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    ages 8 & up
    January 14, 2026

    Avi’s The Road From Nowhere is fine historical fiction

    AANHPI Heritage
    January 14, 2026

    V. T. Bidania’s A Year Without Home is strong novel in verse

    YA review
    January 13, 2026

    Lance Rubin’s 16 Forever is a heartfelt YA romance

    ages 3 & up
    January 13, 2026

    Dana Smith’s Zenguin teaches mindfulness

    ages 6 & up
    January 12, 2026

    Dan Santat’s Sidekicks returns with entertaining Thick as Thieves

    ages 4 & up
    January 12, 2026

    Hairstory celebrates history of Black hair

    Young Adult

    January 13, 2026

    Lance Rubin’s 16 Forever is a heartfelt YA romance

    A teen gets a rude awakening when he discovers he’s been reliving age 16 for years in 16 Forever, by Lance Rubin

    January 9, 2026

    Katie Bernet turns Little Women into a whodunit in excellent Beth is Dead

    January 7, 2026

    Love Goes Viral is relatable contemporary YA

    December 23, 2025

    Katrina Leno’s Persephone’s Curse is strong character-driven YA

    December 22, 2025

    Jennifer Iacopelli’s Finding Her Edge is cute ice skating romance

    MIDDLE GRADE

    January 14, 2026

    Avi’s The Road From Nowhere is fine historical fiction

    Three kids hope to make it big during Colorado’s Silver Panic in 1893 in The Road From Nowhere, a middle-grade novel by Avi.

    January 14, 2026

    V. T. Bidania’s A Year Without Home is strong novel in verse

    January 12, 2026

    Dan Santat’s Sidekicks returns with entertaining Thick as Thieves

    January 10, 2026

    Celebrate Winnie-the-Pooh with 100th Anniversary edition

    January 9, 2026

    Taryn Souders’ Secrets of the Broken House is strong MG mystery

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    ages 3 & up
    January 13, 2026

    Dana Smith’s Zenguin teaches mindfulness

    An anxious penguin learns how to find calm when surrounded by big emotions in Zenguin, by Danna Smith and Sydney Hanson. 

    January 12, 2026

    Hairstory celebrates history of Black hair

    January 8, 2026

    More Than a Million is humorous ode to unconditional love

    December 3, 2025

    Usher in the changing of the season with books about winter

    November 21, 2025

    2025 Gift Guide: Christmas Books

    Adult Crossover

    Adult Crossover
    November 6, 2025

    Sian Ann Bessey’s Maid of Sherwood Forest is likeable chaste romance

    A young woman is transported back in time and right into a legendary tale in The Maid of Sherwood Forest, by Sian Ann Bessey.

    October 8, 2025

    Tiffany Odekirk’s Winterset is entertaining enemies-to-lovers romance

    September 7, 2025

    Sarah M. Eden’s Echoes of the Sea is time-traveling romance

    September 4, 2025

    Erin A. Craig’s A land So Wide is captivating adult fiction debut

    September 3, 2025

    Heather B. Moore’s Julia is excellent story of Julia Child

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    January 14, 2026

    Avi’s The Road From Nowhere is fine historical fiction

    January 14, 2026

    V. T. Bidania’s A Year Without Home is strong novel in verse

    January 13, 2026

    Lance Rubin’s 16 Forever is a heartfelt YA romance

    January 13, 2026

    Dana Smith’s Zenguin teaches mindfulness

    January 12, 2026

    Dan Santat’s Sidekicks returns with entertaining Thick as Thieves

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