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The Family Cross
Alex Cross Thriller #36 By: James Patterson Narrator: Dion Graham ISBN: 978-0316569743 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 10/19/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Alex Cross investigates a series of baffling murders while balancing a family crisis that threatens to upend his entire world in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. Alex Cross is a brilliant psychologist―and a relentless hunter
Judith D Collins
Oct 185 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: 5 Stars (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, Ett
Judith D Collins
Oct 185 min read
The Massacre at Mount Pitcairn
Stories By: Joyce Carol Oates ISBN: 9781613168509 Publisher: Penzler Publishers | The Mysterious Press Publication Date: 01/09/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JAN 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS Four bone-chilling stories of suspense and horror from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates. This new collection brings the reader into the despair and uncertainty of youth, exploring the terror of the unknown through tales of misadventure and psychological suspense
Judith D Collins
Oct 172 min read
Missing Molly
By: Natalie Barelli Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis ISBN: 9781464247514 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 10/20/2026 Format:Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From bestselling author Natalie Barelli comes a dark psychological thriller about a cold case, the newspaper investigating it, and the woman for whom it all hits a little too close to home… Millions are searching for the truth. Only she knows it's all a lie. Rachel Holloway has built a
Judith D Collins
Oct 175 min read
The Queen of Roses
By: Julia Kelly Narrators: Petrea Burchard, Marisa Calin Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668032756 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date:10/20/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Spanning the ballrooms of Pasadena and the sunlit gardens of Altadena, a new novel of love and sacrifice from the internationally bestselling author of The Light Over London and The Last Garden in England. 1960: Frustrated reporter Theresa Johnson’s life changes
Judith D Collins
Oct 175 min read
Evie Walters Takes the Wheel
By: Kathleen Fox Narrator: Janet Metzger Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662544019 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: 10/06/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS OCT FEATURE #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat At 71, she hits the road to find her first love — and herself. A sharp, laugh-out-loud novel about reinvention, regret, and the freedom to start over — no matter what age. In this warmhearted and witty debut, a mysterious gift spurs a widow
Judith D Collins
Oct 169 min read
Twist
By: Alice Feeney ISBN: 9781250424662 Publication Date:02/23/2027 Publisher: Flatiron Books Format: Other My Rating: TBR FEB 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS AFTER HER RUNAWAY BESTSELLER MY HUSBAND’S WIFE . . . AND THE GLOBAL #1 NETFLIX SERIES HIS & HERS . . . DISCOVER THE BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM MULTIMILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ALICE FEENEY “Twist had more twists and turns than a roller coaster! If you want a book that will make your jaw drop, this is it! I loved it!” ―Freida McFadden,
Judith D Collins
Oct 152 min read
Ten Days
By: Katherine Faulkner ISBN: 9781668240175 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 04/06/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS From the internationally lauded author of Greenwich Park, The Other Mothers, and The Break-In comes a brand-new thriller set over the course of a luxurious Greek holiday where every guest has something to hide, featuring her signature double-twists. Charlotte can't understand why her workaholic husband, Milo, is so determ
Judith D Collins
Oct 142 min read
All Together Now
By: Julie Buxbaum ISBN: 9781668266397 Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 03/30/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAR 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS For readers of Alison Espach and Emma Straub, brimming with joy, honesty, humor, and heart, All Together Now charts the extraordinary life of the relatively ordinary Hazel Stein—as told by every version of herself she ever has been and ever will be. Every decade, give or take a few years, Hazel Stein wak
Judith D Collins
Oct 143 min read
To His Ex-Wife
The Stone Family #2 By: Willow Rose Narrator: Madeline Pell ISBN: 9781807222758 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Publication Date: 10/15/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS She sent me a letter. I thought she was dead. Hidden away in their remote cottage in Florida, Emma and her stepdaughter Lily are finally safe to live a peaceful life. Each morning, they plan their new lives over fresh strawberries and perfectly cooked eggs. But despite the loc
Judith D Collins
Oct 144 min read
The Checkout Girl
By: Caz Frear ISBN: 9781250406682 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication Date: 05/11/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A woman’s dangerous obsession threatens to expose her troubled past, in this novel of psychological suspense from the acclaimed author of Five Bad Deeds. A former HR executive with an upwardly mobile lifestyle in London, Evelyn Meyer now works behind the register at a supermarket ninety minutes outside the big city. She tel
Judith D Collins
Oct 142 min read
Complicit
By: Renda Knapp ISBN: 9781613168523 Publisher: Penzler Publishers The Mysterious Press Publication Date: 02/09/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS A physician uncovers a hospital’s dark secrets in this debut medical thriller in the tradition of Tess Gerritsen and Karin Slaughter. An OB-GYN in rural Appalachia, Dr. Randi Jewell had built her life around saving others. She never considered who might be watching. Still reeling from her husband’s murd
