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These four books were selected by LJ reviewers and editors as titles of particular note in the May 2022 issue of the magazine. Along with all the starred reviews of the May issue, these are essential titles to know, buy, suggest, and read.

The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner (Atria) is the top holds title of the week (5/9/22). LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Book Lovers by Emily Henry.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read City on Fire by Don Winslow.

Climate fiction often spans speculative fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, and eco-fiction as it addresses topics such as carbon emissions, vanishing species, and global warming. However, cli-fi seems virtually limitless in its scope, subjects, and approaches, as these novels of lyrical observation, loss, and wonder illustrate.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Dream Town by David Baldacci.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read The Investigator (Letty Davenport, Bk. 1) by John Sandford.

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel.

The sea has fascinated authors throughout time. Popular fiction genres from domestic fiction to wartime novels involve a profusion of pelagic topics and themes.