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September 18, 2024

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LibraryReads

By Laura Eckert, Di Herald, Lesa Holstine, and Alison Zaya
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Eva Jurczyk, Deanna Raybourn, and Jesse Q. Sutanto for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
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Prepub Alert | April 2025 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt

  • Thrillers
  • Mystery
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SPONSORED BY KREGEL PUBLICATIONS

 

New Books to Warm the Heart and Soul


A licensed counselor, trauma therapist, and victim of sexual assault offers hope in a companion for your healing journey; a 1920s romantic mystery unfolds in the shadows of New York’s underbelly; the words of a favorite childhood song are found in a crinkly cloth book for babies; and more.

 

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Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

  • LitHub’s Ultimate Fall Reading List
  • Booker Prize Shortlist Is Announced
  • We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Tops Holds Lists
  • National Book Award Nonfiction and Poetry Longlists
  • Helen Czerski & Michael Malay Win Wainwright Prizes for Nature Writing
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This Week’s New Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews 

  • Alam, Rumaan. Entitlement. Riverhead.
  • Buttar, Prit. Hero City: Leningrad 1943–44. Osprey. 
  • Child, Lee. Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher. The Mysterious Pr. 
  • Chronister, Kay. The Bog Wife. Counterpoint. 
  • Cole, Penn. Spark of the Everflame. Atria. 
  • Connelly, Michael. The Waiting. Little, Brown.
  • Higgins, Michael W. The Jesuit Disruptor: A Personal Portrait of Pope Francis. House of Anansi.  
  • Kellogg, Kathryn. 101 Tips for a Zero-Waste Kitchen. Countryman. 
  • Kelly, Vanessa. Murder in Highbury. Kensington. 
  • Montague, Anna. How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? Ecco. 
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SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

 

Redefining America, North and South, and Its Poetries


Editors Jerome Rothenberg and Javier Taboada gather vital pieces from all parts of the Western Hemisphere and the breadth of European and Indigenous languages within: a unique range of cultures and languages going back several millennia, an experiment in what the editors call an American “omnipoetics.” 

 

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Display Shelf | Back to School

By Melissa DeWild
Feature fiction starring teachers and academic settings as school resumes.

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Love on the Run | Adventure Romance

By Morgan Lockard and Nanci Milone Hill
Kerry Rea and Tiana Smith take readers on action-packed adventures, filled with romance and intrigue.

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SPONSORED BY BCALA

 

Debut Novel by Lavelle Andrew Miller Wins BCALA Prize


Awarded for fiction and poetry, the BCALA self-publishing prizes recognize outstanding achievements in the presentation of the cultural, historical, and sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora. Nashville-based Lavelle Andrew Miller, Sr. won this year’s award for Your Turn.

 

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Postapocalyptic Reads | SFF

By Henry Bankhead
An incandescent, nail-biting adventure set at a flooded American Museum of Natural History and an epic journey through a near-future, ravaged landscape that blends extreme suspense with serene meditation.

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