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Jumpstart Your Spring Reads: Discover 2025’s Must-Read Titles
Get ahead of the curve with 2025’s most anticipated books and audiobooks!
Grab a Galley is back, bringing you an exclusive preview of spring season’s standout books and audiobooks. Set the stage for 2025’s next big reads and handpick the books that are sure to shape reading lists and captivate your patrons.
Our publishing partners have curated an exciting range of books and audio for every kind of reader and listener. From gripping mysteries and heartfelt romances to thought-provoking nonfiction and imaginative children's stories, this collection has something for everyone. Add any title to your virtual Swag Bag, with no limits on the number you can choose! Supply is limited, so act fast to explore the full collection and get early access to the books that will be at the top of everyone’s list.
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Ambush
HarperCollins Focus
The first book in the riveting Sanctuary Series from bestselling author Colleen Coble and published by Thomas Nelson, Ambush, is an edge-of-your-seat suspense perfectly balanced with closed-door romance. A young woman will do anything to uncover the truth of her parents' murder, even work alongside the man who once broke her heart. Perfect for fans of Allison Brennan and Dani Pettrey.
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The Asylum Seekers: A Chronicle of Life, Death, and Community at the Border
Broadleaf Books
A remarkable, decimating work of reporting by award-winning journalist and priest Cristina Rathbone about asylum seekers trapped at a port of entry to the US: the trauma they carry, the community they create, and the faith they maintain.
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Aunt Tigress
DAW Books
From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snarky urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and bursting with wit, compelling characters, and LGBTQIA+ representation. Readers of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews, and Ben Aaronovitch will devour this gory story—and the sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup sapphic romance at its monstrous heart.
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The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds
Margaret Ferguson / Holiday House
A boy named Ivo lives in a giant moon snail shell on a beach. One day, a wave carries him out to sea. While he waits to be rescued, he writes story poems on the walls inside the shell. John Himmelman’s masterful collection of poems—illustrated in full-color art—is filled with unforgettable characters and begs to be read repeatedly.
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Boy With Wings
Köehler Books
What does it mean to be different? Johnny C is born with strange appendages on his back. Is he an angel? A devil? Placed in a freak show in 1930s America, he is exhibited, gawked at and mocked — but all he seeks his place in the world and tries to avoid the strange man who pursues him.
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Breaking the Patterns That Break You: Healing From the Pain of Your Past and Finding Real Hope That Lasts
Thomas Nelson
In Breaking the Patterns That Break You, Tori Hope Petersen shows why it's important to recognize the destructive personal, relational, and generational patterns in their lives so they can finally find freedom. Tori gives readers hope that they can get unstuck while finding healing that sticks. Published by Thomas Nelson, Breaking the Patterns That Break You is available February 4th.
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Bree Boyd is a Legend
Disney Publishing Group
From author Leah Johnson comes the critically-acclaimed companion to her middle grade debut, Ellie Engle Saves Herself, now with Ellie's BFF, Bree Boyd, taking center stage. Readers will be rooting for Bree—a rule-following, order-loving kid—when her life is turned upside down by a new ability to move things with her mind in this heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny story.
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Bug Hollow: A Novel
Penguin Random House Library
Three-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and James Beard Award winner Michelle Huneven’s Bug Hollow, a family novel that follows the Samuelson clan over four decades as they hurt and heal one another.
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Captain Kidd: A Tale of Treasure and Betrayal
Diversion Books
In “Captain Kidd: A Tale of Treasure and Betrayal” bestselling author Samuel Marquis delves into the legendary life of his own ninth-great-grandfather, Captain William Kidd (1654–1701), casting new light on one of history's most infamous figures. Captain Kidd has captivated imaginations for over 300 years and inspired many stories about pirates, but was he really a criminal?
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Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities in Latin American and the Caribbean
IMF Publications
Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the most diverse regions with respect to climate-related risks. Climate change presents both challenges and opportunities for economic and social development. This book offers policy options for climate mitigation, adaptation, and green energy transition. Given the structure of emissions in the region, a broad range of mitigation tools will be needed.
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Clumsy Beauty
Mandala Publishing
Filled with warmth, wit, and a dash of irreverence, J.K. Kennedy’s Clumsy Beauty (Mandala) is a celebration of life in all its messiness. In an age of constant pressure to meet unattainable standards of beauty and perfection, Kennedy's Clumsy Beauty proclaims the joy of imperfection and invites you to hear the "I love you" in every little moment.
