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With starred reviews from publications including Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and AudioFile—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about. FICTION: The Queen’s Weapons by Anne Bishop Enter the dark and sensual realms of the Black Jewels, a world where power always has a price, in this sweeping story in […]

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With starred reviews from publications including Booklist, Library Journal, and AudioFile—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about. NONFICTION: The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. “Handling difficult topics […]

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Carnegie Selection Committee members Annie Bostrom and Susan Maguire along with Booklist Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman had an hour-long conversation about the six books shortlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Francisco Cantú’s The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border, Kiese Laymon’s Heavy: An American Memoir, Beth Macy’s Dopesick: Dealers, […]

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LibraryReads is a librarian-driven venture where public library staff can help build word-of-mouth for new books. On 4/3 at 1pm CT, hear from us, along with representatives from HarperCollins and W. W. Norton, about forthcoming titles perfect for public libraries and for your LibraryReads nominations. Click to Register for the Free Webinar.

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Join Booklist editors and Carnegie Selection Committee members Donna Seaman and Annie Bostrom for this free, hour-long conversation about the six books shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach, George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo, Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing, Daniel Ellsberg’s The Doomsday Machine, […]

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Donna Seaman, Booklist Adult Books Editor and co-chair of the SJP Picks selection committee, spoke with Mohsin Hamid recently about his book Exit West and its selection as the second SJP Pick. “I have watched Sarah Jessica Parker and admired her work for many years, as so many of us have. She existed in a fictional world. And now […]

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We’re sharing our top picks for Spring 2018 during Booklist’s webinar on Friday, 11/3 at 1pm CT! Find out what new books made our TBR piles, and get our predictions for upcoming sleeper hits and blockbuster bestsellers. Live attendees will be entered for a chance to win one of fifty “Borrow.Read.Repeat.” tote bags filled with ARCs! […]