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Shortlists for the An Post Irish Book Awards and winners of the National Translation Awards and the World Fantasy Awards are announced. Jenna Bush Hager selects This Motherless Land by Nikki May for her November book club. Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger is B&N’s pick. Ingram’s Consortium adds seven new publishers for distribution. Nick Offerman joins the cast of Apple TV+’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles, based on the book by Rufi Thorpe. Novelist and poet Paul Bailey has died at the age of 87.

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Paula Hawkins, M.L. Wang, and Kerri Maniscalco. Publishers Weekly touts the best books of 2024. People’s book of the week is Roman Year: A Memoir by André Aciman. Winners of the Geffen Awards are announced.  Plus, Earlyword’s October “GalleyChat” spreadsheet arrives.

A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith wins the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. The longlists for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, the shortlist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, and the finalists for the Kitschies are announced. Plus, Page to Screen and interviews with Danzy Senna, Frieda McFadden, and Ada Limón.

Melissa Lucashenko’s Edenglassie wins both the ARA Historical Novel Society Australasia Prize and the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. A Texas county library system has reversed its decision to classify a children’s Indigenous history book as fiction. Plus, interviews with Yael van der Wouden, Mosab Abu Toha, Ben Okri, and Richard McGuire and new title bestsellers.

Essie Chambers’s Swift River wins Barnes & Noble’s 2024 Discover Prize. Ross Perlin wins the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for Language City: The Fight To Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York. Barnes & Noble releases its best books of 2024 lists. Publishers Weekly reports from the 2024 New York Comic Con. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for buzzy book In Too Deep by Lee Child & Andrew Child. WSJ profiles Teen Mom 2 star and rising book influencer Kailyn Lowry. Interviews arrive with Alex van Halen, Danielle Trussoni, Jeff VanderMeer, and Evan Friss  Plus, buzz builds for Netflix’s forthcoming adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden.

Anne de Marcken wins the Ursula LeGuin Prize for Fiction for It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over. Margaret Owen wins the Endeavour Award for Painted Devils. Winners of the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards are announced, and President Biden awards 2022 and 2023 National Humanities Medals. OverDrive has launched the new Cleveland-inspired imprint Heights Press. Interviews arrive with Bethany Joy Lenz, Jenny Slate, Nick Harkaway, and Alex van Halen. Plus, a new series adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie is in development.

In Too Deep by Lee Child & Andrew Child leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Benjamin Stevenson, Bethany Joy Lenz, Robert Dugoni, and Jeff VanderMeer. People’s book of the week is The Time Keepers by Alyson Richman. Memoirs by Alexei Navalny and Shirley Maclaine arrive.

Naomi Shihab Nye wins the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award for lifetime achievement, and Evie Shockley wins the Academy of American Poets Fellowship. The shortlist has been unveiled for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. Kate McKinnon will host the 75th National Book Awards. Plus an interview with Karl Ove Knausgaard and Page to Screen.

Percival Everett’s James and Adam Higginbotham’s Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space win Kirkus Prizes. A shortlist is released for the Laurel Prize for environmental and nature poetry. Plus, interviews with Randy Newman, Emily Witt, and Colin Kaepernick, a new memoir by Pope Francis, and new title bestsellers.

November’s LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage. Ken Follett’s forthcoming historical epic Circle of Days will examine the mysteries of Stonehenge. James Patterson launches a new Substack, Hungry Dogs. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title The Waiting by Michael Connelly. Riku Onda’s crime novel The Aosawa Murders will get a limited series adaptation, and Phaedra Patrick’s The Little Italian Hotel will be adapted for TV. Plus, the Kirkus Prize winners will be announced tonight.

Alice McDermott wins the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for her novel Absolution. The Baillie Gifford Prize shortlist is announced, along with the winners of the British Fantasy Awards and the Prix Utopiales. The Waiting by Michael Connelly leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, Bob Woodward, Debbie Macomber, and David Rosenfelt. People’s book of the week is The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman. Al Pacino’s memoir, Sonny Boy, arrives. Plus, M.K. Oliver’s buzzy forthcoming debut novel, A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage, will get the series treatment at Hulu.

