Kate Merlene

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‘Don’t Let Him In’ by Lisa Jewell Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse

5 days 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. Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell (Atria) leads holds this week.
Winners of Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes Announced | Book Pulse

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

Anh Duong, Scott Alexander Howard, and Leanne Toshiko Simpson win Canada’s Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes. Winners of the UK Society of Authors Awards are announced; Ashani Lewis’s debut novel Winter Animals wins multiple prizes. Tim Blanning’s Augustus the Strong wins the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. Shortlists for the Waterstones debut fiction prize and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize are announced.
Gwendolyn Kiste’s ‘The Haunting of Velkwood’ Wins Top Stoker Award | Book Pulse

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

RECOMMENDED REVIEWS+ The Other Woman by Daniel Silva leads holds this week. Former President Obama has more summer reading. Downton Abbey is heading to the movies. TECHNOLOGY Automated systems are helping libraries move staff to patron-facing work, while manufacturers innovate new design features.
‘Sounds Like Love’ by Ashley Poston Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse

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. Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston (Berkley) leads holds this week.
Maurice Vellekoop’s ‘I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together’ Wins Doug Wright Award | Book Pulse

2 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

Maurice Vellekoop’s memoir I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together wins the Doug Wright Award. Canisia Lubrin’s Code Noir wins the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for best Canadian debut short story collection. Authors Gary David Crew and Garth Nix receive the Medal of the Order of Australia. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. Annie Leibovitz will reissue a new edition of her 1999 book Women in November.
‘The River Is Waiting’ by Wally Lamb Is New Oprah Pick | Book Pulse

2 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

Oprah’s new book club pick is The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb. Finalists for the Ignyte Awards for SFF are announced. David Means wins the PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Jurors for the Kirkus Prize are named. The Nation and OR Books partner to launch a new progressive imprint, Nation Books. Scribd’s Everand has acquired social reading app Fable. Award-winning thriller writer Frederick Forsyth has died at the age of 86.
‘Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil’ by V.E. Schwab Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse

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. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (Tor; LJ starred review) leads holds this week. Other titles in demand include:With a Vengeance by Riley Sager (Dutton)King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron; LJ starred review)The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb (S.
Bernardine Evaristo Receives Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award | Book Pulse

3 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

RECOMMENDED REVIEWS+ The Other Woman by Daniel Silva leads holds this week. Former President Obama has more summer reading. Downton Abbey is heading to the movies. TECHNOLOGY Automated systems are helping libraries move staff to patron-facing work, while manufacturers innovate new design features.
Audiofile Golden Voices Winners Are Announced | Book Pulse

3 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

Audiofile announces the winners of the Golden Voices Audiobook Narrator awards. Dmitri Strotsev and Nadia Kandrusevich are named the 2025 Prix Voltaire laureates. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere: A Love Story is the GMA June book club pick. Maggie Stiefvater’s The Listeners is the B&N pick. The annual Audio Publishers Association Sales Survey showed double-digit gains over 2023. Scholastic will integrate its trade publishing, book fairs, and book clubs.
‘Atmosphere’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse

3 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by James Patterson and Bill Clinton, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Molly Jong-Fast, and Claire Lynch. People’s book of the week, A Family Matter by Claire Lynch, is also the June Read with Jenna pick. New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association announces its Book of the Year awards. Judy Blume is presented with the Women’s National Book Association Award.