LJ Review Editors’ Fall Picks 

By LJ Reviews
This season we look forward to sink-into-novels and illuminating nonfiction. 

Librarians’ Favorite Fall Releases  

By LJ Reviews
Librarians across the nation pick top titles for the autumn season.  

Books Not To Miss | Fall 2023 Reading   

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Looking for more great reads coming this fall? Turn to our 2023 and genre previews.   

Prepub Alert

By Barbara Hoffert

• Literary Fiction: Feb. 2024, Pt. 2 
• Literary Debuts: Feb. 2024, Pt. 2 
• Historical Fiction: Feb. 2024, Pt. 2
• World History: Feb. 2024, Pt. 2
• U.S. History: Feb. 2024, Pt. 2
• Memoir: Feb. 2024, Pt. 2  
  

Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

• The Academy of American Poets Announces 2023 Fellows 
• Shankari Chandran Wins the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award 
• Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena Tops Holds Lists 
  
• Obama Shares the Books He’s Reading This Summer
• Inaugural TikTok Book Awards Shortlist Announced 

This Week’s New Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews 

• Barnard, Megan. Jezebel. Penguin Pr. 
• Bradford, Anu. Digital Empires: The Global Battle To Regulate Technology. Oxford Univ.
• Everett, Caleb. A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think. Harvard Univ.
  
• Jiles, Paulette. Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance. Morrow.
• Kemp, Peter. Retroland: A Reader’s Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction. Yale Univ. 
• Mahdavi, Pardis. Book of Queens: The True Story of the Middle Eastern Horsewomen Who Fought the War on Terror. Hachette. 

10 Forthcoming Films for Your Queue | Coming Attractions 

By Jeff T. Dick 
Forthcoming DVDs and Blu-rays include a restoration of the deliciously cheesy Cold War classic Invaders from Mars and Scorsese’s cult classic nightmare After Hours. 

Top Foreign & Indie Picks Feature Vigilante Tales and Crime Thrillers | Fast Scans

By Jeff T. Dick 
Top foreign and indie picks include surprising thrillers, nuanced crime dramas, and complicated adoption tales. 

John McEnroe, Zora Neale Hurston, and Film Photography | Real Reels 

By Joshua Blevins Peck 
This month’s must-see documentaries range far and wide, from a sports doc about tennis phenom John McEnroe to an exploration of Zora Neale Hurston’s work as an anthropologist. 

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