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You voted, and the results are in!  Congratulations to Joshilyn Jackson's The Almost Sisters for making the July LibraryReads list!

If you haven't dipped in yet, now's the perfect time to request the egalley.  With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of gods in Alabama has penned a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality—the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who we really are.

A round of applause for the entire list!  If you want your voice heard, make sure you submit your votes for the August LibraryReads list by June 20.  Check out our list of suggested reading here.

—Amanda

 

       

So much love for our books at the very popular program: Librarian Shout ‘N Share at BookExpo!

This is co-sponsored by the AAP and
Library Journal.

A handful of rock star librarians talked about upcoming books that have them jazzed. Wilda Williams, the Fiction Editor at Library Journal was the moderator.  The participating librarians were: Stephanie Anderson, Assistant Director for Public Services, Darien Library; Stephanie Chase, Director, Hillsboro Public Library; Charlene Rue, Deputy Director of Collection Management, BookOps, NYPL and Brooklyn Public Libraries; and Todd Krueger, Collection Development, Baltimore County Public Library.

Several HarperCollins titles received shout outs from the panelists including: The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn, The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine, Unforgivable Love by Sophfronia Scott, The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean, and The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy.

-Virginia

Did you attend BookExpo this year? If so, you might have noticed a more slimmed down and focused show that felt particularly special with the continued emergence of librarian attendees. In yesterday's EarlyWord BookExpo roundup, featuring a picture of yours truly, the continued shift towards librarian attendees is further highlighted along with some of the show's most talked about titles. Spoiler alert: The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn was one of them! Click the link below to read more!

www.earlyword.com/2017/06/05/librarians-dominate-bookexpo-2017

-The LLF team

Couldn't make our buzz at Book Expo 2017?  Click the link below to download a pdf copy of our handout!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1RsUAB4nxLQYk52aGJxblZrWkk/view?usp=drivesdk

        

Greetings, librarians. By now, you've not only been reading into the summer, but actually LIVING in it. The best way to celebrate all this glorious warm weather? A new Karin Slaughter! A new Susan Wiggs! Or perhaps one of the powerful debuts on our list, such as the critically acclaimed The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker or Rebellion by Molly Patterson. Keep reading below for the rest of our tantalizing suggestions!

Don't forget: the deadline to vote for the August LibraryReads list is June 20th. Happy reading!

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The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
For fans of: Find Her by Lisa Gardner and Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Decades after a horrific confrontation that left her mother dead and her sister traumatized, a New York-based lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlanta to assist her father save the life of a young woman accused of a school shooting.
"Simply the best book you'll read all year. Raw, powerful and utterly gripping—yet written with a tenderness and empathy that will break your heart." —Kathryn Stockett,
New York Times bestselling author of The Help

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
Public Librarian? Click here to request a physical galley
LibraryReads deadline: June 20th

Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs
For fans of: First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber
Susan Wiggs—an author "who paints the details of human relationships with the finesse of a master" (Jodi Picoult)—returns with a deeply emotional and atmospheric story of love and family, war and secrets, that moves back and forth across time, from the present day to World War II France.
"From World War II to present-day America; from the Nazi resistance to the 21st century; from the deepest corners of the heart to the furthest limits of love—Map of the Heart is a moving, sophisticated story of fathers and daughters, love and loss, secrets and lies, rebellion and redemption."
—Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of Falling

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
Public Librarian? Click here to request a physical galley
LibraryReads deadline: June 20th

The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker
For fans of: Warriors of the Storm by Bernard Cornwell and Desert God by Wilbur Smith
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 narrative power of A 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

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
Public Librarian? Click here to request a physical galley
LibraryReads deadline: June 20th

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The Library Love Fest team recently stepped into our wonderful video studio to talk about some of the big books you should know about for the Summer/Fall 2017 seasons, plus one mega debut from early 2018 (*cough cough* The Woman in the Window—already one of the most talked about books of the year—read it now!).  

There's plenty here for all reading tastes—fiction and nonfiction, debuts and bestsellers—so take a look to find your next great read.

See something you liked?  Let us know!  Send us an email at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com to request a galley (while supplies last)!

