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The Neighbors Are Watching
By: Maggie Blum Thompson Narrator: Alex Picard Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250412553 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the "master of suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous, twisty thriller about obsession, betrayal, and the price of perfection Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes,
Judith D Collins
Jun 306 min read
Keep Them Close
By: David Ellis Narrators: Robin McAlpine, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Kelli Tager Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217045877 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the bestselling author of Look Closer comes a new domestic thriller about betrayal and murder inside one twisted family. “David Ellis is a master of layered, complex thrillers. A fast-paced, twisty, wild ride.” —Mary Kubica, New York Times b
Judith D Collins
Jun 295 min read
The Top Of The World
By: Ethan Joella Narrators: Ryan Do, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668024621 Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS JUN Featured #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat A heartbreaking, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella—author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick A Little Hope—about a young woman searching for answers about her brother’s last days. June 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduat
Judith D Collins
Jun 2910 min read
It Could Have Been Her
By: Lisa Jewell Narrators: James Norton, Lesley Sharp, Joanna David, Emilia Fox, Freddie Fox, Tim McInnerny, Harriet Fisher, Ella Rae Smith, Elsa Lepecki Bean Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668033906 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 06/23/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell brings her signature dark, atmospheric suspense and sharp acuity to this new psychological thriller about a l
Judith D Collins
Jun 235 min read
Nine Lives
By: Catherine Steadman Narrator: Catherine Steadman ISBN: 9780593725771 Publisher: Ballantine Publication Date: 06/23/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When she begins to peer into the lives of her glamorous neighbors, one woman discovers a terrifying secret in this riveting psychological thriller with nine lives worth of twists, from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water, a Reese’s Book Club pick. These are your ne
Judith D Collins
Jun 226 min read
The Au Pair
By: Teddy Wayne Narrator: Eric A. Altheide ISBN: 9780063457201 Publisher: HarperAudio Adult | Harper Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A NEW YORK TIMES NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT and NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING THIS SUMMER A Boston Globe, Seattle Times, New York Post, Lit Hub, and Zibby Books most-anticipated/summer books pick Award-winning author Teddy Wayne follows his breakout sensation The Winner—a New York
Judith D Collins
Jun 186 min read
The Armchair Detectives On Holiday
The Armchair Detective Mysteries #2 By: Matt Dunn ISBN: 978-1805505747 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 06/22/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Martin and Albie are jetting off for some sun and sangria. But they didn’t bank on finding a body on the beach… Fresh from their last case at Twilight Lodge, Martin and Albie reward themselves with a relaxing trip to the sun-soaked island of Menorca, joined by Martin’s daughter Dionne and belo
Judith D Collins
Jun 175 min read
Someone Else's Husband
By: Kimberly McCreight Narrators: Elena Rey, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Samantha Desz, Jonathan Todd Ross, Dan Bittner, Will Damron, Leanne Woodward, Chris Andrew Ciulla, George Newbern, Giordan Diaz, Max Meyers, Jane Oppenheimer, Kristen DiMercurio Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593536445 Publisher: Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS JUN #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat New York Times bestsellin
Judith D Collins
Jun 1511 min read
Liberty Street
By: Heather Marshall Narrators: Alison Deon, Hailey Gillis, Heather Marshall Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593975527 Publisher: Ballatntine Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist’s harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women’s prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later. “Heather Mar
Judith D Collins
Jun 157 min read
Death Was Not on the Guest List
By: Jenni L. Walsh Narrators: Lauren Ezzo, Barrie Kreinik ISBN: 978-1662536274 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From USA Today bestselling author Jenni L. Walsh comes a witty Jazz Age mystery where rivalry, ambition, and deceit glitter under every chandelier…and no one gets out until the killer is unmasked. In Chicago’s Gold Coast district, twenty of the city’s most glamorous socialites gat
Judith D Collins
Jun 145 min read
The Frenzy
Stories by Joyce Carol Oates By: Joyce Carol Oates Narrators: Cassandra Campbell, Linda Jones, January LaVoy, Ann Marie Lee, Kelli Tager, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Matt Godfrey, Amy Jensen, Max Meyers Random House Audio ISBN: 9780593978115 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates “who is surel
Judith D Collins
Jun 147 min read
Our Perfect Holiday
By: Daniel Hurst Narrator: Melanie Crawley, Matthew Biddulph Hachette UK ISBN: 9781807221560 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS (Previously titled I Shouldn't Have Come Here.) It was the perfect trip, until it ended in murder… I stand on the balcony with my gorgeous husband, Reuben, by my side. My family have returned to this beautiful French hotel to celebrate my mother’s seventieth birthday. Th
