Books and Authors To Know: Titles To Watch 2021
By Barbara Hoffert

Titles To Watch includes nearly 300 key works in fiction and nonfiction, reflecting current concerns with politics, the pandemic, and #ownvoices authors and the desire to plumb personal relationships and experiences.

Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija

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Femi Kayode’s Debut Mystery, Lightseekers, Reveals Contemporary Nigeria

Kayode’s thrilling and atmospheric novel introduces psychologist Dr. Philip Taiwo, who investigates the public murder of three university students in Port Harcourt. Everyone knows how the crime happened, but Dr. Taiwo must find out why, in a mystery that weaves together mob justice, social unrest, and a close-knit community.

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Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert

Read-Alikes for The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
By Michele Coleman, Janet Lockhart, Marilyn Sieb, Cathy Branciforte, Kimberly McGee, & Diana Armstrong

LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons as they wait for The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

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Use Technology to Advance Workplace Learning and Development

Discover how talent development practitioners can harness the power of AI and use technology more effectively to produce engaging virtual events. Written by industry experts and thought leaders, ATD Press books offer anyone who works with adult learners the best practices, academic theory, and guidance necessary to move the profession forward.

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Spring Preview 2021 | Seasonal Selections To Know, Read, Share, and Buy
By Jennifer Dayton
While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic impacted every aspect of publishing in 2020, as it did life in general, one encouraging development is that, on the whole, the industry remained strong. Despite supply chain challenges, canceled author tours, delayed publication dates, and working from home, the field continued to connect books to readers, and is poised to do the same in the new year.

Editors’ Spring Picks for 2021 | Seasonal Selections To Know, Read, Share, and Buy
By LJ Reviews

LJ editors highlight personal favorites for spring reading. Selections span history, film, music, short stories, gardening, buzzy novels, and sophomore reads.

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Sourcebooks Spring Preview 2021: Women Take Center Stage

Sourcebooks’s coming releases have a strong focus on women, which seems fitting coming from North America’s largest woman-owned trade book publisher. The lineup this season includes historical tales of interesting and heroic women, woman-centric thrillers, as well as books tackling racism and sexism from a woman’s perspective.

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Wendy Bartlett’s Spring Picks for 2021 | Seasonal Selections To Know, Read, Share, and Buy 
By Wendy Bartlett
Wendy Bartlett, Collection Development and Acquisitions Manager at Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH, highlights L. R. Dorn’s The Anatomy of Desire and Jhumpa Lahiri's Whereabouts as spring picks.

David Wright’s Spring Picks for 2021 | Seasonal Selections To Know, Read, Share, and Buy
By David Wright

David Wright, a reader services librarian at Seattle Public Library’s downtown branch, highlights Shirley Hazzard’s The Transit of Venus, Molly Keane’s Good Behaviour, Pushkin’s handsome new collection Murder in the Age of Enlightenment, Dorothy B. Hughes’s Ride the Pink Horse, and Donald Westlake’s Castle in the Air for spring.

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets | Featured Review
By LJ Reviews
"An empathetic, uncommonly nuanced, and thoroughly brilliant family saga presented with real daring and true artistry."

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