Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Tales of complex villains, antiheroes out for revenge, and moral ambiguity to thrill daring readers.

Featuring Ben Crump, Worse Than a Lie (Bantam: Penguin Random House)
penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593875704

As well as:
Rachel Hawkins, The Storm (St. Martin's Press: Macmillan)
Mary Kubica, It's Not Her (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Park Row: HarperCollins)
Brad Meltzer, The Viper (William Morrow: HarperCollins)
Lai Sanders, The Plans I Have for You (Simon & Schuster: Simon & Schuster)
Moderator: Jane Jorgenson, Supervisor, Madison Public Library, Madison WI