If you are a librarian but haven't yet dipped your toes into the wonderful world of GalleyChat, now is the time! Unfamiliar? GalleyChat, a Twitter discussion taking place the first Tuesday of every month from 4-5PM EST, is all about upcoming books librarians are most excited about. It has quickly grown into a vibrant community and one of the best resources for discovering what everyone will be reading in the months ahead.
Here are some details on HarperCollins titles that are garnering major buzz in the GalleyChat community!
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The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
A haunting, richly atmospheric, and deeply suspenseful novel from the acclaimed author of The Enchanted about an investigator who must use her unique insights to find a missing little girl.
LibraryReads voting deadline: July 20th
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The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
A mesmerizing debut psychological thriller full of delicious twists about a coolly manipulative woman who worms her way into the lives of a wealthy “golden couple” from Connecticut to achieve the privileged life she wants.
LibraryReads voting deadline: August 20th
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The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash
The author of the celebrated bestseller A Land More Kind Than Home returns with this eagerly awaited new novel, set in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina in 1929 and inspired by actual events, that chronicles an ordinary woman’s struggle for dignity and her rights in a textile mill, a moving tale of courage in the face of oppression and injustice.
LibraryReads voting deadline: August 20th
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We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
In the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.
LibraryReads voting deadline: August 20th
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Strange Weather by Joe Hill
A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imaginative, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman.
LibraryReads voting deadline: August 20th
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Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire
In this imaginative novel rooted in the rich soil of early-nineteenth-century German Romanticism, beloved New York Times bestselling author Gregory Maguire twins an origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.
LibraryReads voting deadline: August 20th
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Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
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.
LibraryReads voting deadline: September 20th
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The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty—an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, 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.
LibraryReads voting deadline: September 20th
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The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decade’s most anticipated debuts, to be published in thirty-five 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.
LibraryReads voting deadline: November 20th
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Don't Skip Out on Me by Willy Vlautin
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.
LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
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Sunburn by Laura Lippman
New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with a superb novel of psychological suspense about a pair of lovers with the best intentions and the worst luck: two people locked in a passionate yet uncompromising game of cat and mouse. But instead of rules, this game has dark secrets, forbidden desires, inevitable betrayals—and cold-blooded murder…
LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
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More titles that librarians were buzzed about:
Caroline by Sarah Miller
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The Wife by Alafair Burke
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Logical Family by Armistead Maupin
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Start Without Me by Joshua Max Feldman
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The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
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Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
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The Destroyers by Christopher Bollen
On sale now!
The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh
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Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
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The Little Old Lady Who Struck Lucky Again! by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
On sale now!
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do by Amy Morin
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The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper
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The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal
On sale soon!
The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick
On sale now!
The Beauty of Us by Kristen Proby
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Breaking Bread by Martin Philip
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A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase
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-Chris