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August LibraryReads List
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Aug 12, 2025
Borrowed by Yvonne Selander, collection development librarian
The Top 10 books published this month that library staff across the country love!
- Top Pick: “Automatic Noodle” by Annalee Newitz
- “The Battle of the Bookshops” by Poppy Alexander
- “The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold” by Ally Carter
- “The Dead Husband Cookbook” by Danielle Valentine
- “How to Be a Saint: An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of The Catholic Church’s Biggest Names” by Kate Sidley
- “The Locked Ward” by Sarah Pekkanen
- “Lucky Day” by Chuck Tingle
- “The Magician of Tiger Castle” by Louis Sachar
- “What Hunger” by Catherine Dang
- “The Wrong Sister” by Claire Douglas
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.
- “Five Found Dead” by Sulari Gentill
- “Forget Me Not” by Stacy Willingham
- “Hemlock & Silver” by T. Kingfisher
- “Katabasis” by R.F. Kuang
- “The Possession of Alba Diaz” by Isabel Canas
- “Too Old for This” by Samantha Downing
- “We Are All Guilty Here” by Karin Slaughter
- “Well, Actually” by Mazey Eddings
- “Zomromcom” by Olivia Dade
August 2025 Bonus Pick:
- “The Book of Lost Hours” by Hayley Gelfuso
Notable Nonfiction: