July's Most Borrowed Books

What is a happily ever after really worth?Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks... Read more

The apocalypse will be televised!You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what's worse than that? An alien invasion, th... Read more

Sometimes, enough is enough . . .Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and ne... Read more

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER · One of NPR's Book We Love 2025 · A Gotham Book Prize Finalist · An Indie Next & LibraryReads Pick · AudioFiles Earphones Award Winner &... Read more

A brand new suspense novel from "the master of the suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey), Aggie Blum Thompson.Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their... Read more

"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can preten... Read more

AudioFiles Earphones Award Winner * Library Journal Audio "Editor's Picks of the Year"An NPR 2025 "Books We Love"USA Today April PickAn Indie Next & LibraryReads Pick2026 Gotham Book Prize Fina... Read more

From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build̵... Read more

Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."— Scott Sigler Pierce Brown' s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender' s Game by Orson Scott ... Read more

Now with three bonus chapters read by Teddy Hamilton. Re-download the title now to listen to the extended version!A #1 New York Times bestseller • TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studi... Read more

"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin."The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grind... Read more

"Don't go in the guest bedroom." A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick's face as he touches the door with his fingertips. "My wife... she's very ill." As he continues showing me their incredible pentho... Read more

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Elizabeth Bennett, the book's poverty-bound heroine has charmed readers with her wit and sincerity since the book was first publis... Read more

"The Last Letter is a haunting, heartbreaking and ultimately inspirational love story."—InTouch WeeklyBeckett,If you're reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn... Read more

"The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity." Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgi... Read more

Nothing interferes with Shane Hollander's game—definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate.Pro hockey star Shane Hollander isn't just crazy talented, he's got a spotless reputation. Hockey... Read more

"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs Lowell sees my husband a strange expression cros... Read more

A new heart-wrenching novel from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros that examines the risks we take for love, the scars too deep to heal, and the endings we can't bring ourselves to see coming.Conta... Read more

#1 New York Times Bestseller More than 10 million Copies SoldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ""positive""... Read more

ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Dis... Read more

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK | A USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah's Book Club selections, retur... Read more

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn't much a girl wouldn't do for a glass of water. Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane ... Read more

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elde... Read more

* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggle... Read more

The #1 New York Times bestselling romantasy series continues with more drama, higher stakes, and deadly consequences. Duty. Blood. Honor. Power. Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing ... Read more

Now a beloved motion picture.When Persephone Lancaster receives a marriage proposal from the ill-tempered Duke of Kielder, she refuses—and then reconsiders. The obscene sum of money he's offe... Read more

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense ... Read more

Wed me. Bed me. Slit my throat.Born in dirt, raised in rot, I dig graves for the dead, while the living decay around me.When my brother coughs blood, he appears.A man too polished for the graveyard... Read more

A country gentleman returns one night to his isolated and unforgiving home with a gypsy child tucked under his cloak. Treated as an animal, the child Heathcliff grows up twisted and wild. But he an... Read more

Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most ... Read more

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose ov... Read more

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOOK' – BELLA MACKIE 'NIGHTMARISH, SHOCKING, BRILLIANT' – STYLIST 'MADDENING, MESMERISING, INGENIOUS' – NEW YORK TIMES 'I... Read more

A #1 New York Times bestsellerA Wall Street Journal bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerTranslated into 69 languagesOver 20 million copies soldOne of the most influential and enduring books of the twen... Read more

This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the Sou... Read more

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC R... Read more

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVELA BARACK OBAMA READING PICKNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLINGA lone astronaut.An impossible mission.An ally he never imagined.'The most enjoyable har... Read more

As relevant today as it was when it was first published, Man's Search for Meaning is a book for finding strength and purpose in times of great despair."This is a book I reread a lot ... it gives me... Read more

'COULD NOT put it down! So brilliantly done and full of jaw dropping twists... I stayed up until 4am to finish it. The ending blew my mind. This one is going to be a huge hit!!' Reader Review, 5 st... Read more

THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'A word-of-mouth smash hit' New York Times 'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at th... Read more

SHORTLISTED - ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026From the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and Darling Girls comes the story of Mad Mabel. They called it murder. She called ... Read more

THE UNMISSABLE NEW MYSTERY IN THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING, RECORD-BREAKING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES'Irresistible' LEE CHILD'Funny, clever, compelling' HARLAN COBEN'The rightful king of cr... Read more

