January New Release Books Picks
I hope everyone has (had) a wonderful holiday season and is ready to start the new year off with joy, enthusiasm, and a great read! For January, I kept the book picks to just five. Select the titles you’d like to read and one will show up in your next shipment. Alternatively, you can always select from our Throwback Section in The Book Room. The Throwback Section is titles of which we still have a few on hand from past month Book Picks. We will default to the current month’s book pick unless none are selected/available.
Now onto the January Book Picks!
Perfect for you if you like: magical realism - general fiction - women fiction
Welcome to the Time Hop Coffee Shop, where wishes can come true...
Greta Perks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials, the quintessential TV wife and mom. Now fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, her teenage daughter has become distant and Greta's once-glittering career feels like a distant memory.
When Greta stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in those past Maple Gold commercials. Next thing she knows, Greta wakes in the idyllic make-believe town of Mapleville, where the sun always shines and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and second chances fill the air. Given the opportunity to live the life she dreamed, Greta is determined to rewrite her own script. But can life ever be like a coffee commercial? And what will happen when Greta has to choose between perfection and real life, with no turning back?
Perfect for you if you like: romantic comedy
A secret romance writer discovers that the hottest story of summer might just be the one happening between her and the Prime Minister's bodyguard, from the international bestselling author of Set On You.
Andi Zeigler lives a double life. By day, she's the no-nonsense, steadfast personal assistant to the Prime Minister of Canada's wife. By night, she slips out of her heels and writes romance novels under a top-secret pen name. But when her steamiest book, The Prime Minister & Me, unexpectedly becomes a bestseller, rumors of a real-life affair between her and the PM start swirling out of control.
Enter Nolan Crosby, the PM's new close protection officer (aka bodyguard) - and Andi's failed one-night stand from three years ago. Nolan's in town very temporarily to care for his mother, who's battling early-onset Alzheimer's. But when the scandal erupts, Andi ropes him into a fake-dating plan.
As loyal employees, they'll pretend to date for the summer, just long enough to put the scandal to bed and save their boss's reputation. In an unexpected plot twist, Andi and Nolan discover that keeping their romance strictly fictional might be easier said than done.
Perfect for you if you like: a bit of humor with your suspense - mystery/detective
From the breakout author of Swiped comes a compulsively readable, surprisingly funny, and genuinely thrilling page turner about a TikTok true crime investigator, a '90s serial killer that may not be as dead as everyone would like, a text thread from hell, and long buried secrets that just won't stay in the grave where they belong.
Kirby Cornell needs a break from everything:
- Her crumbling apartment in the sleepy town of Crowhurst (famous for its bucolic countryside and a second-rate serial killer from the '90s).
- Her dead-end job.
- Her sleazy landlord
- Her messy roommates.
- And, most of all, the terrible thing they all did.
Luckily, that hasn't caught up with her just yet. Until a new message on their old group chat pops up: Everyone in the group chat dies.
It's the first text her ex-roommate Esme has sent for ages, but that's not the really weird thing.
The really weird thing is, Esme died twelve months ago...
Don't miss the new laugh-out-loud thriller from L.M. Chilton, Everyone in the Group Chat Dies--a murder mystery that fuses the comedy of Friends with the serial killer thrills of I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Perfect for you if you like: psychological thrillers
"What do you get when you pair a wealthy Delhi business owner on the verge of retirement, his three troubled kids, and a remote island? A high-stakes game of greed, of course! . . . Like Succession meets Knives Out, or in other words, an absolute page-turner." --Marie Claire
"A peek behind the velvet curtain of extreme wealth and privilege." --The Washington Post
Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder.
Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion.
Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three children the succession plan for his multimillon-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and his duty to family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can't pass up an opportunity to wreak havoc. And then there's Zoe, Aseem's wife, the outsider whose #InstaPerfect life is built on a foundation of lies.
They've all got secrets they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity.
Perfect for you if you like: literary - disaster fiction
Set over the course of a single day, an electrifying debut novel from "a powerful new literary voice" (Vogue) following one woman's journey across a transformed city, carrying the weight of her past and a fervent hope for the future.
"Utterly gripping." --NPR, All Things Considered
Last night, you and I were safe. Last night, in another universe, your father and I stood fighting in the kitchen.
Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. With no way to reach her husband, no phone or money, and a city left in chaos, there's nothing to do but walk.
Making her way across the wreckage of Portland, Annie experiences human desperation and kindness: strangers offering help, a riot at a grocery store, and an unlikely friendship with a young mother. As she walks, Annie reflects on her struggling marriage, her disappointing career, and her anxiety about having a baby. If she can just make it home, she's determined to change her life.
"Shocking and full of heart" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review), Tilt is a "moving adrenaline rush" ( The New York Times Book Review) and "epic odyssey" (NPR) about the disappointments and desires we all carry, and what each of us will do for the people we love.
