While the inaugural Lebanon County Reads campaign launched in 2018, planning for Lebanon County’s own community read campaign began a year prior. All six Lebanon County public libraries support the campaign which runs from summer through early fall and culminates in the title selection’s author’s visit in the Fall. We hope you’ll read with us and check out the special events affiliated with the campaign!
The 2025 Lebanon County Reads selection is The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer! After you’ve read The Collected Regrets of Clover, you may enjoy one of the suggested readalikes.

From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit, Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with the dying than she has with the living. Two decades later, when the beloved grandfather who raised her dies alone while she is traveling, Clover decides to become a death doula in New York City, dedicating her life to ushering people peacefully through their end-of-life process.
The thing is, Clover spends so much time with the dying that she has no life of her own. That all changes when the final wishes of a feisty old woman send Clover on a road trip across the country, where she is forced to examine what she really wants, and whether she’ll have the courage to go after it.
Probing, clever, timely, and hopeful, The Collected Regrets of Clover turns the normally taboo subject of death into a reason to celebrate life. Along the way, it illuminates the little-known role of a “death doula” in our youth-obsessed society, as well as the experiences of isolation and loneliness that so many of us have grappled with in new ways over the last two years.
From the author’s website
Swatara Coffee Co. & Ancestor Coffeehouse & Crêperie Promotional Tie-in
This year’s promotional tie-in, Clover’s French Toast Latte, will be available for purchase at Swatara Coffee Co. Jonestown and Annville locations starting May 1 and will be available through the month of May.
Mikki Brammer is a writer from Tasmania, Australia, who is now based in New York City via France and Spain.
Her debut novel, The Collected Regrets of Clover has so far been published in 26 languages and territories. It was a Book of the Month pick for May 2023, was named a Best Book of Summer 2023 by the New York Times and a Best Book of 2023 by NPR, and was also nominated for the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Debut and Best Fiction.
In addition to fiction, Mikki writes about architecture, art, and design for publications including Architectural Digest, Dwell, ELLE Decor, Luxe Interiors + Design, Metropolis, and Surface.
From the author’s website
2025 — The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
2024 — The House Is On Fire by Rachel Beanland
2023 — Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
2022 — Mercy House by Alena Dillon
2020/21 — Running With Sherman: The Donkey With The Heart Of A Hero by Christopher McDougall
2019 – The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan
2018 – America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie



