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Article  •  5 July 2024

 

Top Reads For July

Touching tales, thrills, and death bed confessions are among our top July picks; check them out!

A Thousand Broken Pieces Tillie Cole

After losing her sister three years ago, Savanna Litchfield has been living half a life. Seventeen-year-old Cael Woods is angry. One year after losing his older brother his life has spiraled.

As Cael and Savannah embark on a trip around the world for grieving teens, they begin to find solace in each other. As they start to heal piece by broken piece, could this be the start of a love they never thought they'd feel again?

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The Afterlife Confessional Bill Edgar

Heartbreaking and hilarious, outrageous and wise, The Afterlife Confessional is Bill Edgar’s fascinating account of the things he’s witnessed and learned as the Coffin Confessor – the bizarre and beautiful ways we live and love, the finality of death and the power of legacy, and how letting go can sometimes be the first step to living on.

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A Short Walk Through a Wide World Douglas Westerbeke

If you could never stay, where would you go? The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets The Midnight Library in this life-affirming debut novel of adventure, wonder and self-discovery.

Follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and, ultimately, to truly live. But the longer she wanders, the more she understands that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else’s…

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Confessions of the Dead James Patterson

Hollows Bend is a picture-perfect New England town. The crime rate – zero – is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The smallest towns hide the darkest secrets . . . Drawing elements from the horror genre, this eerie standalone suspense thriller is perfect for fans of Stephen King.

The dead tell no tales . . .

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