Hello, librarian friends!
We hope you're enjoying your holiday season, whether that involves grand family gatherings, peaceful contemplation, or just a few great reads. If you're wondering what exciting books await you in the new year, let us offer you a peek. Spoiler alert: 2018 will be very good to you. Each book on this list offers something special, so whether you're looking for mystery, literary fiction, or memoir, there's a gift waiting to be unwrapped.
Don't forget: the deadline to vote for the March LibraryReads list is January 20th. Happy reading!
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Tangerine by Christine Mangan
For fans of: The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck and A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
A stunning debut novel—a chilling and unexpected portrait of a female friendship set in 1950s Morocco.
"As if Donna Tartt, Gillian Flynn, and Patricia Highsmith had collaborated on a screenplay to be filmed by Hitchcock—suspenseful and atmospheric."
—Joyce Carol Oates, author of A Book of American Martyrs
"Yes, Mr. Ripley has become a femme fatale, but Mangan’s take on that familiar theme never seems reductive, nor mere homage. That’s partially because of the electrical energy that crackles between Alice and Lucy, but it’s also related to Mangan’s ability to turn the mood and the setting of the story into a kind of composite force field that sucks the reader in almost instantly."
—Booklist 
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
For fans of: Taking the Lead by Derek Hough and On My Own Two Feet by Amy Purdy
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
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
For fans of: How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran and The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg
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.
"Stray City has it all. As funny as it is moving; as joyful, as radically communal, as it is lonesome…. Honestly, one of the most absorbing, finely-tuned books I’ve had the pleasure of falling down into. Chelsey Johnson is a wonder."
—Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
For fans of: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
In the long-anticipated 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.
"Throughout a narrative spiraling toward tragedy, Niru’s pain is so palpable it will make you gasp…. Highly recommended."
—Library Journal 
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"Portraying cross-generational and cultural misunderstandings with anything but simplicity, Iweala tells an essential American story."
—Booklist 
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
I'll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa de los Santos
Also from the author: The Precious One and Falling Together
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.
"De los Santos here revisits the next generation of her beloved characters, moving the family saga forward with this engrossing story of unshakable love, personal ethics, and a commitment to life’s larger truths." —Library Journal
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson
Also from the author: Up from the Blue
With the quiet precision of Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres and the technical clarity of Mary Roach’s Stiff, this is a novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father’s mortuary in a small, forgotten Midwestern town.
"This novel is so breathtakingly good, so exquisitely written. About a female mortician, about a childhood tragedy that still haunts a damaged young man, about the endless landscape and about those tiny sparks of possibility. Oh my God. Trust me. This book. This book. This book."
—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Beautiful World
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
For fans of: Laura Lippman and Harlan Coben
An absorbing, addictive tale of psychological suspense—with a dose of Big Little Lies or Stranger Things—from the author of the highly acclaimed and Edgar Award-nominated What Remains of Me and the USA Today bestselling 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.
"Right now, Alison Gaylin is at the very top of her game, crafting exhilarating and audacious crime novels that are both rich in character and rivetingly told. Her books are, quite simply, not to be missed."
—Megan Abbott, Edgar Award-winning author of You Will Know Me
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
To Die but Once by Jacqueline Winspear
Also from the author: In This Grave Hour and Journey to Munich
The latest entry in the New York Times bestselling series finds Maisie Dobbs—"a female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander" (Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air)—facing danger and intrigue on the home front during World War II.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
The Other Mother by Carol Goodman
For fans of: What She Saw by Gerard Stembridge
From the author of the internationally bestselling The Lake of Dead Languages comes a gripping novel about madness, motherhood, love, and trust.
"An atmospheric and harrowing tale, richly literary in complexity but ripe with all the crazed undertones, confusions, and forebodings inherent in the gothic genre. Recommend this riveting, du Maurier–like novel to fans of Jennifer McMahon."
—Booklist 
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LibraryReads voting deadline: January 20th
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Varina by Charles Frazier
For fans of: News of the World by Paulette Jiles and The Son by Philipp Meyer
A deeply moving and majestic portrait of the Civil War and its aftermath from the bestselling author of Cold Mountain—inspired by the adventure-filled life of Varina Howell Davis, the second wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
The Magnificent Esme Wells by Adrienne Sharp
For fans of: We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed tale 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 Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days.
"Adrienne Sharp sure can WRITE! And her newest novel, The Magnificent Esme Wells, does all the best things: it transports, amuses, delights and heartbreaks. What a gem of a book."
—Jennifer Gilmore, New York Times bestselling author of Golden Country and
The Mothers
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
The Oracle Year by Charles Soule
For fans of: This Book Is Full of Spiders by David Wong
From the bestselling comic book franchise writer comes a clever and witty first novel of a twentysomething New Yorker who wakes up one morning with the power to predict the future—perfect for fans of Joe Hill and the Welcome to Night Vale series.
"Here’s my prediction: this book will seep into your soul. The Oracle Year is about knowing the future—and what you do with that knowledge. As you meet Will Dando, you can’t help but reevaluate yourself. Get ready for the best kind of fun."
—Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
Noir by Christopher Moore
Also from the author: Secondhand Souls and Sacre Bleu
The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author returns in his finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a hapless bartender; his Chinese sidekick; a doll with sharp angles and dangerous curves; a tight-lipped Air Force general; a wisecracking waif; Petey, a black mamba “who knows things”; and many more.
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson
For fans of: Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman and In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
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.
"Suspense lovers will devour this deliciously duplicitous read, which is chock-full of twists, turns, lust, greed, and dishonesty." —Library Journal
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
For fans of: 300 Days of Sun by Deborah Lawrenson and Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade
Philomena meets 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
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
For fans of: The Traitor's Wife by Allison Pataki
From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton—a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy.
"My Dear Hamilton is a masterpiece that is both intimate in detail and epic in scope—a triumph!" —Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
For fans of: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi and The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
In this beautifully written dystopian adult debut, a floating city overrun by lawlessness and decay finds hope in the sudden appearance of a powerful stranger.
"An ambitious, imaginative, and big-hearted dystopian ensemble…. Miller has crafted a thriller that unflinchingly examines the ills of urban capitalism…. Rendered in poetic interludes."
—Publishers Weekly 
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LibraryReads voting deadline: February 20th
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The LLF team wishes you a wonderful and merry holiday season! May it be filled with love, laughter, and, of course, some fantastic reads. For details on the LibraryReads program, visit LibraryReads.org.
-Chris