Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the second quarter of 2025.

April:

I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney

May:

Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins

Shop Girls by Jessica Anya Blau

The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb

It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough

June:

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark

Far and Away by Amy Poeppel

Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross

Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West

Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess

Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady 

April:

The Seven O'Clock Club by Amelia Ireland

Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh

The Edge of Yesterday by Rita Woods

The Guilt Pill by Saumya Dave

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

May:

Austen at Sea by Natalie Jenner

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

The Red House by Mary Morris

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle

June:

How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild

Looking for some great winter reads? Check out my printable 17-page 2025 Winter Reading Guide with 45 new titles vetted by me that will provide great entertainment this winter. I also include mystery series recommendations, new releases in a next-in-the-series section and fiction and nonfiction pairings.

Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2025? Check out our third Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.     

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