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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
2 days ago6 min read
The Hollow
A Harry Bosch Novel By: Michael Connelly Narrators: Titus Welliver, Cameron Monaghan ISBN: 9780316563857 Publisher: Little Brown & Co. Publication Date: 10/27/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in this electric thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. "The final showdown will make your heart thrum with vigilante pride.” (Kirkus Reviews)
Judith D Collins
2 days ago2 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 (9/23) 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 ye
Judith D Collins
3 days ago9 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
4 days ago6 min read
Emerald Lake
By: Nita Prose ISBN: 9798217298457 Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication Date: 04/06/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS An idyllic lakeside cottage hides long-buried secrets in this haunting mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid. For most of her life, Jane Weber has kept the secrets of one devastating summer submerged in the brooding waters of Emerald Lake. Now, at eighty-four and in failing health, all Jane wants is
Judith D Collins
5 days ago3 min read
The French Illusion
By: John Grisham Narrator: Michael Beck Random House Audio ISBN: 978-0385550543 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 09/29/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong—and the nightmare that follows. After Paul and Chelsea Tanner’s fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris t
Judith D Collins
5 days ago6 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
6 days ago4 min read
The Munich Affair
By: James Patterson & David Ellis Narrators: Sam Claflin, Lorelei King ISBN: 9780316404099 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 09/21/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (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 journali
Judith D Collins
6 days ago4 min read
Call Off The Dark
By: Hallie Shepherd Narrator: Brittany Pressley ISBN:9780063489486 Publisher: HarperAudio Adult William Morrow Publication Date: 09/22/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) (ARC) SEP 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “Call Off the Dark is my favorite kind of thriller: so moving about true love and the aftermath of loss, and at the same time, twisty, confounding and impossible to put down.” —Clare Leslie Hall, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country A haunting, atmos
Judith D Collins
7 days ago7 min read
Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo
Seephanie Plum #32 By: Janet Evanovich ISBN: 9781668069707 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 11/10/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Stephanie Plum’s life is never boring, not even for a split second, in the adrenaline-fueled new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. In a now-or-never moment, Stephanie Plum made the decision of a lifetime. But some lifetimes are shorter than others and Stephanie will be lucky if
Judith D Collins
Sep 62 min read
Bulldog
By: James Patterson and Mike Lupica ISBN: 9780316570053 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 01/11/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From #1 New York Times bestselling co-authors James Patterson and Mike Lupica, an investigative journalist goes searching for her next blockbuster case—then wishes she hadn't found ... The Traveler. My name is Gracie Bronte. I’m an investigative journalist in New York City. My nickname is “Bulldog.”
Judith D Collins
Sep 61 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: 10/13/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) 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 Cha
Judith D Collins
Sep 43 min read
The Witch
By: Freida McFadden Narrators: Saskia Maarleveld, Marin Ireland Dreamscape Media ISBN: 978-1464249648 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid! Some secrets don't die―they wait. When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling sevente
Judith D Collins
Sep 22 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
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
The Paris Files
By: Eva Jurczyk Narrators: Sarah Reny, Helen Laser, Nick Trengove, Louisa Zhu, Mark Bramhall, Xavier Casals, Mozhan Navabi, Suzanne Toren, Steve West, Lynnette R. Freeman Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217060641 Publisher: Viking | Pamela Dorman Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (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, charact
Judith D Collins
Aug 303 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
Mercy's Child
By: Richard Paul Evans Narrator: Richard Paul Evans Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN:9781668264218 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 10/20/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans comes an emotionally rich work of historical fiction inspired by the true story of Etta Wheeler, a woman whose courage and compassion helped spark a movement that forever changed a country. In 1874, Etta Whe
Judith D Collins
Aug 272 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
The Things You'll Never Know
By: Ashley Audrian ISBN: 9780593832059 Publisher: Viking Penguin | Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 01/12/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS Nobody delves as deep into the guts of motherhood as Ashley Audrain; she really is in a league of her own.” —Lisa Jewell From the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a bold, unputdownable story of motherhood, desire, betrayal, and loss told by a mother after her own death. “All those moments
Judith D Collins
Aug 233 min read
The Girl in the Lake
A Holmes, Margaret & Poe Mystery By: James Patterson and Brian Sitts Narrator: Christine Lakin ISBN: 9780316600026 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS An icy thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. At a frozen lakeside crime scene, a corpse carries an accusatory note: “If anything happens to me, arrest Brendan Holmes.” Mysteries trail Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple, and
Judith D Collins
Aug 222 min read
Heart of the Wild
By: Patti Callahan Henry ISBN: 9781668097489 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 04/20/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS “Once again, Patti Callahan Henry delivers a beautifully crafted story—I don’t know how she does it. Heart of the Wild is a captivating read.” —Allen Levi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Theo of Golden New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry’s riveting new novel takes readers deep into the woods wh
Judith D Collins
Aug 194 min read
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