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6:40 to Montreal
By: Eva Jurczyk Narrator: Allyson Morgan Recorded Books ISBN: 9781728295725 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 10/28/2025 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS OCT Featured #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat #CoverReveal No WiFi, no distractions. No way out… Agatha's husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift—a one-day writing retreat so she can get some serious work done on her
Judith D Collins
Oct 288 min read
Ask for Andrea
Ask for Andrea #1 By: Noelle West Ihli Narrator: Allison Delaney Simon Maverick ISBN: 9781496758002 Publisher: Kensington Books Publication Date: 10/28/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS In a hauntingly unique, compulsively readable, engrossingly intense psychological thriller for readers of Freida McFadden, Jason Rekulak, Clémence Michallon, Robyn Harding, and The Lovely Bones, three women murdered by the same man unite in the afterlife to f
Judith D Collins
Oct 275 min read
Sonora
By: Jenni L. Walsh Narrator: Piper Goodeve ISBN: 9781400246779 Publisher: HarperCollins Focus | Harper Muse Publication Date: 10/28/2025 Format: Other & audio My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS "This one's for the horse girls, the girls who fell in love with Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and hoped someday they'd be like the fearless, determined, strong Sonora Carver whose love and belief in her horses made her an icon." --Joy Callaway, international bestse
Judith D Collins
Oct 278 min read
My Husband Next Door
By: K. L. Slater ISBN: 9781835252741 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 10/28/2025 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS The perfect way for us to live. The perfect way for him to hide… My husband Matt and I are an ordinary married couple in every way but one. At the end of each day, we return to our own homes and our own spaces. Some people think this arrangement is odd, but for us it’s perfect. But beyond the fairy lights I string at my wind
Judith D Collins
Oct 264 min read
The Mad Wife
By: Meagan Church Narrator: Susan Bennett Recorded Books ISBN: 978-1464252556 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 09/30/2025 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) SEP 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS SEP FEATURED #AuthorElevatorSeries #TopBooksof2025 With odes of The Bell Jar comes a searing historical suspense following a 1950s housewife who, when a mysterious new wife moves across the way, begins to unearth dark secrets about her neighborhood and her own mind. In
Judith D Collins
Oct 2615 min read
The One Day You Were My Husband
By: Rosie Walsh ISBN: 9798217060450 Publisher: Viking Penguin Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the New York Times–bestselling author of Ghosted and The Love of My Life comes an unmissable emotional thriller: an up-all-night, page-turning love story with a very dark secret at its heart. Carrie and Johan marry on a beach in Thailand only months into their whirlwind romance. Carrie, a British su
Judith D Collins
Oct 232 min read
The Room Next Door
By : Wendy Walker Narrators: Julia Whelan, Elizabeth Evans, Bebe Wood, full cast Publisher: Audible Originals Pub Date: 10/09/2025 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS From the bestselling author of Mad Love and American Girl comes a propulsive new thriller with a spectacular twist and an acclaimed cast. They were best friends forever. Until the night one of them disappeared. In 2010, Brooke Lowry, Carrie Hollis, and Eve Shay were inseparable. But on the
Judith D Collins
Oct 235 min read
Girl Dinner
By: Olivie Blake Narrators: Rita Amparita; Stephanie Németh-Parker ISBN: 9781250402738 Publisher: Mcmillan Audio Publication Date: 10/21/2025 Format: Audio My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS #MacAudio2025 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Girl Dinner is a darkly-fun novel about power, lust, and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . . Good girls deserve a treat. Every member
Judith D Collins
Oct 217 min read
The Proving Ground
Lincoln Lawyer #8 By: Michael Connelly Narrator: Peter Giles ISBN: 978-0316563826 Publisher: Little Brown & Co. Publication Date: 10/21/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2025 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl. Following his “resurrection walk” and need for a new direct
Judith D Collins
Oct 217 min read
Vicious Cycle
Corey in Los Angeles #1 By: Jaime Parker Stickle Narrator: Sarah Naughton Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781511354462 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 10/21/2025 Format: audio and e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS A former reporter gets a new spin on life in this gripping debut from author Jaime Parker Stickle, whose psychological roller-coaster ride set in sunny Los Angeles tackles motherhood and murder. New mother Corey Tracey-Lieberman wa
Judith D Collins
Oct 215 min read
The Widow
By: John Grisham Narrator: Mchael Beck Random House Audio ISBN: 9780385548984 Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 10/21/2025 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS TOP BOOKS OF 2025 The master of the legal thriller returns this fall with his first-ever whodunit. #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acclaimed master of the legal thriller. Now, he’s back with his first-ever whodunit, even more suspenseful than his courtroom
Judith D Collins
Oct 216 min read
The Women of Artemis
By: Hannah Lynn Narrator: Frances Butt Tantor Media ISBN: 9781728284323 Publisher: Sourebooks Landmark Publication date: 10/21/2025 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS Mothers. Daughters. Warriors. Women. This is the never-before-told story of history's most ferocious heroines: this is the rise of the Amazons. When she first married at fourteen, Otrera imagined a relationship full of love. A partnership. Years later, living in destitution wit
Judith D Collins
Oct 195 min read
The Drop
