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You'll Be Sorry
By: Lisa Gardner Narrator: Hillary Huber ISBN: 9781538765142 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From a master storyteller comes a “chilling, gripping” standalone (Lisa Jewell): A newlywed couple each with their own secrets. An abandoned lodge with a horrific decades-old mystery. And a small mountain town where everyone believes they know their neighbors…except they don’t. For Raquel
Judith D Collins
4 days ago7 min read
Breathing Under Water
By: Jacqueline Friedland Narrators: Cassandra Campbell, Annalee Scott ISBN: 9781400347377 Publisher: Harper Muse Audiobooks Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "Breathing under Water combines the intrigue of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies, the pacing of Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs, and the glimpse inside the elite athletic world of Alena Dillon’s The Happiest Girl in the World.” —STARRED BOOKLIST REVIEW "A
Judith D Collins
5 days ago7 min read
The Women In White
By: Sarah Pekkanen Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250349552 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating:5 Stars (ALC) (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Extrasensory perception. The Gift. A Sixth Sense. Or something else…. In 1964, four remarkable young women at a prestigious university became the subjects of parapsychology experiments by a visionary scientist. On the cusp of a historic breakthrough, the women myst
Judith D Collins
5 days ago5 min read
The Amateur
By: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Melora Hardin ISBN: 9780385551298 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When a young woman, a golf prodigy, kills a caddy with a stray ball at the country club, the investigation of this freak accident reveals a dark and shocking tale of secret affairs and predatory men, and suddenly a teenager is on trial in this spellbinding novel from the #1 New York Times bestsellin
Judith D Collins
5 days ago7 min read
Take Hart
Corey in Los Angeles #2 By: Jaime Parker Stickle Narrator: Sarah Naughton ISBN: 978-1662531750 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 08/04/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Between her LAPD consulting gig, fledgling indie news blog, and postpartum panic disorder, former TV journalist Corey Tracey-Lieberman is barely keeping it together. Then a mother named Sonja Hart vanishes in her Highland Park neighborhood, and the case is all but
Judith D Collins
6 days ago7 min read
All In
6:30 Man #4 By: David Baldacci ISBN: 9781538758069 Publisher: Grand Central Publication Date: 11/10/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this exciting thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci, the 6:20 Man is leaving U.S soil—this time drawn into a storm of billion-dollar secrets and international power plays that could shatter the world order. When fearless war correspondent Theresa Lee is shot on a storm-swept Manhatta
Judith D Collins
Jul 312 min read
Meet the In-laws
Meet the Parents #2 By: Emily Shiner Narrators: Elise Roth, Madeline Pell Hachette UK ISBN: 978-1807221713 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 07/30/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BLOG TOUR STOP JUL 31 Featured #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat JUL 31 As my mom greets my husband for the first time, I spot the new diamonds in her ears. She’s trying to impress him, although I know her smile is fake. But that’s okay. Because so is mine… The mother
Judith D Collins
Jul 258 min read
The Bluff
By: Wade Rouse Narrators: Dan John Miller, Andrew Gibson, Alexandra Hunter, Dawn Harvey, Arthur Morey, Kate Marcin, Petrea Burchard, Michael Crouch, Andrew Eiden, Cassandra Campbell ISBN: 9780778306221 Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Succession meets The Family Stone in bestselling author Wade Rouse’s humorous and sharply observant look at a family teetering on the edge of merry mayhem. The Chapmans do Christmas the
Judith D Collins
Jul 243 min read
Big Little Truths
Big LIttle Lies #2 By: Liane Moriarty ISBN: 978-0593798638 Publisher: Crown Publication Date: 08/25/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR 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 and long-hidden truths with wit and compassion. Whether you’v
Judith D Collins
Jul 243 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: Currently Reading (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 mov
Judith D Collins
Jul 213 min read
Don't Look Close
By: Jaima Fixsen Narrator: Libby McKnight Recorded Books ISBN: 9781728294933 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 08/18/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) AUG 2026 MUST-READ BOOK AUG #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat Feature BOOK GIVEAWAY CONTEST From USA Today bestselling author Jaima Fixsen, comes a gripping crime novel perfect for fans of William Kent Kruger, following one man who would do anything for his sister, even if it means catching a serial killer… If
Judith D Collins
Jul 2112 min read
The Aunt
By: Courtney Psak Narrator: Lauryn Allman ISBN: 978-1399748193 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication Date: 09/22/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS SEP FEATURED #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats You think you know your sister? Think again... The day that Amy gets the call, her whole world falls apart. Her younger sister Lexi has been killed in a tragic boating accident, along with her husband. Despite being estranged for the last ten years, Am
Judith D Collins
Jul 175 min read
Hot Girl Murder Club
By: Ashley Winstead Narrator: Brittany Pressley Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250401212 Publisher: Minotaur Books Minotaur Books Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP AUDIOBOOKS OF 2026 From national bestselling author Ashley Winstead comes a buzzy, bloody new thriller about success, sisterhood, and demanding justice…by any means necessary. What’s a girl got to do to get some fame, a few million record sales, and justice
Judith D Collins
Jul 157 min read
The Munich Affair
By: James Patterson & David Ellis ISBN: 9780316404099 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "The Munich Affair is a master class in tension and a perfect historical thriller.” —Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls “This World War II-era thriller feels startlingly modern and essential. As you watch a detective, a journalist, a resistance leader, and a professo
Judith D Collins
Jul 132 min read
The Country Road Murders
By: James Patterson and Mike Lupica Narrator: Tom Pelphrey ISBN: 9780316599870 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: 07/13/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker’s legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family. Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North Carolina, where
Judith D Collins
Jul 135 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: Other My Rating: TBR 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, in
Judith D Collins
Jul 122 min read
Take Back The Night
By: Kaira Rouda, Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf ISBN: 978-0778332992 Publisher: Park Row Publication Date: 01/12/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS Three friends. One unfinished story. A killer back from the depths to write his own ending—the bestselling authors and cohosts of the Killer Author Club join forces in this mind-bending thriller. Fifteen years ago, a group of college girls known as the “Dead Air Five” exposed a campus predator on live r
Judith D Collins
Jul 92 min read
Don't Look Away
By: Daniel Kenitz Narrators: Nancy Linari, Fred Sanders, Gary Tiedemann Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668208656 Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 07/07/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) 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 W
Judith D Collins
Jul 75 min read
Pretty Dead Things
By: Kelsey Cox Narrators: Narrated by Andrew Eiden; Brittany Pressley; Mia Wurgaft; Saskia Maarleveld; Stevi Incremona ISBN: 9781250446930 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Minotaur Books | St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 07/07/2026 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 5 Stars + (ALC) (ARC) JUL 2026-MUST-READ BOOKS Top Audiobooks of 2026 Secrets emerge as a Texas beauty pageant turns deadly in this rich and addictive novel with a jaw-dropping twist from psychological suspense author K
Judith D Collins
Jul 78 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 TOP BOOKS OF 2026 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. “Viscer
Judith D Collins
Jul 314 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
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
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