South Korean novelist Han Kang, best known for 2016’s Booker Prize–winning The Vegetarian, wins the Nobel Prize in literature. The shortlist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is announced. BBC’s Between the Covers book club has revealed its books and guests for its eighth season, starting with Chris Whitaker’s All the Colors of the Dark. Winners of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards and Scholastic UK’s inaugural Graphic Novel Prize are announced. Created by Humans, a company that helps writers license their works for use by AI, has forged a partnership with the Authors Guild. Plus new title bestsellers.

Oprah picks From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley, with Riley Keough, for her book club. Publishers Weekly rounds up the rest of October’s book club picks. Finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the Wonderland Awards are announced. October’s Loanstars features top pick The Waiting by Michael Connelly. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak. BBC will adapt Janice Hadlow’s The Other Bennet Sister, to be aired during the 30th anniversary of BBC’s classic Pride and Prejudice series. Plus, the latest on the Princess Diaries 3 film, based on the books by Meg Cabot.

Former librarian Terah Shelton Harris has been named Target’s author of the year; The Women by Kristin Hannah is book of the year. The Elgin Awards winners are announced. The 2024 Nobel prize in literature will be awarded this Thursday. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley with Riley Keough gets reviews and buzz. The Millions revisits Claudia Rankine’s Citizen 10 years after its publication. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty will get a new series adaptation, courtesy of Nicole Kidman. Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him will be adapted for film. NYT looks at weeding in libraries. Plus, LJ announces a new partnership with the Libraries Lead podcast.

The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Sophie Kinsella, Patricia Cornwell, Melania Trump, and James Patterson and Brian Sitts. Five LibraryReads and five Indie Next picks publish this week. The Millions releases “The Great Fall 2024 Book Preview.” Salman Rushdie announced he will publish a series of novellas, his first works of fiction since his stabbing in 2022. And novelist Robert Coover has died at the age of 92.

The finalists for the Cundill History Prize are announced, the winners of the Ned Kelly Award for Australian crime writing, the shortlist for the Endeavour Award for SFF by Pacific Northwest authors is announced, and the winners of the Rhysling Awards for speculative poetry are announced. The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore wins an Isle of Wight Book Award. A federal judge has ordered an Arkansas library to stop segregating controversial books into special “social sections.”

The shortlist for the Goldsmiths Prize and the finalists for the Writers’ Trust of Canada Balsillie Prize for Public Policy are announced. Reese Witherspoon announces her first novel, a thriller cowritten with Harlan Coben and due out next fall. Plus, new title bestsellers and interviews with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Kate McKinnon, Lola Milholland, and Kate Conger and Ryan Mac.

The National Book Award Finalists are announced, as are the longlist for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation and Audiofile’s October 2024 Earphones Award winners. The 2024 slate of MacArthur Fellows includes writers Ling Ma, Juan Felipe Herrera, Jason Reynolds, and Jericho Brown. Reese Witherspoon selects Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown for her October book club. The October book club pick for both Read with Jenna and B&N is The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. According to NYT, Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 yesterday, is the most prolific author of all ex-presidents.

Full of personality and flavor, this book will be welcome in all collections.

Shortlists for the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Polari Prize are announced. The Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction finalists are announced. Jenna Bush Hager selects Louise Erdrich’s The Mighty Red for her October book club. StokerCon 2025 announces guests of honor including Joyce Carol Oates, Gaby Triana, and Tim Waggoner. October booklists arrive. Plus, it’s Stephen Graham Jones Day (#SGJday), in honor of new reissued editions of six of his previously out-of-print titles.

Even those well versed in slashers and their tropes will be surprised by the directions Jones takes. Readable both as representative of slasher films and book and as an exploration of the rules of the genre, this novel will have wide appeal to readers who are new to Jones’s work as well as established fans. Recommended as a contrast for fans of recent “final girl” books like the ones by Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager and readers who enjoyed The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay.

The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Ina Garten, Louise Erdrich, Malcolm Gladwell, James Patterson and David Ellis, and Nita Prose. Seven LibraryReads and seven Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Love Can’t Feed You by Cherry Lou Sy. Plus, LitHub previews “The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October.”

This novel is effective in innumerable ways, particularly with its attention to the generational gap and the emotional disconnection created by the internet. Pargin’s deft combination of mystery and satire will appeal to the YA audience and to older readers.

Costanza Casati’s Clytemnestra wins the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award. David Waldstreicher wins the George Washington Prize for The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence. Winners of the Alberta Book Publishing Awards are announced. Plus, Page to Screen and interviews with Emmanuel Acho, Elizabeth Strout, Garth Greenwell, and Lauren Elkin.

For readers curious about how museums work, this engaging new look at MoMA’s origins will whet appetites for further scholarship on these fascinating figures.

Shortlists for the Wolfson History Prize and the British Academy Book Prize are announced. The Treaties We Break by Tina Shah wins the Mo Siewcharran Prize for unpublished fiction writers from Black, Asian, mixed heritage and minority ethnic backgrounds. Llano County, TX, told the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that it should hand politicians near total authority over what books can go on public library shelves. Plus new title bestsellers and interviews with Richard Osman, Isabella Hammad, Paola Ramos, Uzo Aduba, and Myriam J.A. Chancy.

The Washington State Book Award and Dream Foundry Award winners are announced. Elly Griffiths wins Author of the Year at the BA Conference Awards. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo. Interviews arrive with Janice Hallett, Elyse Graham, Ed Burns, Kenny G, Ashley Spencer, David Sedaris, Aaron Zebley, and Wright Thompson. The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green will get a TV adaptation, and Garth Greenwell’s What Belongs to You goes to the opera. Plus, NYT delves into the “Strega Nona September” TikTok trend, inspired by the children’s books by Tomie dePaola.

Boyd’s treasure trove of information about the global impact of world music (particularly on the United States) is a tour de force that will fascinate music lovers.

Banned Books Week is underway, with newly released reports from PEN America and ALA on book challenges in the U.S. Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo garners rave reviews, including a four-star review from USA Today. Interviews arrive with Law Roach, Ashley Spencer, Robert A. Caro, Shayna Maci Warner, Elizabeth Strout, Morgan Talty, Wright Thompson, and Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert. Influential critic Fredric Jameson has died at the age of 90.

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney leads holds this week and is People’s book of the week. Also in demand are titles by Nicholas Sparks, Sharon McMahon, Emily Rath, Richard Powers, and Tami Hoag. The Wolfson History Prize shortlist is announced. October’s LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick Exposure by Ramona Emerson. LitHub provides a flowchart to answer the question “Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?” Plus, Banned Books Week arrives amid a new surge in censorship.

Buttar makes brilliant use of primary sources and provides readers with a rich understanding of the unique nature of Leningrad, its military, and its people during a perilous time.

Victor Luckerson’s Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street and Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song  win Dayton Literary Peace Prizes. Writers’ Trust of Canada announces shortlists for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for 2SLGBTQ+ Emerging Writers and the Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction. Plus, censorship and ebooks in prison, a profile of Katherine Rundell, and Page to Screen.

Lahey’s passion for great tasting bread and his easy, accessible recipes will inspire a new batch of bakers to try their hand at turning out artisanal quality bread at home.

The shortlist for the Nota Bene Prize, for novels “that have received organic, word-of-mouth recognition and are deserving of a wider readership,” is revealed. Annabel Sowemimo wins the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing for Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need To Decolonise Healthcare. Salman Rushdie wins the Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize. Winners of the V&A Illustration Awards and the shortlist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year are also announced. Several academic publishers facing an antitrust suit over unpaid peer review processes. Plus, new title bestsellers and an Isabel Allende Barbie doll.

As readers saw in Alam’s previous novel, Leave the World Behind, there is a palpable sense of dread running through this highly recommended book as well. In this case, it is not an existential threat to humanity; it’s the train wreck that is Brooke’s life. Readers may see it coming, but they won’t be able to look away.

LitHub releases its ultimate fall reading list. Nadia Davids wins the Caine Short Story Prize, and the German Book Prize shortlist is announced. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Richard Osman’s latest novel, We Solve Murders. Memoirs from Connie Chung, Jaleel White, Melania Trump, Wilmer Valderrama, Katherine Moennig, and Leisha Hailey get buzz. Plus, interviews with Srikanth Reddy, Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert, Sharon McMahon, Terry Szuplat, and Francis S. Collins.

The Booker Prize shortlist is announced. Entitlement by Rumaan Alam gets reviewed. Memoirs arrive from James Middleton, Eric Roberts, Ina Garten, and Mark Hoppus. Plus, interviews with Gillian Anderson, Coco Mellors, Mirya R. Holman, and Connie Chung.

