LibraryAware July 15, 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

3 Weeks

# 2

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

10 Weeks

# 3

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

1 Week

# 4

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

# 5

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

# 6

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

# 7

The Tenant
by Freida McFadden

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Agatha Christie, Charlotte Duckworth, Mark Edwards, Heather Gudenkauf, Joe Hart, Adele Parks, Sophie Stava

2 Weeks

# 8

The Unraveling of Julia : a psycho-logical thriller by Lisa Scottoline

If you are waiting for this title, try these read alike authors: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Katy Hays, Shirley Jackson, Carole Johnstone, Minka Kent, William Landay, Adrienne Young

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

5 Weeks

# 10

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

2 Weeks

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Honorable Mention

Beach House Rules : a novel
by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Kakigori Summer
by Emily Itami