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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.

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by Chris Bohjalian, Karen Russell, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, and Colleen Oakley. People’s book of the week is Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall. April's Indie Next Preview features #1 pick Tilt by Emma Pattee. Plus, Hoda Kotb announces a new book, Jump and Find Joy, due out September 23.

The longlist for the Biographers International Organization’s Plutarch Award, the longlist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction by women and nonbinary writers, the finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the shortlist for the Lionel Gelber Prize for books about international affairs are announced. Jenni Fagan’s memoir Ootlin wins the Gordon Burn Prize. The Help author Kathryn Stockett will publish her second novel in April 2026. Plus, Page to Screen and interviews with Abdulrazak Gurnah, Agustina Bazterrica, Zadie Smith, and Dennis Lehane.

James Tejani’s A Machine To Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America and Kathleen DuVal’s Native Nations: A Millennium in North America win the Bancroft Prize for books about U.S. history. Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love wins the Nero Gold prize. The Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist is announced. The publishing industry prepares for new U.S. tariffs. Plus, interviews with Laila Lalami, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Bruce Vilanch and new title bestsellers.

The Libby Award winners are announced, including Kristin Hannah’s The Women and Erik Larson’s The Demon of Unrest. The Audie Award winners are announced, with Barbra Streisand’s My Name Is Barbra winning Audiobook of the Year. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hallis is Reese Witherspoon’s March book club pick. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title Blood Moon by Sandra Brown. Anthony Hopkins will release his memoir We Did OK, Kid on November 4. Plus, director Jon M. Chu previews the forthcoming Crazy Rich Asians TV series, based on the books by Kevin Kwan.

Longlists for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Plutarch Award are announced, along with category winners of AAP PROSE Awards. HarperCollins will publish posthumous stories and essays by Harper Lee in a forthcoming collection, The Land of Sweet Forever, due out October 21. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall is the B&N book club pick for March, and Count My Lies by Sophie Stava is the GMA pick. Interviews feature Steve Jones, Jordan Chiles, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ione Sky, Hanif Kureishi, and Linda Holmes. A rare hand-written copy of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 is found in Oxford. And remembrances arrive for authors Joseph Wambaugh, John Casey and Laura Sessions Stepp.

Blood Moon by Sandra Brown leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by Elle Cosimano, Deanna Raybourn, Charlotte McConaghy, and Danielle Steel. Ten LibraryReads and nine Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker. Audiofile announces the March 2025 Earphones Award winners. Adaptations won several Academy Awards last night. Plus, it’s Read Across America Week.

The March Read with Jenna pick is Laila Lalami’s The Dream Hotel. The NYT Book Review Book Club selects Han Kang’s We Do Not Part as its March read. The shortlist for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (United States and Canada), finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards, and winners of the Florida Book Awards are announced. PEN America releases its report “Cover to Cover: An Analysis of Titles Banned in the 23–24 School Year.” Doubleday launches Outsider Editions, an imprint for paperback reissues. Plus, interviews with Andrey Kurkov and Omar El Akkad.

Sharon Lee, author of the “Liaden Universe” novels, wins the Robert A. Heinlein Award for sci-fi that inspires space exploration. Haruko Ichikawa’s Land of the Lustrous manga wins the Japan SF Grand Prize. Publishers plan for less mass market paperbacks in the wake of Readerlink ending distribution of them. Journalist Robin Givhan is writing a biography of the late designer Virgil Abloh. Plus, new title bestsellers and interviews with Lidia Yuknavitch, Ione Skye, and Mark Greaney.