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This Month’s Best New Thrillers
 
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Book cover for Cloudthief by Nathaniel Rich
This timely thriller will stay with you long after the last page
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “The rare book that could instantly be made into a film though rich in knowledge, ideas, and questions — and that gives me hope for literature” (Pico Iyer)
  • A large data center sits outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, and an unlikely duo is determined to steal its secrets in the heist of a century
  • Jeff VanderMeer calls this read “a propulsive page-turner” that’s “extremely satisfying and very funny”
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Media mentions for Cloudthief by Nathaniel RichMEDIA MENTIONS:NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly
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Book cover for The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen
Four brilliant women become the subjects of a scientist’s experiment — then mysteriously disappear
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Decades later, Riley becomes the caretaker for an elderly widow who seems to have never left the past
  • A “devilishly entertaining” read (Dean Koontz) from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Wife Between Us
  • On The New York Times’s list of novels everyone will be reading this summer
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Media mentions for The Women in White by Sarah PekkanenMEDIA MENTIONS:TODAY Show, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard
A new home harbors dark secrets in this novel Liz Nugent calls ‘brutally terrifying’
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Her move is supposed to be a fresh start, but Ellie is being watched by someone determined to keep her from discovering what happened at 1 Delaney Row…
  • From the author of 56 Days, which was adapted into a TV series on Prime Video!
  • “Catherine Ryan Howard has done it again — her best novel yet” (Andrea Mara)
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Media mentions for Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan HowardMEDIA MENTIONS:Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Talking Bone by Rene Denfeld
‘Fans of Attica Locke and Laura Lippman will find a lot to like’ (Publishers Weekly)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Investigator Ruby Spencer takes on a death row case to save the life of a man set to be executed in two weeks — and discovers startling revelations about her own past
  • From the author of The Child Finder, this engrossing read is drawn from her own experience working to exonerate innocent people
  • Features an ending that “is not only unexpected, but truly shocking” (BookPage)
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Media mentions for The Talking Bone by Rene DenfeldMEDIA MENTIONS:People, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, BookPage
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Book cover for The Blue Flame by George Pelecanos
Don’t miss this compelling mystery from ‘a modern storytelling master’ (NPR)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “Every time I read one of George Pelecanos’s novels, I’m left a little awed… The guy’s a national treasure” (Dennis Lehane)
  • When PI Derek Strange is hired to prove an alibi for an accused murderer, the police department is unhappy with his interference — and he’s drawn into the criminal underworld of Washington, DC
  • Penned by an Emmy–nominated writer of HBO’s The Wire
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Media mentions for The Blue Flame by George PelecanosMEDIA MENTIONS:Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd
A Reese’s Book Club alum is back with a mind-bending read
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Pack this for your next trip — Library Journal calls it “perfect beach or vacation reading”
  • Now that commercial time travel has been perfected, groups of privileged adventurers can experience a route back in time to the London Blitz. But one journey will go terribly wrong…
  • Rave reviews from Clare Leslie Hall and Kate Quinn, who praises it as “a true delight to the last page!”
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Media mentions for Time to Burn by Ellery LloydMEDIA MENTIONS:The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, Vulture, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier
‘Witty, thrilling, and deliciously cruel. Enjoy it with a stiff cocktail’ (Lev Grossman)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • “What you would get if you put the Corleones, the Addamses, the Targaryens, and the Borgias together” (The New York Times Book Review)
  • The old-money Mortons have a unique lineage — but when the most promising member of the new generation takes on the mantle, her first kill may lead to their downfall
  • With a dash of dark academia, this novel is “a master class in moral ambiguity and shocking twists” (Sarah Pekkanen)
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Media mentions for The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine LarbalestierMEDIA MENTIONS:The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub
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Book cover for This Changes Everything by Lisa Scottoline
Laura Dave says this ‘riveting’ read is ‘Scottoline at her best’
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • Julia is on the phone with her friend Courtney — when Courtney walks into her grandmother’s house and finds the woman murdered… Was it truly a botched robbery?
  • In this “tense, fast-paced thriller” (Jeneva Rose), two friends must unravel the truth behind a brutal killing
  • “When you open a book by Lisa Scottoline, you know the pacing will be brisk, the characters will be easy to love, and the twists will come fast and furious” (Jason Rekulak)
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Media mentions for This Changes Everything by Lisa ScottolineMEDIA MENTIONS:People, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant pens ‘a perfect novel’ (Kirkus Reviews)
WHY IT’S READWORTHY:
  • A golf ball struck by 18-year-old Mira Winston has devastating consequences far beyond the young bystander it kills…
  • You won’t be able to stop reading until the “big, juicy 11th-hour plot twist” (The Boston Globe)
  • One of the novels everyone will be talking about in 2026, according to The New York Times Book Review
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Media mentions for The Amateur by Chris BohjalianMEDIA MENTIONS:The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, People, Parade, The Boston Globe, New York Post, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Literary Hub