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:

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

Joe’s titles:

That Librarian by Amanda Jones
McMillions by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte
How to Leave the House by Nathan Newman
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
And So I Roar by Abi Daré
Sunderworld, Volume I by Ransom Riggs
Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley
Holly Horror: The Longest Night by Michelle Jabès Copora
Pearl by Sherri L. Smith, Christine Norrie
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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