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 Tricia O'Malley, Invi Wright, I.V. Ophelia, Emily Barnet, Fiona Baker, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading!
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New Biography and Memoir Books to Read | April 21
Looking for some new biography and memoir books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Molly Crabapple, Brianna Madia, Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari, Tom Bower, and more. Enjoy your new biography and memoir books. Happy reading!
New Young Adult Books to Read | April 21
Are you an avid reader of Young Adult books? This week you are in luck! With all of these new novels, you’re bound to find a new favorite book to add to your reading list. This week includes new novels from bestselling authors J.E. Reed, Kara Verbeek, Jessie Donovan, Tyler Young, and more. Enjoy your new young adult books. Happy reading!
New Business and Finance Books to Read | April 21
Looking for some new business and finance books for your library? There are so many new releases this week that you’re bound to find a new favorite. You can pick up new books from Patrick King, John Morgan, Blake Boles, and more. Enjoy your new business and finance books. Happy reading!
Leadership and Success Tips: Business Books
Learn the core principles of effective leadership, team management, and sustainable success. These business books offer insights from experienced leaders who have built and scaled impactful organizations. Each chapter delivers practical guidance on improving strategy, communication, and execution. Ideal for readers looking to strengthen leadership skills and career growth.
M.B.A: Discover the Truth About Leadership
by D.M. Christensen
Release Date: March 13, 2026
Are MBAs actually worth it? Why do confident people get promoted over competent ones? Masters of the Bullshitting Arts is a sharp, funny business read exposing how modern careers really work—buzzwords, meetings, and performative “leadership”—and how to navigate it without losing your sanity.
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Start With Yourself
by Emma Grede
Release Date: April 14, 2026
Based on the factors of her early life—she’s the child of a working-class single mother and grew up in a rough neighborhood in East London, and dropped out of high school—you’d never guess that Emma Grede would go on to become one of America’s richest self-made women.
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No Excuses for a Day
by Sam Silverstein
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Think back to a time when you heard someone make an excuse—and you knew instantly they were giving up on what really mattered. Now think about the last time you did the same. It’s subtle. It sounds reasonable. But it slowly eats away at your potential, your relationships, and your credibility. Excuses compound. One turns into another. Before long, they build a life you never intended to live.
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The Innovator's Bias (Continuous Innovation Series Book 1)
by Ash Maurya
Release Date: April 7, 2026
Steve is a talented engineer with a groundbreaking idea. After his company gets acquired and dismantled, he quits to build a virtual reality platform that will change the world. He has the best rendering engine anyone has ever seen. He has two years of obsessive work behind him. He has conviction.
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The Venture Capital Alternative
by Matt Moyers
Release Date: -
Big Tech is banking on you not reading this book. Literally, intellectual property (IP) and patent law in the US and globally are overwhelmingly in favor of large corporations that have spent billions lobbying for preferential treatment.
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In The Money: Bull & Bear Markets
by Heather Cullen
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Most options strategies sound impressive – until you test them. This strategy turned $1,000 into over $167,000 - compared to about $25,000 from the S&P 500.
Buy on AmazonLegends & Adventure: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reads for You
Enter worlds where legends are born, and magic shapes the fate of civilizations. These fantasy novels combine thrilling adventure with deep lore, mythical creatures, and unforgettable battles. As heroes rise and dark forces awaken, each story delivers intense, cinematic storytelling. Ideal for readers who love expansive, imaginative fantasy worlds.
The Order of Odd Brilliance
by C. L. Gaber
Release Date: April 3, 2026
There are nine prep schools on the East Coast of the U.S. There is also a secret 10th school called The Providence School. It’s a high school dedicated to the art and science of time travel. Sagan Santos and her core group are fixers sent to the past. Homework: save a princess, stop a mass shooting, free New York from Nazis, and not fall in love in 1944. Tweak history. Change the world.
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Adverse Reactions
by Deborah J. Lightfoot
Release Date: March 18, 2026
In the remote prairie town of Purity, Sykes gets a bullet to the brain. Devin Perridin escapes that fate, and now she’s returned for a reckoning. Backed by a denim-clad desperado and sustained by Old Magic, the “One Who Got Away” is coming for those who tried to destroy her psychokinetic powers. Survival was just the beginning: vengeance is next.
