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Home Sweet Holidays
By: Laura Pavlov, Ali Rosen, Rosie Danan, Mia Sosa Publisher: Amazon Orignal Stories Publication Date: 11/20/2025 Format: e-book and audio My Rating: Currently Listening NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS Home is where the heart is. This holiday season, cozy up and unwrap the gift of romance with beloved bestselling authors. In these unforgettable short stories, second chances sparkle brighter than Christmas lights, and finding that special someone under the mistletoe feels like coming
Judith D Collins
Nov 272 min read
A Different Type of Poison
Not every invitation is meant to be accepted. This one could be her last. by Liz Alterman Narrators: Anna Caputo, Rachel F. Hirsch, Leslie Howard Simon Maverick ISBN: 9798999924704 Publisher: One More Page Press Publication Date: 11/25/2025 Format: e-book & audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS NOV featured #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats The Plot meets Disclaimer in a simmering, slow-burn domestic thriller and psychological suspense novel that explores the stories
Judith D Collins
Nov 258 min read
Love By The Book
By: Jessica George Narrator: Isabel Adomakoh Young Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250282545 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 04/07/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Friendship is the love story you can count on. Remy is lucky. Her debut novel, based on her three best friends, became an instant bestseller when it was released, and her agent and publisher are clamoring for a follow-up. But just as Remy’s creative inspiration s
Judith D Collins
Nov 233 min read
Nash Falls
Walter Nash #1 By: David Baldacci Narrators: MacLeod Andrews, Christine Lakin, Larry Herron, Shiromi Arserio, Will Collyer ISBN: 9781538757987 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: 11/11/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + + (ARC) (ALC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2025 TOP AUDIOBOOKS OF 2025 When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network his life is turned completely upside down in this thriller from #1 New Yor
Judith D Collins
Nov 198 min read
Unmarried
Perfect Couples #2 By: Emily Shiner Narrators: Madeline Pell, Stephanie Cannon, Patricia Rodriguez ISBN: 978-1805500902 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 11/19/2025 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS #BlogTourStop Nov 19 He killed his first wife. But I married him to protect my own secrets… I never expected to find my happily ever after with Dr Mitch Ellis. I wore a lace dress with an extravagant train to our wedding at the biggest church
Judith D Collins
Nov 194 min read
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates
By: Shailee Thompson ISBN: 9781668206713 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 02/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (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 Girl. When Jamie Prescott and her best friend Laurie attend a speed-d
Judith D Collins
Nov 193 min read
You Watched in Silence
By: H. Lee Justine Narrator: Brittany Pressley ISBN: 9798874899158 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Puiblicaiton Date: 11/18/2025 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS “Bewitching: a dark-hearted, full-blooded thriller, the sort of potent potion Riley Sager and Stacy Willingham might brew. Part psychological suspense, part is-it-or-isn’t-it horror … and altogether likely to spook you right off of social media. You might watch in silence, but you’
Judith D Collins
Nov 187 min read
The Burning Library
By: Gilly Macmillan Narrators: Rose Robinson, Steph de Whalley Harper Audio ISBN: 9780063422919 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 11/18/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS From the internationally bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes a thrilling dark academic tale of murder, obsession, and ruthless ambition, set in remote St Andrews, Scotland. A deadly rivalry. A chilling secret. One woman who can decipher the tr
Judith D Collins
Nov 187 min read
Not Her Daughter
By: Robin Mahle Secrets and Suspense He's Lying About Everything #2 ISBN: 9781805732624 Publisher: Joffe Books Publication Date: 11/18/2025 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS My husband was cheating on me with another woman. I killed her in self-defence – and I was left with her baby. Everyone thinks I’m just a single mom, trying to rebuild her life. They don’t know the truth I buried, along with my past. My name is Evelyn Moore. I used to b
Judith D Collins
Nov 174 min read
Imposter
An Alexander Gregory Thriller #1 By: L. J. Ross ISBN: 9781464273872 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date:02/03/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes a tense, atmospheric thriller that explores how far we'll go to understand—and survive—the darkness around us. In the remote hills of western Ireland, fear spreads as the locals struggle to make sense of a killer who is seemingly one o
Judith D Collins
Nov 162 min read
The List of Suspicious Things
By: Jennie Godfrey Narrators: Joanne Froggatt, Mark Noble, Asif Khan, Gemma Whelan, Simon Harvey Tantor Media ISBN: 9781464249051 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 12/30/2025 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS "What could be more magical than a writer who can flip from hilarity to darkness and back on the same page? Jennie Godfrey does this and more...in a voice that is as authentic as it is unforgettable." —Jenny Jackso
Judith D Collins
Nov 163 min read
Beneath a Broken Sky
Ben Packard #4 By: Joshua Moehling ISBN: 978-1728279053 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From USA Today bestselling author Joshua Moehling comes a tense, atmospheric thriller about one detective's search for a mysterious killer in the chaos following a deadly storm… It's a hot, miserable summer in the small town of Sandy Lake. Detective Ben Packard has settled into his life here just in time for
Judith D Collins
Nov 162 min read
The Doctor
