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Her Last Breath
By: Taylor Adams Narrator: Sophie Amoss ISBN: 9780063394131 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 02/17/2026 Format:Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a story of two friends who embark on an ill-fated caving expedition—and the dark truth of what happens deep underground. After years of excuses, Tess has finally agreed to go caving with her best friend Allie. Their lives hav
Judith D Collins
Jan 153 min read
Analog Sun
By: Alex Woodard Narrator: Scott Brick ISBN: 9780983988656 Publisher: Alex Woodward Publication Date: 11/24/2025 Format: Audio My Rating: Currently Listening (ALC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS “Stunning, with a twist I didn’t see coming. Analog Sun is the perfect antidote to our digital overwhelm—and a beautiful invitation to a more meaningful, joyful life.”— Zach Bush, MD, leading educator on human and planetary health A lost traveler wakes up bruised, broken, and confused in a
Judith D Collins
Jan 152 min read
The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives
By: Elizabeth Arnott Narrators: Saskia Maarleveld, Karissa Vacker Penguin Audio ISBN: 9780593952993 Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: 03/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY MARIE CLAIRE AND A BEST BOOK FOR BOOK CLUBS IN 2026 BY GLAMOUR A remarkable trio whose lives have been cracked wide open by their husbands’ crimes unite to catch a serial killer in this dazzlingly captivating novel. Beverley, Els
Judith D Collins
Jan 144 min read
Inside Man
Head Cases #2 By: John McMahon Narrator: Will Damron ISBN: 9781250348326 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 01/13/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this sequel to McMahon's electrifying series debut, Head Cases, Gardner Camden and the PAR team return to investigate potentially connected cases. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He and his squad of brillia
Judith D Collins
Jan 138 min read
The Briars
By: Sarah Crouch Narrators: Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Helen Laser. Jonathan Todd Ross Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668091883 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 01/13/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The USA TODAY bestselling author of Middletide returns with a lush and atmospheric novel of suspense following a young woman whose job as a game warden puts her in the path of a murderer in a small town eager to protect its own. Des
Judith D Collins
Jan 137 min read
Woman Down
By: Colleen Hoover Narrator: Sarah Naughton Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662539374 Publisher: Montlake Publication Date: 01/13/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a frustrated author looks for her muse in a remote hideaway, but what she finds defies all expectations…and reality. Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation fo
Judith D Collins
Jan 135 min read
Anatomy of an Alibi
By: Ashley Elston Narrators: MacLeod Andrews, Saskia Maarleveld, Amanda Stribling, Dan Bittner Penguin Audio ISBN: 9780593834459 Publisher: Viking Penguin Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 01/13/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FIRST LIE WINS A tense, feverish thriller about two women’s lives that are forever intertwined when a murder threatens to expose them both. “Elston expertly unrav
Judith D Collins
Jan 137 min read
Everything Has Happened
By: T. Greenwood ISBN: 9798892425292 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Publication Date: 04/29/2026 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A disappearance from the past echoes in the future in this ambitious and wrenching mystery, perfect for readers of The God of the Woods. In 1986, a child disappeared. Nearly forty years later, a tip line rings. It’s been almost four decades since Edie Marshall’s little brother, Charlie, vanished on his walk h
Judith D Collins
Jan 124 min read
Murder at 30,000 Feet
By: Susan Walter Narrator: Scott Brick Blackstone ISBN: 9798228357334 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Publication Date: 02/17/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Under the cover of turbulence, a killer strikes. With nowhere to land and nowhere to hide, who will save the passengers from this nightmare at 30,000 feet? It’s a ticket to paradise. Flight 868 has nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over a dozen tipsy passengers are off
Judith D Collins
Jan 114 min read
The Final Confession
FBI Kate Reid Thriller #11 By: Robin Mahle ASIN: B0GHPSL834 Publisher: HARP House Publishing Publication Date: 04/30/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Someone is recording their crimes. Someone is revisiting old cases. And someone wants Kate Reid to listen. When a string of murders surfaces across the country, each victim tied to a closed BAU investigation, profiler Kate Reid realizes this killer isn’t seeking anonymity. At every scene, investigator
Judith D Collins
Jan 112 min read
The Cove
Summer Suspense Mysteries Book #1 ISBN: 9781464273698 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From blockbusting, acclaimed writer LJ Ross comes a gripping, escapist thriller about a woman who survives a notorious killer—only to discover that some threats aren’t left behind. Perfect for fans of Kaira Rouda and Sally Hepworth, THE COVE is a tense, atmospheric page-turner where starting over might be
Judith D Collins
Jan 112 min read
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates
By: Shailee Thompson Narrators:Stefanie Kay, Patrick Zeller, Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668206713 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 02/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifying slasher rom-com in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating event and must use her encyclopedic knowledge of the romance and horror genres to make it as a real-life Final Gi
Judith D Collins
Jan 93 min read
Too Close to Home
