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November 29, 2023

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Best Books Countdown 2023 | Week Four 
By Liz French
Best Books is just around the corner. We will announce the lists online on December 4. As the day draws nearer, here is one last title from 2022. 
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Read-Alikes for The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose | LibraryReads 

By Anitra Gates, Lesa Holstine, Portia Kapraun, and Andrea Larson 
The Mystery Guest
by Nita Prose is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Anthony Horowitz, Angie Kim, and Elizabeth Little for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. 

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Prepub Alert

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt 

  • Prepub Alert: The Complete List | May 2024 Titles 
  • Romance | Prepub Alert, May 2024 Titles  
  • History | Prepub Alert, June 2024 Titles 
  • Mystery | Prepub Alert, June 2024 Titles
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Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

  • Julia Armfield & Jon Ransom Win Polari Prizes 
  • NYT Selects 10 Best Books of 2023 
  • Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize for Prophet Song 
  • John Vaillant Wins Baillie Gifford Prize for Fire Weather 
  • National Book Award Winners 
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Atomic Testing and Adventurous Music | Real Reels 

By Joshua Blevins Peck 
This month’s must-see documentaries feature eccentric art thieves, trailblazing women musicians, and submarine volcanoes. 

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Mystery Mashups Offer Readers Something New


Mystery publishers are reveling in a surge of genre mashups. Creative pairings combine classic crime thrillers with elements of genres as wide-ranging as horror, romance, dystopian, sci-fi, paranormal, political, and western. New mystery titles also feature historical characters like Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare. Why this influx of genre mashups?

 

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Grief, Secrets, and Exploitative Employment | Fast Scans 

By Jeff T. Dick 
This month’s can’t-miss top indie and foreign films include a gothic tale with ghosts aplenty, undercover journalism, and the emotional toll of living a double life. 

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10 Fantastic Films for Your Queue | Coming Attractions 

By Jeff T. Dick 
Forthcoming DVDs and Blu-rays include LeBron James and Jackie Chan, plus Scorsese’s breakout hit. 

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Gale Digital Scholar Lab | eReview 

By Gricel Dominguez 
Gale Digital Scholar Lab empowers users to aggregate large sets of digital humanities archival data while taking tech setup out of the process. 

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Living Your Best Life: Lifestyle Content Surges in Last Two Years

 

The pandemic has inspired people to learn new hobbies and skills as a strategy for coping with isolation. It’s also prompted readers to seek out advice on how to manage wellness as the events of the last few years have taken a huge toll on our collective mental, spiritual, and emotional health.

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ProQuest One Psychology | eReview 

By Sarah Hashimoto 
ProQuest One Psychology is an invaluable tool that provides access to a comprehensive collection of multiformat materials centered on psychology and counseling curriculums. 

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Flow into Reading | Yoga Books 

By Emily Bowles 
Two how-to guides for readers interested in alleviating physical or mental stress via a yoga or mindfulness practice. 

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Not a Drop To Drink | Sciences 

By Tina Panik and Marjorie Mann 
Two titles examine the United States’ fresh-water crisis. 

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