Harrow’s breathtaking debut delves deep into the raw emotions of grief and the pure beauty of rediscovering joy in an exquisite tale of second chances, featuring an enemies-to-lovers romance.

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Laura Dave, Kelly Bishop, Hilary Rodham Clinton, and Rumaan Alam. People’s book of the week is The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Bayard. All the National Book Award longlists are out now. Shōgun, based on the novel by James Clavell, wins big at the 2024 Emmys.

An extraordinary, incomparable work of world literature that requires and rewards multiple readings.

Longlists for the National Book Award for nonfiction and poetry are revealed. Daniel Mason’s North Woods, Heather Cox Richardson’s Democracy Awakening, and James Crews’s The Wonder of Small Things win New England Book Awards. The longlist for the CBC Nonfiction Prize and the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award are announced. A study by Pearson and Penguin Books shows how diversifying reading lists and teaching texts by writers of color impacts students. Plus, Page to Screen and an NYT Magazine profile of Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection.

Originally self-published and now receiving a special edition with additional content from a big publisher, this debut novel and Book Tok sensation is highly recommended for romantasy lovers, especially fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas and The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.

Helen Czerski’s The Blue Machine and Michael Malay’s Late Light win Wainwright Prizes for nature writing. Shortlists are announced for the American Library in Paris Award and the Mo Siewcharran Prize for unpublished fantasy by writers from underrepresented backgrounds. Amicus briefs are filed ahead of key Fifth Circuit “freedom to read” hearings. Canada’s Giller literary prize drops sponsor Scotiabank from its name after protests over the bank’s investments in Israeli weapons manufacturing. Plus, new title bestsellers.

A must-have for fans and a fitting tribute to an amazing artist.

The National Book Award longlists for Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature are announced. Earlyword’s September “GalleyChat” spreadsheet arrives. Colleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us has sold 10 million copies. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Liane Moriarty’s buzzy book Here One Moment. Clémence Michallon’s The Quiet Tenant will be adapted for TV, and a new adaptation of Georges Simenon’s iconic “Maigret” mystery series heads to Masterpiece. Plus, fall cookbooks.

Fans of Patricia A. McKillip’s The Forgotten Beasts of Eld or Marie Brennan’s Driftwood will be in awe of Berry’s (The Manual of Detection) wonderfully odd ode to language, story, and family.

Oprah selects Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout for her book club. Publishers Weekly rounds up September book club picks. The Ditmar Awards Preliminary Ballot is announced. Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment continues to gather buzz. Memoirs from Eve and Kelly Bishop are in the news. And legendary actor James Earl Jones, the subject of a new children’s book, has died at the age of 93.

From yummy new options for easy, quick snack dinners to scrumptious choices that will help readers up their charcuterie board game, Sheehan’s book has got home cooks covered. In fact, the only challenge cooks will face once they get their oven mitts on Sheehan’s marvelously inventive, tasty treat of a cookbook will be deciding where to start.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by TJ Klune, Elizabeth Strout, and J.A. Jance. Barbara Kingsolver wins the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement award. People’s book of the week is Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. Danzy Senna’s Colored Television is GMA’s September book club pick. The October Indie Next Preview is out, featuring #1 pick The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave. Plus, Shōgun, based on the novel by James Clavell, takes home 14 Creative Arts Emmys.

This exceptional book’s stories of plagiarism showcase persistence and the insidious and enduring ways in which sexism informs and shapes the contemporary world. Murphy will motivate readers to challenge stereotypes.

Cardinal (The Storyteller’s Death) deftly blurs the boundaries between literary and relationship fiction, crafting a novel full of magical realism that unfolds with leisurely grace as it traces a plot that is deeply engaging. Swift yet reflective, intimate yet universal, this is a novel of deep rewards.

The longlist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year is announced. Poets & Writers releases its seventh annual selection of the best new memoirs and essay collections. “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200” by R.S.A. Garcia wins the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short science fiction story. Acclaimed Cree novelist Darrel J. McLeod, author of A Season in Chezgh’un, has died at age 67, and Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, has died at age 66. Plus, interviews with Ketanji Brown Jackson, Gillian Anderson, and Cynthia Zarin.