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The Strange Story of the Man Who Murdered Time
by Steven Wiley
Release Date: March 31, 2026
In a village untouched by time, people live in serene eternity—until one day when clocks begin to tick, hair turns gray, and moments start to slip away. When the once-timeless haven begins to wither with age, the town watchman sets forth on a wonderfully strange adventure to hunt down and vanquish time itself.
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Kenji McLeelan (The Kenji McLeelan Files Book 2)
by R.C. Ducantlin
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Memory slips. Alliances crack. Safe places change shape. As Kenji McLeelan hunts the truth inside a hidden war tied to alien contact and classified programs, the past stops holding still, and the force closest to him may be the one shaping what he becomes.
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Death and Destruction (The Forgotten Empire Book 13)
by Julie Weil Thomas
Release Date: April 1, 2026
A new threat rises from the Empire. One from within their own ranks. Is this threat more dangerous than even the Jatarians? Andrew begins work with the Federation weapons team on the further development of a weapon that the Lormallians had given them back when the alliance with the Lormallians was forged.
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Burn Rate (Gravity Well Book 3)
by Jon Kiln
Release Date: April 6, 2026
The rescue was unnecessary. The job offer was unavoidable. Russ thought he was breaking someone out. Turns out, they don't want to leave. Now he's stuck with a contract he didn't want, a cargo hold full of problems with too many legs, and a corporate AI cheerfully logging his every move. Miri thinks they're helping.
Buy on AmazonEmotion & Meaning: Literary Fiction Books for You
Experience literary fiction that goes beyond plot to explore meaning, identity, and emotional truth. These novels delve into the inner lives of complex characters facing personal and societal challenges. Through thoughtful prose and layered storytelling, each book invites readers to reflect on what it means to live and connect. Perfect for those who value depth, symbolism, and emotional resonance.
The Forgetting Season
by Sandra Boyle
Release Date: April 1, 2026
She was told to forget. She chose to remember. Lira was never supposed to uncover the truth—about the fire, the erased identity, or the girl she used to be. But when a scan cracks open hidden fragments, memories return with force. Not just hers… but echoes of countless others. As children across the city vanish without a trace, Lira must decide: retreat into safety or risk everything.
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Claimed by the Rogue Shifter
by Iva J. Rivers
Release Date: January 12, 2026
Rogue Wolf Shifters cannot have fated mates, they said. Well… the heavens just smiled on me. Maybe it's because I have no pack but use my abilities for good, not harm. I live in plain sight, working as a firefighter in a small mountain town. On a routine fire call, I catch a whiff of vanilla and wildflowers—her. My wolf lost his damn mind.
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Beneath (The Rebirth Series Book 1)
by Ariel Sullivan
Release Date: March 24, 2026
Twenty-three-year-old Sasha Cadell knows time is running out in the underground city, filled with survivors of the nuclear fallout six years ago. She works in the Expansion Sector, trying to escape the memories of those she lost.
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Captivation Creek (The Haven Brothers Book 5)
by Claire Kingsley
Release Date: April 7, 2026
A devastating injury ended Theo Haven’s pro-football career, but he’s made a good life for himself in his hometown. The high school teacher and football coach might be single, but that’s by choice. And his work bestie, Penelope? She’s one of the best parts of his job, but they’re just friends.
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The Keeper
by Tana French
Release Date: March 31, 2026
On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead in the river.
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The Woman from Nowhere (Misted Pines Series Book 5)
by Kristen Ashley
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After a heartbreaking betrayal, Mabel Adams reinvents herself for the fourth time. Regardless of the alarming reputation of the deceptively sleepy town of Misted Pines, she decides to move all the way across the country to start yet again.
Buy on AmazonUnsolved Crimes Unravelled: Mystery & Thriller Picks for You
These mystery & thriller novels blend cold-case intrigue with modern-day discoveries that reignite forgotten dangers. Each story slowly pieces together fractured truths while raising the stakes with every revelation. Ideal for readers who love intricate puzzles, slow-burning suspense, and satisfying, mind-bending conclusions.
