Top loans and reservations: August 2022

The It Girl, Lessons in Chemistry, and House Across the Lake book covers on a orange to blue gradient background. Text reads Patron Picks: August 2022

Want to know what your fellow KFPL readers are enjoying? Here is a selection of the top loans and reservations in August 2022 for your reading pleasure!

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

Hannah arrives at Oxford bright-eyed and eager to have fun — until, partway through the year, she discovers her roommate dead. Her testimony puts a man in jail, but years later, she learns that she may have laid the blame at the feet of the wrong person. Worse yet, her old friends all seem to have something to hide.

The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell

The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell

The sequel to The Family Upstairs, this thriller winds through twisted marriages, fractured families and deadly obsessions.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Held down by the cultural norms of the 1950s and ‘60s, Elizabeth is a chemist turned cooking show star. She’s teaching women to do more than just cook, however. She’s leading them to change the status quo.

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Two book industry insiders keep running into one another, and despite their shared disdain, they can’t help but fall into the enemies-to-lovers trope.

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

Shamed Broadway star Casey Fletcher is hiding out, bored and drunk, at the family lake house in Vermont. There, she spies on neighbours Katherine and Tom, a mindless way to pass the time until Katherine suddenly goes missing.

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Youthful summer friendship turns into love over six summers, falls apart, and ultimately becomes a will-they-won’t-they dilemma in one eventful weekend years later.