By: S.R. Masters ISBN: 9781464245923 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Publication Date: 04/21/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A terrifyingly twisty, wholly original thriller following a group of amusement park visitors who get stuck on a roller coaster high above the ground—with no way down. Seven hundred feet in the air, no one can hear you scream. Some might say that thirtysomething Cady Ellison landed herself a strange creative career,
Judith D Collins
Oct 192 min read
Dear Mother
By: Rea Frey ISBN: 9781662532283 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 04/28/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS In a tense thriller set deep amid the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a determined mother works to uncover the secrets of her family’s dark past, fearful of what their history may reveal. After a childhood riddled with trauma and unanswered questions, Isabelle Archer vows to chase down the truth. So when her estranged mother d
Judith D Collins
Oct 181 min read
The Windsor Affair
By: Melanie Benjamin ISBN: 9780593497883 Publisher: Ballantine | Delacorte Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A scandalous affair. A power struggle for the throne. A sensational rivalry between an English queen and an American social climber. In this electrifying novel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue tells the story of the Abdication of Edward VIII—and the two women at the cent
Judith D Collins
Oct 183 min read
Good Joy Bad Joy
By: Mikki Brammer ISBN: 9781250284433 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the bestselling author of The Collected Regrets of Clover comes a vibrant, heartfelt novel about friendship over the decades, self-discovery, and what it means to have a life well-lived. Break the rules. Find your joy. For over eighty years, Joy Bridport has played by the rules: she's been a devoted wife and mother,
Judith D Collins
Oct 183 min read
Golden Girls on the Run
By: Judy Leigh Narrator: Phyllida Nash ISBN: 9781785132643 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 12/06/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) DEC 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS Father Ted meets Thelma and Louise in the BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud, relatable read from MILLION COPY bestseller Judy Leigh! Perfect for fans of Dawn French and Caroline James! Age is just a number. Trouble is a lifestyle. When octogenarian sisters-in-law Sadie and Bronagh find themselves at the centre
Judith D Collins
Oct 185 min read
The Second Story Book Shop
By: Denise Hunter Narrated by Kim Churchill ISBN: 9781400348725 Publisher: HCCP & HCF Audio | Thomas Nelson Fiction Publication Date: 10/07/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS She inherits the bookshop of her dreams . . . But she has to run it with the ex she vowed never to speak with again. Shelby Thatcher adores working in the charming small-town bookshop her grandmother opened years ago. Since high school she's helped Gram turn the shop into a co
Judith D Collins
Oct 183 min read
Such a Bad Influence
By: Grace Demyan Narrator: Charlotte Lobdell Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662529061 Publisher: Lake Union Publication Date: 10/21/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS DEBUT NOVEL In this humorous and heartfelt novel, a blueberry farmer teams up with a teenager in need to start a revenge business. What could possibly go wrong? In rural Ohio, the last connections lonesome Felicity Lavigne has to her late mom are the blueberry farm she inherited a
Judith D Collins
Oct 184 min read
The Wife Deserved It
A Novella By: Darby Kane Narrators: Johnathan McClain, Eva Kaminsky HarperAudio ISBN: 978-0063486089 Publisher: William Morrow Publication Date:10/21/2025 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS Darby Kane, author of #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, delivers an unputdownable domestic thriller novella in which a man has laid the foundation for the perfect murder... or so he thinks. Reid Cavanagh is done with his marriage. He wants
Judith D Collins
Oct 184 min read
The Midnight Knock
By: John Fram Narrators: Angel Pean, Lee Osorio ISBN: 9781668069424 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 10/21/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) OCT 2025 MUST-READ BOOKS For fans of Stuart Turton and Blake Crouch, a mind-bending locked-room thriller about eight strangers trapped in a remote Texas motel as they race against time to save their lives—from the acclaimed author of the “compelling, thought-provoking, page-turning” (Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin a
Judith D Collins
Oct 166 min read
Who Knew the Ridpath GirlBy:
By: Stacy Johns ISBN: 9781464230967 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pulication Date: 04/14/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A gripping mystery perfect for fans of Amy Tintera following one man's investigation into the death of his sister years earlier, forcing him to confront old faces, a strong-willed detective, and a string of new murders in his remote small town. Welcome to Meander, where truths are best left buried. Gracen Ridpath has a sec
Judith D Collins
Oct 162 min read
Life: A Love Story
By: Elizabeth Berg ISBN: 9780593446829 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 03/17/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A warm, intimate novel that reminds us of the richness that can be found all throughout our lives—by the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv and Open House As ninety-two-year-old Florence "Flo" Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman who grew up next door to h
Judith D Collins
Oct 152 min read
The Unforgettable Mailman
By: April Howells ISBN: 9798892425261 Publisher: Alcove Press Publication Date: 08/21/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: TBR (ARC) APR 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS It's never too late for the adventure of a lifetime, even if you can't remember why you started. The Unforgettable Mailman is a heartwarming story about intergenerational friendship and the power of human connection, perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman. 1966, Chicago. Backlogged with millions of undelivered letters, the po
Judith D Collins
Oct 151 min read
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