-The LLF Team

We've made no secret of our love for Balli Kaur Jaswal's lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West tale Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (watch Virginia rave about it here in our Under the Radar, Over the Moon video series).  It's always so satisfying—and never surprising—when more rave reviews start pouring in for the books we love, so check out the wonderful words below and then dive into this delicious story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages.

“The tone throughout is one of impish glee, and the erotica is convincing despite its humorous frame…the cultural milieu adds a new twist on the Bridget Jones subgenre.  It also lays waste to many a cherished stereotype. Readers will never think of Punjabi widows quite the same way.” —Bookpage

“This is a sparkling read, bolstered by a few of the women’s stories sprinkled in throughout.” —Publishers Weekly

“By turns erotic, romantic, and mysterious, this tale of women defying patriarchal strictures enchants.” —Kirkus

Request the egalley now to find out what everyone is raving about!

-Amanda

                          

Roxane Gay's hotly anticipated upcoming memoir, Hunger, is not far off. On sale June 13th, Hunger chronicles the devastating trauma of Gay's early childhood and its major role in shaping how she would relate to herself and her body in later years. Powerful, searingly honest, and, ultimately, hopeful, this is surely an important book that will be discussed for years to come. 

Today, Booklist Online is featuring their STARRED review of Hunger as their Review of the Day. Praising Hunger as "a generous and empathic consideration of what it’s like to be someone else: in itself something of a miracle," the glowing review can be read in full by clicking the link below! You can also still read the egalley on Edelweiss by clicking here.

https://www.booklistonline.com/Hunger-A-Memoir-of-My-Body-Roxane-Gay/pid=8879943

-Chris

Everywhere you turn, you're bound to hear about the newest fitness trend. But what is so often lacking in these come-and-go fads is an honest attempt to meet those new to fitness halfway, to find a fun, accessible way to inject fitness as a natural part of the every day. Christmas Abbott, CrossFit superstar and author of the bestselling The Badass Body Diet, knows that to be successful is to be engaged. 

With her latest book, The Badass Life, on sale today, Christmas has taken the lessons she has learned as an accomplished athlete and trainer and injected them into an approachable guide to encourage habit change through fun, dynamic daily tasks challenging your mind, body, and spirit.

Publishers Weekly praised The Badass Life, saying, "With her usual high energy and optimistic attitude, Abbott returns with a book intended to help people improve their lives with a reasonable and systematic approach… Abbott’s sincerity is apparent on every page. Readers seeking ways to jump-start their lives will find Abbott a companionable guide." 

To celebrate The Badass Life's book birthday, we will send a copy to the first FIVE people who email us at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com. Yay for fitness and yay for Christmas helping us achieve it!

-Chris

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books have captivated readers of all ages for years and years now with the story of the Ingalls family and life on the frontier. Sarah Miller is one such reader, and in Caroline, Sarah has reimagined that story from the eyes of Caroline “Ma” Ingalls. Authorized by the Little House estate, Caroline is a tale of family, fidelity, hardship, love, and survival.

Sarah stopped by LLF to share a little background on how this book came to be and how libraries aided her on her journey.

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“Unless you have lived as I did, where books were scarce and so prized greatly, you can not realize how wonderful it really is to have a whole library so convenient for your use.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder

            How envious would Laura have been to grow up where I did, with a library I could see from my own front porch? It could not have been more convenient. When I was 14, it provided my first job, shelving books. (Two decades later, I’m working there once again.) When I saw The Miracle Worker on stage one Sunday afternoon and was struck with a mighty bolt of fascination, I didn’t have to wait until Monday morning to stoke my curiosity about Helen Keller. I marched down the street, unlocked the library door, and raided the shelves of every book and film about her. Eventually that fascination snowballed and evolved into a novel called Miss Spitfire.

            The library’s shelf full of Little House audiobooks is also the unlikely culprit behind my fascination with Caroline Ingalls. I picked one up on a recommendation by a friend, and then returned to that shelf again and again for the next book, and the next. As I listened, I began to hear more than what I’d read on the pages as a child. The way Cherry Jones voiced Ma’s words, her tone and inflection — as well as my own adult perspective — made me realize how much more there is to Ma’s character than a child can recognize. There’s a moment in Little House on the Prairie, when Pa is a day late returning from a trip to town, 40 miles away. Laura wakes in the night to find Ma sitting in her rocking chair with Pa’s pistol in her lap, keeping vigil for his return. I can still tell you the intersection where I was sitting when I heard that scene and realized for the first time that for all her outward calm, Ma is barely holding it together. That woman was my age, I realized, and not only that, the real Caroline Ingalls was pregnant with her third daughter the year her husband decided to pull up stakes and settle the family in Kansas. Can you imagine? From then on, I couldn’t stop wondering what her life had really been like.