Wilshire Pointe
by P. Mittra
Release Date: March 25, 2026
The first year at Wilshire Pointe University is nothing Shelby Jones ever imagined it would be. Shelby has always sensed something missing, a nagging emptiness she cannot explain—until a mysterious note appears: “Shelby Jones, your entire life is a lie.”
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The Body in Black Lake (The Hawkins Family Mysteries Book 3)
by D.L. Mckown
Release Date: March 31, 2026
Riddle: What do Thanksgiving, a missing hunter, paella, a blizzard, and murder all have in common? Find out when Harry, Liz, and the whole family find themselves matching wits with a diabolical killer who has the nerve to leave a body in the black waters of the lake at the back of the Hawkins’ farm.
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The Remembering
by Sandra Boyle
Release Date: April 1, 2026
When fragments of other lives begin surfacing across the world, memories without origin, familiarity without permission, Jesse Drake recognizes the pattern before she wants to. The continuity network she once helped design was meant to prevent collapse. Instead, it learned how to erase dissent, sanitize history, and call it stability.
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Hope Rises
by David Baldacci
Release Date: April 14, 2026
Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on the road to revenge after becoming an informant for the FBI against a global criminal operation headed up by Victoria Steers. Steers has ripped everything Nash held dear away from him.
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Pants on Fire (Iris Raines Mystery)
by Denise Diana Huddle
Release Date: April 6, 2026
When poisoned food kills a restaurant's customer, PI Iris Raines is hired to find the saboteur. Instead, the trail leads to cartel money, corporate warfare, and a conspiracy someone will kill to protect. Iris has made a career exposing lies—but this time, the truth might get her dead.
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A Fatal Delivery (Deadly Ambition collection)
by Lauren Oliver
Release Date: -
Rituals and routines are safe places for delivery driver Lenora Sforza. Until her schedule is turned upside down by the bludgeoning death of a regular customer—a shocking crime that has left the authorities perplexed. The quietly observant Lenora can’t help but feel that she holds the key to unraveling the mystery.
Buy on AmazonInterview with C.L. Gaber, Author of The Order of Odd Brilliance
What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write this book?
“The Order of Odd Brilliance” was one of those books that unfolded slowly. I love to write YA stories set in special schools and had this idea… There are nine famous prep schools on the East Coast of the U.S., but also a secret 10th school where you learn the art and science of time travel. As we know, all time travel books and TV shows insist you must never change history. What if these genius high school students, all with perfect SATs, were tasked to change history… strategically?
But if you go rogue, you are committing treason against the government, and life is over. This means no changing history to help you or your family. My main character, Sagan Santos, 17, has been on the run since she was a baby. Her mama did something really bad. She also comes from a family that has specialized in time travel—not that she knows that at first. Her father works to better the world; her mother wants to tear it all down. Sagan just wants a family and maybe a love interest, if that’s not too much to ask in any time period!
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of your book, what would they be?
Wow… that’s such a great question. Maybe it’s “time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking into the future.”
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I’m a journalist and author, so it’s all over the place. I love YA, any fiction, and especially the brilliant word stylings of Stephen King. Also, give me a great biography. I love to write YA and have done so in my series, “Ascenders: High School for the Recently Departed.” But I also have a small-town romance novel coming up, set in the heartland, and a genre thriller based in California in the works.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
So many! I have been working so much that my pile is huge, and I really need to rethink the fall closet, as so many books are crammed in there.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
There is a scene where the time travelers try to save the life of Princess Diana. We know every single detail of her tragic accident, but would she really believe five teens from 2026 telling her she will die tonight? Sagan and her friends must try to stop what happened while fate fights back in a furious way. They’re also tasked to save one life—just one—at Pearl Harbor. I love the idea that one life changes everything.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
I like to write in the early mornings now. I do a radio show because I’m also an entertainment reporter. So, I’m up super early. Once the show is done, the early morning hours, when the world is quiet, and it’s still dark outside, are perfect for writing. I swim every afternoon and find that the water is so amazing when it comes to plotting. You just have to remember what you thought up because you can’t write it down while doing laps!