The Cundill History Prize and the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime fiction shortlists and the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and the Giller Prize for Canadian fiction longlists are released. Danielle Treweek’s The Meaning of Singleness wins Australian Christian Book of the Year. W. Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press, wins National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award. An appeals court upholds the ruling that Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library program is in violation of copyright law. Little Free Library partners with ALA and PEN America on a book ban map.

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Erdrich (The Sentence) yet again displays her storytelling skills.

The setting, characters, and structure of the novel are compelling, and, as the title suggests, there are secrets and lies aplenty. For fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid and The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins.

Reese Witherspoon selects The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl as her 100th book club pick. Read with Jenna’s September pick is Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors. Winners of the Anthony Awards are announced, including All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby and A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan. Sisters in Crime’s Davitt Awards winners are announced, and the Washington State Book Award finalists are announced. LitHub reports on NaNoWriMo’s AI controversy. Nightbitch, based on the book by Rachel Yoder, gets a trailer. Plus, LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Matt Haig’s buzzy book The Life Impossible.

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by J.D. Robb, Vince Flynn & Don Bentley, Rachel Kushner, Lee Child, and Kate Atkinson. The Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature shortlist is announced. Audiofile announces the September Earphones Award winners. Seven LibraryReads and eleven Indie Next picks publish this week. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses her new memoir, Lovely One. Plus, fall book previews arrive.

This must-have anthology is a treasure trove not to be missed.

Winners of the Christianity Today Book Awards and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses Firecracker Awards are announced. National Book Awards longlists will be announced between September 10 and 13, finalists will be announced October 1, and winners will be announced November 20. Bookshop.org launches a buy-back scheme for second-hand books that will pay royalties to the authors. Plus new title bestsellers.

Readers looking for a wild romp of a sci-fi caper story, complete with long games, big plans, wild heists, and epically flirtatious banter, are going to fall in love with Ada Lamarr every bit as much as Agent Rian White does in this first of a projected trilogy from Revis (Museum of Magic). Perfect for fans of Valerie Valdes and Constance Fay.

The Kirkus Prize finalists are announced. Tracey Slaughter wins the Moth Short Story Prize. Time previews the most anticipated books of this fall . LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Hannah Grace’s buzzy book Daydream. Leonard Riggio, founder and longtime head of Barnes & Noble, has died at the age of 83.

A superb, marvelously informative introduction to Latine cooking and cuisine in the U.S., enriched with intriguing snippets of Salazar’s heritage and culinary journeys.

With an eminently likable group of characters, a generous helping of wine and foodie culture, and an extra steamy and tender love story, YA author Khorram’s (The Breakup Lists) first foray into adult fiction will warm readers’ hearts.

Bouchercon World Mystery Convention kicks off tomorrow in Nashville; the Anthony Awards will be announced at the event on Saturday, August 31. The winners of the Prix Rosny Aîné and Firecracker Awards are announced. NYT offers a printable checklist of its 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Former first lady Melania Trump’s memoir, due out on October 1, hits #1 on several Amazon bestseller lists. Prince Harry’s memoir will get a paperback release on October 22. Diana Gabaldon has confirms that the Outlander series adaptation will end differently than her books.

Daydream by Hannah Grace leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Ann Cleeves, Emma R. Alban, and Fiona Barton. Four LibraryReads and two Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Small Rain by Garth Greenwell. September’s LibraryReads list features top pick The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir. The inaugural American Manga Award winners are announced. Moonflower Murders, based on the novel by Anthony Horowitz, premieres September 15. Plus, Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills is being adapted for the big screen in Japan.

Nguyen’s delicious efforts to bring her unique cuisine and personal style to print will be a hit with fans and newbies alike.

A new Knight Foundation survey supports the idea that book bans are being pursued by a vocal, politically motivated minority. The Independent Book Publishers Association and EveryLibrary Institute will launch the We Are Stronger Than Censorship program. Plus, interviews with Danez Smith and Francesca Segal and Page to Screen.

An affecting book and always slightly to the side, as indeed were all of Kafka’s writings.

Winners of the Indiana Author Awards are announced, including Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutch, Rebecca McKanna’s Don’t Forget the Girl, and Brittany Means’s Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways. The Bookseller reports on censorship in UK school libraries. Interviews with Danez Smith, Carole Hopson, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs arrive. Plus, new title bestsellers.

