LJ's Best Books of 2019
By LJ

From stellar debuts to long-awaited masterworks by beloved authors, there's something here for every kind of reader.

Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt

 

Today in Book Pulse: Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News, Nov. 18, 2019

 

In case you missed it:

• Page to Screen, Nov. 15, 2019
• New Bestsellers, Nov. 14, 2019
• More Best Books, Nov. 13, 2019
• Best Books of the Decade, Year, Month, & More, Nov. 12, 2019

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From the Bestselling Author of Smogtown

Set against two distinct epochs in the history of Pasadena, California, Arroyo tells parallel stories of a young inventor and his clairvoyant dog in 1913 and 1993.

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Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert

• Barbara’s Picks (Ragnar Jónasson, Susie Steiner), plus Series Starts, British-Set, and More Top Titles: Mystery Previews, Jun. 2020, Pt.
• Barbara’s Picks (Elijah Cummings, Thomas Frank, Bill Gates, David Litt, & Jacob Soboroff on Border Separations), plus Trump Perspectives, Health Care, and Issues of Race: Current Affairs Previews, Jun. 2020, Pt. 1

How To Build a Database
By Jennifer A. Dixon
Digitizing, organizing, and contextualizing primary sources from libraries and archives presents unique challenges and rich opportunities.

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Starred book prints in new format early 2020

2019 was a stellar year for The Last Letter, including starred reviews from PW and Kirkus among the many accolades for this bestseller. The book will release in Mass Market Paperback late January and already has a sizable laydown.

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Me: Elton John | Featured Web Review
By LJ
"Intimate, with brushes of gossip and hard-won wisdom, this compelling work joins the ranks of other masterly rock memoirs. A must-read for John’s many devotees, it will also make fans out of those new to his music."

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A Letter to Librarians from Rufi Thorpe, Author of The Knockout Queen

I have always loved libraries. They were a place of enchantment for me as a child: the idea that I could have any book, as many books as I could carry! But I have never felt as urgently about libraries as I do now.

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