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If you're in search of something to read this Memorial Day weekend, we have the perfect book for you.  Never Call Me a Hero tells the story of a dive-bomber pilot who helped turn the tide of WWII during the Battle of Midway.  Jack "Dusty" Kleiss was the only pilot that day to score hits on three different enemy ships, and here he tells his tale for the first time.  A blend of the memoir of one man and the history of this battle and its legacy, Never Call Me a Hero will be great for fans of Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In by Louis Zamperini and All the Gallant Men by Donald Stratton, two firsthand WWII combat memoirs that have had extraordinary success.

Watch the video above to hear more from Dusty himself, and make sure to experience the story for yourself, on shelves May 23.

-Amanda

Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train has captivated readers for years now, so HarperCollins is very excited to bring a new edition out into the world, one specifically written for young readers.  Check out the special message from the author below, and make sure you check out Orphan Train Girl today!

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Dear Readers,

Little did I imagine, when my novel Orphan Train was published in 2013, that I would still be talking about it four years later at bookstores, libraries, community centers, on college campuses, and in high schools around the country. For a number of reasons, this book—which highlights a significant moment in American history that has been hidden in plain sight—seems to have struck a nerve.

Wherever I go, I meet mothers and fathers who are reading Orphan Train alongside their teenagers. Often they tell me they wish their younger children could read it too. School administrators who've assigned Orphan Train for school- and district-wide reads have struggled to find a companion text for their upper-elementary and middle schools. As such, I began to contemplate writing a younger version of the book that parents and caregivers could read with their children, teachers and librarians could share with their students, and school districts and communities could present as part of their "One Book" reads of Orphan Train.

In the young readers edition I shifted the emphasis to Molly's perspective and changed her age from 17 to 12, but the central plot arc—the friendship between Vivian and Molly—is still the backbone of the story. It was important to me to retain the tone and feel of Orphan Train. The books are designed to be read alone or side-by-side.

So, it is with great pleasure that I present Orphan Train Girl. I'm delighted that a younger audience will have the experience of reading Vivian's and Molly's stories, and the remarkable ways they intertwine—and that they'll learn about this important but little-known piece of American history.

Warm regards,

Christina Baker Kline

 

   

You voted, they counted, and the list has been announced!  Join us in a round of applause for the HarperCollins titles you chose as some of the best titles of the month, including the top pick!

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz: Your #1 pick for June!  From the author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery.

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn: In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.

Thank you to everyone who shared their love for these two amazing books!  If you'd like to start participating in LibraryReads, visit their website for more info.

-Amanda

This project has been in the works for a while now, but Entertainment Weekly finally released the first images from the new movie adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.  Watch the video below for the inside scoop about the EW cover featuring the cast, and check out more pictures of the cast here and a few exclusive shots from the set here.

The movie hits theaters on November 10th, so make sure you pick up your copy of Murder on the Orient Express now so you can dive into the mystery before the final clue is revealed.

-Amanda

 

The Edgar Awards were presented on Thursday, April 27th, and we're happy to announce that Charles Todd, the supremely talented mother-son writing team, won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Shattered Tree! 

The latest in the Bess Crawford mystery series, The Shattered Tree finds WWI nurse Bess Crawford rescuing an injured soldier whose background—and allegiances—are shrouded in secrecy. Marilyn Stasio with the New York Times Book Review says, “As always in this immensely satisfying series, Todd heightens the mystery by setting it within a war-shattered world of battered villages, barren farms and broken people.” 

You can watch Mary Higgins Clark present Charles Todd with the award below! Pick up your copy of The Shattered Tree here.

-Chris

Library Love Fest is over the moon about this book, Driving Miss Norma by Tim Bauerschmidt and Ramie Liddle, on sale today! This life-affirming story, which garnered hundreds of thousands of fans when it was first documented on Facebook, tells the journey of one very special 90-year-old who, in the face of terminal cancer, decided to say "YES" to living. Read below why our own Virginia Stanley loves this book so much and also check out the book trailer! You can read an excerpt of the book here.