Nail-biting suspense makes for an engaging and compulsively readable intro to yet another ambitious series from this writing team.

NYT explores “How the Push To Diversify Publishing Fell Short.” The German Book Prize longlist is announced. New College of Florida’s library dean has been placed on leave after book disposal controversy. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger. Charles R. Cross, biographer of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, has died at the age of 67. Frank Andre Guridy discusses his new book, The Stadium: An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play. Anya Taylor-Joy will star in a Netflix series adaptation of Bella Mackie’s How To Kill Your Family. Plus, Vanity Fair gives an inside look at the new adaptation of Stephen King’s Salems Lot.

The weather conditions are an essential component in this sequel to All We Buried. Readers who appreciate the strong woman police chief in Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder books or the vivid landscapes of Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire mysteries will appreciate Taylor’s riveting crime novel.

St. Martin’s Press makes a statement regarding a marketing and promotional boycott by Readers for Accountability. Booktopia is sold to DigiDirect. Authors sue AI startup Anthropic over its popular chatbot Claude. Time argues that “This Election Will Determine the Fate of Libraries.” Amazon Prime cancels My Lady Jane, based on the book by Jodi Meadows, after one season. Millie Bobby Brown is adapting her book Nineteen Steps for Netflix. Plus, Deadline rounds up everything we know about Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2.

Fans of Carmen Maria Machado will find in this debut novelist a new author to follow every bit as voraciously.

Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Jodi Picoult, Karin Slaughter, P.J. Tracy, and Christine Feehan. Two LibraryReads and six Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft. Peter Swanson’s Eight Perfect Murders will get an adaptation. And talk show host and author Phil Donahue has died at the age of 88.

Well written and informative, with extensive research notes. Highly recommended for fashion merchandising and women’s studies readers.

The shortlists for the British Fantasy Awards are announced. Poets & Writers selects the best memoirs and essay collections of the year. The National Book Foundation issues $350,000 in new grants. Editor Betty A. Prashker, an advocate for women in publishing, has died at age 99. Plus page to screen and interviews with Louise Erdrich, Jodi Picoult, and Stella Sands.

Highly approachable and friendly to all skill levels, this book fits the bill for anyone who hesitates to prepare meals; a must-have for time-constrained cooks. Essential for every collection.

Shortlists are announced for the Wainwright Prize for nature and conservation writing, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Heartland Booksellers Awards, and Australia’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Science fiction author M.J. Engh has died at age 91, and Susan Wojcicki, a key player in convincing publishers to allow Google to scan books into its search engine, has died at age 56. Plus, new title bestsellers and interviews with Yoko Ogawa, Bill Schutt, and Francine Prose.

With its focus on books and book lovers, eccentric villagers and frauds, this first mystery from the author of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a delightful traditional, filled with fascinating characters. Those who escape to Louise Penny’s Three Pines might want to check out Great Diddling.

Lush scenery, well-drawn secondary characters, and believable, grounded conflicts lead to a sweet and satisfying ending for Kit and Theo in McQuiston’s (I Kissed Shara Wheeler) funniest, sexiest novel to date, here in a special edition with painted edges.

Shortlists for the Indiana Author Awards, the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, and the Ned Kelly Awards are announced. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for Angel of Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, the top holds title of the week. Interviews arrive with Joy Williams, Ailton Krenak, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Christy Hall.

Former President Barack Obama shares his ever-popular summer reading list. Tommy Orange is picked as the 11th writer to contribute to the Future Library project. The winners of the Aurora Awards, the Analog AnLab and Asimov’s Readers’ Awards, and the Sidewise Award are announced. Publisher DarkLit Press appears to shutter, under controversial circumstances. Interviews arrive with T.J. Newman, Moon Unit Zappa, Leslie Jamison, and Joe Moore. Plus, librarian Mychal Threets will be featured on a new limited-edition library card at the Berkeley Public Library.

Highly recommended for readers who enjoy reimagined legends.

Angel of Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Danielle Steel, T.J. Newman, Emma Lord, and Peter Heller. The Hugo Awards are announced, with Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh winning best novel and Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher winning best novella. The Lodestar and Astounding Awards winners and the World Fantasy Awards finalists are announced. People’s book of the week is The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss. Plus, CBS Sunday Morning reflects on James Baldwin’s legacy at 100.

This sparkling novel is highly recommended for all collections.

