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Beneath a Broken Sky
Ben Packard #4 By: Joshua Moehling Narrator: Linda Jones Sourcebooks ISBN: 978-1728279053 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) 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
Judith D Collins
May 286 min read
The Final Confession
FBI Kate Reid Thriller #18 By: Robin Mahle ASIN: B0GHPSL834 Publisher: HARP House Publishing Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 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, investig
Judith D Collins
May 244 min read
The Midnight Train
The Midnight World #2 By: Matt Haig Narrator: James Norton ISBN: 978-0593833377 Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Publisher: Penguin Audio Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his
Judith D Collins
May 244 min read
Storm Warning
A Dez Limerick Thriller #4 By: James Byrne Narrator: Ruairi Conaghan Vibrance Press ISBN: 9781250319814 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Dez Limerick has his considerable skills pushed to the limit when, to rescue a friend, he has to get to—and get into—a state of the art facility on full lockdown, with considerable forces determined to stop him. Desmond Aloysius Limer
Judith D Collins
May 224 min read
Both Can Be True
By: Jessica Guerrieri Narrators:Jessica Guerrier, Helen Laser, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Rebecca Lowman ISBN: 9781400345984 Publisher: Harper Muse Publictaion Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS MAY #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat When a local mother goes missing, two estranged sisters are pulled back into each other’s lives and forced to confront old wounds, fractured trust, and the many ways a woman can disappear in plain sight. Frankie i
Judith D Collins
May 2016 min read
The Burning Side
By: Sarah Damoff Narrators: Stacy Gonzalez, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Jackie Sanders Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668085011 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 5/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. W
Judith D Collins
May 195 min read
Ironwood
Catalina #2 By: Michael Connelly Narrator: Will Damron ISBN: 978-0316595384 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Best Crime Procedural Series of 2026 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 res
Judith D Collins
May 196 min read
The Dog Sitter
By: Eva Lesko Natiello ISBN: 9780998285122 Publisher: Fine Line Publishing Publication Date: 05/19/2025 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS MAY featured #LitLitMiniAuthorChat THE DOG SITTER is a feel-good romp that follows one woman’s unexpected self-discovery when she takes a 30-day dog sitting job in NYC despite not being a dog person (or a people person, frankly). Freshly divorced, newly evicted, and suddenly strapped, Colleen Fitzroy has no choice bu
Judith D Collins
May 1913 min read
The River Muse
By: Laura Resau Narrator: Cassandra Campbell ISBN: 9781400349142 Duration: 11 Hrs. 53 Min Publisher: Harper Muse Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A French chateau. A forest with secrets. A magical spring. Welcome to La Chanson, where lost souls are found again… At the brink of summer, Callie arrives in a secluded village in the South of France with her young daughter, after barely escaping her menacing ex-partner. Desperat
Judith D Collins
May 186 min read
The Place Between Our Pains
A Memoir of What Joy Can Survive By: K. J. Ramsey Narrator: K.J. Ramsey ISBN: 9780593727393 Publisher: Convergent | Convergent Books Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Memoir TOP BOOKS OF 2026 LIST! A poetic, darkly funny memoir of one woman’s trip across the national parks straight into life-threatening illness and the joy that still holds us, no matter how much life hurts. After over a decade of fighting chronic ill
Judith D Collins
May 188 min read
The Wolf At The Door
Margot Phalen FBI Series By: Kate Wiley Narrator: Lauryn Allman Dreamscape Media ISBN: 9781837001637 Publisher: Storm Publishing Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS When seven skeletons are unearthed along the Appalachian Trail, FBI Special Agent Margot Phalen thinks she already knows who put them there. Margot knows how predators hunt. As the daughter of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, she’s turned
Judith D Collins
May 185 min read
The Divorce
By: Freida McFadden Narrators: January LaVoy, Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland Dreamscape Media ISBN: 978-1464249631 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Audio My Rating: 5 Stars MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks her out, hires the city’s best divorce lawyers, drai
Judith D Collins
May 175 min read
The One Day You Were My Husband
By: Rosie Walsh Narrator: Emilia Fox Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217060450 Publisher: Viking Penguin Pamela Dorman Books Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 4.5 Stars (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 thei
Judith D Collins
May 168 min read
The Final Target
