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