A panel of librarians from around the country came together for another well-attended Read n' Rave at this year's ALA Annual in Chicago. Modeled after the ever-popular Shout 'n Share panel that takes place every year at Book Expo, Read n' Rave gives the panelists an opportunity to voice their love of upcoming books they don't want you to miss. The full recap can be read over at The Booklist Reader by following the link below:
Keep reading for a list of all the HarperCollins titles chosen by the panelists. One notable book that garnered RAVES from many of the panelists was LLF-favorite
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn!
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Erin Downey Howerton, Children’s Manager at the Wichita Public Library
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.
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Stephen Sposato, Manager of Content Curation and Reader’s Advisory at the Chicago Public Library
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.
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Becky Spratford, Reader’s Advisory consultant
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 Uprooted, 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.
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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.
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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, Joe Hill.
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Kaite Stover, Director of Reader’s Services for the Kansas City (MO) Public Library
Caroline by Sarah Miller
In this novel authorized by the Little House estate, Sarah Miller vividly recreates the beauty, hardship, and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction, a captivating story that illuminates one courageous, resilient, and loving pioneer woman as never before—Caroline Ingalls, "Ma" in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little House books.
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Santa's Husband by Daniel Kibblesmith and A. P. Quach
Offering a fresh twist on Kris Kringle, a clever yet heartfelt book that tells the story of a black Santa, his white husband, and their life in the North Pole.
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-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.
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Magan Szwarek, Director of Reference at the Schaumburg Township District Library
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss
The award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The History of Love conjures an achingly beautiful and breathtakingly original novel about personal transformation that interweaves the stories of two disparate individuals—an older lawyer and a young novelist—whose transcendental search leads them to the same Israeli desert.
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Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
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.
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Read any of these titles and feel like raving yourself? Let us know at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com.
-Chris