By: Seraphina Nova Glass Narrators: Brittany Pressley, Rebecca Lowman, Karissa Vacker Harlequin Audio ISBN: 978-0778306436 Publisher: Park Row Publication Date: 04/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The two-time Edgar Award–nominated author of ON A QUIET STREET and THE VACANCY IN ROOM 10, Seraphina Nova Glass, is back with TOO CLOSE TO HOME Nothing in this idyllic community is quite what it seems… Those lucky enough to live in th
Judith D Collins
Jan 92 min read
Hope Rises
Walter Nash #2 By: David Baldacci ISBN: 978-1538758021 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: Format: Hardcover My Rating: Currently Reading (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Walter Nash began a journey down a dark path of seemingly no return, and now he finds himself questioning everything that got him there in this thrilling sequel to Nash Falls from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on
Judith D Collins
Jan 92 min read
Autoimmunity and the Good Girls
How Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well By: Sara Hirsh Bordo ISBN: 9780063450660 Publisher: HarperOne Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The Survey “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 filmmaker, activist, and founder of Wo
Judith D Collins
Jan 82 min read
Redemption
Scott Pratt & the Birth of Joe Dillard (Joe Dillard Series) By: Scott Pratt, J.D. Pratt, Dan Fleser Narrator: Lyle Blaker ISBN: 978-1944083342 Publisher: Phoenix Flying LLC Publication Date: 12/16/2025 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars + DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS Memoir TOP BOOKS OF 2025 “Strange how the waves of destiny wash over a man’s soul, leaving ugly cracks and crevices here, polished splendor over there. Strange indeed.”—Scott Pratt, Bestselling Author of the Joe Dillar
Judith D Collins
Jan 89 min read
She Thought She Was Safe
By: Terri Parlato Narrator: Kelli Tager Recorded Books ISBN: 9781496755704 Publisher: Kensington Books Publication Date: 02/24/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A young woman is reunited with the famous father she never knew at a secluded lakeside community hiding nightmarish secrets in this immersive modern-day gothic for readers of psychological suspense by Mary Kubica, Sheri Lapena and Megan Miranda. After the double blow of divorce
Judith D Collins
Jan 85 min read
Adrift
By: Will Dean Narrator: Emma Wilkes Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668080054 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 02/17/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The author of the “master class in suspense” (Shari Lapena,New York Timesbestselling author)The Chamber returns with a high-tension thriller about a family’s descent into darkness that is perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Lisa Jewell. Peggy and Drew, both aspiring writers, move to an
Judith D Collins
Jan 73 min read
Finders Keepers
By: Natalie Barelli Narrators: Perry Daniels, Rachel Leblang Dreamscape Media ISBN: 9781464247507 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 02/24/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "Dear Diary. Today I'm going to kill her. Love, Rose." When Rose discovers her troubled past splashed across the pages of a bestselling book, she knows her carefully constructed life is about to unravel. The author, Emily Harper, claims the story is fiction,
Judith D Collins
Jan 72 min read
I Came Back For You
By: Kate White Narrator: Sarah Naughton Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662533976 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 03/01/2026 Format: e-book & audio My Rating: TBR MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A mother begins to challenge everything she’s been told about her daughter’s murder in a shocking novel of suspense by a New York Times bestselling author. Ten years after her daughter, Melanie, was murdered, Bree Winter is finally moving on with a new love, a new home, and a new b
Judith D Collins
Jan 73 min read
Best Boy
By: Deborah Goodrich Royce Narrator: TBA Blackstone Publishing ISBN: 9798895653340 Publisher: Post Hill Press Publication Date: 02/24/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A gripping psychological thriller, Best Boy teeters on the knife-edge of memory and identity when the arrival of a shocking letter threatens the carefully constructed life of a woman desperate to outrun her past. Viveca Stevenson has it all: a handsome and successful husba
Judith D Collins
Jan 65 min read
The Storm
By: Rachel Hawkins Narrators: Alex Knox; Cathi Colas; Dan Bittner; Jane Oppenheimer; Patti Murin; Petrea Burchard; Stephanie Németh-Parker Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250429759 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 01/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins is back with a thrilling new gothic suspense set in a Gulf Coast beach motel where hurricane season can be murder. St. Medard’
Judith D Collins
Jan 68 min read
The Star Society
By: Gabriella Saab Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld ISBN: 9781400351305 Publisher: Harper Muse Publication Date: 01/06/2026 Format: Paperback & audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Uncover the captivating tale of two extraordinary sisters in The Star Society, a thrilling historical novel that transports readers from the shadows of the Dutch Resistance to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Inspired by the indomitable spirit of Audrey Hepburn, this gripping
Judith D Collins
Jan 614 min read
Then He Was Gone
By: Isabel Booth Narrator: TBA Spotify Audiobooks ISBN: 9798892424691 Publisher:Crooked Lane Books Publication Date: 02/24/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Desperate parents search for their missing son in this tense thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Jennifer Hillier. When attorney Elizabeth English and her husband, Paul, catch up to their energetic sons at the end of their hike, they expect to find the two boys waiting by the
Judith D Collins
Jan 62 min read
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