Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday!

This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction!

This week: a focus on mystery titles! I have (much) more than a handful of adult fiction mystery genre titles on my to-read list; it is a genre which I have grown increasingly fond of over the last number of years.  Here are a number of titles which have caught my eye- either due to strong reviews in review journals and/or ones that I came across while perusing online and in bookstores. From Iain Reid, Flynn Berry, Sarah Ward and Megan Abbot’s buzzed-about mystery/suspense titles, to wonderfully intriguing-looking debuts from authors including Emily Littlejohn, Joe Ide, Anna Carlisle and Julia Thomas, here are eight mystery titles that I am very much looking forward to reading:

In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward
Publication: September 29, 2015 by Minotaur Books

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Publication: June 14, 2016 by Gallery/Scout Press

Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry
Published June 14, 2016 by Penguin Books

The English Boys: A Mystery by Julia Thomas
Publication: July 8, 2016 by Midnight Ink

Dark Road Home (Gin Sullivan #1) by Anna Carlisle
Publication: July 12, 2016 by Crooked Lane Books

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Publication: July 26, 2016 by Little Brown

IQ by Joe Ide
Expected publication: October 18, 2016 by Mulholland Books

Inherit the Bones by Emily Littlejohn
Expected publication: November 1, 2016 by Minotaur Books