Hello, librarians!
November brings with it shorter days, brisk nights, dazzling fall foliage, and, best of all, a new novel by Louise Erdrich! If that wasn't enough, we also have a fantasy debut by S. A. Chakraborty that is quickly building serious librarian buzz, a charming library-centric U.S. debut by Felicity Hayes-McCoy, the first installment in a new series from romance powerhouse Loretta Chase, and so much more. Enjoy!
Don't forget: the deadline to vote for the November LibraryReads list is September 20th. Happy reading!
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Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
For fans of: The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of LaRose and The Round House paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event.
"Masterful…a breakout work of speculative fiction…Erdrich enters the realm of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale…. A tornadic, suspenseful, profoundly provoking novel of life’s vulnerability and insistence…with a bold apocalyptic theme, searing social critique, and high-adrenaline action."
—Booklist 
review
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LibraryReads voting deadline: September 20th
The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
For fans of: Uprooted by Naomi Novik and The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty—an imaginative alchemy of The Grace of Kings and One Thousand and One Nights, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts.
"The City of Brass is the best adult fantasy I’ve read since The Name of the Wind. It’s stunning and complex and consuming and fantastic. You must read it."
—Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes
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LibraryReads voting deadline: September 20th
The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
For fans of: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
In the bestselling tradition of Fannie Flagg comes Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s U.S. debut about a local librarian who must find a way to rebuild her community and her own life in this touching, enchanting novel set on Ireland’s stunning West Coast.
"The spot-on descriptions of Ireland’s dusty country roads and expansive sky all but leap off the page and provide the true joy of Hayes-McCoy’s first novel…. Maeve Binchy and Patrick Taylor fans will find much to enjoy." —Booklist
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LibraryReads voting deadline: September 20th
A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase
Also from the author: Dukes Prefer Blondes and Vixen in Velvet
From Loretta Chase, New York Times bestselling author and one of the genre’s most beloved authors, comes the first in a new series about three men, known as the Dis-Graces, who vie for the title of The Worst Duke in London—and where only the right heroine can tame the beast.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: September 20th
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The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
For fans of: The Girl Before by JP Delaney and The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in thirty-four languages around the world and already in development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.
"Finn’s debut lives up to the hype…. A riveting and mature first novel that stands out in a crowded genre."
—Library Journal 
review
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LibraryReads voting deadline: November 20th
Don't Skip Out on Me by Willy Vlautin
For fans of: Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
From award-winning author Willy Vlautin comes this moving novel about a young ranch hand who goes on a quest to become a champion boxer to prove his worth.
"Few contemporary western writers tell the truth with the unerring eye of Willy Vlautin, a literary realist whose emotionally charged characters achieve that rarest of goals in fiction—to tell a great story."
—Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries
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LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth
For fans of: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Two adolescent brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of power after a tragedy shatters their family in this riveting debut novel—a story of savagery and race, injustice and honor set in the untamed frontier of 1880s Australia—reminiscent of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and the novels of Cormac McCarthy.
"I couldn’t put Only Killers and Thieves down. It does what great Westerns do, it drops you inside the ugliness and chaos of Australian frontier life, it educates and horrifies, but also it entertains. Howarth’s debut is a powerhouse page turner."
—Willy Vlautin, author of Lean on Pete and Don't Skip Out on Me
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LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
For fans of: The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees—an unforgettable tale of family…the kind you come from and the kind you create.
"Sometimes the best stories in the library aren’t found on its shelves; they’re walking through its doors and congregating by the reference desk. Sue Halpern knows this and mines the setting for comic and tragicomic gold."
—Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue! and The Deadbeat
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LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
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Plenty of delectable reads to guide us through this last remaining month of summer. We hope you read, LOVE, and nominate your chosen titles for LibraryReads! Visit LibraryReads.org for details on this monthly list voted on by librarians for librarians!
-Chris