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Here are a few of the books being published next year that I’m excited about!

 

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

 

This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead

A chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches. 

 

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson 

An unexpected road trip across America brings a family together in this raucous and moving new novel. Infused with deadpan wit, zany hijinks, and enormous heart, it’s a sibling story like no other—a novel about a family forged under the most unlikely circumstances and united by hope in an unknown future.

 

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A searing, exquisite new novel by the best-selling and award-winning author of Americanah, this is the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. A reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power.

 

The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens

Hana is a quiet, middle-aged librarian in Minnesota who wants nothing more than to be left alone. But when a detective arrives with the news that her best friend has been murdered, Hana knows that something evil has come for her, a dark remnant of the past she and her friend had shared. 

 

Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old by Brooke Shields 

From generational icon Brooke Shields comes an intimate and empowering exploration of aging that flips the script on the idea of what it means for a woman to grow older. 

 

The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb

Corby is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that’s before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby at first struggles to survive life on the inside, but later begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. 

 

Jen Pace Dickenson is the Youth Services Librarian for Polk County Public Libraries. For information about the library’s resources, programs, and other services, visit polklibrary.org or call (828) 894-8721.