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A SPARKLING ADULT DEBUT FROM BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR STEPHANIE PERKINS "[Narrator] Eva Kaminsky flawlessly introduces this charming slow-burn love story and its relatable characters...Kaminsky's exuberant style enhances this enjoyable story, a love letter to books, libraries...

Quinn can barely handle her own life. When the Library of Everywhere discovers her compatible magical signature, suddenly, she is the sole existing potential librarian. Now, it's not only the weight of her world on her shoulders—Quinn must connect with the library system before the universe itself disintegrates. Once she's settled, it should be quiet, peaceful work—just as soon as she battles a few engorged bookworms, repairs hundreds of years of damage, and figures out why there's been no librarian for the last several centuries.

After a failed six-year relationship, the idea of commitment and marriage is unwelcome, and dating is the furthest thing on my mind. I’ve spent months hidden in the solitude that my position as a head librarian provides. All was going well until he walked in, shattering the quiet solace of the house of books I thrive in, causing my body to tingle in unimaginable ways. He has an unfiltered tongue and is hellbent on breaking the chains barricading my splintered heart.

A quiet village. A brand-new library. One very inconvenient murder. Judith Spears thought the opening of the local library would be blissfully uneventful. Instead, it delivers yet another diabolical mystery—along with an unwanted sidekick in the form of a nosy librarian with ambitions to become true-crime podcaster. As Judith soon discovers, life in the English countryside is anything but peaceful. Beneath the village’s polite smiles lies a tangle of secrets with roots deep enough to shake the town to its core. With a tenacious London detective sniffing around her past, Judith must rely...

Carmen King is a busy woman. Not only does she sit on the library board and dabble in the Friends of the Library, but she juggles quite a few relationships at once. Apparently, this doesn't go over well with at least one of her boyfriends—Carmen is found dead at the bottom of the library staircase. Librarian Ann Beckett not only finds Carmen's body, but finds herself entangled in Carmen's mysterious death as she sets out to learn why Carmen's death, from the killer's perspective, was overdue.

Ingrid Dahl is a cheerful, twenty-nine-year-old librarian living in the cosy mountain town of Ridgetop. She and her boyfriend since college, Cory, have never discussed marriage; they're perfectly happy with the way things are. But when Ingrid's sister announces her engagement to a woman she's only been dating for two years, Ingrid and Cory suddenly feel pressured to start thinking about the inevitable: marriage and kids. The thing is, neither of them has ever been with anyone else. Shouldn't they sow their oats before settling down?

Overdue is a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Join Andrew and Craig each week as they tackle a new title from their backlog. Classic literature, obscure plays, goofy childen’s books: they'll read it all, one overdue book at a time.

A spate of three murders in as many months has Derbyshire’s local police and populace in near panic. And there will most likely be a fourth killing in two weeks unless something happens to stop the cycle. Former police detective Michael McLaren is that “something” that his best mate, Jamie Kydd, is counting on to end the alarming deaths.

Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets her hair down in the city that never sleeps. She discovers a life filled with culture, sophistication, and - with a little encouragement from her friends - a few blind dates.

If the covers of every romance book ever published didn't convince librarian Evangeline Kelly that she isn't heroine material, her fiancé calling off their wedding when she lost her hair to alopecia did. But what's a girl head over heels for love to do when her feelings are unrequited? Matchmake, that's what. Armed with library patrons' check-out histories, she's determined to make at least one love connection—even if it's not her own.

Disturbed when five books about death are returned overdue to the library, slashed and containing a warning on a bookmark, library employee Kathleen is terrified when people close to her start falling victim to tragic "accidents".

Carrie Singleton is just about done with Clover Ridge, Connecticut until she is offered a job as the head of programs and events at the spooky local library, complete with its own librarian ghost. Her first major event is a program presented by a retired homicide detective, Al Buckley, who claims he knows who murdered Laura Foster, a much-loved part-time library aide who was bludgeoned to death 15 years earlier. As he invites members of the audience to share stories about Laura, he suddenly keels over and dies.

A swoony enemies-to-lovers romance for fans of bookish banter, forced proximity, and cozy libraries. Librarian Penelope Cassidy likes her books quiet, her stacks orderly, and her life perfectly predictable. Her library is her sanctuary, a place where happily-ever-afters are safely tucked between the pages. The last thing she needs is a know-it-all tech consultant barging in to "modernize" everything. Enter Evan Daniels, smug, charming, and armed with more gadgets than Penelope cares to count. From the moment he arrives, it's war: dusty card catalogs versus shiny new screens, tradition ...

Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at an "unusual" branch: Northwest One. Using her experience at this branch allows Oliver to highlight the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded: racism, segregation, and class inequalities. 

When the Dickenson clan sits down for Thanksgiving dinner in 2016, it is the last holiday where their tight-knit family will ever be the same. Oldest brother Pete and his wife are expecting their first child. Youngest sibling Sophie is too busy running her restaurant. The Little Plum, to bother with any kind of social life. And middle child Charlie’s happy, uncomplicated life as a midwestern science professor is upended when his wife Annette is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Knowing this will be her last Thanksgiving, Annette asks Sophie to look after Charlie after she’s gone.

𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑒𝐴 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑅𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎 𝐵𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑇𝑖𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 ...

It's summertime in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and Bertie James' college class is having their 40th-anniversary reunion. The opening-night reception is held at the Lighthouse Library, and Lucy and her colleagues have assembled an exhibit of library artifacts showing how libraries have changed over the years. After the reception, some of the women take a walk down the boardwalk to the pier, using flashlights to illuminate the dark path, but what's scarier than the dark is finding the former director of the Lighthouse Library floating lifeless in the water.

From USA Today bestselling author Uvi Poznansky comes a gripping suspense thriller: Her bullet grazed his head, but the leader of a Russian crime organization is still breathing. One way for Vlad to avoid paying the price for his crimes is to play dead; another is to play dying. For Ash, this is not a game. She must learn his secrets. Only one problem: because of the raging pandemic, she must put her plan on hold. Vlad slips away from the hospital in a body bag, then develops a brazen fraud scheme that will bilk health insurance companies out of millions of dollars. If not caught in time, ...

Three abandoned cowboys, born in heartbreak and bonded by brotherhood, are brought together by the fierce love of the grandparents who took them in and the ranch that’s the only home they’ve ever known… Sweet librarian, Maisie Graham, has a passion for books as vast as the Colorado skies. Armed with her trusty bookmobile, she journeys to rural farmland bringing the magic of books to kids who can’t make it to town. But there’s one story she’s never dared to dream—the tale of her and the rugged cowboy, Dodge Lassiter, the man she’s harbored a crush on since high school. Hidden...

Carrie Singleton has more than her fair share on her plate: her job at the Clover Ridge Library, preparing for her wedding to Dylan Avery, and hoping that the local art gallery doesn’t steal away one of her part-time employees. Her fiancé, Dylan, accompanies her to the beautiful home of Victor Zalinka—art collector and successful businessman—to select paintings for an art show at the library. While Carrie muses that Victor's home would be the perfect wedding venue, Dylan spots a forgery among the paintings in Victor's collection. Then Martha Mallory is found murdered in her art gallery.