CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS and NORMAL PEOPLE author Sally Rooney excels at making everyday life enthralling, sharp, and full of intensity. BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU follows four friends through ups and downs as they learn about friendship and look to the future. BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU 4 starred reviews and an Indie Next pick! […]
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YA Spotlight (8/30/21)
In today’s YA spotlight, we have the return of Enola Holmes as she goes undercover, digging into deep secrets with help from some favorite Holmes family members. ENOLA HOLMES AND THE BLACK BAROUCHE by Nancy Springer “The Netflix film Enola Holmes (2020) has brought a new wave of readers to the original books, and this […]
Author Spotlight: Sandie Jones (8/26/21)
Sandie Jones, master of the delicious twist, will once again have readers gripped to the very last page with her newest thrilling tale of friendship, lies, and long-held secrets. When six friends arrive in Portugal for a destination wedding, the secrets each of them holds begin to spill, friendships and marriages threaten to unravel, and […]
Author Spotlight: Alice McDermott (8/25/21)
Today we are spotlighting bestselling expert author Alice McDermott as she takes a deep dive into writing. WHAT ABOUT THE BABY? is a collection of essays and observations on the art of writing fiction. WHAT ABOUT THE BABY?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction “With style and wit, novelist McDermott (THE NINTH HOUR) offers […]
Author Spotlight: Louise Penny (8/24/21)
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has taken readers along for the ride for 16 bestselling and award-winning adventures. In this 17th spellbinding novel, Gamache returns to Three Pines as the New Year approaches, but his family holiday is interrupted by what seems to be a simple request. THE MADNESS OF CROWDS 3 starred reviews! “Seamlessly integrating […]
Genre Friday: Fantasy and Romance (8/20/21)
This Genre Friday is a special two-for-one fantasy and romance spotlight with the epic conclusion to a magical series and a witty tale of two people finding out how hard it is to resist falling in love. REQUIEM OF SILENCE: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book 4 by L. Penelope “Ably weaving together the series’ myriad story lines, […]
Booklist Fall Announcements Webinar Recap (8/20/21)
Missed today’s Booklist Fall Adult Faves Webinar? Ready for a refresher? Check out all the titles we buzzed about below, and click here to view to watch the archived video! THE GOLDEN COUPLE by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | 9781250273208 | 3/8/2022THE YOUNGER WIFE by Sally Hepworth | 9781250229618 | 4/5/2022THE STARLESS CROWN by […]
Day’s YA: ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART
ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART by Stephanie Garber9781250268396Available September 28, 2021 from Flatiron BooksAges 13-18 Evangeline Fox is a believer of true love, happy endings, fairy tales, and curses. So when she learns that the love of her life is marrying somebody else, she does the one thing that the stories have always told her […]
Booklist 2021 Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror Spotlight
Booklist knows the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror books you’ll want on your shelves this year! Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror A MASTER OF DJINN by P. Djèlí ClarkSORROWLAND by Rivers Solomon Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror Debuts SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-ChanSUN-DAUGHTERS, SEA-DAUGHTERS by Aimee Ogden Spectrum of Horror: From Shivers to […]
Thriller Thursday (8/19/21)
A highway known for vanishing hitchhikers + a series debut with seven murdered women + a retired detective returns to a cold case + a mass murderer and a silent coup + terrorists taking over Manhattan = this thriller Thursday. DARK ROADS by Chevy Stevens A LibraryReads pick! “Recommended for all fans of psychological thrillers. […]