Here are the 2018 LibraryReads monthly list nomination deadlines: Nominations for January 2018 LibraryReads list titles (this includes December 2017 AND January 2018 titles) are due November 20, 2017 Nominations for February 2018 LibraryReads list titles are due December 20, 2017 Nominations for March 2018 LibraryReads list titles are due January 20, 2018 Nominations for […]
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LibraryReads 2017 “Favorite of Favorites” Voting Now Open
Lovely librarians, it’s time to choose your favorite 2017 LibraryReads titles! From now through October 15, public library staff are invited to vote for their favorites books from the “Favorite of Favorites” longlist (all LibraryReads titles from the October 2016 through September 2017 lists). Remember, anybody who works in a public library in the United […]
For Your Consideration: January 2018 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite December 2017 AND January 2018 titles for the January 2018 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due November 20! Click here for the full list of 2018 deadlines. YEAR ONE: Chronicles of the One by Nora Roberts A December 2017 Indie Next pick with two starred reviews! In the stunning beginning to […]
Belated #bookbday
Happiest of belated book birthdays to our new pals below! Autonomous by Annalee Newitz An October Indie Next Selection “The cofounder of the sf website io9.com takes some of today’s key social and technical issues (the nature of artificial intelligence, the notion of property and ownership) and wraps them in a compelling, original story line […]
THE STOLEN MARRIAGE = October 2017 LibraryReads pick!
HUZZAH! THE STOLEN MARRIAGE by Diane Chamberlain is an October 2017 LibraryReads pick! “Well-crafted crime-tinged tale…”–Publishers Weekly “Combines the issue-driven style of Jodi Picoult, the romantic tension of Nora Roberts, and the life- defining-mistake motif of Amy Hatvany’s It Happens All the Time (2017).”–Booklist […]
Sneak Peek: October 2017 Indie Next List
The October 2017 Indie Next List includes SEVEN Macmillan titles! #1 Pick: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado “Machado creates eerie, inventive worlds shimmering with supernatural swerves in this engrossing debut collection. Her stories make strikingly feminist moves by combining elements of horror and speculative fiction with women’s everyday crises… Machado’s […]
Adult Librarians’ Sneak Peek Book Preview
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 9 am – 4 pm Penguin Random House Reserve Your Spot Now! Seats Will Go Fast! When the leaves start falling librarians and publishers start buzzing! LibraryReads and the Association of American Publishers invite librarians from across the eastern seaboard for a full-day, exclusive sneak peek into the adult book releases […]
#bookbday (09/05/17)
Happy #bookbday! Across the Sea by Gaute Heivoll “Deeply affecting. . . . A striking and exquisitely detailed novel exploring the depths of compassion, cognizance, and mutual understanding amidst a household of adults and children who cannot always communicate in traditional ways.”―Publishers Weekly “Humane and lovely; reminiscent of Paul Harding’s Tinkers in its sympathetic understanding […]
SOURDOUGH + DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451 = September 2017 LibraryReads picks!
HUZZAH! Both SOURDOUGH by Robin Sloan and DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence are September 2017 LibraryReads picks! SOURDOUGH by Robin Sloan “Having launched himself with MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist in first fiction with best-book and Alex Award claims to fame, Sloan […]
Flatiron Books is Seeing Stars! (7/31/17)
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence “Library lovers will dig the apropos subject headings she gives each letter; fellow bibliophiles will swoon at her well-articulated feelings about her favorites; all will find the breakup notes oddly cathartic (“I’m putting you in a Little Free Library”) and appreciate her book’s final, […]
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