Shorewood Reads

Shorewood Reads 2026 to Feature Bestselling Author Angie Kim

A favorite village tradition returns next spring. Similar to other national initiatives, Shorewood Reads is a community-wide event centered on experiencing one book together. After a month-long contest in October to guess the title, the 2026 selection was revealed today as Happiness Falls by Angie Kim.

“We didn’t call the police right away.” Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing. In the aftermath, the family’s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in this thrilling page-turner, a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis.

First launched in 2011, Shorewood Reads brings the community together around one book, with six weeks of programs, discussions, and shared stories, culminating in a day of events with the author on Thursday, April 23rd, 2026. Past Shorewood Reads titles have included Montana 1948 (Larry Watson), Shotgun Lovesongs (Nickolas Butler), Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel), and Coyotes of Carthage (Steven Wright).

Stay tuned to shorewoodlibrary.org for the full schedule of events to be announced soon. Shorewood Reads is sponsored by the Shorewood Public Library and the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library, with support from the Lange Bequest and Boswell Book Company. All Shorewood Reads events are free and open to the public.