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May 10, 2023

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Shore Bets | 19 Beach Reads To While Away the Summer 
By LJ Reviews 
This lively mix of big names and new discoveries offers quickly engaging plots and summery settings whether readers are miles from the beach, atop a city skyscraper, at a lake house, or on the sidelines of a Little League game. Get ready to dive into the deep end. Summer will go swimmingly with these 19 selections. 
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Prepub Alert

By Barbara Hoffert

  • Medieval Manuscripts, Founding Partisans & Money Kings: History Previews, Nov. 2023, Pt. 3 
  • Defending, Growing, Learning: Memoir Previews, Nov. 2023, Pt. 3 
  • Friends, Family, Lovers: Pop Fiction, Nov. 2023, Pt. 3 
  • From Mitch Albom to Ariel Lawhon to Danielle Steel: Historical Fiction, Nov. 2023, Pt. 3 
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SPONSORED BY PLUTO PRESS

 

Walk in Our Queer Elders’ Footprints in a Guide of Humor, Pathos, and Mischief


This groundbreaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious, and empowering events of London’s queerstory. Readers can walk through East, West, South, and North in England’s capital city, dipping into beautifully illustrated maps and extraordinary tales of LGBTQIA+ solidarity, protest, and pride. 

 

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Book Pulse 

By Anita Mechler and Kate Merlene 

  • Anthony Awards Finalists 
  • Hernan Diaz & Barbara Kingsolver Win Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 
  • The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks Tops Holds Lists  
  • Fatimah Asghar Wins Inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction  
  • Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Tops June Indie Next List  
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This Week’s New Starred Reviews

By LJ Reviews 

  • Tanenbaum, Robert K. & Steve Jackson. Coal Country Killing: A Culture, a Union, and the Murders That Changed It All. Post Hill. 
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Display Shelf | Senior Sleuths 

By Melissa DeWild 
These senior sleuths are still killin’ it in this display-worthy collection of crime titles. 

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Read-Alikes for The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks | LibraryReads 

By Kevin Howell, Kristine Magers, Lauren McLaughlin, and Marilyn Sieb 
For patrons waiting to get their hands on the top holds title of the week, LJ and LibraryReads suggest read-alikes by Nghi Vo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Wally Lamb. 

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Fractured Fairy Tales | Fantasy Novels That Recast Old Fables 

By Kristi Chadwick and Marlene Harris 
A beguiling prince vanishes and Sleeping Beauty’s fairy godmother takes center stage in these mixed-up tales. 

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A Whale of a Story | Speculative Fiction and Nonfiction About Whales 

By Andrea Dyba and Maggie Knapp 
From a nonfiction work about the gentle giants gliding through the deep and vast seas, to a speculative-fiction book imagining getting swallowed alive by one of these goliaths, LJ’s May issue offers readers of many interests a whale of a story. 

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