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Virginia is a Jill--a professional Buffalo Bills cheerleader--living the life she's always dreamed of. She spends her weekdays practicing, her weekends cheering, and her nights hopping between events and bars and clubs with her close-knit band of teammates, especially her best friend, Jeanine, whose dynamic friendship has given Virginia confidence in spades and allowed her to put aside her troubled past with her sister, Laura. But one Sunday, Jeanine fails to show up for a game, and all her calls and texts go unanswered. Aided by a worried network of Jills, ex-boyfriends, and seedy fixtures of Buffalo's criminal underground, Virginia embarks on an investigation into Jeanine's disappearance. But as her search grows increasingly dangerous and spirals into obsession, disturbing questions about who Jeanine really is begin to emerge. Soon, Virginia finds herself wondering how well she knows her friend, if she can trust the people and institutions she thought were protecting her, and whether--when trying to save the people she cares about most--she's capable of saving herself, too.-- Provided by publisher.
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| Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams"Two friends get far more than they bargained for when they decide to explore a cave together in this fast-paced page turner. This unrelentingly tense read combines the heart-pounding, claustrophobic terror of navigating tight tunnels and turns with the added horrors of being stalked by a killer. Thriller fans, take note!"
Mara Bandy Fass, Champaign Public Library, IL NoveList read-alike: The Drift by C.J. Tudor |
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| Cleopatra: A Novel by Saara El-Arifi"This absolutely stunning novel weaves historic facts into a love story. Readers will see Cleopatra's life through her eyes as she ascends the throne of Egypt. They will watch the young Pharoah battle with siblings and see her fall for a love parallel to her love of country. This moving story set across time and a landscape of destruction will cut readers deep."
Andrea Galvin, Mt. Pulaski Public Library, IL NoveList read-alike: Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff |
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| This Is Not About Us: Fiction by Allegra Goodman"In a series of linked stories, we follow three branches of one family as they maneuver their way around the pitfalls of living. This is a portrait of a group of people that come together, drift apart, and try to find a way back, as many families attempt to do."
Donna Ballard, LibraryReads Ambassador, NY NoveList read-alike: Strangers and Cousins by Leah Hager Cohen |
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| Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson"Inspired by true events, this story explores the reverberating impact of the actions of an Army wife who facilitated the adoption of mixed race babies fathered by servicemen in Germany during WWII, finding them loving homes with Black families in the United States. Perfect for book clubs or readers who enjoy uncovering lesser-known historical events."
Lori Hench, Baltimore County Public Library, MD NoveList read-alike: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez |
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| Kin: A Novel by Tayari Jones"It's amazing the different roads two lives can take, even when growing up in very similar circumstances. While the story is set long ago, the situations seem as if they could happen today. The feelings, reactions, and things the characters long for -- belonging, acceptance, and love -- are all timeless. Readers will be thinking about these characters for a long time."
Robin B., Pierce County Library, WA NoveList read-alike: Sula by Toni Morrison |
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| This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page"After Tilly's husband dies, she discovers he had purchased a dozen books for her to pick up each month from a beloved bookshop owned by Alfie. Each book brings gradual healing, new friends, and a feeling of wholeness. The books (and Alfie!) make for a truly wonderful reader experience. Your to-read pile will surely grow from the recommendations!"
Crystal Faris, Kansas City Public Library, MO NoveList read-alike: Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins |
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The Astral Library (Standard Edition)
by Kate Quinn
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.Alexandria Alix Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy--Alix, the Librarian, or the Library itself?
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| The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan"A (nearly) immortal, his demon, and a succubus walk into a werewolf story. The right mix of humor, heat, history, religion, and mythology combine to make this a unique and compelling queer historical fantasy debut. (The footnotes!) Here’s hoping that there are more adventures of Professor Sebastian Grave in our future."
Ann Finstad, Glencoe Public Library, IL NoveList read-alike: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova |
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Read Between the Lies
by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Read Between the Lies is a dark, delicious takedown of cancel culture and the publishing industry--I read it in two sittings because I had to stop midway and go Google my own name. Highly recommend. --Mindy KalingIn this claustrophobic psychological suspense from USA Today bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto, the line between victim and villain blurs with every chapter. Because in the end, everyone has their own version of the truth--but only one will make it onto the page.Fern's dream of becoming a published author is finally coming true. After years of rejection, her debut novel has sold, and she's ready to join the supportive online community of fellow debuts. But when she discovers her high school bully, Haven, has landed a major book deal and will be debuting alongside her, old wounds reopen.As the pandemic forces everyone online, tensions escalate in their writing community. While Haven seems to succeed effortlessly, Fern watches her own career crumble. Yet beneath their polished personas lies a darker truth about their shared past--one involving a lost friend, Dani, and secrets neither wants revealed.Fern isn't the same person Haven bullied all those years ago. She's learned that the best revenge stories aren't written--they're lived. And she's been plotting this one for years.What begins as online rivalry escalates into dangerous obsession. Because neither woman is telling the whole truth about what really happened to Dani...or about who's the real victim in this story.
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