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Awards, Buzzy Book News & Events

Bouchercon World Mystery Convention kicks off tomorrow in Nashville. The Anthony Award winners will be announced at the event on Saturday, August 31. 

The Prix Rosny Aîné winners are announced. Locus reports. 

The Firecracker Award winners are announced. Publishing Perspectives has details.

NYT offers a printable checklist of “The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”

Melania Trump’s memoir Melania (Skyhorse), due out on October 1, hits #1 on several Amazon bestseller lists. FoxNews has coverage. 

Prince Harry’s memoir Spare (Random) will get a paperback release on October 22. PW has the story.

NYT previews 19 new books for September.

S. & S. Australia will acquire Affirm Press, Publishers Lunch reports. Publishing Perspectives also has details. 

Reviews

NYT reviews At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H.R. McMaster (Harper): “This, as Hamlet might say, is the vicious mole of nature, the thing in Trump that Trump, let alone McMaster, could not tame or fight. In the end, the most Shakespearean character in McMaster’s tragedy might be the general himself.”

Washington Post reviews Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation by Sune Engel Rasmussen (Farrar): “Twenty Years contains trenchant lessons, even as its author uses his superlative reporting skills to stay in the background.”

Datebook reviews That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones (Bloomsbury; LJ starred review): “Because Jones was also one of the first educators in the United States to file a lawsuit for defamation against her attackers—a case that was twice dismissed in court and is now pending an appeal—the memoir is also a stark reminder of just how fraught the censorship debate has become and a testament to the power of fighting back against hate speech and political extremism.”

LA Times reviews Colored Television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead): “The Great American Novel moniker got retired after it became clear its main concerns were those of white men. In Colored Television, Senna lays claim to the mantle. This is the New Great American Novel, and Danzy Senna has set the standard.”

Briefly Noted

LitHub highlights 13 new books for the week. 

Fiona Barton, Talking to Strangers (Berkley; LJ starred review), pens an essay on women journalists in crime fiction for CrimeReads.

Star Tribune writes about how the best writers use chapters in their books.

Parade lists the 32 best romantasy books of all time.

ElectricLit shares 7 books about Argentina’s Disappeared.

People suggests books to pair with each song on Sabrina Carpenter’s new album Short n’ Sweet.

The Atlantic takes a look at Lilie Chouliaraki’s Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood (Columbia Univ.).

Authors on Air

Edwidge Danticat, We’re Alone: Essays (Graywolf), discusses “evolution in storytelling, the role of community in writing, the joy of connection and more” on B&N’s Poured Over podcast.

The What Should I Read Next? podcast rounds up the best books of summer.

Stephen King reflects on his legacy and his latest book, You Like It Darker: Stories (Scribner; LJ starred review), on PBS Newshour. 

NPR’s Short Wave talks with Eve Herold about her book, Robots and the People Who Love Them: Holding on to Our Humanity in an Age of Social Robots (St. Martin’s). 

Isabel Wilkerson reflects on her book, The Warmth of Other Suns (Random House), on the New York Times Book Review podcast.

The Bookseller teases the Big Scottish Book Club return to BBC, featuring Jackie Kay, Julian Clary and Elif Shafak. 

Maya Feller, Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World (Rodale), will be on GMA today. 

Today will feature Amazon August bestsellers with Adrianna Brach.

Diana Gabaldon has confirmed that the Outlander series adaptation will end differently than her books, Reactor reports.

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