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Lawrence Picks: LibraryReads and Read Alikes for June 2024

LibraryReads is the monthly nationwide library staff picks list for adult fiction and non-fiction. Our goal is to help connect librarians’ favorite books to as many readers as possible, while drawing upon the incredible power that public library staff has in helping to build word-of-mouth for new books, and the important role that libraries play in creating audiences for all kinds of authors. - libraryreads.org | Listed below are the books that were chosen for June 2024 by LibraryReads and the read alikes for those titles.

Library Staff
Lawrence Public Library

30 items

  • Sandwich

    a Novel

    Newman, Catherine, 1968-
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher, [2024] — NEWMAN C

  • Vacationland

    a Novel

    Moore, Meg Mitchell,
    Read alike for Sandwich by Catherine Newman
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — MOORE M

  • A Good Life

    Grimaldi, Virginie, 1977-
    Read alike for Sandwich by Catherine Newman
    BookNew York : Europa Editions, 2024. — GRIMALDI

  • Swift River

    Chambers, Essie
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — CHAMBERS

  • The Unsettled

    Mathis, Ayana,
    Read alike for Swift River by Essie Chambers
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — MATHIS A

  • Win Me Something

    Wu, Kyle Lucia, 1989-
    Read alike for Swift River by Essie Chambers
    BookPortland, Oregon : Tin House, 2021. — WU K

  • An Inconvenient Wife

    Olson, Karen E.,
    Read alike for Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell
    BookNew York : Pegasus Crime, 2024. — MYSTERY OLSON K

  • For You and Only You

    Kepnes, Caroline
    Read alike for Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell (This is book four of the You series by Caroline Kepnes)
    eAudiobookNew York : Books on Tape, 2023. — eAudio Libby

  • That Night in the Library

    a Novel

    Jurczyk, Eva,
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2024. — MYSTERY JURCZYK

  • The Midnight Feast

    a Novel

    Foley, Lucy (Novelist),
    Read alike for That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — MYSTERY FOLEY L

  • An Unwanted Guest

    Lapena, Shari, 1960-
    Read alike for That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk
    BookNew York, New York : Pamela Dorman Books / Viking, [2018] — LAPENA S

  • Marrying the Ketchups

    a Novel

    Close, Jennifer,
    Read alike for Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. — CLOSE J

  • Dele Weds Destiny

    a Novel

    Obaro, Tomi, 1990-
    Read alike for Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. — OBARO T

  • The Serial Killer's Wife

    Hunter, Alice,
    Read alike for The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden
    BookLondon : Avon, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2021. — HUNTER A

  • The Last Mrs. Parrish

    a Novel

    Constantine, Liv,
    Read alike for The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden
    BookNew York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins publishers, [2017] — CONSTANT

  • Love and Hot Chicken

    Hartong, Mary Liza,
    Read alike for Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — ROMANCE HARTONG

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