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I'm a huge fan of this book. At age 90, newly widowed Norma Bauerschmidt was diagnosed with stage 4 uterine cancer. Her choices: chemo and radiation and living the rest of her life in a facility or refuse medical treatment and explore the United States in an RV with her son, daughter-in-law and a standard poodle named Ringo.

Norma opted to hit the road. This is her story.

If you want to meet a courageous, spirited and unforgettable woman who stared death in the face and chose instead to embrace life, read Driving Miss Norma. I promise you'll never forget her.

-Virginia 

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Thanks, Virginia! To celebrate, we will send a copy of the book to the first FIVE people to email us at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com. For more details about this wonderful book, click here.

-The LLF Team

Hello there, dearest librarians! This month's staff suggestions for the July LibraryReads list features some serious heavy-hitters, including Joshilyn Jackson, Matthew Quick, and even Wesley Snipes. Yes, THAT Wesley Snipes. Fantasy, romance, mystery—July has it all. We hope you find something your patrons will love while soaking up the summer rays (accompanied by a responsible amount of sunscreen!) 

Don't forget: the deadline to vote for the July LibraryReads list is May 20th. Happy reading!

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The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
For fans of: The Light of Paris by Eleanor Brown and Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of Gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality—the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who we really are.
"Book clubs will find much to talk about in this multi-generational, Southern tale of sisters, friendship, and small-town life, including the author’s signature quirky characters and deft touch with serious topics such as aging, race, and cultural identity."
—Library Journal  review

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
LibraryReads deadline: May 20th

The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick
For fans of: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war.
"Quick’s prose is sharp and cutting…. The Reason You’re Alive is a compact powerhouse of a novel. Though brief, it’s subversive, unexpected, and utterly compelling."
—Booklist  review

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
Public Librarian? Click here to request a physical galley
LibraryReads deadline: May 20th

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If you missed yesterday's Booklist mystery webinar, do not fret—we've got you covered. Check out the list below for details on all the titles we buzzed about today. 

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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.

Check back soon for the egalley on Edelweiss
LibraryReads voting deadline: November 20th

Odd Child Out by Gilly Macmillan
From the New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew comes a whip-smart suspense novel about the secrets families tell one another—perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Tana French.

Check back soon for the egalley on Edelweiss
LibraryReads voting deadline: August 20th

The Second Sister by Claire Kendal
An obsessive quest to solve the mystery of her older sister’s disappearance puts a young woman in mortal jeopardy in this taut, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense from the author of the “truly riveting” (New York Times) The Book of You. An intoxicating cocktail of loyalty and secrets, lies and betrayal, reminiscent of Rosamund Lupton’s Sister and Kimberly McCreight’s Reconstructing Amelia.

Check back soon for the egalley on Edelweiss
LibraryReads voting deadline: July 20th

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Couldn’t Make BOOKLIST’s Mystery Webinar Yesterday? Here’s What You Missed…Read More »

Allan J. Lichtman hit the spotlight last year when he predicted that Donald Trump would win the election and it was revealed that he has correctly predicted every Presidential election since 1984.  

But Lichtman's latest prediction is, now that Trump has been elected, he will soon be impeached, and in his forthcoming book The Case for Impeachment (on sale 4/18), Lichtman illuminates exactly how the impeachment of President Trump might work by showing how his actions—past or future—make him uniquely vulnerable to impeachment proceedings.

Politico ran an excellent piece on the book earlier this week, and a special website is now live with all kinds of additional content, including 

• Quotes from the book
• Downloadable and sharable “Cases” from the book, highlighting the various reasons Congress can/should begin impeachment proceedings 
• Coming Soon: News/Blog feature with updates from the author

Visit TheCaseForImpeachment.com for all this and more, and make sure you're up-to-date about what could happen in the coming months by picking up a copy of The Case for Impeachment when it hits shelves next week.

-Amanda

The May LibraryReads list has just been announced, and librarians across the country have chosen Bryn Chancellor's Sycamore as one of their favorite books coming out in May.  We're always excited when a debut author makes the list, but no one is as excited as Bryn herself.  Check out the delightful message below from the author to librarians everywhere.

