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3 days ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by James Patterson and Candice Fox, Marie Bostwick, Nancy Thayer, and Sarah Damoff. People’sbook of the week is Atavists: Stories by Lydia Millet. Brenda Peynado wins the Philip K. Dick Award for her novel Time’s Agent; a special citation was given to Adrian Tchaikovsky for his novel Alien Clay. Infodocket shares details on OCLC’s lawsuit against Baker & Taylor.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
“The Great Spring Preview” arrives from The Millions. May’s LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers, with Alex Kiester. The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellows are announced. The Aurealis Awards shortlist and finalists for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards are announced. U.S. Army libraries are ordered to remove books with a focus on DEI. Seven Stories Press has acquired Two Dollar Radio.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
The Walter Scott Prize shortlist is announced. The Association of American Publishers has filed an amicus brief in Meta AI copyright case. Interviews arrive with Melinda French Gates, Marie Bostwick, and Kevin Nguyen. Tennis legend Serena Williams will executive-produce a Netflix series adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's Carrie Soto Is Back. Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach will also be adapted for television. Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day?
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter. Strangers in Time by David Baldacci (Grand Central) leads holds this week.
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2 weeks ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Shortlists for the International Booker Prize, Dinesh Allirajah Prize, and Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards for British food writing are announced. Samantha Mills wins the Compton Crook Award for her debut novel, The Wings Upon Her Back. The Sheikh Zayed Book Awards are announced. ALA files suit over the gutting of IMLS. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner.
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2 weeks ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Garth Greenwell wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his novel Small Rain. Dawn Porter wins the BIO Award. The Romantic Novel of the Year Awards shortlist is announced. A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that while American adults enjoy reading, it is not a top priority. A new adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is coming to AMC. Kerry Greenwood, author of the Miss Phryne Fisher mysteries, has died at the age of 70. Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day?
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2 weeks ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter. It’s National Library Week and Right to Read Day. This year’s theme is “Drawn to the Library.” Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud will serve as Honorary Chairs. Publishers Weekly has coverage. ALA reveals the top 10 most challenged books and issues the “State of America’s Libraries Report.” Infodocket has coverage. The Hugo Awards finalists are announced.
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3 weeks ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
The shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction is announced, including Aria Aber, Miranda July, Sanam Mahloudji, Elizabeth Strout, Yael van der Wouden, and Nussaibah Younis. Bullaun Press wins the Republic of Consciousness prize for small presses. James by Percival Everett wins this year’s Tournament of Books in a championship matchup against Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez. NaNoWriMo is shutting down.
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3 weeks ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
ALA releases a statement after IMLS staff are placed on administrative leave. Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh is April’s B&N book club pick. The Sirens by Emilia Hart is GMA’s pick. Niko Pfund has been named director of Yale University Press. Atria Books has acquires Matthew Aldrich’s debut novel, The Natural Order, for publication in fall 2026, in a preemptive deal.
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3 weeks ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter. Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez (Forever; LJ starred review) leads holds this week. Other titles in demand include:Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q.
