As May 2021 comes to a close, let’s look back at some of the top selling books of the month! These books are really hot tickets right now, so if you’re on hold for one through the Delaware Library system you might have to wait a long time for your copy. Never fear!! I’ve done research and found the titles of books similar to the best sellers that you can look into while you wait. Also, stay tuned! I will be posting the best sellers and reading recs for Adult Non-Fiction later on today!
1. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Hannah Hall must handle the disappearance of her husband while attempting to bond with her step daughter.
Similar Books: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter, Don’t Let Go by Harlan Coben and Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown.
2. 21st Birthday (Women’s Murder Club #21) by James Patterson
Detective Lindsay Boxer vows to protect a young woman from a serial killer long enough to see her twenty-first birthday.
Similar Books: Weekend Warriors (Sisterhood #1)by Fern Michaels, A Perfect Evil (Maggie O’Dell #1) by Alex Kava and Face of Deception (Eve Duncan #1) by Iris Johansen.
3. Sooley by John Grisham
Samuel Sooleymon is a gifted basketball player who has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family from war torn South Sudan to America.
Similar Books: Team Seven by Marcus Burke, Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron and What is the What by Dave Eggers.
4. Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
In 1662 Boston, a young Puritan woman seeks to escape from a cruel husband and rumors that might mean her death.
Similar Books: The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown, Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit and Tidelands by Philippa Gregory.
5. A Gambling Man (Aloysius Archer #2) by David Baldacci
Aloysius Archer, a World War II veteran, seeks to apprentice with private eye Willie Dash in a corrupt California town.
Similar Books: Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones #1) by Walter Mosley, March Violets (Bernie Gunter #1) by Philip Kerr and The Diggers Rest Hotel (Charlie Berlin #1) by Geoffrey McGeachin.
6. Finding Ashley by Danielle Steel
Two estranged sisters, one an author and the other a nun, reconnect as one searches for the child the other gave up.
Similar Books: Leave Me by Gayle Foreman, The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh and Little Night by Luanne Rice.
7. Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Actress Hadley Baxter immerses herself in the role of Marion Graves, a pioneering aviator who disappeared in Antarctica.
Similar Books: Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams, Rules of Civility by Amor Towles and City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Please note that any comments made below of an inappropriate nature will be deleted. Thank you.
Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown, Delaware 