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PLA 2020: Stacey Abrams, Samantha Bee Headline in Nashville Librarians will kick off the new decade with a robust 2020 Public Library Association conference in one of America’s cultural capitals. More The Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020 Drawn from the more than 14,000 titles in PW's Spring Announcements issue, PW reviews editors pick the most notable books publishing in Spring 2020. More We’re Ready to Welcome Y’all to Music City! With Ingram headquartered right here in Nashville, TN, our library services team has curated a different type of list for you to search, select, and order. From boozy bars to spooky tours and splurge-worthy meals, peruse our favorite spots and plan an unforgettable PLA 2020 adventure. (Sponsored) Our Picks >>> Highlights of Next Week's Stars Pew Catherine Lacey. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-0-374-23092-0 Read the Review » People of the City Cyprian Ekwensi. New York Review Books, $15.95 trade paper (168p) ISBN 978-1-681-37429-1 Read the Review » Alligator Dima Alzayat. Two Dollar Radio, $15.99 trade paper (206p) ISBN 978-1-937512-89-7 Read the Review » Man of My Time Dalia Sofer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27 (384p) ISBN 978-0-374-11006-2 Read the Review » Strike Me Down Mindy Mejia. Atria/Bestler, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-1-9821-3323-8 Read the Review » Master Class Christina Dalcher. Berkley, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-440-00083-9 Read the Review » You Let Me In Camilla Bruce. Tor, $25.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-250-30204-5 Read the Review » Legacy of Ash Matthew Ward. Orbit, $16.99 (816p) ISBN 978-0-316-45788-0 Read the Review » Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings, and Broken Hearts Kathryn Harkup. Bloomsbury Sigma, $28 (368p) ISBN 978-1-4729-5822-8 Read the Review » Coffeeland: One Man’s Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug Augustine Sedgewick. Penguin Press, $30 (448p) ISBN 978-1-59420-615-3 Read the Review » Inge’s War: A German Woman’s Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler Svenja O’Donnell. Viking, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-1-984880-21-5 Read the Review » CHILDREN'S BOOKS Don’t Worry, Little Crab Chris Haughton. Candlewick, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-5362-1119-1 Read the Review » Ways to Make Sunshine Renée Watson, illus. by Nina Mata. Bloomsbury, $16.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-5476-0056-4 Read the Review » The List of Things That Will Not Change Rebecca Stead. Random/Lamb, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-101-938096 Read the Review » Deeplight Frances Hardinge. Amulet, $19.99 (432p) ISBN 978-1-4197-4320-7 Read the Review » We Didn’t Ask for This Adi Alsaid. Inkyard, $18.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-335-14676-2 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 10, 2020 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a middle grade novel about a monster hunt, a picture book about a girl's positive attitude, a YA novel set in historical France, and more. More PW Picks: Books of the Week, Feb. 9, 2020 This week, we highlight the latest novel from Jenny Offill; a shimmering collection from Major Jackson; and more. More ALA Midwinter 2020 in Photos Click through for our selection of photo highlights from the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting, which took place January 25–29 in Philadelphia. More Want to Review Books for Us? 'Publishers Weekly' is searching for new book reviewers. We’re especially looking for people who are well-versed in African-American, Asian-American, Latinx, LGBTQ, Native American, and immigration experiences to cover both fiction and nonfiction. Learn More Here. PW JobZone: Latest Jobs The Monacelli Press, a division of Phaidon is seeking a new Marketing & Publicity Manager 1517 Media is seeking a new Acquisitions Editor Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. is seeking a new Sales and Customer Service Assistant Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America Philip Rucker, Author, Carol Leonnig, Author 2 Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite Peter Schweizer, Author 3 American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Author 4 Dog Man #8 Dav Pilkey, Author 5 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author 6 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author 7 Vendetta Road Christine Feehan, Author 8 Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts Jennie Allen, Author 9 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author 10 Grumpy Monkey Suzanne Lang, Author, Max Lang, Illustrator Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 71 West 23 St. #1608 New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2020, PWxyz LLC

PLUS: we share our thoughts on the latest episode of Deadwater Fell!  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Happy Ever After C C Macdonald £4.99 99p Naomi seems to have everything: a beautiful daughter, a gorgeous house, a perfect life. But behind the scenes, she and her husband are drifting apart and struggling to conceive their second child. Looking for a connection and a friend, Naomi turns to Sean, another parent at her daughter’s nursery, and ends up making a terrible mistake. Then weeks later, when Naomi tries to contact Sean, he’s disappeared – and it soon becomes clear that someone else knows her secret. Someone who wants to make sure she never forgets what she did. AVAILABLE FROM THESE RETAILERS Offer available until 28.01.2020 This offer is only available to UK customers WHY WE LOVE IT Happy Ever After is a twisty, addictive debut about desire and deceit, perfect for fans of Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty and Our House by Louise Candlish. Written by a professional screenwriter, the book is full of believable characters who jump off the page. With an opening that feels terrifyingly close to home and an ending that will get under your skin, this is a must-read thriller. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Loved the characters and the storyline. Could not put it down after reading chapter one!' Louisa, Amazon Reviewer BOOKS YOU'LL LOVE A claustrophobic, small town mystery from the author of Richard and Judy book club pick Now You See Her. buy now Fans of Adele Parks, Claire Douglas and Jane Corry will love this seriously tense domestic noir. buy now Set against the backdrop of Inverness, this book is guaranteed to have you double-checking all the doors are locked before you go to bed. buy now ON DEAD GOOD THIS WEEK Rosamund Lupton picks her favourite race-against-time thrillers. Find out more Steve Charnock shares his thoughts on the second episode of Deadwater Fell. Find out more © Penguin Random House Registered Number: 861590 England Registered Office: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL

WI15: Cummins Speaks, Booksellers Divided on 'American Dirt' Jeanine Cummins, the author of 'American Dirt,' a novel about the immigration experience that is both being celebrated and denigrated in media outlets and on social media, defended her novel to a packed room of booksellers at WI15. more The 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting Gets Underway in Philadelphia Librarians gear up for what figures to be an eventful year with a slate of inspiring authors and speakers. more Highlights of Next Week's Stars Marguerite Marina Kemp. Viking, $26 (368p) ISBN 978-1-984877-83-3 Read the Review » Love After Love Ingrid Persaud. One World, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-15756-5 Read the Review » The Woman of a Thousand Names Alexandra Lapierre. Atria, $30 (640p) ISBN 978-1-5011-9791-8 Read the Review » Senseless Women Sarah Harris Wallman. University of Massachusetts, $19.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-62534-518-9 Read the Review » The Last Tourist Olen Steinhauer. Minotaur, $27.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-03621-6 Read the Review » Long Range: A Joe Pickett Novel C.J. Box. Putnam, $28 (368p) ISBN 978-0-525-53823-3 Read the Review » The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season John Feinstein. Doubleday, $28.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-385-54448-1 Read the Review » Final Draft: The Collected Work of David Carr Edited by Jill Rooney Carr. . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-0-358-20668-2 Read the Review » Calder: The Conquest of Space, the Later Years, 1940–1976 Jed Perl. Knopf, $60 (688p) ISBN 978-0-451-49411-5 Read the Review » Love in the Blitz: The Long-Lost Letters of a Brilliant Young Woman to Her Beloved on the Front Eileen Alexander, edited by David McGowan and David Crane. Harper, $28.99 (480p) ISBN 978-0-06-288880-8 Read the Review » Children's Books The Three Billy Goats Buenos Susan Middleton Elya, illus. by Miguel Ordóñez. Putnam, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-54739-3 Read the Review » Efrén Divided Ernesto Cisneros. HarperCollins, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-288168-7 Read the Review » Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Michele Wood. Candlewick, $17.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9156-1 Read the Review » Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning ‘Stamped from the Beginning’ Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. Little, Brown, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-316-45369-1 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Week of January 27, 2020 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a ballerina hopeful, the story of a former president, and a YA novel about a Japanese teen defeating the king of hell. more PW Picks: Books of the Week, Jan. 26, 2020 This week, we highlight a stunning crime novel from Christopher Bollen; an impressionistic memoir of growing up as an undocumented immigrant by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo; and more. more Jason Reynolds Takes Up the Mantle of National Ambassador At the Library of Congress, Author Jason Reynolds was inaugurated as the seventh National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature last week. more Check out PW's Pop-Up Library at ALA Midwinter 2020 If you're at ALA Midwinter next week, stop by PW booth 1332 to browse an exciting collection from our sponsors, and pick an ARC to take home. PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Independent Publishers Group is seeking a new Sales Associate Barefoot Books is seeking a new Marketing & Communications Assistant The Quarto Group is seeking a new Acquiring Editor Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual Jocko Willink, Author 2 Dog Man #8 Dav Pilkey, Author 3 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author 4 Lost James Patterson, Author, James O Born, Author 5 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author 6 The Conference of the Birds Ransom Riggs, Author 7 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author 8 Grumpy Monkey Suzanne Lang, Author, Max Lang, Illustrator 9 Eat What You Love: Restaurant Favorites: Classic and Craveworthy Recipes Low in Sugar, Fat, and Calories Marlene Koch, Author 10 Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Bryan Stevenson, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 71 West 23 St. #1608 New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2020, PWxyz LLC

