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October 2025 Reads

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Okay I think everyone who likes thrillers should read Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

It’s this absolutely brilliant comedy meets thriller with a woman with no recollection of killing her best friend even though the whole world thinks she did it.

Lucy Chase is the most blunt, straightforward, snarky, no nonsense protagonist of this wonderful book and her whole town including her parents and her ex husband believe that she killed her best friend Savannah.

The whole story unfolds from a first person POV and if you appreciate dark humour, this book is definitely for you!!!

From the very first page, this book has you HOOKED and I really liked the way the book alternates between Lucy’s POV and the podcast episodes. The podcast parts of the book weren’t boring and all the characters had a lot of depth which made it more interesting to read those parts and uncover their secrets. Every single twist and turn this book threw at me, had me at the edge of my seat and it never got repetitive or boring even for a second.

I’m not going to spoil anything more but it was a very satisfying ending to a book with enough twists for it to be a labyrinth. I would 100p recommend this book to everyone who likes mystery thrillers with dark humour and writing that makes you want to keep reading.

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Our Favorite Fiction of 2024

Although there is still a month and a bit of 2024 to go, and it's entirely possible that one of us will find another novel we absolutely adore, we wanted to give you, our lovely customers, a peek at the collection of fiction we couldn't stop talking about this year. Our staff is a varied lot with diverse tastes (luckily our customers are just as delightfully quirky) and we hope there's something for everyone in this round-up of titles.

Cindy, Laurie, Nancy AND Caitlin all loved Liz Moore's The God of the Woods, with its historical setting, secrets galore, and rich people doing very bad things. If you're in the mood for a thriller set in the '70's this will satisfy.

As for Table for Two, by Amor Towles, Brad says that the concluding 200-page novella of this short story collection is "worth the price of admission", continuing the story of Rules of Civility. He was also charmed to discover the only published mystery of famed Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne. The Red House Mystery is for those of you longing for a perfect locked room whodunnit from the Golden Age of Mysteries.

For a contemporary thriller, Cindy highly recommends Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera, saying, "Lucy Chase, exonerated in the murder of her best friend, is mortified when a popular (and handsome) true crime podcaster opens a new investigation that thrusts her into national and community scrutiny all over again. Moving back and forth between the events that led to the crime and this new investigation, old friendships and relationships are reconsidered. Let the neighborly finger-pointing begin! Again."

Or, if a week on Cape Cod with your adult kids AND your aging parents in the height of summer sounds appealing (or at the least, amusing to read about), Laurie and I both loved Sandwich by Catherine Newman. Funny, poignant, and perfect for book clubs, this is a short book that packs a punch.

My personal top read of 2024 is The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley. Try this smart and thought-provoking debut if you like time travel, handsome Arctic explorers, and shady government shenanigans.

One of Caitlin's favorites from this year is Small Rain, by Garth Greenwell, a book she calls, "Magnificent! A tender novel about healing, care-giving, and poetry." She also loved Us Fools, by Nora Lange, a heartbreaking yet humorous story about two sisters growing up in the Midwest during the 1980's farm crisis. And check out the testimonials at the front for Caitlin's quote!

Nancy and Caitlin can't stop talking about Fire Exit by Morgan Talty. Caitlin says, "A long kept family secret, inheritance, guilt and mental illness combine into one outstanding novel." While Nancy adds, "I can't say enough good things about this book and author. Incredible writing!"

Becca and I got to buddy read and write a blog about The Spellshop, the coziest of cozy fantasies. This one is for readers who want a warm hug of book with a dollop of whimsy. Warning, it will make you crave toast and jam.

And (in my opinion) our favorite fiction isn't complete without an exceptional romance. Ready or Not, by Cara Bastone was a fantastic, surprise pregnancy, friends-to-love romance. I absolutely loved these characters and all their emotions. Plus, the audiobook is one of the best I've listened to this year.

Check out the link to see our complete list and, as always, we're happy to give you even more recommendations!

2024: Our Favorite Fiction

Up next, our Favorite Nonfiction of 2024!

-- Lori

reading a book and being able to so vividly "see" the live action adaptation in your head and not actually have it in real life is torture

#ef.#like I CAN SEE IT SO WELL #THIS BOOK WOULD BE PERFECT FOR AN ADAPTATION I'M MAD #i'm reading #listen for the lie #by my girl #amy tintera #can't spoil but ughh i everytime she talks i just see that character ughhhhh #februerik-reads

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Another book with a podcast framework, which I'm pretty into in audiobooks. It doesn't have as consistent ways of recording those scenes as some other books that do the same thing, but that's a nitpick. The main thing to like about this book is the focus on judgment. Everyone in the lead's hometown, including her parents and ex husband, are utterly convinced she killed her best friend when she has no memory of the event. Instead of her just forgetting because of trauma, she has a head injury, which no one in her life takes into account. The thematic focus is on how women are not believed or trusted and men are always given the benefit of the doubt, especially in the south. The point of the podcast is to have an outsider re-examine and confront that bias while still knowing, as the lead says, she might be guilty and not know it.

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i wished the Ruined series by Amy Tintera had a bigger fandom. it honestly deserves so much love.

it's so good that it's the reason I refuse to start a series until all or most of the books are published. waiting for the next release was devastating after I finished book one.

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