Goodreads announced the winners of their Choice Awards based on online voting in 20 categories. Here are the category winners, sorted by vote totals: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, by J.K. Rowling (Fantasy: 92,611 votes) The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas (Debut Goodreads Author: 74,925 votes) A Court of Wings and…
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Briefs: NYT’s Top Ten Books, And More
The New York Times Book Review editors announced their top ten books of 2017, with the individual critics’ lists still to come. In fiction, Jesmyn Ward’s National Book Award-winning Sing, Unburied, Sing makes the list, along with NBA shortlisted Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, plus: Autumn, by Ali Smith Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid The Power, by…
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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…
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…
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…
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…