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May LibraryReads List
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May 21, 2025
Borrowed by Yvonne Selander, collection development librarian
The Top 10 books published this month that library staff across the country love!
- Top Pick: “The Missing Half” by Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
- “Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame” by Neon Yang
- “The Busybody Book Club” by Freya Sampson
- “Can’t Get Enough” by Kennedy Ryan
- “A Fate Forged in Fire” by Hazel McBride
- “The Devils” by Joe Abercrombie
- “Maine Characters” by Hannah Orenstein
- “The Names” by Florence Knapp
- “One Golden Summer” by Carley Fortune
- “Silver Elite” by Dani Francis
Hall of Fame: The LibraryReads Hall of Fame designation honors authors who have had multiple titles appear on the monthly LibraryReads list since 2013. When their third title places on the list via library staff votes, the author moves into the Hall of Fame.
- “Along Came Amor” by Alexis Daria
- “Detective Aunty” by Uzma Jalaluddin
- “Dream On, Ramona Riley” by Ashley Herring Blake
- “Hidden Nature” by Nora Roberts
- “It’s a Love Story” by Annabel Monaghan
- “The Love Haters” by Katherine Center
- “The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club” by Martha Hall Kelly
- “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman
- “Parents Weekend” by Alex Finlay
- “Run for the Hills” by Kevin Wilson
- “Tenant” by Freida McFadden
- “What Happens in Amsterdam” by Rachel Lynn Solomon
May 2025 Bonus Pick:
- “A Showgirl’s Rules for Falling in Love” by Alice Murphy
Notable Nonfiction:
- “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna