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June 2024 Book Picks

Posted on: May 30, 2024

Emma and Joe’s monthly round-up of books is back with June picks! Grab a beverage and get ready for a long-list of summer-y picks! For Emma and Joe that usually means mystery and romance, but there’s also a dash of cooking, graphic novels, YA, and family sagas.

Author Interviews: 

Joe’s Picks: 

  1. Willie, Waylon, and the Boys by Brian Fairbanks
  2. Birds Aren’t Real by Peter McIndoe, Connor Gaydos
  3. Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
  4. The Salad Lab by Darlene Schrijver (TikTok Tie In)
  5. Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet by Molly Morris
  6. Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez
  7. One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
  8. Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch
  9. Brownstone by Samuel Teer
  10. One of our Kind by Nicola Yoon

Emma’s Picks: 

  1. Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
  2. Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
  3. A Novel Love Story by Ashely Poston
  4. A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson
  5. Blood in the Cut by Alejandro Nodarse
  6. Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle
  7. Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
  8. A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd
  9. The Unwedding by Ally Condie
  10. A Love Like the Sun by Riss M. Neilson

Need a refresher on what our most anticipated books of the year are? Listen here: PBN’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024 episode

 

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog!

We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple PodcastsSpotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on InstagramTwitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse).


Emma and Joe’s monthly round-up of books is back with June picks! Grab a beverage and get ready for a long-list of summer-y picks! For Emma and Joe that usually means mystery and romance, but there’s also a dash of cooking, graphic novels, YA, and family sagas.

Author Interviews: 

Joe’s Picks: 

  1. Willie, Waylon, and the Boys by Brian Fairbanks
  2. Birds Aren’t Real by Peter McIndoe, Connor Gaydos
  3. Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
  4. The Salad Lab by Darlene Schrijver (TikTok Tie In)
  5. Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet by Molly Morris
  6. Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez
  7. One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans
  8. Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch
  9. Brownstone by Samuel Teer
  10. One of our Kind by Nicola Yoon

Emma’s Picks: 

  1. Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
  2. Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
  3. A Novel Love Story by Ashely Poston
  4. A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson
  5. Blood in the Cut by Alejandro Nodarse
  6. Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle
  7. Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter
  8. A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd
  9. The Unwedding by Ally Condie
  10. A Love Like the Sun by Riss M. Neilson

Need a refresher on what our most anticipated books of the year are? Listen here: PBN’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024 episode

 

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog!

We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple PodcastsSpotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on InstagramTwitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We’ve got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse).

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