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Alvarez Highlight ALA Midwinter 2020 Speakers Program At the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, librarians will gear up for what figures to be an eventful year with a slate of inspiring authors and speakers. more  An Indigenous
Mystery Series in the Hardy Boys Tradition Four amateur sleuths—cousins from the Windy Lake First Nation—find their next case on a visit to the big city. The second book in the unique Mighty Muskrats Mystery series tackles topics like residential schools and the separation of Indigenous families, while celebrating the strength of Indigenous kids and communities. (Sponsored) more 
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 It’s Not All
Downhill from Here Terry McMillan. Ballantine, $28 (368p) ISBN 978-1-9848-2374-8 Beheld
TaraShea Nesbit. Bloombury, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-1-63557-322-0 Lake Like a
Mirror Ho Sok Fong, trans. from the Chinese by Natascha Bruce. Two Lines, $16.95 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-931883-98-6 The Circus
Jonas Karlsson, trans. from the Swedish by Neil Smith. Hogarth, $23 (192p) ISBN 978-1-101-90517-3 Stranger by
Night Edward Hirsch. Knopf, $27.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-525-65778-1  Framed
S.L. McInnis. Grand Central, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-1-538-73209-0 Hello I Want
to Die Please Fix Me : Depression in the First Person Anna Mehler Paperny. The Experiment, $16.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-61519-492-6 American
Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI Kate Winkler Dawson. Putnam, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-525-53955-1 The Last
Negroes at Harvard: The Class of 1963 and the 18 Young Men Who Changed Harvard
Forever Kent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-1-328-87997-4 The Professor
and the Parson: A Story of Desire, Deceit, and Defrocking Adam Sisman. Counterpoint, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-1-64009-328-7
Children's Books
An Ordinary
Day Elana K. Arnold, illus. by Elizabet Vukovic´. Beach Lane, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4814-7262-3 A Way with
Wild Things Larissa Theule, illus. by Sara Palacios. Bloomsbury, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68119-039-6 Things That Go
Away Beatrice Alemagna. Abrams, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4197-4482-2
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Books: Weeks of December 16 and December 23, 2019 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a board book about a baby president, a middle grade novel following a dog and his family, a nonfiction look at the history of music, and more. more  Adult Books for
Spring 2020 As we turn the page and start thinking of spring, our editors have chosen 850 books for adults publishing between February and July that you’re going to want to put on your radar. more
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 The Week in
Libraries: November 22, 2019 Among the week's headlines: The National Book Awards are awarded in New York; in Florida, a group of county commissioners double down on their refusal to allow their library to buy a 'New York Times' digital subscription; and Elsevier announces a breakthrough open-access deal with Carnegie Mellon University. more  Let's Be Thankful
for Libraries This Thanksgiving, let's pledge our support to the libraries and library workers who help sustain our reading culture. more  The Nocturnals
Series Grows Social Emotional Learning The Nocturnals early-reader books and free program materials emphasize SEL attributes: sharing, kindness, bullying prevention, friendship, honesty, and empathy. (Sponsored) more 
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Week's Stars
American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins. Flatiron, $26.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-250-20976-4 The Regrets
Amy Bonnaffons. Little, Brown, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-0-316-51616-7 New Waves
Kevin Nguyen. One World, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-984855-23-7 The Wild One
Nick Petrie. Putnam, $26 (400p) ISBN 978-0-525-53544-7 A Good Man
Ani Katz. Penguin, $17 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-0-14-313498-5  The Man
Without Talent Yoshiharu Tsuge, trans. from the Japanese by Ryan Holmberg. New York Review Comics, $22.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-68137-443-7 Warhol
Blake Gopnik. Ecco, $45 (976p) ISBN 978-0-06-229839-3 Good Boy: My
Life in Seven Dogs Jennifer Finney Boylan. Celadon, $26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-26187-8 Ezra Stoller:
A Photographic History of Modern American Architecture Pierluigi Serraino. Phaidon, $125 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7148-7922-2
Children's Books
The Old Truck
Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey. Norton Young Readers, $17.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-324-00519-3 Here in the
Real World Sara Pennypacker. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-269895-7 Twist
Sarah Cannon. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-12330-5 Snapdragon
Kat Leyh. First Second, $21.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-250-17111-5 19 Love Songs
David Levithan. Knopf, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-9848-4863-5
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Books: Week of November 25, 2019 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book abecedarian starring a bear who is roused early from hibernation, a picture book about two friends and their language foibles, and a YA horror fantasy novel in which magic is suppressed. more  PW Picks: Books of
