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Before I Disappear
By: Cate Quinn ISBN: 9781464293405 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 11/10/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: tBR (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the acclaimed author of The Clinic and The Bridesmaid comes a pulse pounding thriller following a criminologist who wakes in a remote motel with no memory of how she got there, or the people who claim they will protect her. Criminologist April Anderson wakes up in a remote motel with a new name, a new identity, a
Judith D Collins
Jul 32 min read
Dead Men Don't Play Fetch
Andy Carpenter #33 By: David Rosenfelt Narrator: Grover Gardner ISBN: 9781250427625 Publisher: Minotaur Books | St Martin's Press Publication Date: 07/07/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Bestselling author David Rosenfelt returns with Dead Men Don't Play Fetch as Andy Carpenter investigates a wealthy dog lover's unusual death. It’s defense lawyer Andy Carpenter’s dream to retire. That goal is once again thwarted when he gets a call from Lou
Judith D Collins
Jul 35 min read
The Next Lie
The Secrets of Chapel Roads #2 By: Camden Baird Narrators: Megan Tusing, Amy Hutchins, Andrew Eiden, Wayne Mitchell, Sarah Naughton, Kate Rudd, Rosanna Pilcher ISBN: 9781662530265 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 07/14/2025 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In the unputdownable sequel to The Last Morning, author Camden Baird delivers another harrowing tale of lies and deceit, where a marriage is put to the test while jealousy and
Judith D Collins
Jul 35 min read
The Truth About Ruby Cooper
By: Liz Nugent Narrators: ISBN: 9781668204658 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 01/26/2027 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS “I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!” —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid From the internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond comes a twisted suspense novel about two sisters and the scandal that changes their lives forever. If my sister hadn’t been beaut
Judith D Collins
Jul 26 min read
The Delivery
A Novella By: Gregg Hurwitz Narrator: Scott Brick Audible Studios ISBN: 9781662539343 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 07/01/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series comes a tense novella, a psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve—with terrifying consequences. Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family toget
Judith D Collins
Jul 25 min read
The Sky Beneath Her
By: Mary Ellen Taylor Narrator: Sarah Naughton ISBN: 978-1662530159 Publisher: Montlake Publication Date: 07/01/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS An unforgettable tale of lost love and buried truths, where the mysteries of a famous shipwreck hold the key to one woman’s future—and the truth of her mother’s final days. It’s been seven years since a tragic diving accident took her mother’s life, leaving Tula Cassidy with a crushing fear of the sea. T
Judith D Collins
Jul 26 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: 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,
Judith D Collins
Jul 23 min read
Redemptioin
Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row By: Lawrence Wright ISBN: 9780593805084 Publisher: Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Knopf Publication Date: 10/20/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TbR (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A powerful and startling account of the unsparing connection between a convent of cloistered nuns and the condemned women on Texas’s death row, exploring questions around crime and punishment, faith, and retribution in America as only Lawrence Wright
Judith D Collins
Jul 22 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
Jul 12 min read
Getting Away with Murder
By: Shari Lapena Narrator: January LaVoy Penguin Audio ISBN: 9780593832479 Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 07/28/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The tenth thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door “Shari Lapena is far and away one of the best psychological thriller writers in the world. . . She is intensely bingeable.” —Lisa Jewell Jill and Ted adore their New York brownstone the way others ador
Judith D Collins
Jul 17 min read
The Second Chance Trailer Park
By: Katie Powner ISBN: 9798892425742 Publisher: Alcove Press Publication Date: 07/21/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From award-winning author Katie Powner comes a funny feel-good novel about a woman discovering her second chance at life. This charming and heartfelt story is perfect for readers who loved Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame. Fifty-two-year-old Meredith McGillicutty is not having a midlife crisis. She’s just ready for a change
Judith D Collins
Jul 16 min read
Brain Damage
By: Freida McFadden Narrator: Megan Tusing ISBN: 978-1464290817 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 08/18/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Intruder! How can you survive when you can't remember who wants you dead? Dr. Charly McKenna had the perfect life: a thriving dermatology practice, a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, and a handsome husband who adored her. Until th
Judith D Collins
Jul 12 min read
The Neighbors Are Watching
By: Maggie Blum Thompson Narrator: Alex Picard Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250412553 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the "master of suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous, twisty thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the price of perfection Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes,
Judith D Collins
Jun 306 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 295 min read
The Top Of The World
By: Ethan Joella Narrators: Ryan Do, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668024621 Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS JUN Featured #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat A heartbreaking, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella—author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick A Little Hope—about a young woman searching for answers about her brother’s last days. June 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduat
Judith D Collins
Jun 2910 min read
Destination Funeral
By: Pagie Harbison Narrator: Paige Harbison ISBN: 9781250358103 Puublisher: St. Martin' Press Publication Date: 07/21/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The Big Chill meets About Time in this laugh-out-loud funny and equally heartbreaking novel, following a friend group so damaged that only a funeral could bring them back together. Perfect for fans of The Wedding People and One Italian Summer. When Babe—the complicated, magnetic matriarch of
Judith D Collins
Jun 287 min read
The Only One
By: Lorraine Zago Rosenthal ISBN: 979-8993150307 Publisher: Tribeca Press Publication Date: 11/10/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Featured NOV #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats Eden Russo is lucky in many ways, but her life is far from perfect. She can’t remember a time when her devoted father, Marty—the owner of a popular Brooklyn restaurant—and her protective brother, Drew—an aspiring lawyer—weren’t at odds. She also has no memory of her mother, whose dea
Judith D Collins
Jun 262 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: 4 Stars (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 o
Judith D Collins
Jun 267 min read
The House Swap
By: Keri Beevis ISBN: 9781835336236 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 09/012026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR (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’s perfect. Warm days. Still
Judith D Collins
Jun 252 min read
This Changes Everything
By: Lisa Scottoline Narrators: Maria Marquis, Kate Burton, Soneela Nankani, Stacy Carolan, Max Meyers ISBN: 9781538770030 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this “riveting, deeply felt and empowering thriller that is also a touching ode to female friendship” (Laura Dave) from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, a woman risks her life to help her closest friend find justice fo
Judith D Collins
Jun 256 min read
Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Hide a Body
By: Jennifer Holdich Narrator: Fenella Fudge ISBN: 9781464229817 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 07/21/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the author of Julie Tudor is Not a Psychopath ("wickedly funny and darkly compelling") comes a twisted new thriller following one couple who will do anything to get away with murder, even frame each other. Daisy Dixon lives in a stately home, but the grandeur on the outside hides
Judith D Collins
Jun 256 min read
The Sins of Summer Daughters
By: Lo Patrick Narrator: Barrie Kreinik ISBN: 9781464260506 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Sharp Objects meets William Kent Kreuger in this new searing southern mystery from acclaimed author Lo Patrick. When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a woman must confront the buried secrets of a summer long past—because she can try to forget, but the Georgia land remembers. Meg Greg
Judith D Collins
Jun 256 min read
He Had it Coming
A Novella By: Darby Kane ISBN: 978-0063488298 Publisher: William Morrow Paperback Publiction Date: 10/06/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR 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 saved him. But he’s ready to put those years behind him. He’s moved acro
Judith D Collins
Jun 241 min read
It Could Have Been Her
By: Lisa Jewell Narrators: James Norton, Lesley Sharp, Joanna David, Emilia Fox, Freddie Fox, Tim McInnerny, Harriet Fisher, Ella Rae Smith, Elsa Lepecki Bean Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668033906 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 06/23/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell brings her signature dark, atmospheric suspense and sharp acuity to this new psychological thriller about a l
Judith D Collins
Jun 235 min read
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