Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

• Winners of Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes Announced
• Gwendolyn Kiste’s The Haunting of Velkwood Wins Top Stoker Award
• Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston Tops Holds Lists
  
• Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke Win Women’s Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction
• Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award Longlist Revealed

This Week’s New Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews 

• Heinlein, Robert. Starship Troopers. Blackstone Audio. 
• Night & Day—Dreadful Dark: Tales of Nighttime Horror / Merciless Sun: Tales of Daylight Horror. S. & S./Saga.
  
• Shetterly, Aran. Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul. HarperAudio. 
• Taylor, Lili. Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing. Crown.
• Tuck, Lily. The Rest Is Memory. Recorded Books.

Read-Alikes for Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston | LibraryReads

By Alicia Ahlvers, Danielle Hansard, Morgan Lockard, and Christine Markley
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Zoraida Córdova, Laura Hankin, and Kosoko Jackson for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.

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Q&A: Terah Shelton Harris Explores Survival and Redemption in Where the Wildflowers Grow

Acclaimed author and librarian Terah Shelton Harris portrays the healing power of storytelling in her new novel, Where the Wildflowers Grow. 

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History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook | Mystery Debut of the Month

By Jane Jorgenson
Wallbrook introduces Professor Daphne Ouverture, smart, competent, kind, and a terrific addition to the academic sleuth canon.

Soulgazer by Maggie Rapier | SFF Debut of the Month

By Melissa DeWild
Full of fascinating myth and magic, heart-pounding action, and a tender and sexy romance, Rapier’s superb debut offers a delightful pirate romantasy, first in a duology.

The Dirty Version by Turner Gable Kahn | Romance Debut of the Month

By Judy Garner
Set during heated nights on Florida’s coast, with characters who are flawed, fabulous, and forced to write sexy scenes together, this is a sizzling romance debut from Kahn.

Love Is in the Cards | Romantasy

By Melissa DeWild and Eve Stano
Two captivating romantasies featuring academic settings and tarot-based magic.

20 Bestselling Thrillers | The Most Sought-After Titles by Public Libraries

By LJ Reviews
James Patterson, Michael Connelly, and Freida McFadden are just some of the names topping the charts.

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