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
The motto in my new book is “tweak history, save the world.” That’s not bad. I also like that all dogs are good dogs.
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
You need to pay close attention to the best story ever… history. It repeats itself. All these years later, if I could go back, I’d take a slew of history classes in college. Another message of the book is that family comes in odd ways and in strange packages. And finally, the idea of the book is that odd should be celebrated. I’ve asked readers: Tell me how you are odd. Everyone answers with a spark. Odd is cool. Odd is necessary.
Interview with Deborah J. Lightfoot, Author of Adverse Reactions
What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write this book?
I don’t remember and can’t even guess where the original idea came from. I actually started the book in 2005, but managed only 24,000 words before hitting a wall. I got stuck at the first plot point. So I shoved the manuscript into a file cabinet and returned to writing the epic fantasy that eventually became my six-book Waterspell series. But I never forgot that partial manuscript. Last summer, I unearthed it and read what I’d written 20 years before. What I found in those rough-draft pages—the compelling urgency of it—surprised me.
The awful situation the protagonist is in as the story opens grabbed and held me. And more than that: my mind leapt ahead when I reached the first plot point. A score of years earlier, I hadn’t known where the story went from there. But now I did. The logical and dramatic next steps in the quest for justice were clear. During the book’s 20-year incubation, I’d done a lot of writing and a lot of living. I’d gained experience, deepened my understanding of people and their motivations, and observed the good and the evil of which humans are capable. All of that equipped me to finish the story, and to do it in a way that has been personally fulfilling.
If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of your book, what would they be?
Adverse Reactions is a post-apocalyptic, paranormal, suspense-thriller, Western fantasy. It crosses genres! The Great Plains setting evokes the theme song from the movie “Once Upon a Time in the West.” Another classic film score that would fit is “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
What's your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?
I mainly read and write fantasy, with a fair amount of science fiction on the side. As a kid, the first book I bought with my own money was Daybreak—2250 A.D., post-apocalyptic science fiction by the great Andre Norton. I fell in love with Norton’s books and her writing style. Currently, I’m catching up on her Witch World fantasy novels that I somehow missed in my adolescence.
What books are on your TBR pile right now?
So many! Too many! Besides the Witch World books, which are numerous, I’m into the Sally Lockhart mysteries by Philip Pullman, published between 1985 and 1994. The final book of that series came out just a year before The Golden Compass.
I recently listened to the audiobooks of The Book of Dust sequels, and as a fantasy writer, I was interested in Pullman’s transition from mystery to fantasy. I’m enjoying the Sally Lockhart books, but honestly, I wouldn’t have thought they were written by the same man who would go on to write the incomparable His Dark Materials. Pullman made an inspired leap with Lyra Belacqua’s story, his masterpiece.
What scene in your book was your favorite to write?
I’d have to say it’s when my protagonist, Devin, meets Mike Sutter, a complicated man who is the definition of “morally gray.” Sometimes he’s kind and generous. Other times, he’s ruthless to the point of cruelty. He’s got his own agenda, as Devin soon discovers.
Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)
I sit down at the computer, and in strict and unvarying order, I arrange these: —Web browser, taskbar bottom-left, ready to look up synonyms and make sure a word really means what I think it means —Word processing program center-screen; plain old Word, nothing fancy —Dictionary, taskbar bottom-right, my trusty Merriam-Webster —On the writing desk nearby, a hardback copy of the Oxford Thesaurus (American Edition) I cannot proceed without those things at my fingertips, and in that order. I also require a cup of coffee, a mug of water, and the hum of the air conditioner. Those will keep me pounding the keyboard for hours, until the coffee and water dictate a break. 😊
Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?
“The soul that has no fixed goal loses itself; for as they say, to be everywhere is to be nowhere.” —Michel de Montaigne
If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?
In a world that demands mindless conformity, be your true, exceptional self.
Deborah J. Lightfoot is the author of the new book Adverse Reactions
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