the Week, November 25, 2019 This week: why we're wrong about nearly everything, plus Bohumil Hrabal's meditations on living with cats. more  HarperCollins to
Launch Native-Focused Imprint HarperCollins Children's Books has announced the 2021 debut of Heartdrum, an imprint devoted to publishing books by Native creators. more  Well and Good:
Health and Wellness Books 2019–2020 What does it mean to be healthy? New books propose a variety of answers, and numerous ways to get there. more
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 The Week in
Libraries: November 15, 2019 Among the headlines this week: ALA applauds Trump's choice to lead IMLS; the simple reason why some librarians believe Macmillan's e-book embargo is destined to flop; and administrators finally come clean about why a YA author's library visit was canceled. more  Blame Jane: Romance
Novels 2019–2020 PW highlights a selection of forthcoming Regencies and historical romance novels, exploring the durability of this enduringly popular subgenre. more  Mackin’s Custom
Genre Labels Are Just What Libraries Need Learn how easy it is to rearrange library fiction collections by genre. This has become a popular means of bringing new life to libraries and empowering students to find books that interest them most. Check out all of the custom labels designed to help make libraries more inviting and accessible. (Sponsored) more 
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Week's Stars
Weather
Jenny Offill. Knopf, $23.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-35110-2 Temporary
Hilary Leichter. Coffee House/Emily, $16.95 trade paper (200p) ISBN 978-1-56689-566-8 You Will Never
Be Forgotten Mary South. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $15 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-374-53836-1 The Coldest
Warrior Paul Vidich. Pegasus Crime, $25.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-64313-335-5 The Seep
Chana Porter. Soho, $25 (216p) ISBN 978-1-64129-086-9 Driving While
Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights Gretchen Sorin. Liveright, $28.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-63149-569-4 The Scientist
and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage
Mara Hvistendahl. Riverhead, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7352-1428-6 Hold On, but
Don’t Hold Still: Hope and Humor from My Seriously Flawed Life Kristina Kuzmic. Viking, $26 (272p) ISBN 978-0-525-56184-2 The Age of
Entitlement: America Since the Sixties Christopher Caldwell. Simon and Schuster, $28 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5011-0689-7 Consider This:
Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different Chuck Palahniuk. Grand Central, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5387-1795-0
Children's Books
Mama Baby
Chris Raschka. Candlewick, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9060-1 Fire Truck vs.
Dragon Chris Barton, illus. by Shanda McCloskey. Little, Brown, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-316-52213-7 The Oldest
Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illus. by Oge Mora. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5247-6828-7 The
Magnificent Monsters of Cedar Street Lauren Oliver, illus. by Ethan M. Aldridge. HarperCollins, $17.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-234507-3 Chirp
Kate Messner. Bloomsbury, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-5476-0281-0
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Books: Week of November 18, 2019 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a little mole's snowy imaginary friend, a picture book biography of C.S. Lewis and the origins of his Narnia series, and a YA novel about a girl and the artificial intelligence that loves her. more  PW Picks: Books of
the Week, November 18, 2019 This week: a woman who gave birth to rabbits, plus a brilliant mystery set in 15th-century England. more  Unlock the Unmapped
Kingdoms! Enter for your chance to win one of 25 ARCs of 'Casper Tock and the Everdark Wings,' the first installment of Abi Elphinstone's The Unmapped Chronicles series! (Sponsored) Enter Here
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Libraries: November 8, 2019 Among the week's headlines: the pressure keeps mounting on Macmillan following its library e-book embargo; a backlash follows after a group of Florida elected officials politicizes the library's New York Times subcription; and an update on the Library of Congress modernization efforts. more  Editorial: Why We
Choose to Boycott Macmillan E-books A librarian explains the decision to draw the line over Macmillan's decision to embargo new release e-books in public libraries. more 
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Week's Stars
The Glass
Hotel Emily St. John Mandel. Knopf, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-52114-3 And I Do Not
Forgive You: Stories and Other Revenges Amber Sparks. Liveright, $23.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-63149-620-2 How Much of
These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang. Riverhead, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-0-525-53720-5 The Dominant
Animal Kathryn Scanlan. MCD, $15 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-0-374-53829-3 A Beautiful
Crime Christopher Bollen. Harper, $27.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-285388-2  The Wife and
the Widow Christian White. Minotaur, $26.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-19437-4 Riot Baby
Tochi Onyebuchi. Tor.com, $19.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-250-21475-1 First, Catch:
Study of a Spring Meal Thom Eagle. Grove, $25 (240p) ISBN 978-0-8021-4822-3 The Unexpected
Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s
Most Notorious Terrorists Tracy Walder, with Jessica Anya Blau. St. Martin’s, $27.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-23098-0
Children's Books
Bear Is Awake!
