Each month, Canadian library staff vote for their favourite upcoming books, via BookNet Canada’s Loan Stars readers-advisory program and the Canadian Urban Libraries Council.

• Tell Me Lies, Carola Lovering (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Canada)
• Trans Like Me, CN Lester (Da Capo Press/Publishers Group Canada)
• There There, Tommy Orange (McClelland & Stewart)
• Bring Me Back, B.A. Paris (St. Martin’s Press/Raincoast Books)
• Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga Press/S&S Canada)
• Number One Chinese Restaurant, Lillian Li (Henry Holt and Co./Raincoast)
• The Showrunner, Kim Moritsugu (Dundurn)
• Jar of Hearts, Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur/Raincoast)
• An Ocean of Minutes, Thea Lim (Penguin Canada)
• Spying on Whales, Nick Pyenson (Viking)

Visit LoanStars.ca for more great book recommendations and information about how publishers and library staff can get involved.