- February 25, 2026
This latest novel from Stephen King returns to the crime thriller territory he began with the Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch). It’s another Holly Gibney story, with her private investigation business, Finders Keepers, front and center.
King balances two storylines that slowly build and eventually collide in a satisfying conclusion. Holly is ...
Read more… - February 19, 2026
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey finally dares to ask the questions: What if the American Hippo Bill of 1910 actually passed? And, once a community of meat hippos was established, what if outlaws and cowboys were able to tame and ride them? And, AND, what if they all set out on a quest for revenge?!
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Read more… - February 4, 2026
The Cemetery of Untold Stories is about an author who buries the books she never finished in a cemetery she created. The stories are based on actual people whose paths had crossed over the years and they whisper their stories to a woman who is a caretaker of the graves. In addition to being incredible ...
Read more… - January 29, 2026
It may be cold, but we don’t mind! It’s the perfect weather to cozy up under a blanket and read something good. Here’s what PFL staff have keeping them company in the snow.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t ...
Read more… - January 22, 2026
A spare and eerie — and eerily peaceful — Austrian novel from the 1960s about a woman who wakes one day to discover herself seemingly the last human alive on earth, encased within the bounds of a glasslike wall that has come down overnight to separate her from a suddenly deadened world. The Wall cycles ...
Read more… - January 15, 2026
Another year has ended, another year in which I drafted a miles-long list of the new books I hoped to read and then failed spectacularly to read more than a meager handful of them. As meager handfuls go, though, it was thoroughly satisfying. Below are my favorite nonfiction releases of 2025, in no particular order.
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Read more… - December 22, 2025
It’s been an amazing year of reading! Here are some of the things PFL staff have enjoyed the most during 2025.
In a Distant Valley by Shannon Bowring
The Elements by John Boyne
Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown by Ann E. Burg
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames
Matrix by Lauren Groff
The Everlasting by ...
Read more… - December 10, 2025
Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century by W. David Marx
Critic and historian W. David Marx has taken the pulse of mass culture and declared it moribund—not quite dead, but nearly so, its complexion bluing as torpor thins the rhythm of its wilted heart. In Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First ...
Read more… - December 3, 2025
Over the past few years, Maine authors have been churning out a high volume of popular and critically acclaimed fiction, and 2025 has been another banner year. In case you didn’t catch wind of all of these new releases, check out our recap of the year below. Many of these novels, mysteries, and short stories ...
Read more… - November 25, 2025
I love a good time loop story, and The Everlasting is one of the best I’ve read. Written in an alternating second person and featuring gorgeous illustrations both within the story and on and inside the cover, this book is a thoughtful experience that will linger in your bones as if you are in your ...
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