Summer/Fall Bests | Debut Novels 2019
By Barbara Hoffert
Drawing on news and reviews, personal reading and publishers’ insights, LJ seasonally gathers the best forthcoming novels for your perusal. Trends to note include a continuing boom in strong sf/fantasy titles, a concern with family, awareness of important contemporary issues from the refugee crisis to #MeToo, and more own-voices writing.

Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt

 

Today in Book Pulse: Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News, Jul. 29, 2019

 

In case you missed it:

• Page to Screen, Jul. 26, 2019
• New Bestsellers, Jul. 25, 2019
• The Booker Prize Longlist, Jul. 24, 2019
• Books with Buzz, Jul. 23, 2019

Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert

• Picking Up and Piecing Together: Memoir Previews, Feb. 2020, Pt. 2
• Next-Door Danger: Thriller Previews, Feb. 2020, Pt. 2

Books to Hand | Wyatt's World
By Neal Wyatt
There’s a lot going on, and it pays to have a book to hand for readers caught up in the news cycle, as well as those wishing to escape its grasp. Here are five titles to keep patrons involved in hot topics, and one that allows them to slip away into the pure joy of reading on long summer days.

Stay Woke | Featured Web Review
By LJ Reviews
"A valuable guidebook that deconstructs myths and provides actionable steps people can take to avoid complacency and complicity; essential reading on social justice."

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