Fabulous
new books
on the shelves
this month and
why the
critics are
raving about
them.
Too many books, too little time?
Need a Read picks the highlights from new titles each month to help you find just the right book!

June/July 2022
Book of the Month – Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
May 2022
Book of the Month – The Paris Aparment by Lucy Foley

April 2022
Book of the Month – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
March 2022
Book of the Month – The Maid by Nita Prose

February 2022
Mysteries, love and addiction – what’s not to love?
Book of the Month – The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
January 2022
Fabulous new fiction to kickstart your year.
Book of the Month – Christopher by Nozuko Siyotula

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December 2021
Need a Read’s Book of the Year for 2021:
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

November 2021 : Non-fiction and Biographies
Brilliant biographies and insightful non-fiction just in time for the holidays.

November 2021 : Thrillers
Looking for something unputdownable for the holidays? Have a look at this amazing selection of thrillers.

October 2021
Brilliant fiction from big award winning authors plus a couple of extraordinary local titles, not to mention Ottolenghi!
Book of the Month – Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

August 2021
Three steamy romances as well as the hilarious, highly relevant The Echo Chamber and Paula Hawkins’s unputdownable new thriller.
Book of the Month – The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

July 2021
Two glorious books set in the late 1800’s questioning insanity and deformity, Florence, Antarctica, Australia and New York all feature in these fabulous July reads.
Book of the Month – The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas

June 2021
A big epic about women, flight and Hollywood, an exquistively crafted piece of local fiction and a book about raising chickens!
Book of the Month: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Hello!
I’m Karen Lane
Whether you read to be entertained, enlightened, enchanted or energized; thrilled or educated or just to escape I hope you’ll be inspired by the books and book news featured in these newsletters.
As C.S. Lewis said, “We read to know we are not alone.”
