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Biography & Memoir Recommendations | July 2021

Don't miss out on these insightful and informative new biographies. From true crime to public health, we recommend reading all of these unbelievable true accounts of some of the most unspeakable horrors in history. Read the latest from New York Times bestselling authors Tony Russo, Gwen Adshead, Eileen Horne, Sam Kean, Thomas Geve, John Glatt, and Leana Wen!

Dragged Into the Light: Truthers, Reptilians, Super Soldiers, and Death Inside an Online Cult

by Tony Russo

Release Date: May 25, 2021

As Seen on VICE TV's “The Devil You Know” Season 2 Journalist Tony Russo follows Sherry Shriner’s cult, digs into its bizarre beliefs, and reports on the shredded lives and reputations surrounding an otherwise-nondescript woman who transformed herself into a web-based evangelist. The incredible story is documented in dogged reporting, surviving internet chats and transcripts, and voluminous police records.

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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

by Sam Kean

Release Date: July 13, 2021

From New York Times Bestselling Author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets...Unflinching, and exhilarating to the last page, The Icepick Surgeon fuses the drama of scientific discovery with the illicit thrill of a true-crime tale. With his trademark wit and precision, Kean shows that, while science has done more good than harm in the world, rogue scientists do exist, and when we sacrifice morals for progress, we often end up with neither.

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The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz: A Powerful True Story of Hope and Survival

by Thomas Geve

Release Date: July 27, 2021

An inspiring true story of hope and survival, this is the testimony of a boy who was imprisoned in Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald and recorded his experiences through words and color drawings...The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz, accompanied with 56 of Thomas Geve's color illustrations, is the unique testimony of young Thomas and his quest for a brighter tomorrow. Do not miss out on this insightful new memoir.

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Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite

by John Glatt

Release Date: July 20, 2021

New York Times Bestselling Author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the handsome and charming New York socialite accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. Journalist John Glatt takes an in-depth look at the devastating crime that rocked Manhattan’s upper class. With exclusive access to sources close to Tommy, including his own mother, Glatt constructs the agonizing spiral of mental illness that led Thomas Gilbert Jr. to the ultimate unspeakable act.

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The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne

Release Date: July 20, 2021

An informative and insightful new book by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne...In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure hospitals, an internationally renowned forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist demonstrate the remarkable human capacity for radical empathy, change, and redemption. Moving, thought-provoking, and brilliantly told, The Devil You Know is a rare and timely book with the power to transform our ideas about cruelty and violence, and to radically expand the limits of empathy.

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Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health

by Dr. Leana Wen

Release Date: July 27, 2021

From medical expert Leana Wen, MD, Lifelines is an insider's account of public health and its crucial role—from opioid addiction to global pandemic—and an inspiring story of her journey from struggling immigrant to being one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. Ultimately, Leana Wen insists, it is public health that ensures citizens are not robbed of decades of life, and that where children live does not determine whether they live.

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New Fantasy Recommendations | July 2021

Looking for a new action-packed fantasy novel? Check out our fantasy picks for this week, we've got everything from LGBTQ+ epic fantasy to urban paranormal investigations from USA Today and International Amazon bestselling authors Willow Mason, John Garrett, Kate Haley, R.J. Blain, Aaron D. Schneider, Michael Anderle, and Aldrea Alien. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Inbetween

by Kate Haley

Release Date: June 22, 2021

A new LGBTQ+ young adult fantasy by bestselling author Kate Haley...Welcome to a world of magic and chaos. Too much chaos, if you ask me. I’m Chris, and I’m stuck in the Inbetween. It’s kinda my fault, I did jump, but I didn’t expect this. I don’t know what I was expecting… but now I’m the cat curiosity is trying to kill – or, at least, I can be. Turns out I’m a Bone Magician. The last Bone Magician. And there’s a prophecy, because of course there is, and the deadline is my 16th birthday because of course, it is! I did not pack enough brownies for this mission. But there are good things too. Did I mention AJ? Have you met AJ? You need to meet AJ. He’s going to teach me magic, and we’re going to save the world. But we’ve only got a week to do it. Wanna help?

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The Life-Taker

by John Garrett

Release Date: June 30, 2021

An exciting new action and adventure fantasy by John Garrett...Kurzhon, The Life-Taker, is the last member of the lost race of Vultaikans - warriors feared and hated across the lands for their murderous ways. Like his ancestors before him, this ruthless fighter solves problems with violence and intimidation, making him a man with a target on his back. But when the ruling powers from the kingdom of Resslayke need a great warrior, The Life-Taker is their only hope of victory, and they will stop at nothing to force him into the fight.

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At Your Fairy Worst

by Willow Mason

Release Date: July 26, 2021

Book 1 of the Fairy Batmother Series by Willow Mason...I'm a fairy godmother, turned vampire, assigned to protect a detective sergeant determined to wipe out my entire nest. That's the TL;DR version, anyway. Born without wings, I was never considered suitable for the cushy assignments my compatriots scored from the high council. Instead, I mucked around on the low rungs of the ladder, taking piecemeal work that earned me a reputation as a Ms. Fixit. But when a dead police officer (don't ask) seeks my help to solve a murder, I find myself investigating a crime of paranormal proportions.

