The Literary Lookbook for January-May 2025 is live! This is a comprehensive but not exhaustive collection of 584 upcoming 2025 releases curated by @kellyhook.readsbooks and @thoughtsfromapage. The Lookbook includes titles releasing January-May 2025 from a variety of genres and features cover designs organized by publication date. Click on this link to purchase it.

Kelly Hooker - October's Real Time Reading

Kelly Hooker - October's Real Time Reading

Kelly Hooker joins me for the October's Real Time Reading episode where we highlight our current, past and upcoming reads.

Kelly’s Selections:

Last: 

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister

Now:

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley 

The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

Next:

The Family Inside by Katie Garner

One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter

DNFs or Didn't Like:

Isola by Allagra Goodman 

Clever Little Thing by Helena Eschlin

Book Mail Highlights:

The Trouble Up North by Travis Mulhauser 

The Snowbirds by Christina Clancey

 

Cindy's Selections:

Last:

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Rental House by Weike Wang

Now:

Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler 

The Oligarch’s Daughter by Joseph Finder

Next:

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn 

DNFs or Didn’t Like:

The Way by Cary Groner 

The Mesmerist by Caroline Wood

Book Mail Highlights: 

Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley 

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Writing by Joshua Hammer 

Literary Lookbook information: Want to know which new titles are publishing in May - October of 2024? Check out our second Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.  Our third Literary Lookbook will be out at the end of October.

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Kelly is an avid reader, reviewer and bookstagrammer. She works part-time as a speech pathologist in Michigan. She has two toddler boys and firmly believes that nap time is for novels. She is an audiobook enthusiast and loves hosting book club reads and author events. She creates seasonal reading guides to help readers pick up the right book at the right time.