I think I’m ready for a vacation out of the Midwest, cause I’ve got quite a few books that are set out in the west coast: California, Washington specifically have two books each! Of course I have a book (or two) set around space or dystopian futures ◡̈ Oh! I can’t forget the story about a girl falling in love with a member of the famous boyband (yes I read 1,000 o
March 3, 2026
Three women united by killer husbands join together to find the new serial killer on the loose in 1960’s California.
The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives
By: Elizabeth Arnott
After her best friend goes missing after an earthquake, Celeste is the only one who thinks Nicky is alive and begins her mission to find him.
By: Susie Nadler
As younger children, the three friends discovered a book of prophecies that seemed to be accurately predicting the future. Now, in seventh grade, the book’s final prophecy brings the three back together in unexpected ways.
By: Tae Keller
Finnegan is a rescue dog with a broken heart. Chase is an anxious cheetah cub, newly orphaned. They couldn’t be more opposite but they form an unlikely friendship.
The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan
By: Jasmine Warga
March 10, 2026
An adorable children’s book about respecting cat’s personal space.
By: Johan Leynaud
A coming-of-age YA featuring an Indigenous teen girl grappling with the effects of intergenerational trauma while navigating school, family and young love.
By: Kim Spencer
March 17, 2026
After a slur is shouted at a school assembly, two boys grapple with accountability and the quest to define one’s identity against toxic masculinity.
By: Adib Khorram
Lucy Nowhere washed up on an island as an infant. At eighteen, she planned to leave and go to university but overnight, her life changed. Her benefactor was murdered and, to her great surprise, she was named his heir. Following the murder, Lucy tries to find the murderer and find out who she is and how she ended up on the island.
By: Stacy Lee
March 24, 2026
After emigrating from Iran a year-and-a-half ago, Yasmine has had to deal with one change after another. now, her mom has sewn Yasmin a beautiful blue dress for the Persian New Year that is too tight on purpose. With the pressure to fit in closing in on all sides, Yasmin starts taking desperate measures. But if being thin is supposed to make her happier, then why does losing weight feel like losing parts of herself, too?
By: Rebecca Morrison
A coming-of-age tale inspired by Odysseus set both on Earth and in space.
By: Cecile Pin
Famine and war now rage across the land after the last honeybee died. People are no longer allowed to read or create art. Like every other girl, Jess has been taken from her home to live in a government dormitory, where they are forced to pollinate crops by hand with brushes. But, Jess knows how to read and paint. She also knows there is something horribly wrong with this system built on the hard labor of young girls, a system that forces them to marry and have children as soon as they are able. With smuggled paints and brush in hand, can Jess inspire a revolution?
By: Caryl Lewis
A Deaf, demiromantic teen who falls in love with the lead singer of America’s most popular boy band during a whirlwind summer tour (the fan girl in me can’t resist falling in love with the boy band member…)
By: Sydney Langford
Blanca of Castile is the granddaughter of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, once the wife of both the king of France and the king of England. When Queen Eleanor comes to select the girl who will marry the prince of France, all expect her to pick Blanca’s much older, and much prettier, sister. But Queen Eleanor has always loved surprises and selects Blanca. Now, to meet her destiny, Blanca, along with her best friend Suna, must set out over the mountain for France.
The Queen’s Granddaughter
By: Diane Zahler
March 31, 2026
Set in the Prohibition era Missouri Ozarks, three sisters take over their father’s moonshine business.
By: Michelle Collins Anderson
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