Cheryl L. Davis has joined the Authors Guild as general counsel. She is a former partner at Menaker & Herrmann, where she focused on intellectual property issues and litigating copyright and trademark cases. Davis is also an award-winning playwright. She says in the announcement, “This job is really a dream come true for me. Not only does it open new horizons for me in the practice of intellectual property law, it gives me the opportunity to help my fellow authors and advocate for their rights.” At Putnam, Tara Singh Carlson has been promoted to executive editor. Gallery Books Group associate […]
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Briefs: NYT Lists, Pearson’s Deal for Wall Street English, Waterstones Announces New Stores
People Eva Scalzo has joined Speilburg Literary Agency, representing romance and young adult fiction. Best Of Last Wednesday the NYTBR posted their list of 100 notable books for 2017. That means their top 10 list is due later this week. Former NYT book critic Michiko Kakutani doesn’t have a vote this year, but last week she indicated in a Tweet that three of her “favorite novels” from the year are Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, and Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo. Corporate As expected, Pearson has reached a deal to sell their Wall Street English […]
Ward, Clinton Top Time’s Best Books of the Year
Time magazine named its best books of the year, with Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing topping the fiction list, and Hillary Clinton’s What Happened topping nonfiction. The rest of the fiction list names: White Tears, Hari Kunzru Transit, Rachel Cusk Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Exit West, Mohsin Hamid The Changeling, Victor LaValle The Ninth Hour, Alice McDermott Days Without End, Sebastian Barry New People, Danzy Senna In nonfiction: We Were Eight Years in Power, Ta-Nehisi Coates Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy Hunger, Roxanne […]
Briefs: More Best Books of the Year
Barnes & Noble released its 2017 Best Books of the Year merchandising package. They highlight 217 titles across a number of categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, romance, children’s books, and more. Separately, Hudson Booksellers picked Douglas Preston’s The Lost City of the Monkey God as their Book of the Year, along with these top category picks: Best Fiction Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan American War, Omar El Akkad History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz The Changeling, Victor LaValle The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Arundhati Roy Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Swimmer Among the Stars, Kanishk […]
Washington Post’s Books of the Year
The Washington Post named their 10 best books of the year: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, by Robert M. Sapolsky The Future Is History, by Masha Gessen I Can’t Breathe, by Matt Taibbi I Was Told to Come Alone, by Souad Mekhennet Less, by Andrew Sean Greer Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders The Power, by Naomi Alderman Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, by David Garrow Saints for All Occasions, by J. Courtney Sullivan Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward
Indigo’s Best of 2017
Leading Canadian bookseller Indigo recently released their best of the year package, including their top 50 books of the year. The top 20 comprises: 1. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas 2. The Sun and Her Flowers, by Rupi Kaur 3. Beartown, by Frederik Backman 4. Lonely Hearts Hotel, by Heather O’Neill 5. Ranger Games, by Ben Blum 6. Option B, by Sheryl Sandberg 7. The Stranger in the Woods, by Michael Finkel 8. Hunger, by Roxane Gay 9. The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld 10. Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman 11. The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth […]