The Literary Lookbook for January-May 2025 is live! This is a comprehensive but not exhaustive collection of 584 upcoming 2025 releases curated by @kellyhook.readsbooks and @thoughtsfromapage. The Lookbook includes titles releasing January-May 2025 from a variety of genres and features cover designs organized by publication date. Click on this link to purchase it.

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger Horn - Spring/Summer Recommended Reads

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger Horn - Spring/Summer Recommended Reads

Mary Webbey O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of Spring and Summer 2024.

Mary's selections:

April

Days of Wonder by Caroline Leavitt

Somehow by Anne Lamott

May

Long Island by Colm Toibin

Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris

The Klanman's Son by R. Derek Black

June

Bear by Julia Phillips

Service by Sarah Gilmartin

Swift River by Essie Chambers

One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whittaker

July

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff


Pamela's selections:

April 

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

The Fellowship Of Puzzle Makers by Samuel Burr

May

Brother Do You Love Me by Manni Coe

Loneliness & Company by Charlee Dyroff

Every Time We Say Goodbye by Natalie Jenner

June 

The Last Twelve Miles by Erika Robuck

Anna Bright Is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall

Love Letters To A Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell

Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

Youthjuice by E.K. Sathue

July

The Love Of My After Life by Kirsty Greenwood

The Lion Women Of Tehran by Marjan Kamali


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Pamela Klinger-Horn

Event Coordinator - Valley Bookseller

Pamela Klinger-Horn has been a literary event planner since 2012. She has been on the Board of Directors of Rain Taxi Literary Review and the Excelsior Friends of the Library. Pamela has experience as a children’s Book Club facilitator at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School and the Excelsior Public Library. Pamela enjoys attending and promoting literary events throughout the Twin Cities and beyond, and has been nicknamed the “Local Literary Fairy Godmother.” She is currently the literary event coordinator at Valley Bookseller in Stillwater, MN; and the creator and host of the monthly literary program Literature Lovers' Night Out™️ .

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Mary OMalley

Mary OMalley is the Free-Range Virtual Bookseller at Large for Skylark Bookshop; Author Liaison and Scheduling Producer for A Mighty Blaze; Mary is also a writer, grandmother, and chicken-wrangler. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and menagerie of pets.