Book Break: What We're Reading and 2026 Preview

Join GPL librarians Claire, Meghan and Molly as we talk about a book we’ve each read recently, and four we are looking forward to reading in 2026! Here are the books we’re discussing, with links to find them in the library catalog or at Bookshop.Org   Books We Read recently Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven.  (Claire) Reserve a copy from the library here.  Listen to the audiobook on Libby here.  Purchase a copy here. How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson (Meghan) Reserve a copy from the library here.  Listen to the audiobook on Libby here.  Purchase a copy here. Dandelion is Dead by Rosey Storey (Molly) Reserve a copy from the library here.   Listen to the audiobook on Libby here.  Purchase a copy here. Claire’s picks for 2026: Whistler by Ann Patchett – publishes June (mentions Commonwealth, The Dutch House, Tom Lake) Land by Maggie O’Farrel – publishes June 2 (mentions Hamnet, memoir is “I Am, I Am, I Am:  Seventeen Brushes with Death” Lake Effect by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney – publishes March 3 (Greece Reads author – Good Company, The Nest) Salt, Sweat & Steam by Brigid Washington – publishes April 28 Molly’s Picks for 2026 Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell – Publishes April 14 (mentions Eleanor & Park, Slow Dance) The Young Will Remember by Eve J. Chung – May 5 mentions Daughters of Shandong Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer – May 19 (Greece Reads author:  The Collected Regrets of Clover) American Fantasy by Emma Straub (mentions This Time Tomorrow) Meghan’s Picks for 2026 Burn the Kingdom Down by Addie Thorley – April 7 Safari Murder Party by Rachel Moore – May 19th The Someday Garden by Ashley Posten – June 232 The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer – April 7th  (mentions The Astral Library by Kate Quinn and The Wishing Game and The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer) Greece Reads!  Isola by Allegra Goodman.  Author here on March 24th at 6:30 pm. Sign up here:  https://greecepl.librarycalendar.com/event/greece-reads-49969 Register for the book discussion on March 5th at 6:30 pm here:  https://greecepl.librarycalendar.com/event/isola_night Reserve a copy from the library here.  Listen to the audiobook on Libby here.  The eBook and Audiobook are available without a wait for residents of Greece through March 25. Have you read any of our choices?  Have thoughts about our picks?  Connect with us at [email protected].  We love hearing from our listeners and getting your suggestions for our “To Be Read” pile!