Library Journal

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.

6 days ago | libraryjournal.com | Louis Bayard

. Sept. 2024. 9:49 hrs. ISBN 9781668643365. $27.99. F COPY ISBN By opening with a heartfelt letter from Oscar Wilde to his wife Constance, Bayard ( Jackie & Me) sets the tone for this five-act production that follows the Wilde family leading up to and after Wilde’s imprisonment for his romantic relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie.

6 days ago | libraryjournal.com | Bruce Handy

. May 2025. 384p. ISBN 9781501181177. $30. FILM COPY ISBN Teen movies seem ubiquitous, but every genre has its origins. Beginning with the Andy Hardy films of 1937–46, in which Mickey Rooney played the quintessential white American schoolboy, Handy’s ( Wild Things: The Joys of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult) book moves through 1950s juvenile-delinquency movies and James Dean as the ultimate misunderstood teen.

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Thomas Batten

Biker mice from Mars,a mysterious manuscript that can control the world, and a space-traveling samurai rabbit all play out in the creatively vibrant pages of graphic works this season, filling collections with innovation and engagement. On top of the imaginative range, there are several trends to note. As was evident in LJ’s crime fiction preview, horror infused titles are key.

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Thomas Batten

Stan Sakai is the creator of “Usagi Yojimbo,” a graphic novel series featuring a samurai rabbit named Miyamoto Usagi living in 17th-century Japan; the new installment, Space Usagi: White Star Rising, is due out from Dark Horse in May. Usagi books have been published in 18 languages and adapted for the screen in Netflix’s Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles.