A big thank you to all who attended last week’s ALMA Book Buzz! In case you missed it, check out the titles we talked about below, and click this link to watch the recording! ANJI KILLS A KING by Evan Leikam | 9781250369246 | 5/13/25 MURDER IN THE DOLLHOUSE by Rich Cohen | 9780374608064 | 5/20/25 […]
Tag: world literature

Booklist Spring & Summer Book Club Picks Webinar Recap (1/15/25)
A big thank you to all who attended yesterday’s Booklist Spring and Summer Book Club Picks webinar! In case you missed it, check out the titles we talked about below, and click this link to watch the recording! HAPPINESS FOREVER by Adelaide Faith | 9780374608668 | 5/13/25 SPEAK TO ME OF HOME by Jeanine Cummins […]

Set on Campus (1/7/25)
Looking to cozy up with a new dark academia read? Step back onto campus—from colleges, to magic schools, to boarding schools—with these upcoming titles! THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh 9781250835017 | 5/13/25 “Look at you, eating magic like you’re one of us.” Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (1/7/2025)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: I GAVE YOU EYES AND YOU LOOKED TOWARD DARKNESS by Irene Solà9781644453438 | 6/17/25 Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, […]

Banned Books Staff Picks (9/26/24)
This month, we’re sharing banned books we love in honor of Banned Books Week! AMANDA’S PICK: THE TALK BY DARRIN BELL This is a graphic memoir by a Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning that offers a deeply personal meditation on the “the talk” parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (9/16/2024)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: WILDCAT DOME by Yuko Tsushima, translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda9780374610746 | 3/18/25 Mitch and Yonko haven’t spoken in a year. As children, they were inseparable, raised together in an orphanage outside Tokyo—but ever since the sudden […]

Series Conclusions (8/7/24)
Check out these unforgettable conclusions to amazing series you won’t want to miss! ADVOCATE by Daniel M. Ford | 9781250815712 | Available 4/22/2025 LibraryReads votes due by March 1st. Daniel M. Ford is back with the fun, action-packed finale to The Warden Series. Aelis de Lenti is back on her home turf, but it’s not […]

Debuts 8/1/24
Today we are spotlighting upcoming debuts, from gripping thrillers, to intense journeys, to romantic comedies. PENITENCE by Kristin Koval | 9781250342997 | Available 2/18/2025 Available for download on Edelweiss. LibraryReads votes due by January 1st. When a shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie and David Sheehan, their lives are shattered. Desperate to defend […]

New Edelweiss E-galleys (6/10/2024)
SOMETHING IN THE WALLS by Daisy Pearce9781250334381 | 2/25/25 A child psychologist is called to a remote village to examine a teenage girl who claims she’s possessed by a witch, in this chilling and spellbindingly tense novel of psychological suspense. She’s looking for the truth but something else is staring back. Meet Alice, a thirteen-year-old […]

Staff Review: DEAR DICKHEAD
DEAR DICKHEAD by Virginie Despentes; Translated from the French by Frank Wynne97803746116209/10/24Farrar, Straus and GirouxLiterary Fiction/ World Literature / Feminist Available for download on Edelweiss. Set in the backdrop of Paris and at the height of the #metoo movement, DEAR DICKHEAD follows Oscar, a B-list author and former alcoholic turned social media ranter, and Rebecca, […]