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LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. 

“Research” comes from the Middle French word “recherche” (“to go about seeking”). Whether it’s understood as fact-finding, investigation, or exploration, research requires careful attention to detail and locale, both of which are helpful when composing well-analyzed works of historical fiction, as the following five books demonstrate. 

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. 

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny. 

All the February 2022 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a central index, a downloadable spreadsheet, and a print-ready PDF of all posts.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read The Noise by James Patterson and J. D. Barker. 

Take one mysterious literary work and embed it inside another, and the result can be greater than the sum of its parts. These complex, riddling novels fully display their authors’ ingenuity and stylistic versatility while providing fiction lovers with a richer, more rewarding reading experience.