By: Nora Roberts Narrator: January LaVoy Macmillan Audio ISBN: 9781250413581 Publisher: St Martin's Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire—and rage—in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature. He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compli
Judith D Collins
May 165 min read
21 Willow Lane
By: Keri Beevis Narrator: Shakira Shute ISBN: 9781835336137 Publisher: Boldwood Books Publication Date: 05/22/2926 Format: e-book My Rating: 4 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Discover the BRAND NEW gripping psychological thriller from the INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING author of The House Sitter, Keri Beevis Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Claire McGowan and Lisa Jewell! Some friendships - and secrets - should stay buried forever… Everyone said a change of scenery would
Judith D Collins
May 155 min read
The Fake Wife
By: Emily Shiner ISBN: 9781805509127 Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: 05/11/2026 Format: e-book My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS BLOG TOUR STOP As I watch Darren bury his wife’s body in the backyard, I know I need to act fast. I’m going to be her replacement. He’ll never know what’s coming… The next day, I smile down at Darren in bed next to me. When he wakes up, I’m going to tell him I’m his new wife. I’ll keep this beautiful house clean and host the
Judith D Collins
May 115 min read
Dissection of a Murder
By: Jo Murray Narrator: Joanne Froggatt Penguin Audio ISBN: 9798217177004 Publisher: Dutton Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Paperback My Rating: 5 Stars (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 taug
Judith D Collins
May 118 min read
The May House
By: Jillian Cantor Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668091159 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Three adult sisters inherit a beach house from their grandmother on the condition they return every May to spend one week together, earthing family secrets, unrequited love, and the deep bonds of sisterhood in this shimmering new novel from the USA TODAY bestselling au
Judith D Collins
May 95 min read
The Forgotten Midwife
By: Laura Anthony Narrators: Helen Laser, Maeve Smyth Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668047415 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Set in the dual timelines of present-day New Jersey and 1950s Ireland, and based on real historical events, comes a powerful, poignant novel of sisterhood, family secrets, and resilience from the author of the “profound, moving, and memorable” (Fresh Fiction) The W
Judith D Collins
May 95 min read
The Anniversary
By: Alex Finlay Narrators: Ari Fliakos, Brittany Pressley Macmillan Audio ISBN: 978-1250360755 Publisher: Minotuar Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) (ALC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the bestselling author of Parents Weekend, comes one of the most anticipated thrillers of the year. Every Year He Comes For Them. On one fateful night in 1992, the lives of two seventeen-year-olds are changed and intertwined forever. Quinn Riley, a boy f
Judith D Collins
May 97 min read
The Kindness of Strangers
By: Emma Garman Narrator: Olivia Dowd Simon & Schuster Audio ISBN: 9781668222546 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS "MAY FEATURED LITERARY NOIR!" A wildly entertaining debut and homage to the classic murder mystery set in post-WWII London where a stranger’s arrival at a boarding house sets a deadly chain of events in motion—perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson, Agatha Christie, and Richard Osm
Judith D Collins
May 911 min read
Enormous Wings
By: Laurie Frankel Narrator: Becky Ann Baker ISBN: 9781250446794 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Henry Holt & Co. Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Audiobook My Rating: 5 Stars (ALC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Laurie Frankel, an exuberant and timely new novel At seventy-seven, Pepper Mills is too old to be a stranger in a strange land. She didn’t choose the Vista View Retirement Community of Austin, Texas—that would be her three
Judith D Collins
May 68 min read
The Calamity Club
By: Kathryn Stockett Narrators: Jenna Lamia, January LaVoy Spotify Audiobooks ISBN: 9781954118812 Publisher: Spiegel & Grau Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Other My Rating: 5 Stars + (ARC): MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, GOODREADS, TOWN & COUNTRY, MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE, GARDEN & GUN, AARP, WOMAN’S WORLD, COUNTRY LIVING, AND OPRAH DAILY “So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end.”—Opra
Judith D Collins
May 57 min read
Come Back to the World
By: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Frankie Corzo Brilliance Audio ISBN: 9781662522406 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 5 Stars (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS A single mother strives to understand the enigma of a reclusive novelist in a poignant novel about belonging, secret lives, and the desire to disappear by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Amelia Booker, a journalist and expert in American lit
Judith D Collins
May 55 min read
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