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I'm Here To Help
By: Victoria Helen Stone Narrator: Paige Reisenfeld Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662544309 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 10/27/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #CoverReveal To stop the corruption in her small town and avenge the victims, a therapist turns vigilante in a shocking novel of psychological suspense by the bestselling author of Jane Doe. Melody Stanford prides herself on being a good person. She’s a loving wife and moth
Judith D Collins
Oct 275 min read
The Hollow
A Harry Bosch Novel By: Michael Connelly Narrators: Titus Welliver, Cameron Monaghan ISBN: 9780316563857 Publisher: Little Brown & Company 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 Rev
Judith D Collins
Oct 267 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: Audio & paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) 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 ma
Judith D Collins
Oct 266 min read
Winter Song
By: Rebeca Lee Morales Narrator: Jim Meskimen HarperAudio Adult ISBN: 9780063464032 Publisher: Ecco Publication Date: 12/01/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) DEC 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS DEC #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats For fans of Elizabeth Strout and Kent Haruf: a novel that follows the intertwined lives of a small-town Midwestern police chief and a young man recently released from prison, each in search of justice. It’s 1986, deep winter in Minnesota’s hinterland: remote
Judith D Collins
Oct 267 min read
Between Breaths
By: Abigail Rose-Marie ISBN: 9781662533822 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: 12/01/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) DEC 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In the 1930s, two women defy societal norms and pave the way for a medical breakthrough in a powerful novel of female solidarity and scientific perseverance inspired by an extraordinary true story. In the midst of the Great Depression, a biology degree does Grace Aller no favors. A schoolteacher who tends to her
Judith D Collins
Oct 263 min read
Between You A River
By: Kimberly Garza ISBN: 9781250819871 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication Date: 12/01/1026 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading (ARC) DEC 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “A stunning, richly layered portrait of a family torn apart at the seams. . . . Unforgettable.” —Thao Thai, bestselling author of Banyan Moon A sweeping family saga set in Texas and the Philippines, following two sisters unearthing their mother's long-buried secrets. In the 1960s, on the island of Mindor
Judith D Collins
Oct 265 min read
The Fire
By: Kristin Hannah ISBN: 9781250178664 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 05/04/2027 Format:Other My Rating: TBR MAY 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Women comes a powerful novel of contemporary America. Set in our own deeply divided time, The Fire is an exploration of the bonds between women and the transformative power of finding one’s voice. Merritt Locke is a woman you’ve seen before. A faithful wife, a devoted moth
Judith D Collins
Oct 251 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: 10/27/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) 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, Marg
Judith D Collins
Oct 255 min read
The Volcano Keeper
By: Sara Ackerman ISBN: 9781400348008 Publisher: Sara Ackerman Publication Date: 03/23/2027 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS After a tragedy in the field, volcanologist Alana Hollinger arrives on Hawai‘i Island in 1984, still carrying the weight of her loss. Reluctantly returning to the dangers of fieldwork, she hopes to find the courage to walk in the shadow of a volcano again. But the ground beneath her feet feels anything but steady. As tremo
Judith D Collins
Oct 242 min read
One Of Us Is Guilty
Eddie Flynn #10 By: Steve Cavanagh ISBN: 9781668093429 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 03/23/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS One of them is married to a killer. But which one? The author of Kill for Me, Kill for You returns with a high-octane thriller that will keep you guessing from beginning to end. Vanessa Vanderpool is waiting outside her husband’s secret apartment. She watches him walk in to meet his mistress. Vanessa has been be
Judith D Collins
Oct 241 min read
No One Will Ever Believe You
By: Elle Owens ISBN: 9781662542084 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 01/02/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From the author of Tell Me You Trust Me comes a claustrophobic thriller about a grieving widow trapped in a mansion full of secrets—and the children she’ll risk everything to save. The nanny job sounds too good to be true, but I’m out of options. So, saddled with my late husband’s debts, I say yes to the wealthy stranger he t
Judith D Collins
Oct 222 min read
Moss in the Oaks
By: Merrimac Dillion ISBN: 9781637636060 Publisher: Susie Stangland | Resolve Editions Publication Date: 02/02/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS Sometimes the greatest risk isn’t losing everything—it’s discovering what’s worth fighting for. Beneath the moss-draped oaks of New Orleans’ most powerful dynasty, legacy is everything, and the unique culture that holds them together is social currency. When Elizabeth DuBois is summoned home from the li
Judith D Collins
Oct 223 min read
The Silence Keepers
Northwoods #3 By: Amy Pease ISBN:9781668078785 Publisher:Atria Books Publication Date: Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From the award-winning author of Wildwood and Northwoods (which was called "an indelible debut" by The New York Times) comes a stand-alone sequel in which the small town sheriff's office is drawn into a cold case with far-reaching consequences. In the small resort town of Shaky Lake, Wisconsin, Deputy Eli North and his mother,
