What to Read If You Love The Last of Us 🍄
 | | Hello, there! We’re anxiously awaiting the final two episodes of The Last of Us, and we’ve got books to read while you wait. Not in the mood for zombies? Check out the top 10 most popular titles on Likewise this week. Plus, these are the best new books coming out this month. |  | The Bookends |
| | YA Ghost Stories | | In The Bookends, we pick an exciting new release and pair it with an older title readers will also love. This week: Queer teens wrestle with family history, identity, and the supernatural. |  | | She Is a Haunting | | Vietnamese American Jade agrees to spend the summer in Vietnam with her father, who is restoring a French colonial house. When she starts to have paralyzing nightmares, Jade wonders if the house is haunted—or if she is. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | Cemetery Boys | | Trans teenager Yadriel wants to prove himself as a brujo by bringing back his recently murdered cousin—but instead, he summons the ghost of a boy who died under mysterious circumstances and isn’t eager to cross over to the afterlife. | | Add to reading list |
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| |  | | | See the rest of this week’s top 10. | |  |  | Ask a Librarian |
| | I love The Last of Us and I’m looking for a book that captures the same feeling. - Maddie | The surprisingly tender and moving zombie show is one of the most popular titles on Likewise right now, and you’re not alone in looking for a book that delivers the same vibes. Bonus points for something that makes you sob, right?
Between the Lines
The Last of Us succeeds because it combines the thrill of post-apocalyptic horror with characters that viewers love and want to root for. These novels also star girls facing the direst of circumstances (including but not limited to, the undead). You’ll find lots of action here, but also lots of heart. |  | | The Girl with All the Gifts | | When an attack destroys their safehold in the north of England, an unusual girl, her teacher, and a band of fellow survivors must traverse the ruins of the country to get to London. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | The Reapers Are the Angels | | 15-year-old Temple has only ever known a world filled with “meatskins,” and she’s used to doing what it takes to survive. When a violent encounter ends with the death of a man who attacked her, his brother vows revenge and Temple is forced to flee her home in search of safety and salvation. | | Add to reading list |
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|  | | News of the World | | No zombies here, but if you want a story that echoes the relationship between Joel and Ellie, this is a must-read: A Civil War vet agrees to take a 10-year-old girl across the Southwest to her relatives in San Antonio. | | Add to reading list |
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| | Meet the Librarian
Emily Calkins has worked at public libraries across the US. Tell her what you’re looking for! | | |
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|  | Guess The Writer |
| - While studying at Oxford, this writer was a member of a dining society called the Goblin Club.
- His final novel, Silverview, was published posthumously in 2021.
- He worked for both MI5 and MI6 during the Cold War.
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| Critical Love
The New York Times calls Donal Ryan’s family epic “lyric, lovely, and funny,” and Publishers Weekly praises it as “glorious and moving.” |  | | The Queen of Dirt Island | | Four generations of Irish women navigate famine, poverty, and crime by turning to each other for strength and humor. | | Add to reading list |
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| | The Bestseller
J K Chukwu’s campus novel is “a playful, powerful debut” (The New York Times) that Ebony calls “required reading.” |  | | The Unfortunates | | When half-Nigerian sophomore Sahara realizes several of her Black classmates have gone missing or died mysteriously, she is determined to find out what happened to them, despite the depression that threatens to drag her under. | | Add to reading list |
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| | Bookworld |
| 🕯️ Jenna Bush Hager picked a magical intergenerational debut novel as her book club’s March read.
👀 Vanity Fair has the first look at the long-awaited adaptation of Laura Dave’s bestseller.
⚡ Our favorite demigod is back this fall with the first new Percy Jackson book in over a decade.
🏆 5 books, including one by Viola Davis, won NAACP Image Awards. | | | PS: Products you purchase through our links may earn Likewise a commission. |
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