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            Having librarians choose Sycamore as a top book to read feels a little like a rock star pulled me onstage and belted out my favorite song. I’m a bit star-struck, giddy, barfy, the drumbeat and reverb high in my cheeks. Because, librarians? You’re cool. Like, cool cool. You with your facts and information, your smarts and hearts, guardians of free expression, champions of books, readers extraordinaire.

            I was a reader long before I was a writer, the kid tucked away in the corners of the small public library in my small hometown, or under the covers as the summer’s long light waned. My mom always likes to tell the story of how I surprised her by reading a note aloud when I was around three years old. Startled, she said, “I didn’t know you could read,” and I shrugged my shoulders and said, “Yeah.” In some ways, that’s how reading still feels: like something I have always known how to do. Yet it also stands out as one of the saving graces of my life, the act to which I have turned again and again to find solace, to escape, to expand and enrich my mind. Reading is simultaneously the most ordinary and the most wildly magic habit of my life.

            The habits of reading also sidled their way into the fictional world of Sycamore. Jess Winters, a teenage girl who goes missing, is a reader, obsessed with lines and words—Frankenstein to Shakespeare to Edna St. Vincent Millay—that get stuck in her head, a habit that I’ll confess is a bit close to home. Jess and her best friend, Dani Newell, first connect over Maus, their assigned history text. Esther Genoways, the town’s former high school English teacher, shares poems and art and hands off books and advice. Since readers and books were everywhere in my life, I suppose it’s no wonder I can’t imagine a world without them.

            I’m often told, and I accept, that I write about ordinary people, though I do find myself questioning what we mean by ordinary and why that strikes us as notable. Nonetheless, one of my favorite responses to the book so far is that it made the reader see the full poetic inner lives of ordinary people, and that after he finished it, he had started writing poetry in the mornings. My goodness, yes. How might the world look if we all began our mornings with poems?

            Librarians, you beloved, badass rock stars, thank you forever for this wicked guitar riff in my heart, but more importantly for your work in putting books into people’s hands.

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Thank you so much, Bryn, for sharing those lovely words.  And also a great round of applause for making the Top 10 LibraryReads list!  Librarians, if you haven't yet read this stunning coming-of-age story, mystery, and moving exploration of the elemental forces that drive human nature, there's still time to request the egalley from Edelweiss.

-Amanda

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  review

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss

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 

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
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

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss

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

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
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

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
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

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
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

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
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

Click here to download the egalley from Edelweiss
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

Today HarperCollins launched a special new website as part of our year-long celebration of the company's 200th anniversary.  

HarperCollins was first founded in New York City in 1817—but the Big Apple has also been home to many of the bestselling, most renowned authors HarperCollins has published over the last 200 years—including Harper Lee, Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), Zora Neale Hurston, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Betty Smith, Richard Wright and Maurice Sendak.

Visit www.harpercollins200audiotour.com to take a virtual journey to the New York City homes of these and more beloved authors.

And don't forget to check out www.hc.com/200 to learn even more about HarperCollins history.

-Amanda

Are you looking for a new great novel to dive into?  Today at 2pm EST we're participating in a Booklist LibraryReads webinar, where you can find out about the Summer/Fall 2017 titles we think you should read next.  Register for the webinar here, but if you can't make it, here's more info about all the titles we will discuss.

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz: From the New York Times bestselling author of Moriarty and Trigger Mortis, this fiendishly brilliant, riveting thriller weaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie into a chilling, ingeniously original modern-day mystery. Request an egalley.

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn: In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. Request an egalley.

The Force by Don Winslow: The acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cartel—voted one of the Best Books of the Year by more than sixty publications, including the New York Times—makes his HarperCollins debut with a cinematic epic as explosive, powerful, and unforgettable as Mystic River and The Wire. Request an egalley.

Kiss Carlo by Adriana Trigiani: From Adriana Trigiani, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker’s Wife, comes an exhilarating epic novel of love, loyalty, and creativity—the story of an Italian-American family on the cusp of change. Request an egalley.

The Reason You're Alive by Matthew Quick: The New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war. Request an egalley.

The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal: A dark, compulsively readable psychological suspense debut, the first in a new series featuring the brilliant, fearless, chaotic, and deeply flawed Nora Watts—a character as heartbreakingly troubled, emotionally complex, and irresistibly compelling as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander and Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole. Request an egalley.

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