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Summer State Of Mind
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey ISBN: 978-1668074886 Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format: Other My Rating: Current Reading (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS “Queen of the beach read,” (Cosmopolitan) New York Times bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina. After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, looking for a new life—and possibly new romance. On
Judith D Collins
2 hours ago2 min read
The Place Between Our Pains
A Memoir of What Joy Can Survive By: K. J. Ramsey ISBN: 9780593727393 Publisher: Convergent | Convergent Books Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS 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 illness, trauma therapist and beloved author K.J. Ramsey was
Judith D Collins
Dec 73 min read
The Anniversary
By: Alex Finlay ISBN: 978-1250360755 Publisher: Minotuar Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (ARC) 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 from the wrong side of the tracks, is arrested after he innocently tri
Judith D Collins
Dec 42 min read
The Kindness of Strangers
By: Emma Garman ISBN: 9781668222546 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: other My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS 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 Osman. London, 1953. Jimmy Sullivan lies dying on the drawing room floor while his
Judith D Collins
Dec 12 min read
Beneath a Broken Sky
Ben Packard #4 By: Joshua Moehling ISBN: 978-1728279053 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR 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 settled into his life here just in time for
Judith D Collins
Nov 162 min read
Ironwood
Catalina #2 By: Michael Connelly ISBN: 978-0316595384 Publisher: Little Brown & Co Publication Date: 05/19/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS 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 residents, it seems blissfully separated—by twenty-two miles of ocean—from the
Judith D Collins
Nov 92 min read
The Things We Never Say
9798217154746 By: Elizabeth Strout ISBN: 9798217154746 Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 05/05/2026 Format:Hardcover My Rating: TBR (ARC) MAY 2026 MUST-READ BOOKS Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout’s new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher’s life—a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world. Artie D
Judith D Collins
Nov 13 min read
Storm Warning
A Dez Limerick Thriller #4 By: James Byrne ISBN: 9781250319814 Publisher: St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books Publication Date: 05/26/2026 Format: Other My Rating: TBR (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 Limerick—'Dez' to all who know him—is a man with a s
Judith D Collins
Oct 292 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
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
The May House
By: Jillian Cantor ISBN: 9781668091159 Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: 05/12/2026 Format: Hardcover My Rating: TBR (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 author of The Fiction Writer and Beautiful Little Fools. N
Judith D Collins
Oct 112 min read
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