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The Coven Tendency
Disney Publishing Group
Zoe Hana Mikuta, author of Off With Their Heads, delivers a bloody and unrelenting fantasy about young witches dangling on the edge of love and obsession, magic and madness, and life and death. This twisted and imaginative gothic fantasy world—where necromancy is a spectacle and witches’ blood a precious commodity—will entrance and haunt readers.
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Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life
Broadleaf Books
In Dearly Beloved, Pamela Ayo Yetunde, a lifelong Prince fan and founder of the Theology of Prince project when she taught at United Theological Seminary in Prince's own Minneapolis, decodes the spiritual and sexual messages behind Prince's work, from For You to Graffiti Bridge to The Rainbow Children and beyond.
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The Devil Three Times: A Novel
Little, Brown and Company
“A debut of enormous ambition that succeeds on every level,” raves bestselling author Nathan Harris. “The Devil Three Times is a page-turning, rollicking novel that is both an intimate family saga and an elegy for the American experience. From the first page, I was spellbound and was left devastated by the novel’s end. This is what literature is all about.”
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Don’t Tell Me How to Die
Blackstone Publishing
A DYING WOMAN’S DESPERATE PLAN TO FIND HER HUSBAND’S NEXT WIFE. “Karp levels up with this captivating slow burn. What begins as a mystery-tinted character study transforms into a full-bore thriller, with a spate of jaw-dropping twists that recast the entire narrative. Readers should be prepared to stay up all night.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Friends to Lovers
Canary Street Press
Best friends Joni and Ren’s wedding tradition keeps them connected, until heartbreak pulls them apart. Back at their summer home for her sister’s wedding, Joni must fake a friendship with Ren while grappling with unresolved feelings. As shared memories resurface, Joni faces a choice—letting Ren go or fighting for the love she never expected.
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The Future of the American Family: An Unprecedented Crisis
E & R Publishers
From the Iron Age to social media, the family has been subject to storm and squaller and consequently struggles to find itself in these modern times. This book rethinks political architecture to shape the family’s future as the centerpiece of who we are as a nation.
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Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972
Anthem Press
Good Trouble is the story of the strong connection between the Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland – specifically, the influence of the Montgomery to Selma march on the 1969 Belfast to Derry march through oral history.
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The Green Kingdom
DK
From New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke. Twelve-year-old Caspia is spending the summer in Brooklyn and discovers a bundle of letters in an old chest of drawers. Each letter contains a “green” riddle, with clues leading to a different plant. Caspia sets out to solve the riddles, and, as she does, finds that sometimes you can put down roots where you least expect it.
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Harmattan Season
Tor Books
Veteran and private eye Boubacar doesn’t need much—least of all trouble—but trouble always seems to find him. From the visionary author of Riot Baby and Goliath, Harmattan Season is a gripping hard-boiled fantasy noir in the tradition of Chandler, Hammond, and Christie set in a postcolonial West Africa that will have you by the throat—both dryly funny and unforgettably evocative.
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Heart of the Sun
Canary Street Press
Former childhood friends Emily, a pop star, and Tuck, an ex-con, reunite when she hires him as her bodyguard. But when a solar flare destroys the world’s grid, they must band together to survive. Amid danger and loss, old sparks ignite, forcing them to confront their past and discover if love can rebuild what’s been shattered.
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Heartcore
Graphic Mundi
What is at the core of romantic attachment? Are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over, or can we break unhealthy cycles and learn new ways to love? In this empowering story of self-discovery, the author reflects on her troubled experiences in dating and love and finally seeks to understand the reasons behind her many toxic relationships.
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Honestly, She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Post Hill Press
In the charged political landscape of Reagan-era Washington, a young woman finds herself grappling with her father’s high-profile scandal and her own impending divorce, forcing her to confront her privileged childhood and navigate the notoriety of a personal friendship with the first family.
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Love Is for All of Us: Poems of Tenderness and Belonging from the LGBTQ+ Community and Friends
Storey Publishing
From the best-selling editor of How to Love the World and his husband, this anthology represents the diverse voices of more than 100 emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers and allies, including Nikita Gill, Audre Lorde, and Richard Blanco. Accompanied by uplifting illustrations from Lisa Congdon, these poems of affirmation and hope prove that there is nothing more universal than love.
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Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora
Hardie Grant Books
Mahjong, one of the first English-language books to center Asian diaspora rules, teaches readers how to play the game and showcases mahjong culture, both past and present, through essays and vignettes on the history of the game, design elements (dating your inherited or thrifted sets), and more.
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The Maid’s Secret: A Maid Novel
Penguin Random House Library
When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.
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Malcolm Lives!
