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LLF Staff Suggestions for November LibraryReads List (Voting Deadline: September 20th)

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Hello, librarian friends. We have a fresh round of titles for you to consider for the November LibraryReads list, including the hotly anticipated final chapter of the Tearling trilogy by Erika Johansen, the return of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, and a revelatory inspection of womanhood by librarian-favorite Wally Lamb. There is oh so much reading-goodness here and oh so little time before the September 20th deadline for the November LibraryReads list, so without further ado, here are our picks. Enjoy!

Fate of the Tearling hc cThe Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
For fans of: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, the Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman
The thrilling conclusion to the Tearling trilogy finds Queen Kelsea imprisoned in Mortmesne, with her dedicated guard setting out to rescue her at all costs. Both The Queen of the Tearling and The Invasion of the Tearling were LibraryReads picks, and this epic final act will answer all the burning questions fans have been waiting for. “Katniss Everdeen, you have competition.” —Entertainment Weekly

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

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Moonglow by Michael Chabon Moonglow HC C
For fans of: Purity by Jonathan Franzen, State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Following on the heels of his New York Times bestselling novel Telegraph Avenue, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon delivers another literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies, family legends, and existential adventure—and the forces that work to destroy us. "Chabon has created a masterful and resounding novel of the dark and blazing forces that forged our tumultuous, confounding, and precious world." —Booklist starred review

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

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Ill Take you There hc cI'll Take You There by Wally Lamb
For fans of: One Summer by David Baldacci
New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer’s life—Felix Funicello, introduced in Wishin’ and Hopin’—and the trio of unforgettable women who have changed it, in this radiant story of the American Century that is an homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women.

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LibraryReads deadline: September 20th

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Chaos by Patricia Cornwell ChaosHC
For fans of: Sue Grafton, James Patterson, Janet Evanovich
#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns with the remarkable twenty-fourth thriller in her popular high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. “Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who keeps us coming back to Patricia Cornwell’s sprawling crime novels, is one tough broad.” —New York Times Book Review on Depraved Heart

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LibraryReads deadline: September 20th

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Flame Bearer hc cThe Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell
For fans of: Blood Infernal by James Rollins, Golden Lion by Wilbur Smith
The next installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series now on Netflix. “Nobody in the world does this stuff better than Cornwell.” —Lee Child

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

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