Judith D Collins
Oct 144 min read
Old Ham
By: Seraphina Nova Glass Narrator: Brittany Pressley ISBN: 979-8347023417 Publisher: Podium Publishing Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Everyone knows Junie Oldham is more than a little strange—but is she actually dangerous? She's unique, to say the least. Junie Oldham is a middle-aged hoarder who knits sweaters for cats, befriends rescued mice, and pretends to be a recovering alcoholic so she can socialize at AA me
Judith D Collins
Oct 136 min read
Home for the Homicides
The Holly & Mark Mystery Series By: Elle Cosimano & Hannah Morrissey Narrators: Angela Dawe, Colin Donnell, Patti Murin ISBN: 9781250413352 Publisher: Minotaur Books | St. Martin's Press Macmillan Audio Publcation Date: 10/13/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS 'Tis the season . . . for murder. A "Hallmark movie with a side of murder," "The festive, quirky love child of a holiday whodunit and a steamy romance.” —Sara Raasch When Special
Judith D Collins
Oct 128 min read
Repeat After Me
By: Fiona Barton ISBN:9781984803108 Publisher:Berkley Publication Date: 02/23/202 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS A tense and twisty courtroom thriller in which two women who joined forces to catch a predator are now facing off in a fight for their lives. Shy, cautious Josie is a middle-aged courtroom usher who has never recovered emotionally from the accident that destroyed her family. Natalie is a beautiful young actress, cancelled after the
Judith D Collins
Oct 112 min read
Look What The Cat Dragged In
By: Jason Rekulak Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker ISBN: 9781250451477 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret. Meet Penny Padgett, a twenty-seven-year-old cartoonist in Philadelphia who agrees to pet-sit a
Judith D Collins
Oct 115 min read
You Let Me In
By: Lucy Clarke Narrator: Laura Kirman Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN:9780802168016 Publisher: Atlantic Crime | Grove Atlantic Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format:Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TWO MILLION COPY AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR “Utterly compulsive! Twisty, atmospheric, and beautifully written. I couldn’t put it down.”—Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The Wrong Sister Lock Every Door meets Rear Window in this white-knuckle t
Judith D Collins
Oct 115 min read
They Took My Daughter
By: Robin Mahle ISBN: 9781805739135 Publisher: Joffe Books Publication Date: 11/24/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) NOV 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS They took my baby. They said I agreed. They’re lying. But I’ll get my daughter back. Whatever it takes. I didn’t have the best start in life. But I know I’ll be a good mother. I’m determined to create a safe, loving home for my child. The kind I never had. I wake up strapped to a hospital bed after a difficult labor. That’s w
Judith D Collins
Oct 91 min read
The Loyal Daughter
By: Allen Eskens ISBN: 9780316605151 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 02/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) FEB 2027 MUST-READ BOOKS A daughter must decide whose life she will defend when a murder divides the Hmong community of Minneapolis and her father becomes the lead suspect in this gripping novel by the author of The Quiet Librarian. His secret…her impossible choice. Police detective Niki Vang always knew that her father kept secrets. He’d been
Judith D Collins
Oct 92 min read
About Last Summer
By: Camille Pagán ISBN: 9798217092109 Publisher: Ballantine | Dell Publication Date: 05/18/2027 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) Three lifelong friends. Two big mistakes. One week to make things right. Brea Wright has spent her life avoiding mistakes. As the daughter of famous self-help guru Viv Wright, millions of people consider Brea proof that good parenting makes a difference. But last summer, she messed up—twice. First, a careless remark caused a rift with her oldest f
Judith D Collins
Oct 82 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: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars 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 sev
Judith D Collins
Oct 84 min read
Trust No One
By: Mary Burton Narrators: Megan Tusing, Eric G. Dove, Amy Landon Brilliance Audiio ISBN: 9781662530333 Publisher: Montlake Publication Date: 10/01/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A woman’s unexpected return to her isolated family estate puts her in a killer’s path in this shocking suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton. After seventeen years away, public defender Raine Hale returns to her family’s crumbling Vi
Judith D Collins
Oct 85 min read
Bark Humbug
Andy Carpenter #34 By: David Rosenfelt Narrator: Grover Gardner ISBN: 9781250446596 Publisher: Minotaur Books Macmillan Audio Publication Date: 10/13/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars (ALC) (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter helps a desperate sister investigate the widely publicized murder of a gubernatorial candidate in Bark Humbug, the latest Christmas mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series. "Listening to Grover Gardner narrating a D
Judith D Collins
Oct 85 min read
It Ends Here
By: Heidi Perks ISBN: 9781464270208 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 10/.06/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Someone inside is a killer. Someone outside knows why. One quiet morning in a small seaside town, a single gunshot brings everything to a standstill. Trapped inside the café where the shot was fired are five strangers. Outside is a growing crowd—and five loved ones desperate for answers. As the police scramble to i
Judith D Collins
Oct 75 min read
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