An Alphabet Story Hannah E. Harrison. Dial, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-18666-0 Ruth Objects:
The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doreen Rappaport, illus. by Eric Valasquez. Disney-Hyperion, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4847-4717-9 What I Carry
Jennifer Longo. Random House, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-553-53771-0 All the Days
Past, All the Days to Come Mildred D. Taylor. Viking, $18.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-399-25730-8
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Books: Week of November 11, 2019 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about influential Broadway performers, a middle grade mystery, a YA novel about race, religion, and identity, and more. more  PW Picks: Books of
the Week, November 11, 2019 This week: the new voices of science fiction, and more. more  As Boycotts Mount,
Macmillan CEO Defends Library E-book Embargo Just days after the publisher's controversial embargo on new release e-books in libraries went into effect, Macmillan CEO John Sargent met with a group of state librarians, fleshing out his belief that new release e-books in libraries hurt the publisher's revenues. more
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Libraries: November 1, 2019 Among the week's headlines: Macmillan CEO John Sargent writes to librarians; more libraries announce boycotts of Macmillan e-books as the publisher's embargo begins; and why being a whistleblower doesn't pay. more  Little Free
Library, Founder's Family Clash Over Organization's Direction A year after the unexpected death of its founder, Todd Bol, the Little Free Library nonprofit literacy organization and Bol’s family are at odds, with each side claiming that it is acting to protect Bol’s legacy, and that the other is undermining it. more 
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Week's Stars
Cesare
Jerome Charyn. Bellevue, $26.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-942658-50-4 Little Gods
Meng Jin. Custom House, $26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-293595-3 The Rabbit
Hunter: A Joone Linna Novel Lars Kepler, trans. from the Swedish by Neil Smith. Knopf, $27.95 (528p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3228-8 The Lost
Future of Pepperharrow Natasha Pulley. Bloomsbury, $27 (512p) ISBN 978-1-63557-330-5 This Brilliant
Darkness: A Book of Strangers Jeff Sharlet. Norton, $25 (320p) ISBN 978-1-324-00320-5 
Children's Books
Where’s Baby?
Anne Hunter. Tundra, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7352-6498-4 From the Desk
of Zoe Washington Janae Marks. HarperCollins/Tegen, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-287585-3 When You Trap
a Tiger Tae Keller. Random House, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-5247-1570-0 Not So Pure
and Simple Lamar Giles. HarperTeen, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-234919-4 Almost
American Girl Robin Ha. Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-268509-4
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Books: Week of November 4, 2019 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book that follows a Russian apartment through the cycles of the nation's history, a middle grade novel about a boy's last defense against monsters, and a middle-grade series spun off from a popular world. more  PW Picks: Books of
the Week, November 4, 2019 This week: the latest from Martin Cruz Smith, Erin Morgenstern, Carmen Maria Machado, and more. more  The Best Children's
Books of 2019 PW editors select the best children’s and young adult books published in 2019 for readers of all ages.
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 The Best Books of
2019 PW editors name the best books of the year, headlined by Mira Jacob's "wonderfully enchanting" graphic memoir 'Good Talk.'  Congress Looking
into Anticompetitive Behavior in the Digital Library Market In written testimony made public this week, American Library Association officials told lawmakers that “unfair behavior by digital market actors—and the outdated public policies that have enabled them—is doing concrete harm to libraries.” more  Read the Most
Anticipated Book of 2020 Already hailed as "a 'Grapes of Wrath' for our times" (Don Winslow) and "a dazzling accomplishment" (Julia Alvarez), 'American Dirt' is a rare exploration of the hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. Enter for an ARC. (Sponsored) more 
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Week's Stars
Heart of Junk
Luke Geddes. Simon & Schuster, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-1-9821-0666-9 Girl, Woman,
Other Bernardine Evaristo. Black Cat, $17 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-0-8021-5698-3 Fish Soup
Margarita García Robayo, trans. from the Spanish by Charlotte Coombe. Charco, $15.95 trade paper (212p) ISBN 978-1-9998593-0-5 The Case of
the Wandering Scholar Kate Saunders. Bloomsbury, $17 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-63286-839-8 Bloodchild
Anna Stephens. Talos, $15.99 trade paper (410p) ISBN 978-1-945863-42-4  Some Assembly
Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA Neil Shubin. Pantheon, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-101-87133-1 Between Two
Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia Joshua Yaffa. Random House/Duggan, $28 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5247-6059-5 Boys &
Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New
Masculinity Peggy Orenstein. Harper, $27.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-266697-0 Fight of the
Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases Edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. Avid Reader, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5011-9040-7
Children's Books
Big Papa and
the Time Machine Daniel Bernstrom, illus. by Shane W. Evans. HarperCollin, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-246331-9 Yves Klein
Painted Everything Blue and Wasn’t Sorry Fausto Gilberti. Phaidon, $17.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-8386-6014-7 Plastic: Past
Present, and Future Eun-Ju Kim, trans. from the Korean by Joungmin Lee Comfort, illus. by Ji-Won Lee. Scribble, , $17.99 ISBN 978-1-950354-06-1 We Are
Artists: Women Who Made Their Mark on the World Kari Herbert. Thames & Hudson, $19.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-500-65196-4
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Books: Week of October 28, 2019 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a space-themed story about friendship, a graphic novel that elucidates immigration issues, and a YA reboot for a DC heroine. more  PW Picks: Books of
the Week, October 28, 2019 This week: the latest from Lee Child, plus a hilarious novel about twins with a very special power. more  Discover the Sequel
to 'The Hazel Wood' Follow Alice and Finch as they come to learn that 'The Hazel Wood' was just the beginning. 'The New York Times' calls 'The Night Country,' “a place where stories and real life convene, where magic contains truth, and where just about anything can happen, particularly in the pages of a good book.” (Sponsored) more
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