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September 8, 2017
Stephanie Klose headshot Falling for Books
Stephanie Klose, Media Editor

The LJ editors offer up their selections of the best fall books, with options to excite any reader—or listener. Sara Holder provides a timely list of the best resources on Title IX, Margaret Henderson rounds up new books on breast cancer, and M. Brandon Robbins finishes his two-part series on running a gaming tournament at your library. Plus, three Q&As provide insight into new books from Kurt Andersen and Daniel Mendelsohn, as well as both the history and future of Fantagraphics Books.
Fools and Mortals book cover Editors’ Fall Picks
By LJ Reviews
LJ editors’ fall picks include mysteries, memoirs, historical fiction, cookbooks, audiobooks, and more.
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A Place on tthe Team book cover Leveling the Field: Women in Sports | Collection Development
By Sara Holder
Since its passage in 1972 as part of the Education Amendments Act, Title IX has weathered many challenges and helped bring about major changes in women’s sports.
Fantasyland book cover Q&A: Kurt Andersen
By Karl Helicher
Fantasyland offers a probing look at the current state of American society, factors leading up to the Trump presidency, and the influence of mass media, past and present.
Short Stories | Wyatt's World

  1. The Best American Short Stories 2017
  2. Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores
  3. New Haven Noir
  4. The New Voices of Fantasy
  5. The O. Henry Prize Stories 2017

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An Odyssey book cover LJ Talks to Daniel Mendelsohn
By Derek Sanderson
At 81, Daniel Mendelsohn’s father decided to sit in on his literature professor son’s Odyssey seminar. After that, the father-son duo retraced Odysseus’s route on a Mediterranean sea cruise.
image Tournament Season, Part 2 | Games, Gamers, & Gaming
By M. Brandon Robbins
A regular game day—where you set up games and people come in to play—is great, but if you want to capture what makes gaming so special and get your local players excited, you’ll want to do a tournament.
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By Annalisa Pesek
The associate publisher/editor of Seattle-based comics publisher Fantagraphics Books on cohesively combining disciplines, diversity in comics, and pushing the envelope.
Breast Cancer Survival Guide cover Six New Books on Breast Cancer
By Margaret Henderson
With so many reports and articles available, it can be difficult for health-care consumers to know what to do, especially given the outpouring of information on the Internet.  These titles will benefit individuals with a family history of breast cancer, those who have been diagnosed, survivors, caregivers, and health-care providers.
Christian Fiction Reviews

  1. If We Make It Home
  2. The Engagement Plot
  3. The Space Between Words
  4. A Time To Stand
  5. Portrait of Vengeance: A Gwen Marcey Novel

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Velveteen book cover Baby Drivers, Hippo Farms, Former Manhattans | What We’re Reading & Watching
By Liz French
The LJ/ School Library Journal/Junior Library Guild staffers who contribute to this week’s column have some fun with romanticized cityscapes, superheroes and superheroines, mythical creatures, and reading outside our genre comfort zones.
Into the Water book cover Best Sellers: Books Most Borrowed, August 2017
By LJ Reviews
LJ’s Best Sellers list is compiled from data on books borrowed and requested (placed on hold) at public libraries throughout the United States. It includes statistics from urban, suburban, and rural libraries.
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