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This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar. Read-alikes include: Three strike summer by Skyler Schrempp Return to sender by Julia Alvarez They call me Guero by David O. Bowles

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from "The Library of the Dead by Tendai Huchu. Read-alikes include: The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith The Case of the Green-Dressed ghost by Lucy Banks the series Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

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Join in as Emily and Amy discuss Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. This novella stems from real moments, people, and places in American history of 1922 and dives into an alternate timeline. This story is that of Maryse whose calling and occupation is hunting monsters: specifically Ku Kluxes. If you enjoyed this book, you may also want to check out another fantasy book (not horror), How High We Go in t...

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from Me + You = Us by Aaron Karo. Read-alikes include: Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid Sway with Me by Syed Masood 29 Dates by Melissa de la Cruz The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from Evangeline of the Bayou by Jan Eldredge. Read-alikes include: The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega

This week, Erin reads from Dead Flip by Sara Farizan. Read-alikes include: These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson Freaks by Brett Riley The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech. Read-alikes include: Dirt by Denise Gosliner Orenstein Ellie’s Story by W. Bruce Cameron Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac The Unlikely Story of a Pig in the City by Jodi Kendall Pighearted by Alex Perry

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This memoir is a go-to if you're looking for approachable stories that demonstrate an appreciation of the world. If this is your first reading of a John Green book, you may find yourself adding other books of his to your TBR shelf. If you enjoyed "The Anthropocene Reviewed", check out "Reasons to Stay Alive" by Matt Haig.

*content warning with this one* This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers. Read-alikes include: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus Broken Things by Lauren Oliver Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson Bad Things Happen Here by Rebecca Barrow

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book We are the Song by Catherine Bakewell. Ready-alikes include: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts by Erika Lewis

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from The Getaway by Lamar Giles. Read-alikes include: The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi The Fever King by Victoria Lee Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Grow up, Tahlia Wilkins! by Karina Evans. Read alikes include: Starfish by Lisa Fipps All Summer Long by Hope Larson The Moon Within by Aida Salazar Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina Go with the Flow by Lily Williams

This week, Erin reads from The Ravens by Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige. Read-alikes include: Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco Legendborn by Tracy Deonn The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling Toil & Trouble by Jessica Spotswood

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Join Amy and Jennie as they discuss October's hauntingly real read - The Mad Women's Ball. If you enjoyed this book, I also highly recommend Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich.

This week, Erin reads from the book Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. Read-alikes include: The Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing Hahn The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty Long Lost by Jacqueline West

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from Hollow Fires Samira Ahmed. Read-alikes include: When You Look Like Us by Pamela Harris All American Boys by Jason Reynolds This Is My America by Kim Johnson All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney Off the Record by Camryn Garrett

This week, Erin reads from The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker. Read-alikes include: Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Curse of the Night Witch by Alex Aster The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Monsterland by James Crowley The Oddmire: Changeling by William Ritter

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Vanished! (a Framed novel) by James Ponti. Read-alikes include: Howard Wallace, P.I. by Casey Lyall The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson

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Join Amy and Staci as they discuss this year's All Iowa Reads winner - The Butterfly Effect. This is a contemporary novel with a local Iowa setting - Ames, Iowa and the Reiman Gardens. Readers who enjoy a unique main character and a different perspective of contemporary fiction will truly appreciate McKenny's story.