Staying cool this summer? Whether you’re looking for a book to end the summer by the beach with, or you want to steam things up in the AC, we’ve got some recommendations for you! Come and join Joe and Emma as they go through the books they’re looking forward to this August.

August author interviews:

• Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid 
• Daydream by Hannah Grace

Nerds’ catch-up mentions:

• It Had to Be You by Eliza Jane Brazier  
• Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb 
• Wolfsong by TJ Klune

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Emma’s titles:

1. Dark Restraint by Katee Robert  
2. Wisteria by Adalyn Grace  
3. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen 
4. Good Boy by Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen  
5. Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan 
6. You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto  
7. The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean 
8. Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright 
9. We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft  
10. The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins 
11. Sync by Ellen Hopkins 

Joe’s titles: 

1. That Librarian by Amanda Jones 
2. McMillions by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte 
3. How to Leave the House by Nathan Newman 
4. The Pairing by Casey McQuiston 
5. And So I Roar by Abi Daré 
6. Sunderworld, Volume I by Ransom Riggs
7. Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley 
8. Holly Horror: The Longest Night by Michelle Jabès Copora
9. Pearl by Sherri L. Smith, Christine Norrie
10. Loving, Ohio by Matthew Erman, Sam Beck

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

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