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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
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
Nine Lives
By: Catherine Steadman Narrator: Catherine Steadman ISBN: 9780593725771 Publisher: Ballantine Publication Date: 06/23/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When she begins to peer into the lives of her glamorous neighbors, one woman discovers a terrifying secret in this riveting psychological thriller with nine lives worth of twists, from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water, a Reese’s Book Club pick. These are your ne
Judith D Collins
Jun 226 min read
The Au Pair
By: Teddy Wayne Narrator: Eric A. Altheide ISBN: 9780063457201 Publisher: HarperAudio Adult | Harper Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A NEW YORK TIMES NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT and NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING THIS SUMMER A Boston Globe, Seattle Times, New York Post, Lit Hub, and Zibby Books most-anticipated/summer books pick Award-winning author Teddy Wayne follows his breakout sensation The Winner—a New York
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Jun 186 min read
The Armchair Detectives On Holiday
The Armchair Detective Mysteries #2 By: Matt Dunn ISBN: 978-1805505747 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 06/22/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Martin and Albie are jetting off for some sun and sangria. But they didn’t bank on finding a body on the beach… Fresh from their last case at Twilight Lodge, Martin and Albie reward themselves with a relaxing trip to the sun-soaked island of Menorca, joined by Martin’s daughter Dionne and belo
Judith D Collins
Jun 175 min read
The Great Wherever
By: Shannon Sanders Narrator: Keylor Leigh ISBN: 9781250454102 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Henry Holt & Co. Publication Date: 07/07/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars (ALC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS One of Oprah Daily's Best Books of Summer 2026 One of NPR's 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer One of Esquire's 22 Most Anticipated Books of 2026 A People's Must-Read Book for Summer 2026 One of Publishers Weekly's 10 Most Anticipated Literary Fiction titles for Spring/Summer 2
Judith D Collins
Jun 158 min read
Someone Else's Husband
By: Kimberly McCreight Narrators: Elena Rey, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Samantha Desz, Jonathan Todd Ross, Dan Bittner, Will Damron, Leanne Woodward, Chris Andrew Ciulla, George Newbern, Giordan Diaz, Max Meyers, Jane Oppenheimer, Kristen DiMercurio Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593536445 Publisher: Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS JUN #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat New York Times bestsellin
Judith D Collins
Jun 1511 min read
Liberty Street
By: Heather Marshall Narrators: Alison Deon, Hailey Gillis, Heather Marshall Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593975527 Publisher: Ballatntine Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist’s harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women’s prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later. “Heather Mar
Judith D Collins
Jun 157 min read
Death Was Not on the Guest List
By: Jenni L. Walsh Narrators: Lauren Ezzo, Barrie Kreinik ISBN: 978-1662536274 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From USA Today bestselling author Jenni L. Walsh comes a witty Jazz Age mystery where rivalry, ambition, and deceit glitter under every chandelier…and no one gets out until the killer is unmasked. In Chicago’s Gold Coast district, twenty of the city’s most glamorous socialites gat
Judith D Collins
Jun 145 min read
The Frenzy
Stories by Joyce Carol Oates By: Joyce Carol Oates Narrators: Cassandra Campbell, Linda Jones, January LaVoy, Ann Marie Lee, Kelli Tager, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Matt Godfrey, Amy Jensen, Max Meyers Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593978115 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates “who is surel
Judith D Collins
Jun 147 min read
Our Perfect Holiday
By: Daniel Hurst Narrator: Melanie Crawley, Matthew Biddulph Hachette UK ISBN: 9781807221560 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS (Previously titled I Shouldn't Have Come Here.) It was the perfect trip, until it ended in murder… I stand on the balcony with my gorgeous husband, Reuben, by my side. My family have returned to this beautiful French hotel to celebrate my mother’s seventieth birthday. Th
Judith D Collins
Jun 134 min read
Paper Ghosts
By: Sarah Addison Allen Narrator: Marin Ireland ISBN: 9781250283429 Publisher: St. Martin's Press 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 stood as a monumen
Judith D Collins
Jun 137 min read
Killer Vibes
A Peter Key Novel #1 By: Jack Friday Narrator: Max Meyers ISBN: 9781250428615 Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A wild and wickedly funny series debut, introducing readers to the irresistible and irrepressible private investigator, Peter Key. "Everything you want in a great mystery."—Steven Rowley "Peter Key is my new favorite amateur sleuth."—Elle Cosimano Meet Peter Key: self-proclaim
Judith D Collins
Jun 126 min read
A Dark Path
And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories By: Linda Castillo Narrator: Kathleen McInerney ISBN: 9781250433213 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Minotaur Books Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS For the first time in print comes a collection of five short stories in the Edgar award-winning Kate Burkholder series, PLUS one new, never-before-published story, from New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo. When two young boy
Judith D Collins
Jun 126 min read
This Is A Lie
By: Cleo Ballard Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker Spotify Audiobooks ISBN: 979-8892425865 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Penn, once a brilliant PhD candidate in Applied Language Studies, traded her dissertation for a “perfect” life as a suburban wife and social media-savvy mother. But after a brutal betrayal by her husband, friends, and even her own teenage daughter, Penn is left with nothi
Judith D Collins
Jun 86 min read
Just One Bite
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 9781837567591 Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 06/28/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Brittany has gone viral. And not in a good way. Celebrity chef Brittany Cole has it all. Fame, success, and the perfect family. From her restored Vermont farmhouse, she's built a wholesome brand that is trusted by millions. But when her four-year-old has a meltdown, a video of Brittany shouting at the little girl goes v
Judith D Collins
Jun 85 min read
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
She Must Go
By: A. J. Campbell ASIN: B0H1CKTGK5 Publisher: Code Grey Publishing Publication Date: 06/19/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BLOG TOUR HOST JUN 23 JUN #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat You look like the last girl… Beth Lakeland is flying home with her husband, Justin, after a rare weekend away. It was a birthday celebration; an opportunity to reconnect, in between Beth’s chemotherapy rounds. But at the airport, a young woman strikes up a conversati
Judith D Collins
Jun 78 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
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
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