Annie Bostrom

Chicago

Associate Editor at Booklist

Associate editor, adult books, @ALA_Booklist

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Recommended Reading: Books for Election Season

Oct 16, 2024 | americanlibrariesmagazine.org | Donna Seaman |Sarah Hunter |Annie Bostrom |Susan Maguire

Election news can be both overwhelming and insufficient—a veritable deluge of reports and opinion pieces, too focused on the issues of the hour, obscuring our understanding of the larger picture and deeper repercussions. True understanding takes breadth and depth. Often, it takes a book. For this election season, Booklist editors have compiled two fiction and nonfiction reading lists, for both adult and young adult readers.
Top 10 Food Books: 2024

Sep 30, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published October 1, 2024 (Booklist). The most memorable cookbooks and food writing from the last year honor tradition and memory, celebrate the labor of love that is cooking, and inspire readers to get into the kitchen themselves. Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories. By Anne Byrn. 2024. Harper Celebrate, $44.99 (9780785291336).
Fall Travel Guides: 2024

Sep 13, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published September 15, 2024 (Booklist). Every spring and fall, we compile a list of forthcoming titles in outstanding travel-guide series along with enticing stand-alone books. This time around, we’re happy to see loads of practical and inclusive guides and plenty of choices for armchair travelers. Eyewitness (DK)Amsterdam. $24.99 (9780241709382). Australia. $29.99 (9780241677124). Berlin. $24.99 (9780241710630). Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent. $21.99 (9780241461945).
Top 10 Sports Books: 2024

Jun 18, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published July 2024 (Booklist). These ten extraordinary books prove that when we talk about sports, we also talk about gender and religion, glory and trauma, history and hope—in other words, humanity. Baseball’s Great Expectations: Candid Stories of Ballplayers Who Didn’t Live up to the Hype. By Patrick Montgomery. 2024. Rowman & Littlefield, $35 (9781538181805).
Top 10 Debut Mysteries and Thrillers

Apr 30, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published May 1, 2024 (Booklist). Historical mysteries, socially aware themes, and superbly rendered settings are just a few of the dominating elements of these ten superlative mysteries and thrillers from first-time writers and authors new to crime fiction. Blizzard. By Marie Vingtras. Tr. by Jeffrey Zuckerman. 2024. Overlook, $26 (9781419765902).
Top 10 True-Crime Books: 2024

Apr 30, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published May 1, 2024 (Booklist). The best true-crime books from the last year focus on victims and survivors, expose the social inequities underlying our criminal justice system, and read like more harsh and tragic crime novels. Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty. By Mandy Matney and Carolyn Murnick. 2023. Morrow, $28.99 (9780063269217).
Spring Travel Guides: 2024

Mar 14, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published March 15, 2024 (Booklist). This iteration of our twice-yearly survey of upcoming travel guides introduces several first-of-their-kind volumes along with many, many updates of those dog-eared classics. Bon voyage!40 Days & 40 Hikes: Loving the Bruce Trail One Loop at a Time. By Nicola Ross. ECW, $21.95 (9781770417779).
Top 10 First Novels: 2023

Oct 31, 2023 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published November 1, 2023 (Booklist). The ten most astonishing debut novels from the last year took us to worlds familiar and not, introducing families, lovers, loners, and warriors. These novels haunted us, challenged us, and spoke to us with love. As every year, we hope that each is the first of many novels by these promising writers. Bellies. By Nicola Dinan. 2023. Hanover Square, $30 (9781335490889).
Top 10 Food Books: 2023

Sep 30, 2023 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published October 1, 2023 (Booklist). It happens every day, over and over: we have to eat. It’s a pleasure and a privilege as the most outstanding food books from the last year show through lenses practical, historical, and aspirational. An A-Z of Pasta: Recipes for Shapes and Sauces, from Alfabeto to Ziti, and Everything in Between. By Rachel Roddy. 2023. Knopf, $37 (9780593535394).
Fall Travel Guides: 2023

Sep 14, 2023 | booklistonline.com | Annie Bostrom

FEATURE. First published September 15, 2023 (Booklist). These travel guides, set to bereleased over the next six months, support people ready to get out of the house and remind us to take care of the planet as we explore it. As always, there’s also much to offer those who prefer to travel in the house, via sensational writing and jaw-dropping photos. 50 Hikes with Kids: Texas. By Wendy Gorton and Nina Palmo. Timber, $24.99 (9781643261614). 50 Hikes with Kids: Utah and Nevada.