LibraryAware September 9, 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

9 Weeks

# 2

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

3 Weeks

# 3

The Secret of Secrets : a novel

by Dan Brown

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Umberto Eco, David Liss, Kathleen McGowan, Scott Mariani, Oliver Potzsch, James Rollins, Danielle Trussoni

1 Week

# 4

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

6 Weeks

# 5

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

# 6

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

1 Week

# 7

Do Not Disturb
by Freida McFadden

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Robert Bloch, Darcy Coates, Paula Hawkins, Leah Konen, Megan Miranda, Gregg Olsen, Annie Ward

2 Weeks

# 8

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

# 9

Not Quite Dead Yet : a novel
by Holly Jackson

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Flynn Berry, Liv Constantine, Megan Goldin, Shari Lapena, Kimberly McCreight, Alice Sebold, Victoria Selman

1 Week

# 10

Culpability
by Bruce W. Holsinger

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Lauren Groff, William Hertling, Jerry McGill, Estep Nagy, Sally Rooney, Dani Shapiro, Charles Stross

1 Week

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Honorable Mention

Bring the House Down : a novel
by Charlotte Runcie

History Lessons
by Zoe B. Wallbrook