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A Forty Year Kiss
By: Nickolas Butler Narrator: Richard Poe RBmedia | Recorded Books ISBN: 9781464221248 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 02/04/2025 Format: Audio & e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) FEB 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS New Paperback edition From the critically acclaimed author of Shotgun Lovesongs comes an exquisitely written, small-town story about one couple's hard-won second chance at love, forty years after their divorce. Charlie and Vivian parted ways after jus
Judith D Collins
Jan 186 min read
The Nantucket Inn
By: Pamela Kelley Nantucket Inn Series #1 ISBN: 9781464251559 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 02/03/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS For fans of Elin Hilderbrand, USA Today bestseller Pamela Kelley invites readers into the Nantucket way of life—sandy shores, warm hearts, and new beginnings. A brilliant solution: remaking your rambling beach house into a bed & breakfast. Lisa Hodges loves her home and her Nantucket community
Judith D Collins
Jan 182 min read
Hot Girl Murder Girl
By: Ashley Winstead Narrator: TBA Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250401212 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Minotaur Books Publication Date: 07/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUL 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From national bestselling author Ashley Winstead comes a buzzy, bloody new thriller about success, sisterhood, and demanding justice…by any means necessary. What’s a girl got to do to get some fame, a few million record sales, and justice for murder? Ten years ago, aspiring s
Judith D Collins
Jan 183 min read
The Future Saints
By: Ashley Winstead Narrators: Ali Andre Ali, Brittany Pressley, Vikas Adam, Tyla Collier ISBN: 9781668024669 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 01/20/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and In Five Years—a beautiful, powerful, and transportive new novel about a music executive desperately trying to bring a rock band back from the brink, from bestselling author Ashley Winstead. This is a love s
Judith D Collins
Jan 188 min read
Such a Clever Girl
By: Darby Kane Narrators: Megan Tusing, Rebekkah Ross, Emily Woo Zeller, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw HarperAudio ISBN: 9780063352018 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date: 01/20/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JAN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with a gripping domestic thriller in which a family goes missing and a long-buried family mystery resurfaces. Fifteen years ago, the Tanner family va
Judith D Collins
Jan 186 min read
Antihero
Orphan X #11 By : Gregg Hurwitz Narrator: Scott Brick ISBN: 9781250871770 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Minotaur Books Publication Date: 02/10/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In the latest in this New York Times best-selling series, Evan Smoak takes on his most complex mission yet—one where he has to not only protect but also avenge, and find a way to balance vengeance with mercy. Once a black ops assassin for the government known as
Judith D Collins
Jan 185 min read
Holy Island
DCI Ryan Mystery #1 By: LJ Ross ISBN: 9781464273261 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 04/07/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From acclaimed internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes a chilling, atmospheric mystery steeped in ritual, secrets, and small-town tensions, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Louise Penny. On Holy Island, everyone is a suspect… Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to the remote Holy Isl
Judith D Collins
Jan 182 min read
Worse Than a Lie
A Beau Lea Cooper Novel By: Ben Crump ISBN: 9780593875704 Publisher: Ballantine | Bantam Publication Date: 02/17/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) FEB 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In this gripping thriller, truth and justice are called into question when a Black man is gunned down in cold blood—the first novel in a riveting series from renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. “A sensationally good crime and legal thriller . . . This is exactly what a book should be.”—Lee C
Judith D Collins
Jan 173 min read
Dissection of a Murder
By: Jo Murray Narrator: TBA Penguin Audo ISBN: 9798217177004 Publisher:Dutton Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SECOND SEASON OF APPLE TV+’S PRESUMED INNOCENT, STARRING EMMY AWARD-WINNER RACHEL BROSNAHAN Nothing is as it seems—and no one is telling the truth—in this page-turning thriller about a young lawyer forced to defend a man on trial for murder against the mentor who taught her everything:
Judith D Collins
Jan 154 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: 4 Stars (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,
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 148 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
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
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
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