The New York Times released its 100 notable books list, with its top 10 still to come. Elsewhere, Oprah Magazine published their 20 best titles. Titles by Kawai Strong Washburn, Raven Leilani, and Danielle Evans are excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2020 samplers. The complete list: African American Poetry, edited by Kevin Young A Beautiful Crime, by Christopher Bollen The Boy in the Field, by Margot Livesey Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson The Cold Millions, by Jess Walter Deacon King Kong, by James McBride A Girl is A Body of Water, by Jennifer Mansubuga Makumbi Homeland Elegies, […]
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Jenny Chen will join Ballantine Bantam Dell as a senior editor on November 16, reporting to Jennifer Hershey. She was at Crooked Lane Books.. At Hachette Nashville, Sean McGowan has joined as editor, acquiring for Center Street, Faith Words, and Worthy. India Hunter has joined as associate editor, acquiring for Faith Words and Worthy. At Brower Literary & Management, Aimee Ashcraft has been promoted to literary agent and Anna Atoria to associate subrights agent. Zoila Peña has been promoted to assistant manager of customer service for all Workman Publishing imprints. Imprints goop Press will try again, this time through Rodale Books. The magazine […]
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At Berkley, Michelle Vega has been promoted to executive editor; Sarah Blumenstock to editor; and Jenn Snyder to assistant editor. Jessica Mangicaro becomes marketing manager; Elisha Katz marketing coordinator; and Natalie Sellars marketing coordinator. Tara O’Connor has been promoted to publicist. At Thomas Nelson, Mark Glesne will become senior director of marketing, focusing on the Max Lucado and Lysa TerKeurst author brands, and Stephanie Tresner will become director of marketing. Best of As usual, Publishers Weekly starts off the Best Books of 2020 season. Their top 10: Nonfiction The Address Book, by Deirdre Mask (St. Martin’s) Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson (Random […]
The Final, Definitive Very Best of the Best Books of 2019 Lists
With 57 votes tabulated and the holiday looming we’re ready to stop counting and present the final and ultimate (despite some newcomers) aggregation of selective “best of 2019” book lists from all over — including major publications of all kinds, but also retailer and library selections, major award nominees, public votes, new “tastemakers” (we gave votes to Reese and Jenna this year) and more. (We are still waiting on some final lists and will adjust the totals in this post for the record as needed, but with many people out of the office starting now, we wanted to share this […]
The Best of the Best Children’s Books of 2019
With an ever-expanding universe of published lists, we are excited to expand our popular aggregation of selective “best books of the year” lists to include a terrific tabulation of the consensus Best of the Best Children’s Books of 2019. Drawing on 28 selective sources in all, the data naturally provided a clear set of top 3 titles across young adult, middle grade, and picture books. With more lists focused on young adult books than any other segment, we also have a top 10 young adult list to share. Top 3 Young Adult Books of the Year On the Come Up, […]
The Best of Buzz
As we get closer to noting the final very best books of the year, we wanted to give special acknowledgment to some of the honored books first previewed ahead of publication in our popular, free Buzz Books digital samplers. Every year it’s our privilege to help bring consumers, booksellers, reviewers, media and others these curated early glimpses at forthcoming discovery titles and breakout books — and every year, it’s a pleasure to see how many of the titles featured in Buzz Books go on to acclaim. This year more than 20 titles in our two editions of Buzz Books made […]