Judith D Collins
Jun 134 min read
This Is A Lie
By: Cleo Ballard Narrator: Stephanie Németh-Parker Spotify Audiobooks ISBN: 979-8892425865 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Penn, once a brilliant PhD candidate in Applied Language Studies, traded her dissertation for a “perfect” life as a suburban wife and social media-savvy mother. But after a brutal betrayal by her husband, friends, and even her own teenage daughter, Penn is left with nothi
Judith D Collins
Jun 86 min read
Just One Bite
By: Miranda Rijks ISBN: 9781837567591 Publisher: Inkubator Books Publication Date: 06/28/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Brittany has gone viral. And not in a good way. Celebrity chef Brittany Cole has it all. Fame, success, and the perfect family. From her restored Vermont farmhouse, she's built a wholesome brand that is trusted by millions. But when her four-year-old has a meltdown, a video of Brittany shouting at the little girl goes v
Judith D Collins
Jun 85 min read
The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright
The True Story of Mass Murder in Paradise By: Casey Sherman Narrator: Justin Price Sourcebooks ISBN: 9781464241895 Publisher: Sourcebooks non-fiction Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America. Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings—he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy m
Judith D Collins
Jun 85 min read
Beach Thriller
By: Jamie Day Narrators: Emily Shaffer, Jane Oppenheimer, Jennifer Pickens, Megan Tusing Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250358233 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BEST SUMMER MYSTERY JUN #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat Feature The next riveting summer suspense by the author of THE BLOCK PARTY, ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY, and THE LAKE ESCAPE Jamie Day. It's been nearly twenty years since Holly last visited
Judith D Collins
Jun 813 min read
She Must Go
By: A. J. Campbell ASIN: B0H1CKTGK5 Publisher: Code Grey Publishing Publication Date: 06/19/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BLOG TOUR HOST JUN 23 JUN #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat You look like the last girl… Beth Lakeland is flying home with her husband, Justin, after a rare weekend away. It was a birthday celebration; an opportunity to reconnect, in between Beth’s chemotherapy rounds. But at the airport, a young woman strikes up a conversati
Judith D Collins
Jun 78 min read
Heather
By: Caitlin Mullen Narrators: Bailey Carr, Christine Lakin, Mia Wurgaft Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250400574 Publisher: Celadon Books Publication Date: 06/09/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us. 1990. In the myth-riddled woods of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, sixteen-
Judith D Collins
Jun 75 min read
The Windsor Affair
By: Melanie Benjamin Narrator: Clare Corbett ISBN: 9780593497883 Publisher: Ballantine | Delacorte Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (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—
Judith D Collins
Jun 46 min read
You Girls Play NIce
By: KD Aldyn Narrator: Joy Regullano ISBN: 9781464236662 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 06/16/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS For fans of Karin Slaughter and The Butcher Game, comes a chilling, "good for her" revenge thriller that paints a searing picture of friendship, justice, and vengeance, a story that asks: how far would you go to avenge your friend? Four friends. Four plans for revenge. One secret killer. When He
Judith D Collins
Jun 45 min read
Autoimmunity and the Good Girls
How Permission to Put Ourselves First Has the Power to Keep Us Well By: Sara Hirsh Bordo Narrator: Sara Hirsh Bordo ISBN: 9780063450660 Publisher: HarperOne Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars % (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS #TopBooksof2026 “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
Judith D Collins
Jun 210 min read
The Secret Attic
By: Chelsea Conradt Narrator: Brittany Pressley Sourcebooks ISBN: 978-1464229190 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "Haunting and atmospheric." ―Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author, for The Farmhouse The past isn't just haunting her―it's hunting her. Addison Lowe knew her mother-in-law despised her, but inheriting Barb's massive estate after her death feels less like closure an
Judith D Collins
Jun 27 min read
Road Trip
By: Mary Kay Andrews Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250372895 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: 06/02/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Rolling hills, hot men with accents, and a trip to Ireland two sisters might not survive. The queen of summer beach reads and New York Times Bestselling author, Mary Kay Andrews is crossing the pond! Road Trip marks Andrews’ first novel in two years, the book was
Judith D Collins
Jun 15 min read
The Housewife
By: Natalie Barelli Narrator: Karissa Vacker Dreamscape Media ISBN: 9781464247552 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 06/30/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) JUN 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From bestselling indie thriller writer Natalie Barelli comes a new deliciously dark novel about a woman who married the man of her dreams, only for him to become her worst nightmare. Jodie always dreamed of being a housewife. And after a whirlwind romance, she ma
Judith D Collins
Jun 16 min read
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