2 By: Jo Nichols Narrators: Jim Meskimen, Meg Price ISBN: 9781250356574 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 08/18/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Months after the shocking murders at Marigold Cottages, eccentric landlady Mrs. B finds the peace and quiet a little too peaceful. That’s why she invites her young friend CJ Moore to move into a now-vacant cottage: CJ is a suspect in the death of her employer
Judith D Collins
Aug 304 min read
Brimstone Hollow
An Annie Gore Novel #2 By: Archer Sullivan Narrator: Emily Pike Stewart ISBN: 9781250338716 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 08/11/1026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Following her powerful debut in The Witch’s Orchard, private investigator Annie Gore returns in Brimstone Hollow, bringing readers back to the mountains that author Archer Sullivan, a ninth-generation Appalachian, knows so well. There isn’
Judith D Collins
Aug 305 min read
Saving Noah
By: Lucinda Berry Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie ISBN: 9781464292132 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 09/08/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A mother's love is supposed to be unconditional. But what if it shouldn't be? Noah is the boy everyone admires—an honor student, a champion swimmer, a hometown success story. Until he confesses to sexually abusing young girls during swim practice. In a single moment, his future evapo
Judith D Collins
Aug 274 min read
Great and Unfortunate Things
By: Jason Arday Narrator:Jason Arday ISBN: 9781668085578 Publisher: Simon & Schuster | 37 Ink Publication Date: 08/11/1026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Memoir With the power of Educated and the emotional sweep of When Breath Becomes Air, Great and Unfortunate Things is the inspiring, underdog story of how an autistic, non-verbal boy who society had all but given up on found his voice, literally and figuratively, became one of the youngest pr
Judith D Collins
Aug 275 min read
They Say A Girl Died Here
ISBN: By: Sarah Pinborough Narrator:Saskia Maarleveld ISBN: 9781250444714 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, a thrilling, genre-bending mystery about two murdered girls, a town with dark secrets, and a race to break a deadly cycle Anna Maybourne never imagined herself living in a place like Harper’s Creek, a nowhere town full of d
Judith D Collins
Aug 256 min read
Heart of Glass
By: Jennifer Hillier Narrators: Brittany Pressley, Chris Brinkley, Eunice Wong, Ferdelle Capistrano, January LaVoy Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250763181 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) (ALC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP AUDIOBOOKS OF 2026 A serial killer recants his long-ago confession regarding a small-town high school girl―and her then-best friends are forced to confront what really happened that night and what
Judith D Collins
Aug 256 min read
The Shadow Friends
Martini Club #3 By: Tess Gerritsen Narrator: Hillary Huber ISBN: 978-1662533419 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen comes a harrowing and emotional thriller where ghosts of the Cold War return with a vengeance—and cannot be outrun. When a renowned disease expert and Russian defector dies mysteriously during a global affairs conference in
Judith D Collins
Aug 255 min read
Big Little Truths
Big LIttle Lies #2 By: Liane Moriarty Narrators: Caroline Lee, Ella Le Fournour, Liane Moriarty ISBN: 978-0593798638 Publisher: Crown Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars AUG 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES, THE RUNAWAY PHENOMENON THAT INSPIRED THE MEGAHIT HBO SERIES In this highly anticipated sequel, Liane Moriarty examines the complexities of modern women’s lives, shining light on family dynamics
Judith D Collins
Aug 256 min read
Wicked Wanted Widows
The Widows #3 By: Kimberly Belle, Vanessa Lillie; Cate Holahan Narrators: Ariel Blake, Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Barrie Kreinik, Kevin T. Collins, Helen Laser, Neil Hellegers ISBN: 9781464255502 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (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 cha
Judith D Collins
Aug 255 min read
Not A Word
By: Linwood Barclay Narrators: Nan McNamara, Johnathan McClain ISBN: 9780063276383 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In the latest chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a man’s world is upended after he stumbles upon a grisly crime scene in the family home. Every family has secrets, but when Reece visits his parents’ house, he’s shocked to find them in
Judith D Collins
Aug 255 min read
Promise Me Never
By: Liv Constantine Narrators: Suzanne Elise Freeman, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Scott Brick, Alex McKenna Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593875230 Publisher: Ballantine | Bantam Publication Date: 08/18/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish comes an unmissable thriller about a woman who becomes embroiled in the mystery of her husband’s deceased first wife—and after moving to his
Judith D Collins
Aug 185 min read
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