Plus Richard Osman read-alikes, Christmas mysteries and fiction, Book Pulse, and new starred reviews
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September 20, 2023

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Display Shelf | Bookish Books
By Melissa DeWild
Book lovers will delight in a display full of titles that feature books, bookstores, libraries, and writers across both fiction and nonfiction. 
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Read-Alikes for The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman | LibraryReads

By Laura Eckert, Di Herald, Lesa Holstine, and Amy Whitfield 
The Last Devil To Die
by Richard Osman is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Anthony Horowitz, Deanna Raybourn, and Jesse Q. Sutanto for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. 

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SPONSORED BY NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS

 

Out this November: When We Walk By

 

It’s not just our systems that are in crisis: it’s our humanity. When We Walk By helps us understand—and end—homelessness, exploring evidence-based solutions and what we all lose when we turn away from our unhoused neighbors. We each have a role to play in ending homelessness. What’s yours?

 

Request through NetGalley>>>

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Prepub Alert

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt 

  • Mystery Previews | Prepub Alert, April 2024 Titles 
  • Current Events: Climate Change | Prepub Alert, April 2024 Titles 
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Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

  • ALA Report Shows Surge in Book Challenges 
  • Oprah Picks Nathan Hill’s Wellness for Book Club
  • National Book Awards Announces Fiction Longlist
  • National Book Awards Announces Nonfiction and Poetry Longlists
  • National Book Awards Announces Translated Literature Longlist 
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SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

 

Unraveling Race and Emotion in the Workplace


Racial Emotion at Work is an invitation to understand our own emotions and associated behaviors around race—and much more. Tristin K. Green takes us beyond diversity trainings and other individualized solutions to discrimination and inequality in employment, calling for sweeping changes in how organizations treat and shape racial emotions.

 

Read More>>>

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This Week’s New Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews 

  • Dixon, Athena. The Loneliness Files: A Memoir in Essays. Tin House. 
  • Godward, Mary & Robert Hamwee. Argentina—Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture. Kuperard. 
  • Kurzweil, Amy. Artificial: A Love Story. Catapult. 
  • Melvoin, Jeff. Running the Show: Television from the Inside. Applause. 
  • Shames, Terry. Guilt Strikes at Granger’s Store. Severn House. 
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This Spells Love by Kate Robb | Romance Debut of the Month

By Hazel Ureta 
Offering a satisfying slow burn that transforms into delightful heat, the dazzling chemistry in this life-altering rom-com shows how love that transcends dimensions is worth the risk. This debut is an essential purchase for romance shelves. 

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SPONSORED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER

 

Two-Time National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward Discusses Her New Novel Let Us Descend

 

A tale of inherited trauma, but also inherited hope, told in the matrilineal voices of generations of Chinese women.

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These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs | SFF Debut of the Month

By Melissa DeWild 
Full of political intrigue and impressive worldbuilding, Jacobs’s superb debut launches this space opera trilogy. 

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Ho Ho Whodunits | Christmas Mysteries

By LJ Reviews 
It’s not all sugar plums and stockings in this holiday season’s mysteries. 

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Christmas Novels | Season’s Reading

By Stacey Hayman and Sonia Reppe 
From bookstores to small towns, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in these novels of charm, kindness, and corgis too. 

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