The Doctor's Wife #5 By: Daniel Hurst ISBN: 9781807220426 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 01/23/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Is he the perfect man or the perfect liar? From the moment I first see Doctor Drew Devlin, I want him to be mine. Drew is the perfect man – he’s charming, handsome and wealthy. And I need the security that comes from being with someone like him. I’m at my lowest point and I have nothing to lose; this is my ch
Judith D Collins
Nov 162 min read
When I Kill You
By: B.A. Paris Narrator: Georgia Maguire ISBN: 978-1250289445 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 02/17/2026 Format: Other My Rating: Currently Reading/Listenin (ARC) (ALC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The multimillion-copy and New York Times bestseller B. A. Paris returns with a triumphant, unsettling new suspense novel. Who is watching Nell Masters? Nell Masters is certain someone is following her. The hairs on the back of her neck rise when she travels to and from
Judith D Collins
Nov 142 min read
That's What Friends Are For
By: Wade Rouse ISBN: 978-0369774347 Publisher: MIRA Publication Date: 03/03/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "By turns hilarious, tender, and devastating, Rouse’s novel explores what it means to be the sandwich generation of gays today — caught between those who paved the way for equality, those who are too young to credit them, and a world that seems increasingly hostile."--Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author In this poignant an
Judith D Collins
Nov 122 min read
The House on Mountain Laurel Lane
Gold Creek #2 By: Eileen Goudge Narrator: Rosanna Pilcher Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662518140 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: 11/11/2025 Format: Paperback, e-book, audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) NOV Featured #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS #CoverReveal A widow and mom of two struggles to let go of the past and embrace the future in a powerful novel about friendship, love, and taking risks by New York Times bestselling author Eileen G
Judith D Collins
Nov 109 min read
Always and Forever
By: Lorraine Zago Rosenthal ISBN: 979-8990833159 Publisher: Tribeca Press Publication Date: 11/11/2025 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS #CoverReveal NOV #LitLiftMiniAuthorChats Three decades ago, a tragedy ignited a chain of events that devastated two New York City families and still haunts them today. Even their youngest members, Suzanne Starek and Jay Darnell, haven't been left unscathed. Suzanne is at the end of her twenties and has bee
Judith D Collins
Nov 109 min read
Falling Apart and Other Gifts from the Universe
By: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrators: Michael Crouch, Coleen Marlo Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662522345 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 11/11/1025 Format: e-book and audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS Two disparate people—lost in their own way—find an unexpected healing connection in a poignant novel about redemption and chosen family by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. An army veteran with a career as a beat cop behind
Judith D Collins
Nov 96 min read
The King's Ransom
Series: The Recovery Agent #2 Gabriela Rose By: Janet Evanovich Narrator: Lorelei King Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 978-1668027479 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 11/11/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS “Thriller master” (Mystery and Suspense Magazine) Janet Evanovich takes readers on a global hunt to track down missing masterpieces in this action-packed and steamy sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Recovery Agent
Judith D Collins
Nov 96 min read
Getting Away with Murder
By: Shari Lapena ISBN: 9780593832479 Publisher: Viking Penguin Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 07/28/2026 Format: Other My Rating:TBR JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The tenth thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door “Shari Lapena is far and away one of the best psychological thriller writers in the world. . . She is intensely bingeable.” —Lisa Jewell Jill and Ted adore their New York brownstone the way others adore their children. They have
Judith D Collins
Nov 93 min read
Evensong
By: Stewart O'Nan Narrator: Nancy Linari Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9780802166432 Publisher: Grove Atlantic Atlantic Monthly Press Publication Date: 11/11/2025 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) NOV 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS “Stewart O’Nan has been one of the best chroniclers of the lives of American women.” – Susan Straight An intimate, moving novel that follows The Humpty Dumpty Club, a group of women of a certain age who band together to help one another and their c
Judith D Collins
Nov 97 min read
Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line
Finlay Donovan #6 By: Elle Cosimano ISBN: 9781250337603 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 03/17/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: TBR (ARC) From New York Times bestseller Elle Cosimano comes Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line—the highly anticipated next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Please enjoy this sample of the book before Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line publishes in March 2026! Life hasn’t been easy for Finlay Donovan lately,
Judith D Collins
Nov 93 min read
Ironwood
Catalina #2 By: Michael Connelly ISBN: 978-0316595384 Publisher: Little Brown & Co Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully separated—by twenty-two miles of ocean—from the
Judith D Collins
Nov 92 min read
The Good Mothers
By: Caitlin Weaver ISBN: 9781837001682 Publisher: Storm Publishing Publication Date: 01/16/2026 Format: e-bpok My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS With an eight-year-old son struggling with ADHD and nowhere else to turn, soon-to-be-divorced mom Lacey answers a life-saving ad: “Seeking responsible single mom to join our household. Motherhood can be lonely and we support each other!” When she arrives at Wildwood Lane she finds a ramshackle house with a welcoming brigh
Judith D Collins
Nov 92 min read
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