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.

• Kingdom of the Blind, Louise Penny (Minotaur Books/Raincoast Books)
• Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch (DAW Books/PRHC)
• The Mortal Word, Genevieve Cogman (Ace/PRHC)
• Rick Mercer Final Report, Rick Mercer (Doubleday Canada)
• The Adults, Caroline Hulse (Random House)
• The Faerie Devouring, Catherine Lalonde (Book*hug)
• A Pocketful of Crows, Joanne M. Harris (Orion Publishing Group/Hachette Book Group Canada)
• Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty (Flatiron Books/Raincoast)
• An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good, Helene Tursten (Soho Crime/PRHC)
• All the Lives We Never Lived, Anuradha Roy (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Canada)

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