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The librarians at BCL have compiled a list of the most anticipated books of the summer! Release dates are listed in parentheses (subject to change), but you can place holds on these books now by searching for them in the Brown County Library catalog. We have also included favorite backlist titles from previous years, so you can catch up on bestsellers that you may have missed!

Highly Anticipated Titles: When the Stars Go Dark – Paula McClain (April 13)

Sorrowland – Rivers Solomon (May 4)

Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir (May 4)

With Teeth – Kristen Arnett (June 1)

Somebody’s Daughter – Ashley C. Ford (June 1)

The Other Black Girl – Zakiya Dalila Harris (June 1)

Malibu Rising – Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 1)

The Disappearing Act – Catherine Steadman (June 8)

The Maidens – Alex Michaelides (June 15)

Filthy Animals (short stories) – Brandon Taylor (June 22)

The Personal Librarian – Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray (June 29)

Survive the Night - Riley Sager (June 29)

The Turnout – Megan Abbott (August 3)

Afterparties: Stories – Anthony Veasna So (August 3)

Velvet Was the Night – Silvia Moreno-Garcia (August 17)

Nonfiction: Broken (in the best possible way) – Jenny Lawson (April 6)

Crying in H Mart – Michelle Zauner (April 20)

Madhouse at the End of the Earth – Julian Sancton (May 4)

Mergers and Acquisitions – Cate Doty (May 4)

Punch Me Up to the Gods – Brian Broome (May 18)

Big Vape – Jamie Ducharme (May 18)

The Kissing Bug – Daisy Hernández (June 1)

How the Word is Passed – Clint Smith (June 1)

House of Sticks – Ly Tran (June 1)

The Woman They Could Not Silence – Kate Moore (June 22)

The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream – Dean Jobb (July13)

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Thrillers: The Last Thing He Told Me – Laura Dave (May 4)

The Plot – Jean Hanff Korelitz (May 11)

The Hunting Wives – May Cobb (May 18)

The Atmospherians – Alex McElroy (May 18)

The First Day of Spring – Nancy Tucker (May 18)

The Photographer – Mary Dixie Carter (May 25)

Imposter Syndrome – Kathy Wang (May 25)

I Don’t Forgive You – Aggie Blum Thompson (June 8)

Hell of a Book – Jason Mott (June 29)

An Ambush of Widows – Jeff Abbot (July 6)

Razorblade Tears – S.A. Crosby (July 6)

Falling – T.J. Newman (July 6)

We Were Never Here – Andrea Bartz (July 13)

For Your Own Good – Samantha Downing (July 20)

Once There Were Wolves – Charlotte McConaghy (August 3)

Backlist:

When No One is Watching – Alyssa Cole

Her Dark Lies – J.T. Ellison

The Guest List – Lucy Foley

The Mother-in-Law – Sally Hepworth

Picnic in the Ruins – Todd Robert Petersen

Beach Reads: Under the Wave at Waimea – Paul Theroux (April 13)

Dial A for Aunties – Jesse Q. Sutanto (April 27)

The Siren – Katherine St. John (May 4)

Arsenic and Adobo – Mia P. Manansala (May 4)

Summer on the Bluffs – Sunny Hostin (May 4)

People We Meet on Vacation – Emily Henry (May 11)

A Summer to Remember – Erika Montgomery (May 11)

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel – Elyssa Friedland (May 18)

The Summer Job – Lizzy Dent (May 18)

The Guncle – Steven Rowley (May 25)

Haven Point – Virginia Hume (June 8)

The Layover – Lacie Waldon (June 15)

Songs in Ursa Major – Emma Brodie (June 22)

Backlist:

We Could Be Heroes – Mike Chen

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions – Mario Giordano

Last Tang Standing – Lauren Ho

The House in the Cerulean Sea – TJ Klune

Chances Are – Richard Russo

Sharks in the Time of Saviors – Kawai Strong Washburn

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Romance: The Son of Mr. Suleman – Eric Jerome Dickey (April 20)

An Earl, The Girl and a Toddler – Vanessa Riley (April 27)

It Had to Be You – Georgia Clark (Mary 4)

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake – Alexis Hall (May 18)

Hang the Moon – Alexandria Bellefleur (May 25)

Talk Bookish To Me – Kate Bromley (May 25)

How to Find a Princess – Alyssa Cole (May 25)

Playing the Palace – Paul Rudnick (May 25)

One Last Stop – Casey McQuiston (June 1)

The Road Trip – Beth O’Leary (June 1)

Satisfaction Guaranteed – Karelia Stetz-Waters (June 1)

Seven Days in June – Tia Williams (June 1)

While We Were Dating – Jasmine Guillory (July 13)

Heartbreak for Hire – Sonia Hartl (July 27)

The Heart Principle – Helen Hoang (August 31)

Backlist:

The Marriage Game – Sarah Desai

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors – Sonali Dev

Float Plan – Trish Doller

Take a Hint, Dani Brown – Talia Hibbert The Friend Zone – Abby Jimenez Open Water – Caleb Azumah Nelson

First Comes Like – Alisha Rai

Spooky Summer Reads: Whisper Down the Lane – Clay Chapman (April 6)

Near the Bone – Christina Henry (April 13)

Goblin – Josh Malerman (May 18)

Madam – Phoebe Wynne (May 18)

Unsettled Ground – Claire Fuller (May 18)

Yes, Daddy – Jonathan Parks-Ramage (May 18)

The Final Girl Support Group – Grady Hendrix (July 13)

All’s Well – Mona Awad (August 3)

My Heart is a Chainsaw – Stephen Graham Jones (August 31)

Backlist: The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories – Kevin Brockmeier

The Deep – Nick Cutter

The Hollow Places – T. Kingfisher

Mexican Gothic – Silvia Morena-Garcia I Remember You – Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

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Historical Fiction: Basil’s War – Stephen Hunter (May 4)

Great Circle – Maggie Shipstead (May 4)

The Last Green Valley – Mark Sullivan (May 4)

The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba – Chanel Cleeton (May 4)

Swimming Back to Trout River – Linda Rui Feng (May 11)

Mary Jane – Jessica Anya Blau (May 11)

Dead Dead Girls – Nekesa Afia (June 1)

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu – Tom Lin (June 1)

The Warsaw Orphan – Kelly Rimmer (June 1)

The Sweetness of Water – Nathan Harris (June 15)

The Vixen – Francine Prose (June 29)

The Forest of Vanishing Stars – Kristin Harmel (July 6)

Island Queen – Vanessa Riley (July 6)

Damnation Spring – Ash Davidson (August 3)

The Perfume Thief – Timothy Schaffert (August 3)

Backlist:

Surviving Savannah – Patti Callahan

The Incredible Winston Browne – Sean Dietrich

The Women of Chateau Lafayette – Stephanie Dray

Better Luck Next Time – Julia Claiborne Johnson

Code Name Hélène – Ariel Lawhon

The Henna Artist – Alka Joshi

Science Fiction and Fantasy: Winter’s Orbit – Everina Maxwell (Feb 2)

The Witch's Heart – Genevieve Gornichec (Feb 9)

The Kingdoms – Natasha Pulley (May 25)

The Chosen & the Beautiful – Nghi Vo (June 1)

For the Wolf – Hannah F. Whitten (June 1)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built – Becky Chambers (July 13)

She Who Became the Sun – Shelley Parker-Chan (July 20)

Nightbitch – Rachel Yoder (July 20)

Backlist: The Echo Wife – Sarah Gailey

The City We Became – N.K. Jemisin

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars – Christopher Paolini Black Sun – Rebecca Roanhorse All Systems Red – Martha Wells