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The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards finalists, the Golden Poppy Book Award winners, and the British Book Awards Book of the Year shortlists are announced. Zando acquires Tin House. HarperCollins will publish Lucy Foley’s new Miss Marple novel in September 2026. In May, Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle will release the new book We Can Do Hard Things, based on their podcast. Martin Scorsese will adapt, direct, and produce Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead novels for the big screen. Louise Penny cancels U.S. tour dates. Plus, Terry Brooks passes the baton on his Shannara series.
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Awards & News
The Cleveland Foundation announces 10 finalists for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Winners will be announced on April 10.
The Golden Poppy Book Award winners are announced, including James by Percival Everett (Doubleday; LJ starred review) and Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna (Ecco: HarperCollins; LJ starred review).
The British Book Awards Book of the Year shortlists are announced.
Zando acquires Tin House, PW reports. Publishers Lunch also has coverage.
HarperCollins will publish a new Miss Marple novel by Lucy Foley in September 2026 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Agatha Christie’s last Marple book. The Bookseller has the story.
Canadian novelist Louise Penny cancels her U.S. book tour dates. Penny talks with CBC about her decision.
Terry Brooks announced he will hand over the reins of his popular Shannara series to Delilah S. Dawson. Kirkus has the story.
Reviews
NYT reviews Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Flatiron): “Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking: an ugly, detailed portrait of one of the most powerful companies in the world…Not only does she have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she also delivers the goods”; We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine by Alissa Wilkinson (Liveright: Norton): “Wilkinson seems to start out adulating Didion before moving uneasily into a more realistic diagnosis of her, as a rattled declinist”; On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of 
NPR by Steve Oney (Avid Reader: S. & S.): “On Air is a major work of media history, building on ground covered in Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli, and This Is NPR: The First Forty Years, by a group of NPR veterans”; and The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright (Knopf): “Wright succeeds in this complex, deeply felt work. He shows that if it is possible to save mankind one life at a time, as the Talmud and Quran affirm, then maybe it is also possible to save our humanity, one story at a time.”
Washington Post reviews Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett (Riverview): “Arnett is neither a clown nor a taxidermist, but these occupations, and the real feelings behind them, resonate with the writing life.” Star Tribune also reviews: “That Arnett picks clowning—and extreme reactions to it—as the art form to write about speaks to the novel’s originality, with offbeat choices becoming something of a career path for her.”
Slate reviews Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories by Torrey Peters (Random): “Yes, read all of Stag Dance, whose other tales range from near-future dystopia to boarding-school drama to an of-the-moment morality tale that could have been a B plot in Detransition, Baby. But whatever you do, don’t miss the book’s title story. It’s green gold—absolute candy.”
Datebook reviews America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story by Felipe Torres Medina (Abrams Image): “Torres Medina succeeds in doing something sort of impossible: making the whole rigmarole just a little more coherent and accessible to the average Joe or Jane.”
Briefly Noted
LitHub highlights 25 new books for the week.
Publishers Weekly rounds up book club picks for March.
AARP shares “7 Books by Irish Authors Everyone Should Read.”
Poets & Writers profiles Karen Russell, author of The Antidote (Knopf; LJ starred review).
BookRiot suggests missing person mysteries, redemption romcoms, and “5 Romances For Readers Tired of the Grumpy Alpha Male Love Interest.”
The Atlantic’s “Books Briefing” ponders “The Place of Politics in Fiction.”
LA Times shares five stories from Maureen Dowd’s new book, Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech (Harper).
Authors on Air
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle will release a new book based on their podcast. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions (Dial) is due out May 6, BookRiot reports. Doyle also announced an accompanying tour on Today.
Eric Adjepong, Ghana to the World: Recipes and Stories That Look Forward While Honoring the Past (Clarkson Potter), is on CBS Mornings. 
Olga Khazan, Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change (Simon Element), visits Tamron Hall.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count (Knopf), visits with Seth Meyers.
Ezra Klein, Abundance (Avid Reader), will appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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I love the Stephanie books with Morelli and Ranger, but I DO NOT LIKE THE BOOKS WITH DIESEL and am not planning to buy this book. VERY DISAPPOINTED!
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Is there going to be a 29 for the Stephanie Plum series I love all of your series all of your books you are my number one author
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I love love love all of your writings but Stephanie is by far my favorite as she is so down to earth and relatable. As for the men, bring em’ on…all hunks all drool worthy and I loved Diesel in Game On! Now I am clamoring for #29! When will it be available and please hurry up! Thank you so much!
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Kristen
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As a polyamorous woman, I would hate to see Stephanie have to choose between Ranger & Morelli! I have 2 men & 1 woman that my heart has been married to them for 10 years with 3 great kids but that's enough about me. I just love this series and would hate to see Stephanie actually choose between them. I mean they both compliment her and she's in love with them both! Lula is my fave too! Her optimism, strength, and humor is amazing & inspiring! Great interview! You rock, Ms. Evanovich!
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I have read nearly everything you've written love them all, I read the Stephanie Plum series in a matter of weeks
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I love the Stephanie Plum books . I love that they are upbeat and reading them has helped me “ escspe” the real world. Thank you Janet !
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I have been reading your work for years, as soon as a new book would be released, I would start it that night.
Since Covid-19 started I had been looking for more things to read. Then I started rereading all your older works. It was such fun. It was a much more enjoyable winter this year, thank you, for continuing to write.
Sincerely,
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I met Ms Evanovich at a library in St Louis when she was touring. I'm retired now but I told her when I was working I very seldom took a sick day.. until one night I started reading One For The Money. I called in work the next day so I could finish the book. She's an amazing writer and person. She was so nice to me. Thank you for always making me smile.
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Will there ever be an ending wrap up to the Stephanie Plum books?
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Will there ever be a final wrap up for the Stephanie Plum books and her forever after?
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I read Hardcore24 , 25,26, 27 ,28 in 24 Grandma M. Gets a dog named Henry on page 213 Putmans ed. But the dog is never mention again inthe next stories all the way to 28 , did you forget about adding a dog to the cast?
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Grandma's car was her late husband's and now it’s her late brother's??
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