Couldn't join us for the Hawai'i Library Association 2017 Annual Conference? Well sit back, throw on a lei, and watch the replay of our book buzz! More information on the titles we discussed can be found below!
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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.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade—from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
Varina by Charles Frazier
In his powerful fourth novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
Tangerine by Christine Mangan
A stunning debut novel—a chilling and unexpected portrait of a female friendship set in 1950s Morocco.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
Noir by Christopher Moore
An outrageous and hilarious madcap noir from the New York Times bestselling author of Secondhand Souls and The Serpent of Venice.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes another mesmerizing work of historical fiction—the epic telling of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton’s life and marriage to Alexander Hamilton.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson
In this new novel from the author of Up from the Blue, the daughter of a small town mortician unexpectedly strikes up a life-changing friendship with an outsider.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
Philomena meets The Orphan Train in this suspenseful, provocative novel filled with love, secrets, and deceit—the story of a young unwed mother who is forcibly separated from her daughter at birth and the lengths to which they go to find each other.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin
A gritty and captivating debut about a caretaker of an Appalachian nature preserve who gets embroiled in a dangerous bear-poaching scheme—for fans of Smith Henderson, Ron Rash, and Daniel Woodrell.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: April 20th
No One Is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts
The inaugural Sarah Jessica Parker Book Club Central pick! The Great Gatsby brilliantly recast in the contemporary South: a powerful first novel about an extended African-American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream.
We Are Taking Only What We Need by Stephanie Powell Watts
In these powerfully rendered, prizewinning stories, working-class African Americans across the South strive for meaning and search for direction in lives shaped by forces beyond their control.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: December 20th
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
A warm, funny, and whip-smart debut novel about rebellious youth, inconceivable motherhood, and the complications of belonging—to a city, a culture, and a family—when none of them can quite contain who you really are.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
In this beautifully written dystopian debut, a floating city overrun by lawlessness and decay finds hope in the sudden appearance of a powerful stranger.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
The Magnificent Esme Wells by Adrienne Sharp
From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in Golden Age of Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
A wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees through the eyes of an offbeat cast of characters gathered in the library of a small New Hampshire town.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
The Wild Inside by Jamey Bradbury
A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, about a young trapper who must protect her family from lurking threats.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
In this highly anticipated new novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Beasts of No Nation, a revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating consequences.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
I'll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los Santos
The New York Times bestselling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage, and true love for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy Thayer.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson
From the acclaimed author of Her Every Fear and The Kind Worth Killing comes a diabolically clever tale of obsession, revenge, and cold-blooded murder—a sly and brilliant guessing game of a novel in the vein of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Patricia Highsmith.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
An absorbing, addictive tale of psychological suspense from the author of the highly acclaimed and Edgar Award-nominated What Remains of Me and the USA Today bestselling and Shamus Award-winning Brenna Spector series, in which a seemingly open-and-shut police case with a clear-cut hero and villain turns out to be anything but simple.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
This Is Me by Chrissy Metz
A prescriptive and inspirational book of life lessons from the breakout star of television’s #1 hit show, NBC’s This Is Us.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
I'll Never Change My Name by Valentin Chmerkovskiy
The world championship-winning and beloved Dancing with the Stars ballroom dancer invites fans into his life as never before, sharing the experiences, including the failures and successes, that have shaped him, from his early childhood in Ukraine to growing up as an immigrant in the U.S. to his rise to international fame.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
The Other Mother by Carol Goodman
From the author of the internationally bestselling The Lake of Dead Languages comes a gripping novel about madness, motherhood, love, and trust.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
With the masterful pacing of Before the Fall, the charged domestic drama of Big Little Lies, and the audacious structure of The Girl on the Train comes a thrilling novel centered around a group of women whose lives become indelibly connected when one of their newborns goes missing.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: March 20th
That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam
The celebrated author of Rich and Pretty tells the story of a young white mother raising two sons—one black, one white—in the midst of a world determined to treat them differently.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: March 20th
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
The New York Times bestselling author of Magpie Murders and Moriarty brilliantly reinvents the classic crime novel once again with this clever and inventive mystery starring a fictional version of the author himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes, investigating a case involving buried secrets, murder, and a trail of bloody clues.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: April 20th
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-Chris