Our July Picks Are Here!
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Amid your summer reading, our July Monthly Picks have arrived! Let us top off your TBR piles with a thrilling procedural from Michael Robotham; a breaking and equally beautiful memoir from Michele Harper; an enthralling reinterpretation of a class Greek myth from Claire Heywood; the Nebula Award finalist by Rebecca Roanhorse; a darkly glamorous world of vampires from Renee Ahdieh; and a classic tale of adventure and magic for young readers from Michelle Harrison.
{{ product: 9781982103644 }}Our Monthly Mystery & Thriller Pick
When She Was Good
Michael Robotham
Michael Robotham elevates the police procedural to a whole new level; Dialogue that lands with meaning and a plot that propels to a beautiful and conclusive ending. Along the way, you will become deeply invested in the characters’ lives. We were hooked from page one, but about halfway in we are so emotionally engaged with Evie Cormac, Terry Boland, forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven, and former police officer Sacha Hopewell that there was no turning back.
Our Monthly Nonfiction Pick
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
Michele Harper
A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2020, The Beauty in Breaking is a riveting and heartbreaking memoir from a Black emergency room physician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession who examines how healing others teaches her how to heal herself. In its captivating narrative, intimate tone, and transformative message, The Beauty in Breaking is a book that cries out to be shared. As Elisabeth Egan said in The New York Times, “The reader should not open this book without a pen in hand. There are so many powerful beats you’ll want to underline.”
Our Monthly Fiction Pick
Daughters of Sparta
Claire Heywood
A fresh, approachable perspective on one of the most famous stories of all time, Heywood breathes life into the infamous sister duo of Helen and Klytemnestra. It is an emotional and intimate portrait of the face that launched one thousand ships and her tragically doomed sister. They fight for agency in a world ruled by men, and the hope they have for their children, and themselves, transcend centuries. When women’s voices have been diminished across time, it is novels like this that can bring formidable figures back into the conversation.
Our Monthly Speculative Fiction Pick
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse
We loved Black Sun even before it was a finalist for the Nebula Award. Drawing inspiration from the folklore of the indigenous cultures of North and Central America, this sweeping series starter is a fantasy thriller, weaving celestial prophecies and magic with political intrigue and revenge — it’s perfection!
Our Monthly YA Pick
The Beautiful
Renée Ahdieh
Vampires are back! For fans of Stephanie Myer’s Twilight Saga and Sarah J Maas’s Crescent City series, The Beautiful delivers lush writing, atmospheric world-building and steamy romance. Darkly glamorous and intoxicating, Ahdieh brings New Orleans to life (or death?) in this series opener you won’t put down. In fact, you’ll want to add The Damned to your basket to read immediately when you’re done and while you wait for the next book in the series, The Righteous.
Our Monthly Young Reader Pick
A Pinch of Magic
Michelle Harrison
If they haven’t fallen in love with fantasy yet, A Pinch of Magic will do the trick for any young reader. In a coming-of-age journey, three sisters go on a quest to break the curse that’s haunted their family for generations. Adventure? Check! Mystery? Yes! Sorcery? You better believe it! Also for the devoted fans of The Magic Misfits and The Land of Stories.