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers
From the #1 New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi comes Malcolm Lives!, a ground-breaking narrative biography for young readers of one of the most influential Americans of all time. Thoughtful and accessible, Dr. Kendi expertly crafts a propulsive telling of Malcolm X’s life and legacy—from birth to death.
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The Money School: 12 Simple Lessons to Master Financial Markets and Investing
HarperCollins Leadership
Are you ready to join The Money School and take control of your financial future? With Nicole Lapin as your guide, you'll have the tools and knowledge necessary to build a strong financial foundation and achieve your financial goals. Stop stressing about money and start mastering it with this comprehensive resource. Enroll in The Money School today!
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Monsterverse Declassified
Legendary Comics
Explore the great uncharted corners of the Monsterverse in this thrilling graphic anthology that delves into the previously classified myths and origins of the towering monsters we know as Titans! Let myth be your compass in this journey through the Monsterverse…
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Murder By Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery
Hyperion Avenue / Disney Publishing Worldwide
The first novel in the all-new Golden Girls Cozy Mystery series! When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf-themed wedding Rose is hosting. With Dorothy a prime suspect, the four besties must ID the real killer and get the should-be-happy couple down the aisle.
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My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s
Graphic Mundi
At the age of forty-three, former Anchorage Daily News staff cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. In My Degeneration, Dunlap-Shohl recounts his attempt to come to grips with the “malicious whimsy” of this chronic, progressive, and disabling disorder with his characteristic humor and passion.
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Nine Fine Deaths
E & R Publishers
Homicide detective Madeline Bradley is obnoxious, bourbon-fueled, and foul-mouthed but fiercely lovable as she hunts a killer so skilled at his evil machinations that even when you know who the killer is, you won’t know who the killer is. It is a deeply intricatemurder mystery that takes you on a sweeping worldwide journey to rich and exotic locations where murder is art and police work is a whole new game.
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Orson and the World’s Loudest Library
Astra Books for Young Readers
In this picture book love letter to public libraries, 6-year-old Orson learns to navigate his big feelings by sharing his love of reading with newfound friends at his local branch.
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Otis & Peanut Find a Way
Owlkids Books
Otis and Peanut are back! Grounded in the tender friendship between a long-haired guinea pig and a naked mole rat, the third and final book in this junior graphic novel series explores friendship, facing fear and sadness, and embracing spontaneity with humor and a lighthearted touch.
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Peg Gets Plucky
Beaming Books
Peg the chick is bold and ready for adventure. But when she sets off on a hike with the other barnyard animals, she is quickly overwhelmed. Adventures are hard! "I can't do it!" Peg declares. Or can she?
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The Rainbow Sheep
Beaming Books
Ricky lives with a flock of sheep that prizes conformity. When one sleeps, they all sleep. When one eats, they all eat. When one baa-a-a-s, they all baa-a-a. And they all dress the same too. Until a rainbow sheep joins the flock and everything changes! Rainbow is so free! Ricky becomes friends with Rainbow and starts showing her true color too.
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Return to Sender
Roaring Brook Press
Magic, mystery, and a marvelous mailbox take two kids on a surprising adventure and, even, to a new dimension in this illustrated middle grade from bestselling comics creator Vera Brosgol.
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Rise Up! Powerful Protests in American History
Barefoot Books
From the Boston Tea Party to the Capitol Crawl, inspire young activists with this bold nonfiction picture book that explores 25 moments of protest, resistance and revolution throughout American history. In a powerful celebration of the United States' 250th birthday, teach kids how we campaign and vote. We challenge tradition. Protest is American by definition!
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Ruby Finkelman Finds the Real Magic
The Collective Book Studio
Spirited and strong-willed Ruby Finkelman's world is turned upside down when she decides to stop brushing her teeth. This seemingly small act sets off a chain of events, impacting the entire town of Kvellville. As the town's harmony begins to unravel, Ruby confronts the consequences of her actions and realizes her power to make things right.
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Scientist Like Me: Stories, Advice, and Inspiration from 25 Trailblazers with Experiments to Try at Home
Workman Kids
Your journey to becoming a scientist starts here, where you can learn about the brilliant minds who are already making a huge impact on our world! From doctors and physicists, mathematicians and marine biologists, to AI experts and more, Scientists Like Me profiles a diverse collection of historic and contemporary scientists and encourages readers to discover their own scientific passions.
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Snacking Dinners: 50+ Recipes for Low-Lift, High-Reward Dinners That Delight
Hardie Grant Books
With over 50 recipes that are endlessly versatile, accommodating of any food preferences, perfect for one, but easy to scale up for sharing with family and friends, Snacking Dinners is your blueprint for dinner tonight, tomorrow, or any time you want to truly take care of yourself.
