LibraryAware August 5, 2025

The Hot List
What Half Hollow Hills is reading!

Rank this week

Title

Weeks on list

Format

# 1

My Friends : a novel
by Fredrik Backman

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Erica Bauermeister, Tracy Chevalier, Laura Morelli, Ken Perenyi, Eliza-beth Strout, Donna Tartt

6 Weeks

# 2

The River is Waiting : a novel
by Wally Lamb

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: S. A. Cosby, Percival Everett, Bryn Greenwood, Karla F. C. Holloway, Attica Locke, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Matthew Quick

2 Weeks

# 3

Great Big Beautiful Life
by Emily Henry

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Elena Armas, Andie J. Chris-topher, Olivia Dade, Letizia Lorini, Charlotte Stein

2 Weeks

# 4

An Inside Job : a novel
by Daniel Silva

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Remi Adeleke, Ian Fleming, Alma Katsu, Ward Larsen, Denise Mina, Kate Quinn, Martin Cruz Smith

2 Weeks

# 5

One Golden Summer
by Carley Fortune

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Kate Clayborn, Melodie Ed-wards, Lori Foster, Ana Huang, Libby Hub-scher, Abby Jimenez, Annabel Monaghan

1 Week

# 6

Atmosphere : a Love Story
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Stephen Harrigan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Mur Lafferty, Kiley Reid, Margot Lee Shetterly, Dava Sobel, Andy Weir

2 Weeks

# 7

These Summer Storms : a novel
by Sarah MacLean

If you are waiting for this title, V. C. Andrews, Alison Cochrun, Kristan Higgins, Rachel Joyce, Erika Montgomery, Emma Noyes, Susan Rieger

1 Week

# 8

The Names
by Florence Knapp

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Jokha Alharthi, Ashley Audrain, Adrienne Brodeur, Rebecca Kauffman, Lisa Ko, Toni Morrison

1 Week

# 9

King of Ashes : a novel
by S. A. Cosby

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Matt Hilton, Gabino Iglesias, Attica Locke, Walter Mosley, Chris Offutt, Suzanne Redfearn, Urban Waite

7 Weeks

# 10

The View from Lake Como : a novel
by Adriana Trigiani

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Dorothea Benton Frank, Liam Callanan, Francesca Giacco, Jennifer Probst, Jill Santopolo, Rebecca Serle, T. A. Williams

1 Week

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Honorable Mention

Bury Our Bones In the Midnight Soil
by Victoria Schwab

The Busybody Book Club
by Freya Sampson