Couldn't make today's Library Journal webinar where our own Virginia Stanley buzzed about some of the hottest upcoming sleeper hits coming this summer? No problem! Below you will find details on all the titles she talked about. And better yet, you can still sign up to receive the archived version of the event! Just click here for more details.
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Sycamore by Bryn Chancellor
An award-winning writer hailed as "amazing, sensitive, and thoughtful” by Kevin Wilson makes her debut with this mesmerizing page-turner in the spirit of Everything I Never Told You and Olive Kitteridge: a coming of age story, a mystery, and a moving exploration of the elemental forces that drive human nature—desire, loneliness, grief, love, forgiveness, and hope—witnessed through the lives of one small Arizona town.
"Chancellor’s absorbing first novel begins quietly, quickly gains momentum, and ends explosively…. a must for readers of literary fiction with an over-the-top final twist." —Library Journal 
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Everybody's Son by Thrity Umrigar
The bestselling, critically acclaimed author of The Space Between Us and The World We Found deftly explores issues of race, class, privilege, and power and asks us to consider uncomfortable moral questions in this probing, ambitious, emotionally wrenching novel of two families—one black, one white.
"…uncompromising in its portrayal of what power reveals about those who wield it." —Booklist
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LibraryReads voting deadline: April 20th
Driving Miss Norma by Tim Bauerschmidt and Ramie Liddle
As featured on the popular Facebook page of the same name with over 500k devoted followers, an inspiring memoir chronicling the remarkable cross-country journey of the effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness chooses to hit the road in an RV with her son, daughter-in-law, and 73-pound poodle Ringo, and say “yes” to all that life offers—and teaches us how to really live.
"I finished this morning and how I got through it without sobbing out loud is a miracle. I expect libraries should buy lots as copies will be returned with water damage due to the flowing of tears…. a fabulous book." —Robin Beerbower, Salem Public Library
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-Meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.
“I loved this novel—it’s so big-hearted and earthy and funny. Best of all, it turns many preconceptions upside down, and opens up a world that so many of us have only glimpsed. A rattlingly good story.”
—Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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LibraryReads voting deadline: April 20th
The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh 
A blistering thriller from the Edgar-nominated author of Shovel Ready—a speculative modern Western with elements of Cormac McCarthy, Jim Thompson, and the Coen brothers that is wickedly funny, razor-sharp, and totally engrossing.
“Adam Sternbergh is a genre-bender of the highest caliber. Part thriller, part Western, part pulpy whodunit, The Blinds is a propulsive and meaningful meditation on redemption and loss. It’s witty, electrifying, vivid, and thoroughly original.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Since We Fell
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LibraryReads voting deadline: June 20th
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.
“Rene Denfeld has a gift for shining bright light in dark places. The Child Finder is a gorgeous, haunting gem of a novel. Raw and real yet wrapped in a fairy tale, as lovely and as chilling as the snow.”
—Erin Morgenstern, New York Times bestselling author of
The Night Circus
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LibraryReads voting deadline: July 20th
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.
“Gillian Flynn meets Joy Fielding in Liv Constantine’s The Last Mrs. Parrish. In an age of great anti-heroines, comes the most unlikeable one yet, the coldly devilish Amber Patterson. This thriller delivers the most satisfying ending since B.A. Paris’ smash hit Behind Closed Doors—and a victorious romp of revenge.”
—Jenny Milchman, USA Today bestselling author of Cover of Snow
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LibraryReads voting deadline: August 20th
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker
An exhilarating saga of the Vikings that conjures a brutal, superstitious, and thrilling ninth-century world and the birth of a kingdom—the debut installment in a historical literary trilogy that combines the bold imagination and sweeping narrative power of Game of Thrones, Vikings, and Outlander.
“A terrific historical epic…Posing thoughtful questions about the nature of honor and heroism, and devoting significant attention to women’s lives, the novel takes a fresh approach to the Viking adventure genre…The action scenes will have the blood humming in your veins.”
—Booklist 
review
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LibraryReads voting deadline: June 20th
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Have you read any of these titles? We'd love to know what you think! Email us at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com.
-The LLF team