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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.

The moon has turned into cheese in John Scalzi's latest, while Amal El-Mohtar offers a highly anticipated solo novella about two sisters living on the edge of Faerie.

LJ Best Book author TJ Alexander sets their newest in Regency England, Lexi LaFleur Brown debuts with a hockey romance, and Lucy Score launches a new series.

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.

All the February 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

Cookbook authors are sharing a closer look at their pantries, their heritage, and their kitchens, detailing their methods and offering mesmerizing stories that foster laughter and empathy.

This monthlong observance marks the achievements, histories, and cultures of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, including those from Indigenous and Afro-Latino communities. The following books celebrate the diverse contributions and experiences of Latine people and include literary fiction, short stories, memoirs, and poetry.

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.

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 have scary new stories to look forward to from three LJ Best Book authors: Stephen Graham Jones, Cynthia Pelayo, and Erika T. Wurth.

These books delve into deep issues from inequality to the housing crisis and provide ideas to create change.

These books about the natural world share one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare, meditations on the wonders of nature, and a hyper-local exploration of climate change.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Deanna Raybourn offers a follow-up to Killers of a Certain Age; new books from bestselling authors Sandra Brown, James Patterson, and Tess Gerritsen; plus a list of forthcoming series titles.

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, amateur sleuths, and the four queens of crimes are on the case when murder crops up; plus a list of forthcoming series titles.

U.S. history is highlighted in books about the founding of New York, Paul Revere's legendary ride, the Civil War, and the Red Scare.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Several debuts not to miss, short stories from Curtis Sittenfeld, and new books from Nancy Johnson, Jojo Moyes, and Anne Tyler.

Alton Brown, star of the Food Network’s Good Eats; award-winning Edgar Gomez; and Pushcart Prize–nominated essayist Theresa Okokon explicate their lives through essays.

Eowyn Ivey, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Snow Child, reimagines “Beauty and the Beast,” and Amanda Peters follows up her bestselling and award-winning novel The Berry Pickers with a story collection.

A woman who can bring people back to life, a whispering house, and women who can turn people to stone with a look add a touch of magic to these tales of family, love, and secrets.

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.

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.

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.

Aliens invade sci-fi, while fae, folklore, and more feature in fantasy that ranges from cozy to epic.

A big series launch from Stephanie Burgis, who sets her newest in a gas lamp–lit world filled with magic, hags, and ogres; plus several sequels to look forward to.

Romance highlights include a Sleepless in Seattle–inspired love story from B. K. Borison and a college sports romance from Ali Hazelwood; plus forthcoming series titles.

Big books from Marie Benedict, Pam Jenoff, and Alka Joshi, along with titles set in times spanning Elizabethan London to the civil rights movement in the U.S.

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.

All the January 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

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.

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.

A journalist investigates the global business of trash, a pair of books explore the housing crisis through stories of the unhoused, and two authors delve into the impact of racism.

A mushroom-filled, cosmic, cli-fi novel; a historical horror featuring vampires and a sapphic romance; spooky stories of those living with cursed objects; and even more tales to terrify this month.

Robyn Schiff has won the Four Quartets Prize for her poetry collection Information Desk. The September Indie Next list is out, featuring #1 pick Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner. A bankruptcy court has approved B&N’s purchase of the Denver-based bookstore the Tattered Cover. NPR says The Most by Jessica Anthony “deserves to become a classic.” LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Alison Espach’s buzzy book The Wedding People. John Scalzi signs a major 10-book deal. Plus, Riley Keough announces a fall book tour for her late mother Lisa Marie Presley’s forthcoming memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, due out October 8.

The busiest book season of the year showcases the big titles and trends readers will be following for the next several months. Escapist stories, tinged with fantasy, are highlights, and cli-fi and nature writing come to the fore as well. A surprising number of subjects appear in both novels and nonfiction—including books about grief and hope and those that evoke a feeling of coziness.

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The Booker Prize 2024 longlist and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are announced. The man who attacked author Salman Rushdie with a knife in 2022 will be charged with new counts of terrorism. Washington Post explores arsenic and old books. And Francine Pascal, creator of the “Sweet Valley High Book” series, has died at the age of 92.

The Wedding People by Alison Espach leads holds this week. It is also the August Read with Jenna book club pick, the #1 Indie Next pick, and People’s book of the week. Also getting buzz are titles by Shari Lapena, James Patterson and Mike Lupica, Rainbow Rowell, and Kimberly McCreight. Sam Helmick is elected as ALA’s 2024–25 president. Authors honor the legacy of Irish novelist Edna O’Brien, who has died at the age of 93.

Ferdia Lennon wins the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize for Glorious Exploits. Lisa Jewell’s None of This Is True, Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing, and Laurie Gilmore’s The Pumpkin Spice Café win TikTok Book Awards. Longlists for the Polari Prizes for LGBTQIA+ literature are announced. Plus, interviews with Elise Bryant, Hala Alyan, and Claire Kilroy and Page to Screen.

