Professional Book Nerds

Emma and Joe's monthly round-up of books is back with June picks! Grab a beverage and get ready for a long-list of summer-y picks! For Emma and Joe that usually means mystery and romance, but there's also a dash of cooking, graphic novels, YA, and family sagas. Author Interviews:   The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center  Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay    Joe’s Picks:   Middle of the Night by Riley Sager  Willie, Waylon, and the Boys by Brian Fairbanks  Birds Aren’t Real by Peter McIndoe, Connor Gaydos  Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller  The Salad Lab by Darlene Schrijver (TikTok Tie In)  Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet by Molly Morris  Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez  One Killer Problem by Justine Pucella Winans  Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch  Brownstone by Samuel Teer  One of our Kind by Nicola Yoon    Emma’s Picks:   Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand  Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver  A Novel Love Story by Ashely Poston  A Talent for Murder by Peter