Kwame Anthony Appiah has been awarded the Library of Congress Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. Open Road will launch the Free Voices Geo-Targeting initiative to help consumers find and read banned books in the 10 states where book bans are most prevalent. EarlyWord releases its August GalleyChat roundup. Mary Wings, pioneering creator of queer comics, has died at 75. Plus Page to Screen and interviews with Jamaica Kincaid, Ellen Atlanta, and Gill Paul.

This compelling mix of horror, found family, and intricate mythology will appeal to those who loved Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys and The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin.

Imani Perry’s South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation wins the inaugural Inside Literary Prize, which is judged by incarcerated people. Los Angeles Public Library is launching the Bureau of Nooks and Crannies, a game that will inspire guests to view their library in a new way. A Liverpool library was burned by far-right rioters in England on Saturday and is now raising funds to rebuild. Plus new title bestsellers and interviews with Roxane Gay, Jasmin Graham, and Ala Stanford.

Wassmer’s debut novel succeeds in being the opposite of its title. He might become a new favorite for fans of John Scalzi and David Wong (a.k.a. Jason Pargin).

August book club picks arrive, and the Dragon Awards ballot and the Premio Italia finalists are announced. Utah has banned 13 books from public schools statewide. Heresy Press is becoming a Skyhorse imprint. Publishers Lunch will host a “Romance Buzz Books” virtual event on Wednesday, August 21. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Brad Thor’s buzzy book Shadow of Doubt. Liza Minnelli will release a tell-all memoir in spring 2025. Plus, Bob Woodward’s next book, War, due out October 15, will focus on conflict abroad and politics at home.

To the oft-invoked online debate of man vs. bear, Tama offers a new question: man vs. bird. The magpie narrator offers more nuance and understanding to human relations than do most people. Chidgey (Pet) is a skilled storyteller and doesn’t stop surprising with this gorgeously haunting work. Endlessly faceted and highly recommended for book clubs.

The Academy of American Poets Announces 2024 Poet Laureate Fellows. GMA selects The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for its August book club. CBC announces its “writers to watch” list. Flatiron will launch a new imprint, Pine & Cedar, with S.A. Cosby’s next book, King of Ashes, in summer 2025. Brooke Shields and Michael Caine will publish memoirs next year. Interviews arrive with Lena Valencia, Drew Afualo, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Timothy W. Ryback, Theodore H. Schwartz, and George Saunders. Plus, a new Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, is in the works at HBO.

Shadow of Doubt by Brad Thor leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Katee Robert, T. Kingfisher, Casey McQuiston, Sarah Pekkanen, and Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman. Nine LibraryReads and eight Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Hum by Helen Phillips. Audiofile announces the August Earphones Award winners. August’s Costco Connection features C.J. Box and the paperback release of his novel Three-Inch Teeth. The Wedding People by Alison Espach is the Read with Jenna and B&N book club pick for August.

A highly readable suspense novel in the style of Riley Sager, Alice Feeney, and Lisa Jewell, with a dash of Liane Moriarty thrown in for good measure.

Bowen is adept at writing mysteries filled with intriguing clues, satisfying solutions, expertly captured historical settings, and a little romance. A must-add to popular mystery collections.

NPR, NYT, and LitHub honor the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth. Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright wins the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The longlist has been selected for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. A new revised volume of Freud’s complete works, 30 years in the making, is out now from Rowman & Littlefield. The Dallas-based Southwest Review is launching New Pony Press. Plus, Page to Screen.

The NYT Book Review book club picks Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend for August. Catherine Taylor wins the TLS Ackerley Prize for memoir and biography with The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time. The Cundill History Prize longlist is announced. The short stories on the Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist are revealed. Finalists are selected for the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, recognizing the best books with a horse racing backdrop. Howard Andrew Jones wins a Trigon Award, honoring “the past, present, and future of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.” Time releases its list of the 50 best romance novels. Plus new title bestsellers.

“Warm and human even as it’s post human,” as Jo Walton observes in her introduction, Reed’s remarkable debut skillfully blends mind-bending speculation with riveting intrigue, alluring romance and harrowing drama, set in a prescient de-souled future.

Readers who enjoy the work of Nadia Hashimi and E.M. Tran are likely to embrace this deeply engaging and satisfying tale. Thanki is a new voice to definitely keep an eye on.