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To Poison a Prince

by Aldrea Alien

Release Date: July 31, 2021

USA Today Bestselling Author Aldrea Alien brings us Book 2 of A Tale of Two Princes...Imperial Crown Prince Darshan knew his journey home wasn’t going to be the modest one he hoped for, especially not after eloping with Hamish, a former prince—and now exile—of Tirglas. When he thwarts a clumsy attempt on his husband’s life during a soirée hosted by his long-standing rival and half-sister, he figures the worst is behind them. Yet, the threat of death continues to shadow them across the empire. Someone is intent on making the rumors of his husband’s demise a reality, someone who can erase the memory of their very presence from people’s minds. Darshan must discover who is behind the attempts before they succeed. But who can he trust?

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Client from Hell

by R.J. Blain

Release Date: July 27, 2021

The first book of the A Magically Hellish Comedy (With A Body Count) Series by USA Today Bestselling Author R.J. Blain...Step one: add some gasoline. Step two: light a match. Step three: watch the devil’s house burn. As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins. Life is good—at least for the year, she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first. Instead of the quick end and the retribution she deserves, Sandra gets the client from hell for the case of a lifetime, one that could forever change the war between the heavens and the devil’s many hells.

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Circle In The Deep

by Aaron D. Schneider & Michael Anderle

Release Date: July 22, 2021

A new action and adventure fantasy novel from international bestselling Authors Michael Anderle and Aaron D. Schneider...Across the sea from the bloody adventures of Skharr the Deatheater, another fell-handed wanderer treads a bloody road. Leaving her people's crumbling decadence behind her, Axe-Wed wanders a savage world intent on making her way one axe stroke at a time. When she finds herself the victim of a nefarious kidnapping Axe-Wed must battle her way through darkness and horrors in the deepest dungeons, as her allies face intrigues and treacheries in the world above, as the city teeters on the brink of destruction.

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The Story Behind Bulletproof by Xavier Neal

By Xavier Neal

Inspiration for all of my books is unpredictable. They happen anywhere and anytime regardless of what I’m doing and Bulletproof was no exception.

I’m a huge action movie fan. We’re talking huge. I love it all and have for most of my existence. I’ll always choose the car movies, the explosions, and the hand-to-hand combat or impressive weaponry over almost everything else each time. This love of fast-paced scenes and danger has come to showcase itself in a number of my series with the most recent being Bulletproof, which may launch a new set of standalone adventures. While seeing a new release by a director that I’m a massive fan of on the big screen, in my favorite movie theater (the one I even got married in), the lead male – Bronx – began talking to me. (Like twenty-two minutes into the thing.) From there, it was just a ceaseless snowball of writing physical fighting scenes, witty lines, and letting him find love in spite of the job that makes it difficult for that to be an option.

I hope you enjoy watching his life change as much as I enjoyed being the one to write about it.

Xavier Neal is the author of the new book Bulletproof

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The Story Behind Screwball by Eva Haining

By Eva Haining

When asked to say a little something about Screwball, it took me back a few years. For those of you who haven’t read my work before, I was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. I moved to Texas in 2014 with my husband and two kids. By 2017 I had fallen in love with baseball. I remember it so vividly, as it was the year Hurricane Harvey hit our city hard. The baseball team, collectively and individually, did so much to help the community. That definitely reinforced my love for the game.

I’ve been wanting to write a baseball romance for a while, and when I started writing romantic comedies, I knew this would be the perfect opportunity to have some fun with a sport I love.

I’m a natural, walking, talking, comedy of errors, and still wonder after twenty-two years, how I snagged my husband. It would seem he finds my fumbling attempts at romance endearing. My own journey has taught me that there is beauty in the mistakes, and love in laughter.

I branched out into writing romantic comedies during the lockdown in 2020, and it has been such a great release for me. I love every subgenre I write in, but that first rom-com, Fumble, was so outside my comfort zone. As a writer, I believe pushing yourself to explore and push the boundaries, makes you a better author. This was definitely the case for me.
Screwball is a double baseball romance. Yankees pitcher, Anders Verbeck, meets the top batter for the women’s USA team, Brooke Lexington, and hilarity ensues. Brooke is a real ballbuster with a big heart. I strive for all my female characters to be strong, independent women, with a huge capacity for love.

These two build from the ground up, and the reader gets to see the progression of their relationship as they navigate the evolution from friends to lovers, and from lovers to forever. They were a joy to write, so fun and flirty with some real tender moments along the way. I can only hope that readers have as great an experience reading this one, as I had writing it.
As much as I love baseball, I still had to buy Baseball for Dummies and make numerous phone calls to my husband to make sure I did the game justice and give an authentic representation of America’s national pastime!

Screwball is a standalone novel, and a great introduction to my writing if you’re a first-time reader.