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS'Steeped in yearning,... Read more

*THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, Matt Haig's new novel from the world of The Midnight Library, is out now*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENONREADERS' MOST LOVED BOOK OF 2021WINNER OF T... Read more

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD.Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now.People think that when you want to change your life, you need to thi... Read more

The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove.'A stunning, sweeping, extraordinary story of connection, love, a... Read more

***THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***'The read of the summer' SUNDAY TIMES'A richly drawn page-turner' OBSERVER'Beautifully written, immersive' THE TIMES'Our favourite TJR... Read more

Brought to you by Penguin.How do we go on when a loved one betrays us? On a chilly day in March of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden's husband of twenty years announced, with no... Read more

'The magic that Patricia Wolf brings to crime writing is extraordinary...the best of the genre' NetGalley review, 5 stars The new unmissable instalment in the DS Walker series!A sporting legend. A ... Read more

Someone's been waiting. Someone's been watching.From the #1 internationally bestselling author of What Happened to Nina? comes a gripping high-stakes novel of suspense about three seemingly unconne... Read more

SHORTLISTED - ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026THE NO. 1 AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER FROM THE MASTER OF CRIMEHe had been here, that was clear from the marks in the dust. And he had been alone.In... Read more

REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK FOR NOVEMBER 2025!'At once a gripping mystery, an exquisitely written ode to the natural world, and a taut, psychological thriller, Wild Dark Shore is a triumph. Ch... Read more

Domestic noir with a chick-lit twist: a story of laughter, sisterhood, and women daring to do things differently. Perfect for fans of Jane Caro's The Mother and Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.Wel... Read more

Sworn to protect a scenic island that is meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in.Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on... Read more

Walter Nash was once a mild-mannered and content businessman, thriving in his success and surrounded by a loving family. Everything changed when the FBI revealed his company as a criminal empire an... Read more

Domestic noir with a chick-lit twist: a story of laughter, sisterhood, and women daring to do things differently. Perfect for fans of Jane Caro's The Mother and Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.Wel... Read more

Brought to you by Penguin.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025AUDIBLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025WINNER OF THE GOOGLE PLAY BEST OF 2025 AWA... Read more

'From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a stunning story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city... Read more

From the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Women, The Four Winds and The Nightingale, Summer Island is a poignant, warm and tender novel about a mother and daughter–the complex tie... Read more

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERPacked with hard-won wisdoms and gentle truths, this is Miranda's honest exploration of the lessons she has learned on her journey from illness to recovery.Hello ... Read more

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Ha... Read more

Audiobook narrated by Jacinda Ardern.What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the... Read more

Brought to you by Penguin.Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of inj... Read more

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLDThe effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic ... Read more

Famesick is a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, from the mind behind the hit series Girls and Too Much, and the bestselling author of Not That Kind... Read more

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyo... Read more

Secrets, humour, love and mystery abound in this uplifting novel from the bestselling author of The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains.Phyllida Banks is adored in the tiny village of Brookbank, nestl... Read more

'Wow wow wow! This book was amazing! Had my jaw on the floor . . . Loved it!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐To save their lives, she must put hers on the line. Ber... Read more

THE NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES, FT, ECONOMIST AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEARAcclaimed psychologist Jonathan Haidt reveals how the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smart... Read more

Shocking and darkly funny, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to the decisions that are shaping our world and the people who make them. Welcome to Facebook.Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young dipl... Read more

The stunning debut novel by the Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2025. An emotionally charged exploration of what happens when one moment changes everything.'A gripping debut, fast-paced a... Read more

The stunning second novel from the bestselling author of Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts'With an expert eye for light and shadow, Shapiro traces the contours of sorrow, regret, and the... Read more

A practical guide to navigating life's toughest times.From bestselling author and TED speaker Dr Lucy Hone comes a timely and much-needed guide to surviving the silent epidemic of living loss - the... Read more

A powerful and moving memoir about how the youth detention system is letting down our most desperate and damaged kids, and how one rookie teacher fought the system on their behalf. Explosive, heart... Read more

An irreverent look at the darkly funny experience of getting older from one of Australia's favourite authors.This book is dedicated to feet, much maligned and underappreciated, but without which we... Read more