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June 4, 2018
Wilda Williams image Summer Listening and Reading Pleasures
Wilda Williams, Fiction Editor

Welcome to June! As podcast listening increases in popularity, how do librarians identify the best podcasts to recommend to their patrons? Jason Puckett offers tips for navigating this expanding universe. Media editor Stephanie Klose reports on the winners of the 2018 Audie Awards. Kicking off the summer reading season is the always popular roundup of new and backlist titles in eight genres from ALA RUSA Codes Reading List Council members. If your patrons prefer to travel further afield for their vacation reads, consider the eight novels in translation recommended by Prepub Alert editor Barbara Hoffert. Now that Memorial Day has passed, it’s safe to wear white again. Check out other fashion trends in “Read-to-Wear & Ready-to- Read” by Sandra Rothenberg and LJ senior editor Liz French. Have a great summer!
Podcast microphone Exploring a Rapidly Expanding Podcast Universe
By Jason Puckett
Navigating discovery and advisory in a rapidly expanding podcast universe, plus tips on how to start a podcast and the best podcasts about librarians and libraries.
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As a New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen cozy mysteries praised for their relatable heroines, charming settings, recipes and decorating tips, and puzzling whodunits, Krista Davis has built a solid following among readers. But now, with the launch of a new series as well as a shift to hardcover for her popular Domestic Diva Mysteries, it’s time for libraries to take note!

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Audio cover 2018 Audie Award Winners
By Stephanie Klose
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced the winners of the 2018 Audie Awards at its 23rd Annual Audies Gala, hosted by narrator Simon Vance, on May 31 at the New-York Historical Society in New York City.
Duke by Default Literary Getaways
By ALA RUSA Codes Reading List Council Members
Escape with new summer fiction and backlist favorites in eight genres.
June LibraryReads
  1. Paris, B.A. Bring Me Back
  2. Orange, Tommy. There There
  3. Backman, Fredrik. Us Against You
  4. Horowitz, Anthony. The Word Is Murder
  5. Hillier, Jennifer. Jar of Hearts
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Mesopotamia Summer Travel
By Barbara Hoffert
In translation, here are eight top novels that will take you far, from Planeta Prize–winning Argentine author Marcos Aguinis's Against the Inquisition to two-time BBC Ukraine’s Book of the Year Award-winning Serhiy Zhadan's Mesopotamia.
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Baby Teeth Get To Know Author Zoje Stage

BABY TEETH Zoje Stage’s first adult novel, is about a wicked seven-year-old girl named Hanna who really has it in for her mother, Suzette. You see, if Suzette were out of the picture, Hanna would have her dad, Alex, all to herself. As early as page one, the reader gets a sense of how Hanna feels about her mom and dad, and soon it’s revealed that Hanna wants to kill her mother!

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Vogue Handbags Read-to-Wear & Ready-to-Read
By Sandra Rothenberg & Liz French
From Christian Dior to Vogue, fashion books are always in style as this survey of new titles demonstrate.
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All the Answers Graphic Novel Reviews
By Tom Batten
Kopperman seeks All the Answers to his father’s genius and childhood celebrity, plus 11 titles.
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Gallery 113 Eye on Publishing: Gallery 13
By Annalisa Pešek
Editors Ed Schlesinger & Adam Wilson discuss the success of Gallery 13, Simon & Schuster’s first graphic novels imprint.
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