Eva Haining is the author of the new book Screwball

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Interview with Willow Mason, Author of At Your Fairy Worst

What can you tell us about your new release, At Your Fairy Worst?

This is the first book in a new paranormal mystery series, and features Kiera Walker—a fairy godmother born without wings. When she’s hired to investigate a murder by a dead policeman, she gets caught up in a whole lot of trouble—including getting turned by a vampire. (And that is strictly turned, not “turned-on” – it’s not that kind of book)

What or who inspired you to become an author?

I loved reading as a kid and began writing my own from about age eight. It got put on the backburner a lot, but when I turned forty, I came back to writing and haven’t looked back since.

What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?

The Shape of Snakes, Minette Walters; The Cleaner, Paul Cleave; The Talisman, Stephen King & Peter Straub; Bridge Daughter, Jim Nelson; Triptych, Karin Slaughter.

Though, to be fair, I’d probably come up with a different list if you asked me tomorrow.

Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?

IDK, another introvert maybe, so we can sit in silence while the audience gets a hefty dose of excruciating awkwardness. I’d prefer to pretend I’m not the host of a literary talk show. That sounds like a lot more fun.

What's your favorite thing about writing?

Freedom. I get to make all the rules and put the words into everyone’s mouth and deliver all the quips I can never think of on the spot in real life.

What is a typical day like for you?

I get up after my partner has gone to work, and put on the washing, make a cup of tea, and stare into space for a couple of hours. If I’m feeling inspired, I write for an hour or two on my own, and if not, I join a discord group and sprint with other authors.

What scene from At Your Fairy Worst was your favorite to write?

I loved writing the scene where the main antagonist gave his reasons for doing all the bad stuff. His explanations are perfectly legitimate and defensible while at the same time being awful and life ruining—which is absolutely the most fun part because for a minute it seems like everyone could just nod and go, “Yeah, that seems fair. Carry on.”

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

“It is never too late to be what you might have been” – George Eliot

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Interview with Kate Haley, Author of Welcome To The Inbetween

What can you tell us about your new release, Welcome To The Inbetween?

Welcome to the Inbetween is an LGBTQ+ teen fantasy story that was an inspired project for me. It began as a dream about a magical world, following a genderfluid teenager called Chris on an adventure through the enchanting realm. Chris was an incredibly fun person to write, and I’ve never had a writing project flow so naturally before. The tale explores identity and family through the eyes of a witty kid with the fate of a whole new world on their shoulders.

What or who inspired you to become an author?

I’ve wanted to be an author since I was a little kid. Stories have always captivated and inspired me. I started telling my own from a young age and eventually practiced enough to get good at it.

What's on your top 5 list for the best books you've ever read?

Top five books, not top five lists? Okay. My favorite book of all time is Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman – I’m a huge Pratchett fan and most of his work would probably make this list if I’m being honest. However, I also love In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan. The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper was big for me as a child, so was The Belgariad by David Eddings (I’m counting it as one book, shhh). I would add Bed of Nails by Antonin Varenne as well. Would recommend it, and… I’ve run out of room. Let’s just say I like to read things that are different from my own work.

Say you're the host of a literary talk show. Who would be your first guest? What would you want to ask?

I think I would drag some of my author friends on and then start a hunt for fantastic lesser-known and just-starting authors. If I had a literary talk show I’d want to use it to help publicize people whose writing I loved but who was still struggling to be seen and needed the exposure.

What's your favorite thing about writing?

The satisfaction of a story well told. I love getting to the end of a book and making everything come together neatly. It’s a challenge for me each time to see how well I can weave all the threads into a satisfactory bow.

What is a typical day like for you?

Writing in the morning until my brain stops working. Sometimes I get through the whole day and feel like a champion. Sometimes by the afternoon I feel like a failure and eat cookies and watch tv and wallow in my angst until I think I can do better than what I’m watching and the fires of inspiration are once again lit through the evening.

What scene from Welcome To The Inbetween was your favorite to write?

Anything with AJ in it. Anything and everything with AJ in it. He definitely snuck through to steal the favorite character trophy from me in this book.

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

It’s life, you can’t do it wrong. I struggled with crippling perfectionism for a long time when I finally had a friend say that to me. It was eye-opening. I spent so much time trying to get everything perfect and not do anything wrong, but having someone talk me through that notion was exactly what I needed to be able to let a lot of things go. I remind myself of it whenever my anxiety starts acting up. It’s your life, you can’t do it wrong.

Kate Haley is the author of the new book Welcome To The Inbetween

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New Mystery and Thriller Books to Read | July 27

Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including Ramy Vance, Lindsay Cameron, Brian Freeman, and many more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading!

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New Romance Books to Read | July 27

Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors W. Winters, Amelia Wilde, Xavier Neal, Eva Haining, Jessika Klide, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading!

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New Books to Read in General Fiction | July 27

Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Derek B. Miller, Alix Ohlin, John Oliver Killens, and many more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!

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New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | July 27

Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors Jon Lee Grafton, Justina Ireland, K. B. Wagers, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from Kate Haley, Willow Mason, N. K. Jemisin, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading!

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