Blake Crouch’s newest thriller Dark Matter is the No. 1 pick for the July LibraryReads list. You can start reading an excerpt of another novel on the list, All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker, right now at Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer. The rest of the list features: The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware The Last One, by Alexandra Oliva Among the Wicked, by Linda Castillo The Unseen World, by Liz Moore Truly Madly Guilty, by Liane Moriarty The Hopefuls, by Jennifer Close Siracusa, by Delia Ephron Nine Women, One Dress, by Jane L. Rosen
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Anne Tyler’s VINEGAR GIRL Tops June Library Reads List
Anne Tyler’s novel Vinegar Girl, the latest in the Hogarth Shakespeare series, is the No. 1 pick for the June Library Reads list. You can start reading an excerpt of another novel on the list, Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry, right now Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer. The rest of the list features: The Invisible Library, by Genevieve Cogman Grunt, by Mary Roach Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi Missing, Presumed, by Susie Steiner Stiletto, by Daniel O’Malley We Could Be Beautiful, by Swan Huntley Lily and the Octopus, by Steven Rowley Widowmaker, by Paul Doiron
Backman’s BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE Leads May Library Reads List
Fredrik Backman’s new novel Britt-Marie Was Here is the No. 1 pick for the May Library Reads list. You can start reading excerpts of two of the novels on the list, The Fireman by Joe Hill and Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave, right now at Buzz Books 2016: Spring Summer. The rest of the list features: Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter (Knopf) Clare Mackintosh, I Let You Go (Berkley) Dan Vyleta, Smoke (Doubleday) John Hart, Redemption Road (Thomas Dunne Books) Kelley Armstrong, City of the Lost (Minotaur) Laura Lippman, Wilde Lake (William Morrow) Lydia Millet, Sweet Lamb of Heaven (Norton)
Briefs: More James Patterson Library Grants; DRM-Free Star Trek eBooks; and More
For the second year in a row, James Patterson will award $1.75 million in grants (of $1,000 to $10,000) on a rolling basis throughout the year to school libraries. Once again the initiative is run in partnership with Scholastic Reading Club. Aligned with the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, Pocket Books has announced the release of more than 700 tie-in novels and novelizations in DRM-free ebook editions. Pocket president Louise Burke says in the release, “We’re excited to re-introduce many classic stories and to enable discovery and the ease of purchase that DRM-free provides.” New visitors to the site will be eligible for a […]
Sittenfeld’s ELIGIBLE Tops April Library Reads List
Curtis Sittenfeld‘s new novel Eligible, a retelling of Pride & Prejudice, is the No. 1 pick for the April Library Reads list. The rest of the list features: Nora Roberts, The Obsession (Berkley) Laurie R. King, The Murder of Mary Russell (Bantam) Amanda Quick, Till Death Do Us Part (Berkley) Martha Kelly, Lilac Girls (Ballantine) Joshua Hammer, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu (S&S) Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway (Tor.com) Susan Mallery, Best of My Love (HQN) Julie McElwain, A Murder in Time (Pegasus) Molly Prentiss, Tuesday Nights in 1980 (Scout Press)
Dr. Carla Hayden Nominated As Librarian of Congress; Would Be First Woman and First African American In the Post
President Obama has nominated Dr. Carla Hayden, ceo of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, MD since 1993, to serve as the 14th Librarian of Congress. President Obama noted, “If confirmed, Dr. Hayden would be the first woman and the first African American to hold the position – both of which are long overdue.” The position was vacated last September when James Billington retired ahead of schedule, after 27 years. The President said, “Michelle and I have known Dr. Carla Hayden for a long time, since her days working at the Chicago Public Library,” and declared: “Dr. Hayden has devoted her […]