Martin MacInnes wins the Arthur C. Clarke Award for In Ascension. Finalists have been named for the New England Book Awards. The Jewish Literary Foundation reveals the Genesis Emerging Writers cohort for 2024. More audiobooks from indie publishers will be offered on Spotify. The latest GalleyChat roundup is out from EarlyWord. Plus, new title bestsellers and an obituary for cookbook author Rosa Ross.

A baking show competition contestant and cult-favorite crime show leads turn sleuth, while bestselling Jo Nesbø returns to crime fiction; plus a list of forthcoming series titles.

These titles offer thrills from Brooklyn to Siberia and are full of spies, thieves, murderous plots, and so many secrets; plus new series titles from several bestselling favorites.

Pankaj Mishra wins the Weston International Award for his nonfiction work. The Frank R. Paul Award winners are announced. Seattle Worldcon 2025 announces Brandon O’Brien as its poet laureate. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for India Holton’s buzzy book The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love. NYT examines the rise and fall of the Romance Writers of America. Harper Alley will expand to publish adult graphic novels. People highlights Kaia Gerber’s literary platform, Library Science. Plus, PW previews Comic-Con, which kicks off in San Diego tomorrow.

Jo Callaghan wins the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Sales of Kamala Harris’s and J.D. Vance’s books have skyrocketed after this week’s news. The Imadjinn Award winners are announced. Sabrina Fielding wins the inaugural Montreal Fiction Prize. Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio gets buzz and raves from NYT and Washington Post. N.K. Jemison argues why “we need speculative fiction now more than ever,” in an essay for Esquire. Fortunate Sons by Liel Leibovitz & Matthew Miller will be adapted for film. Orbit launches the new horror imprint Run for It. Plus, the Glasgow Hugo Administration releases a statement regarding fraudulent votes cast in the final ballot.

The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton leads holds this week. People’s book of the week is The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The August LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen. Rebecca Yarros previews her forthcoming third book in the “Empyrean” series, Onyx Storm. Open Road launches a new industry podcast, The Open Book Podcast with David Steinberger, offering a behind-the-scenes look at books and publishing.

English PEN Translates winners are announced. NYT releases its readers’ picks for best books of the 21st century. The winners of the Oklahoma Book Awards are revealed. Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake and Kira Hayen win Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Awards for Indigenous writers. Plus interviews with Lorrie Moore, Jasmine Graham, and Howard Blum and Page to Screen.

New York Magazine’s summer book club pick is Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. The Night Field by Donna Glee Williams wins the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation’s Manly Wade Wellman Award. Wales Book of the Year winners, American Manga Award nominees, and shortlists for the UK’s Forward Prizes for Poetry are announced. London Libraries creates a reading app inspired by the “Couch to 5K” training program. Critic Maris Kreizman spills the details on the making of the NYT Best of the 21st Century list. 

SFF highlights include dystopian fiction, a West African–based epic fantasy, a queer fantasy set in the Appalachian mountains, and a novel of vampires, werewolves and sorcerers; plus a list of forthcoming series titles.

From the workplace to the Amazon rainforest, second chances, enemies turned lovers, fake dates, and a marriage of convenience pave the way to these happily ever afters.

Genre-bending literary horror, a winter monster, social horror, and more feature in these novels, which include books from big names Eric LaRocca and Clay McLeod Chapman.

Family stories, shocking revelations, and a healing timeslip find their way into fiction, including new books from bestselling authors Nnedi Okorafor and Danielle Steel.

Foodie memoirs, an indie rocker's life story, and multiple books that wrestle with racial justice are on offer this month, along with a memoir from The Book Thief author Markus Zusak.

Sports romance for the win. From hockey to baseball, these titles have it all.

In an NYT Book Review poll, Edward P. Jones’s The Known World is voted the best work of fiction by an American writer in the 21st century so far. The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist and the Scribe Award nominees are announced. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for buzzy book The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey. In a restructuring at Hachette, Algonquin will be folded into Little, Brown, while Workman announces layoffs. Melissa De La Cruz’s Blue Bloods will get a series adaptation. Plus, a first look at Apartment 7A, a prequel to Rosemary’s Baby, based on the novel by Ira Levin.

J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, is named Donald Trump’s running mate. The Sturgeon Award finalists are announced. Esquire examines “The Second Coming of the Sports Novel.” Interviews arrive with Deborah Harkness, Kathie Lee Gifford, Halle Butler, Madiba K. Dennie, and Liz Moore. Plus, Netflix’s The Perfect Couple, based on the book by Elin Hilderbrand, gets a trailer.

The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Deborah Harkness, Lev Grossman, B.K. Borison, Jessica Joyce, and Meg Shaffer. The Shirley Jackson Award winners are announced; Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory wins best novel. Eight LibraryReads and eight Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is The Briar Club by Kate Quinn. Sex therapist and author Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer has died at the age of 96.

With picnics, barbecues, and backyard parties, summer seems made for cooking. Support patrons’ culinary plans with these tasty, wide-ranging suggestions.

Tie dye, potholders, and rock art—the simple, creative pleasures of camp crafts aren’t limited to weeks away at the lakeside. Help readers find summer hobbies with these instructive guides.

Globe-spanning titles invite readers into gorgeous spaces.

James McBride’s body of work wins the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. A new posthumous novel by Zora Neale Hurston, The Life of Herod the Great, is due out from Amistad in 2025, and Goose Island, a previously unpublished novel by the late Margaret Walker, is coming next year from Univ. Pr. of Mississippi. Reagan Arthur, the former publisher of Knopf, is joining Hachette to start and run a new imprint.

Chidi Ebere wins the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize for his debut novel, Now I Am Here. New inductees to the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame include Nalo Hopkinson and Jo Walton. EC Dorgan, Paola Ferrante, Daysha Loppie, Aubrianna Snow, and Karianne Trudeau Beaunoyer are named Writers’ Trust 2024 Rising Stars. Macmillan will launch another graphic novels imprint, 23rd Street Books, while Random House will acquire comic books and graphic novels publisher Boom! Studios. Plus, new title bestsellers and interviews with Kevin Barry, Nikki Giovanni, and Amy Tan.

Lit Hub previews the most anticipated books of the second half of 2024. Viola Davis will collaborate with James Patterson on a forthcoming novel. RBmedia will acquire Dreamscape Media, including Dreamscape Publishing and Dreamscape Select. Josh Gad will release a memoir in January and actress Christina Applegate is at work on a new book about her life. Emily Henry will adapt her novel Funny Story for the big screen, while Lev Grossman's Arthurian novel The Bright Sword and Carolyn Huynh’s The Fortunes Of Jaded Women will get series adaptations. Plus, authors Kiese Laymon and Deesha Philyaw launch a new podcast called Reckon True Stories.

Ladies-in-waiting, the only king of Haiti, polar exploration, and JFK top history topics in mid-winter.

Fictional accounts about Barbie, a tennis pro spy, and Semiramis, the only queen of Assyria.

Vampires stake a renewed claim, women’s stories and translated novels expand the genre, and psychological horror challenges tropes.

Celebrated author Anita Desai returns with a new novel, Kim Jiyun's bestselling Korean healing-fiction book appears in English, and multiple authors debut with intriguing titles.

PC Cast reimagines famous warrior queen Boudicca, and Samantha Sotto Yambao writes a cozy romance fantasy; plus exciting series installments from Mai Corland, Melissa Blair, and Rebecca Yarros.

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The Briar Club by Kate Quinn leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Emily Giffin, Daniel Silva, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Linda Castillo, and Lana Ferguson. July Book Club picks include All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Read with Jenna), The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood (GMA), The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (B&N), and The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan (Reese Witherspoon). People’s book of the week is The God of the Woods. The August Indie Next list is out, featuring #1 pick The Wedding People by Alison Espach. Audiofile announces the July Earphones Award winners, and The Millions publishes its summer 2024 preview. Plus, Alice Munro’s family secrets roil the literary world.

Slip into the evocative pleasures of language with stellar works of revelation, confrontation, and grace.

Ranging from performing arts memoirs to craft books to philosophy, this large section of the Book Review featured a number of outstanding titles in the first half of 2024.

Tread a faithful path through tribulations, relationships, and self-growth in novels that emphasize happy endings.

Stir up something tasty with guides to getting dinner on the table, explorations of regional foodways, and weekend bake-off inspiration.

Journey into imaginary realms full of wonder, chaos, comfort, and adventure.

Illustration, design, color, and text combine to create multisensory reading experiences in these extraordinary titles.

From World War II to the Renaissance to 1177 BCE, these works of nonfiction are time machines to the past.

Inspiration blooms in titles covering gardening and interior design, each a redolent invitation to beauty.

Sharks and whales, the planet and plants, trees, astronomy, and volcanoes are just a few of the topics covered in this wide-ranging list, which also includes pets, health, and medicine.

Give in to terror with tales of fear, exploration, confrontation, and all manner of haunts that hide under the bed—and in the mind.

Solve the clues and witness order being reestablished in standout stories of detectives, villains, and deadly deeds.

Love wins, feelings are affirmed, and swoony scenes unfold in these fantastic happily-ever-after titles.

Explore the near present and the far future in spectacular works of rational imagination and inquiry.

Change, anxiety, happiness, coping—these subjects and more are addressed in books that help readers achieve their best lives.

Explore the varied landscape of social sciences publishing via LJ’s top picks in anthropology, parapsychology, parenting, economics, memoir, and more.

High-octane pacing, twisty plots, seething, subterranean emotions, and plenty of danger are hallmarks of the genre; here are some super suggestions.

In this fantastic selection of literary fiction, readers will meet new people, travel next door or across the globe, and sink into stories that place characters in situations both familiar and extraordinary.

The abundance of brilliant books published this year create a galaxy of good reads.