Judith D Collins
Oct 222 min read
The Firefly Hour
By: Annie Rains ISBN: 9781662538131 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: 12/01/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR DEC 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS For a fractured family, a beloved inn becomes a place of healing in a bittersweet novel about loss, transformation, and second chances by a USA Today bestselling author. After a hurricane barrels down the North Carolina coast, three estranged siblings reunite to repair their late grandmother’s bed-and-breakfast. The Shelter In
Judith D Collins
Oct 212 min read
The Spring
By: Melissa Larsen ISBN: 9781250332905 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 04/13/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From USA Today bestselling author Melissa Larsen comes an alluring thriller set in Northern California, in which a young woman must infiltrate a cult-like community in an attempt to find and save her adoptive sister. When the body of a young woman washes up on the shore of a remote beach on the Lost Coa
Judith D Collins
Oct 213 min read
The Other Kind of Lion
By: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662522352 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 11/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A war widow and a neglected boy form a chosen family in a profoundly moving multigenerational saga about the transformative power of kindness by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. It’s 1970 in rural California where Shirley Bennett, a forty-year-old Vietnam
Judith D Collins
Oct 215 min read
So Close the Hand of Death
Taylor Jackson #6 By: JT Ellison ISBN: 9781662541346 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 01/19/2027 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS romat:New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison delivers a pulse-pounding Taylor Jackson thriller where iconic serial killers are coming back to life—with one mastermind making it personal. Across America, the country’s most infamous murderers are killing again. The Boston Strangler has his hands on n
Judith D Collins
Oct 213 min read
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By: Emma Rosenblum ISBN: 9781250409775 Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication Date: 01/12/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From bestselling author Emma Rosenblum comes a fast-paced, satirical thriller set at an exclusive country club, where a sudden death on the day of an important wedding unravels the carefully held secrets of its status-obsessed members. Harrington Country Club is a carefully manicured haven for Greenwich’s wealthy residents.
Judith D Collins
Oct 212 min read
Redemption
Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row By: Lawrence Wright Narrator: Lawrence Wright Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593805084 Publisher: Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Knopf Publication Date: 10/20/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2016 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 pun
Judith D Collins
Oct 216 min read
All the Little Secrets
All the Little Houses #2 By: May Cobb Narrators: Malin Akerman, Allyson Ryan, Alexandra Hunter, James Fouhey, Devon Sorvari, Hillary Huber, Gary Tiedemann ISBN: 9781464239205 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 11/17/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The highly anticipated follow-up to All the Little Houses From the USA Today bestselling author of The Hunting Wives (now a hit Netflix series) comes a deliciously wicked stand-al
Judith D Collins
Oct 215 min read
The Day She Disappeared
By: Caleb Crowe ISBN: 9781837568116 Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 11/15/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A missing woman. A sister who won’t stop looking. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I just needed to get away. That’s the text Mary Harper receives while she waits in a café to celebrate her younger sister's birthday. But Lucy never appears. Not then, not any day after. The police believe Lucy planned to disappear. Her husb
Judith D Collins
Oct 204 min read
This Jury Is Guilty
By: Laurie Blake Narrators: January LaVoy, Melissa Redmond, Kacy Combest, Dominique Salvacion, John Detty, Shiromi Arserio, Ron Butler ISBN: 9781464278723 Publisher: Sourebooks Landmark Publication Date: 11/03/3026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Everyone is Watching meets Twelve Angry Men in a tense and twisty locked-room thriller where, sequestered together until the Hollywood trial is closed, a jury must decide the fate of an actor accus
Judith D Collins
Oct 196 min read
When They Find Me
By: Carter Wilson Narrators: Allyson Ryan, Nicole Cash Sourcebooks ISBN: 9781464272684 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 11/10/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Some secrets don't fade. They hunt. Expanse, Colorado. Population 313. A town so remote it barely exists on a map—the perfect hiding place for Annie Wolfe and her daughter, Coral. Their cabin is nearly off the grid, and Annie has done everything to keep them safe. E
Judith D Collins
Oct 196 min read
Where All The Dead Lie
Taylor Jackson # By: J. T. Ellison ISBN: 9781662541292 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 02/02/2027 Format: Otjer My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a haunting thriller: A wounded detective retreats to a Scottish castle—where someone turns her own mind against her. She barely survived a shooting that left her unable to speak. Now, Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson must get back her voi
Judith D Collins
Oct 183 min read
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