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September 11, 2024

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Read-Alikes for Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty | LibraryReads
By Douglas Beatty, Kelly Currie, and Karen Troutman
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Nikki Erlick, Roselle Lim, and Chloe Benjamin for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
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Prepub Alert | March 2025 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt

  • Biography & Memoir
  • Essays
  • Historical Fiction
  • Pop Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
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SPONSORED BY SHADOW MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING

 

A Master Class for Fiction Writers


This book is like teaming up with a personal writing coach who has more than a quarter of a century of editorial and publishing advice.
 
"What really stands out is the message of hope. Mangum’s words will encourage.”-Tricia Levenseller, NYT best-selling author

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Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

  • National Book Award Longlists for Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature
  • Oprah Picks Elizabeth Strout’s Tell Me Everything for Book Club
  • Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty Tops Holds Lists
  • FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year Longlist
  • Cundill History Prize Shortlist Is Announced
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Display Shelf | Dark Academia

By Melissa DeWild
A genre perfect for fall, these books feature academic pursuits that take an unexpected and often perilous turn.

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SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

 

A Biography of Sanora Babb, Midcentury American Writer


When John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was published, it became a bestseller, but it also stopped the publication of another important novel. Renowned biographer Iris Jamahl Dunkle revives the groundbreaking voice of Sanora Babb and reminds us that the stories we know can change the way we remember history.

 

Learn more>>>

University of California Press

Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy | SFF Debut of the Month

By Matthew Galloway
This Ghibli-esque slow-burn fantasy delivers on every promise it offers when it drops Diana Wynne Jones’s Howl’s Moving Castle inside Patricia A. McKillip’s The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.

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Single Player by Tara Tai | Romance Debut of the Month

By Michelle Mistalski
This is a must-read for fans of queer romance and those interested in the behind-the-scenes world of video games. Tai’s storytelling is both fun and thought-provoking, making this debut a standout in contemporary romance fiction.

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SPONSORED BY MIT PRESS

 

How Tech Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion


In Tech Agnostic, Harvard and MIT's humanist chaplain Greg Epstein explores what it means to be a critical thinker and charts a path for tech agnosticism—not worship. He argues that we must learn how to collectively demand that technology serve our pursuit of human lives that are deeply worth living.

Learn more>>>

MIT Press

20 Bestselling Cookbooks 2024 | The Most Sought-After Titles by Public Libraries

By LJ Reviews
Cookbooks by Valerie Bertinelli, Lidey Heuck, and Gisele Bündchen are topping the charts.

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LJ Talks with Laurie Notaro, Author of The Murderess

By Liz French and Alana Quarles
The Murderess
fictionalizes the notorious case of Winnie Ruth Judd, who in 1931 murdered her best friends and placed their bodies in trunks that she then attempted to ship. Notaro tells LJ about Phoenix’s “boogeyman,” her research, and how it feels to get inside a murderess’s head.

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