In honor of awards season, our staff selected their top picks for their most-anticipated literary fiction and nonfiction reads. Browse the list below for eGalleys, audio information, and more. Browse an extended collection on Edelweiss here. Rachel’s Pick Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy A sweeping look at how […]
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Whether you’re looking for diversity, romance, or the next big read, here you’ll find something for every kind of book club. For Book Clubs Looking for the Next Big Read: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson […]
In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown […]
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Join us for galley giveaways, book buzzes, and author events at ALA Annual 2017! For those of you unable to attend, follow along with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! ______________________________ THE INSIDE SCOOP BOOK BUZZ Get ARCs, Tote Bags, and the inside scoop on books sure to drive your holds lists. Mimosas and snacks will be served! Sunday, June 25 • […]
The American Library Association selected The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead as the winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and Evicted by Matthew Desmond as the winner of the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. In addition to these winners, Swing Time by Zadie Smith was shortlisted for the fiction award and The […]
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Congratulations to the finalists for the the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction! The winners are announced at the RUSA Book and Media Awards Ceremony, Sunday, January 22 at 5:00pm, at ALA Midwinter in Atlanta. We’re especially excited about the finalists below from Penguin Random House! FICTION Swing Time by Zadie Smith […]
We’re thrilled to share that OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine announces the newest Oprah’s Book Club 2016 selection, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday). The Underground Railroad is on-sale today, Tuesday, August 2, 2016, at bookstores, online retailers and wherever books are sold, as well as at public libraries across the country. […]
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Click to request eGalleys of our favorite September titles, and if you love the reads, please consider nominating one (or more) for LibraryReads! Remember, voting for the September 2016 List ends on July 20th! A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility―a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend […]
