|
|
August 2025 First Readers
Buy a Book for the Library and read it first! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure
by Rhys Bowen
Release Date: August 5
Surrey, England, 1938. After thirty devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband’s appeal for divorce. It’s Ellie’s opportunity for change too. The unfaithful cad can have the house. She’s taking the Bentley. Ellie, her housekeeper Mavis, and her elderly friend Dora—each needing escape—impulsively head for parts unknown in the South of France.
Regular Print, Large Print
|
|
|
|
The Society of Unknowable Objects
by Gareth Brown
Release Date: August 12
A fantastical, stand-alone novel in which a trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects--ordinary items with extraordinary properties.
Regular Print, Book on CD
|
|
|
|
Kiss Her Goodbye
by Lisa Gardner
Release Date: August 12
Recent Afghan refugee and young mother Sabera Ahmadi was last seen exiting her place of work three weeks ago. The local police have yet to open a case, while her older, domineering husband seems unconcerned. At the insistence of Sabera's closest friend, missing persons expert Frankie Elkin agrees to take up the search just in time for a video of Sabera to surface—showing her walking away from the scene of a brutal double murder.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
|
|
|
|
Everything is Probably Fine
by Julia London
Release Date: August 12
New York Times bestselling author Julia London returns with a story about forgiveness and second chances perfect for fans of The Wedding People and The Husbands. After forty-two years, Lorna Lott is ready to learn where she's going with her life--even if it means revisiting all the places she wishes she hadn't been. It'll be fine. Probably. Maybe.
Regular Print, Large Print
|
|
|
|
Emma on Fire
by James Patterson
Release Date: August 19
Everyone at Ridgemont Academy knows what to expect from Emma Caroline Blake. Perfect grades. Perfect record. Perfect life. Then she stands up in class and commits an act so shocking her reputation will never recover. And that's exactly what Emma wants.
Regular Print, Large Print
|
|
|
|
The Locked Ward
by Sarah Pekkanen
Release Date: August 5
Whatever the cause--and everyone has a theory--it's the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family. Nothing is as it seems in The Locked Ward, a shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood--and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point.
Regular Print, Large Print
|
|
|
|
Full Bloom
by Francesca Scottoline Serritella
Release Date: August 5
Reeling from a breakup and overlooked at her job as a lighting designer, Iris Sunnegren finds herself stuck, disconnected, and lonely in crowded New York City. The future she longs for feels out of reach.Then, a mysterious neighbor, an older Frenchwoman, makes her a gift: a bespoke perfume. One spritz, a dab behind the ears, and Iris feels like a different woman. But there is danger in connecting to our primal emotions.
Regular Print
|
|
|
|
We Are All Guilty Here
by Karin Slaughter
Release Date: August 12
Welcome to North Falls-a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it's personal. She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help-and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
|
|
|
|
For Richer for Poorer
by Danielle Steel
Release Date: August 12
A loving mother and successful fashion designer struggles to keep her family together and her business afloat. Danielle Steel's glamorous and gripping novel offers an inspiring portrait of a strong and determined woman who rises to meet life's challenges with fortitude, creativity, and love.
Regular Print, Large Print, Book on CD
|
|
|
|
Tomlinson's Wake
by Randy Wayne White
Release Date: August 26
In the wake of a killer hurricane, Doc Ford's best friend, Tomlinson, insists that he died when his beloved sailboat hit a reef off the Mosquito Coast of Honduras. He now lives to tell the tale, but only because he was brought back to life--temporarily--by a runaway orphan who is the direct descendant of the last king of the ancient Mayan people.
Regular Print
|
|
|
|
|
|
|