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Speak to Me of Home
Henry Holt and Co.
The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeanine Cummins chronicles the lives of three generations of women in one family–Rafaela, Ruth and Daisy–as they grapple with the consequences of a family secret. It’s a poignant tale of family, mothers and daughters, love and loss, as well as all the spoken and unspoken stories that can shape a family’s sense of home and each person’s sense of belonging.
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Strange Flowers
YesYes Books
Bryan Byrdlong’s debut Strange Flowers fashions an armor, a disguise out of the folk/pop cultural creation of the zombie. In response to historical prejudice and specifically to fear of Black people in America, Byrdlong’s poetry uses the zombie to offer an unbiased view of Black struggle, the zombie being a suit sometimes forced upon Black people and sometimes worn willingly.
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Syzygies: Capturing the Hiding Sun
E & R Publishers
A Syzygy is a nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system, such as the alignment of the Sun, the Moon, and theEarth during a solar eclipse. Syzygies—capturing the hidingsun features in-depth tutorials and metadata so that you may learn to shoot eclipses like a professional astrophotographer.Includes stunning images from three solar eclipses.
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TreeNotes: A Year in the Company of Trees
Disney Publishing Group
From esteemed National Geographic explorer and forest ecologist Nalini Nakarni comes a charming collection of brief, thought-provoking essays exploring the meaning of trees in our lives. For lovers of nature, forest bathers, the conservation-minded, and anyone who wants to spend a few minutes meditating on the vast importance of trees to our world, this is the book.
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The Ultimate Science Cookbook for Kids: 75+ Edible Experiments
Highlights
The first-ever cookbook from Highlights gives kids the kitchen confidence and science know-how they need to make 75 delicious edible experiments. This book offers:
- Dozens of open-ended recipes that allow for experimentation
- Science connections to each recipe, written in easy-to-understand, fun ways
- Mouthwatering food photographs and art with lay-flat binding
- Easy-to-follow instructions
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The Untold Story of Scott Hoying, Pentatonix Star: My Son’s Journey to Find Harmony in Music and Life
Rowman & Littlefield
This book depicts the life and career of Scott Hoying, Grammy Award-winning cofounder of Pentatonix, as seen by his mother Connie. More than just a close-up look at Scott’s life and the meteoric rise of Pentatonix, Connie tells a heartfelt story of perseverance, dedication to music, LGBTQ+ acceptance, and supportive parenting.
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Up in Smoke
Henry Holt and Co.
This edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of Promise Boys follows a girl determined to clear her brother’s name and a boy desperate to keep his own out of the line of fire. As the heat turns up in a murder investigation, old feelings reignite between them, but a shocking secret could tear them apart.
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The War Against Tuberculosis: Samuel G. Dixon and the Rise of Modern Public Health in Pennsylvania
Penn State University Press
In the wake of an alarming typhoid outbreak, the Pennsylvania legislature formed a modern state department of health. At its head was Samuel G. Dixon, who would become one of the most respected public health experts of his day. This compelling biography of Dixon provides a fascinating view into public health efforts during the Progressive Era in the United States.
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Warriors Hate War: Strategy, Politicization, Successes, and Failures of the American Military
E & R Publishers
Warriors Hate War explores every military action since WWII through lenses that reveal alternate outcomes and pose frameworks that could inform decision-making for the future of war and, more importantly, peace.
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Will Eisner: A Comics Biography
NBM Graphic Novels
WILL EISNER: A Comics Biography by Stephen Weiner and Dan Mazur (NBM Graphic Novels) explores the life of Will Eisner, a child of Jewish immigrants in New York City. It traces his career from The Spirit to A Contract with God, highlighting his transformative impact on comics and his belief in the medium as a legitimate art form.
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A Woman of Firsts: Margaret Heckler, Political Trailblazer
Globe Pequot
In a time when many women entered public office because of their husbands, Margaret Heckler made her own name by authoring the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which gave women the right to credit in their own name, commissioning the Heckler Report to address health disparities among minorities, and becoming the first female ambassador to Ireland.
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Wow, You Look Terrible!: How to Parent Less and Live More
Hyperion Avenue / Disney Publishing Worldwide
From Jimmy Kimmel Live! co-head writer Danny Ricker comes a self-help manifesto for parents on the brink of despair, guaranteed to help you reclaim the three things you lost when you had kids: your time, your money, and your mind.
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