Plus new Prepub Alerts, Book Pulse, and a Q&A with the editors of the Oxford Dictionary of African American English
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November 6, 2024

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Expanding Worlds | SF & Fantasy Trends and Titles To Know
By Marlene Harris
This year’s investigation into the realms and labs of fantasy and science fiction reveals a genre with pure magnetic attraction, while genre blends—from romantasy to SF mystery to SFF horror—redefine what’s possible and rocket toward their day in the sun.
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LJ Talks with Debut SF Author Michael Nayak

By Marlene Harris
By day, he is Doctor/Major Nayak at DARPA; by night, he’s a science fiction writer. Nayak talks with LJ about his debut novel, Symbiote, his tenure at the South Pole, his writing inspiration, and imagining the future at DARPA.

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Prepub Alert | May 2025 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt

  • Pop Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
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Prepub Alert: The Complete List | April 2025 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
All the April 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

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Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

  • Suad Aldarra Wins Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
  • PEN Heaney Prize & Voss Literary Prize Shortlists Announced
  • Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage Tops Holds Lists
  • Scotland’s National Book Awards Shortlists
  • Kathleen DuVal’s Native Nations Wins Cundill History Prize
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This Week’s New Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews 

  • Chisholm, Shirley. Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words: Speeches and Writings. Univ. of California. 
  • Haywood, John. Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus. Pegasus.
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Wonderful Reads | November 2024 Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews
Titles not to miss across fiction, nonfiction, audio, and reference.

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Best Books Countdown 2024 | Week One

By Neal Wyatt
As we count down to revealing the best books of 2024, we’ll highlight some of our 2023 picks, titles we still treasure, starting with the witty, deeply clever, and read-it-like-you-just-robbed-some-pirates fast The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton. 

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Yin Yang Love Song by Lauren Kung Jessen | Romance Pick of the Month

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With fluid writing and an unputdownable story, Jessen’s witty rom-com leans hard into the fake-dating trope with great success.

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Luminous by Silvia Park | SFF Pick of the Month

By Henry Bankhead
This momentous tour de force overtops existing works on robots by leaps and bounds, approaching the subject with a subtlety that allows readers to focus on the effects robots are sure to have in the future.

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The Mailman by Andrew Welsh-Huggins | Mystery Pick of the Month

By Lesa Holstine
Appearances are deceiving in this fast-paced thriller, and the characters are introduced gradually so as not to overwhelm the outstanding series debut.

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LJ Talks with Henry Louis Gates Jr., Tracey Weldon, and Jennifer Heinmiller

By Jill Cox-Cordova
A Q&A with the editors of The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, which aims to be the most comprehensive and accurate picture of African American English to date, due out in 2025.

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