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November 15, 2023

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Best Books Countdown 2023 | Week Three 
By Jill Cox-Cordova 
Best Books is drawing ever closer. To mark the moment, we highlight another gem from 2022 as we count down to our December reveal. 
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Display Shelf | Holiday Fiction 

By Melissa DeWild 
’Tis the season for holiday reads! Here are 72 titles to snuggle up with. 

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Display Shelf | Dragons 

By Melissa DeWild
A display shelf for readers clamoring for more dragon stories. 

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Prepub Alert | May 2024 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt

  • Biography & Memoir 
  • Current Events 
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10 literary awards winning author’s title, EXPRAEDIUM, available now!


“EXPRAEDIUM is one of the most creatively, philosophically, culturally, semantically, and thematically ambitious novels I've ever read in my 40 years of professional life.”–Paul McCarthy, Prof. of English (Former Senior Acquisitions Editor at Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Doubleday).

 

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Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene and Sarah Wolberg

  • Sarah Bernstein Wins Scotiabank Giller Prize for Study for Obedience 
  • James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Is Barnes & Noble Book of the Year 
  • Winners of the Goldsmiths Prize, Walcott Prize for Poetry, and Cundill History Prize 
  • The Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist 
  • Jean-Baptiste Andrea Wins Prix Goncourt 
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Read-Alikes for The Edge by David Baldacci | LibraryReads 

By Susanne Guide, Janet Makoujy, and Jill Minor 
The Edge
 by David Baldacci is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by S.A. Cosby, Hannah Morrissey, and Karin Slaughter for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. 

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When It May Be Time to Draw A Healthy Boundary


Lysa TerKeurst is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the author of more than twenty-five books, including her latest book is Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are. 

 

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Collection Development | Highlighting Women’s Stories and Histories 

By Beth Farrell 
Vividly realized novels and insightful nonfiction trace the struggles and triumphs of women from the 16th century to the age of space exploration. 

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She Sings the Songs | Women Singers of the 1950s 

By Carol J. Binkowski 
Popular women singers of the 1950s are spotlighted in two volumes that detail their careers, challenges, and critical acclaim. 

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Transgender Memoirs | Graphic Novels 

By Martha Cornog 
These three graphic novels offer meditations on and chronicles of transgender experiences. 

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Drop-Dead Authors | Mysteries 

By Lesa Holstine 
In these literary mystery cases, two (fictional) best-selling authors die while in front of their adoring fans. 

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