The Week in Libraries: January 17, 2020 Among the week's headlines: a bill in Missouri raises fears of book banning in public libraries; ALA makes history with its new executive director; and the ALA Midwinter Meeting gets underway next week in Philadelphia. more ALA Names Tracie D. Hall Executive Director The appointment comes after a lengthy, at times contentious, nationwide search dating back to Keith Michael Fiels's retirement in 2017. Hall is the first female African-American executive director in ALA’s history. more Coe Named President, CEO of Brodart Co. George Coe, a former group president of Baker & Taylor and a former v-p at Brodart Co., is returning to the library services vendor as president and CEO. more Remove the Guesswork from New Title Selection Easily manage forthcoming titles with a suite of monthly lists that eliminates the work needed to manage the gaps, duplicates, and balance of your collection. (Sponsored) Discover iCurate Highlights of Next Week's Stars Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories Maria Reva. Doubleday, $25.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-54529-7 Read the Review » Barn 8 Deb Olin Unferth. Graywolf, $16 trade paper (296p) ISBN 978-1-64445-015-4 Read the Review » The Treasure of the Spanish Civil War Serge Pey, trans. from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. Archipelago, $18 trade paper (144p) ISBN 978-1-939810-54-0 Read the Review » And They Called It Camelot Stephanie Marie Thornton. Berkley, $17 trade paper (480p) ISBN 978-0-451-49092-6 Read the Review » Final Judgment: A Samantha Brinkman Legal Thriller Marcia Clark. Thomas & Mercer, $24.95 (454p) ISBN 978-1-5420-9117-6 Read the Review » After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America Jessica Goudeau. Viking, $27 (334p) ISBN 978-0-525-55913-9 Read the Review » Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France Melissa Clark. Clarkson Potter, $37.50 (336p) ISBN 978-0-553-44825-2 Read the Review » Grace from the Rubble: Two Fathers’ Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing Jeanne Bishop. Zondervan, $24.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-310-35767-4 Read the Review » Children's Books Like the Moon Loves the Sky Hena Khan, illus. by Saffa Khan. Chronicle, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4521-8019-9 Read the Review » All the Dear Little Animals Ulf Nilsson, trans. from the Swedish by Julia Marshall, illus. by Eva Eriksson. Gecko, $17.99 (72p) ISBN 978-1-776572-89-2 Read the Review » Can You See Me? Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-338-60891-5 Read the Review » Mañanaland Pam Muñoz Ryan. Scholastic Press, $18.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-338-15786-4 Read the Review » The Only Black Girls in Town Brandy Colbert. Little, Brown, $16.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-316-45638-8 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Week of January 20, 2020 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a rhyming, metafictional picture book; a middle grade novel about a school for magic; and a YA novel in which a teen discovers she's part of an ancient Egyptian tribe. more PW Picks: Books of the Week, Jan. 19, 2020 This week, we highlight a majestic novel from Isabel Allende, a collection of occult detective stories, a book of essays commemorating the ACLU’s centennial, and more. more Check out PW's Pop-Up Library at ALA Midwinter 2020 If you're at ALA Midwinter next week, stop by PW booth 1332 to browse an exciting collection from our sponsors, and pick an ARC to take home. PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Barefoot Books is seeking a new Marketing & Communications Assistant Printers Row Publishing Group is seeking a new Production Director University of Washington Press is seeking a new Marketing Manager Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author 2 Dog Man #8 Dav Pilkey, Author 3 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author 4 Moral Compass Danielle Steel, Author 5 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author 6 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano, Author 7 You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance and Living Your Purpose Chani Nicholas, Author 8 FGTeeV Presents: Into the Game! Fgteev, Author, Miguel Diaz Rivas, Illustrator 9 Grumpy Monkey Suzanne Lang, Author, Max Lang, Illustrator 10 The Defined Dish Wholesome Weeknights: Whole30 Endorsed, 100 Real Food Recipes That Work for Everyday Life Alex Snodgrass, Author, Melissa Hartwig, Foreword by Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 71 West 23 St. #1608 New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2020, PWxyz LLC

The Week in Libraries: January 10, 2020 Among the week's headlines: the Senate quickly confirms Trump's IMLS appointee; the DPLA announces a new e-book initiative with BiblioBoard; and what a major open access deal in Europe means for the future of scholarly communication. more PW Staff Picks: The Best Books We Read in 2019 Though we've named our Best Books of 2019, we all have our personal favorites, and not all of them are from 2019. These are the best books PW staff read last year. more Highlights of Next Week's Stars Deacon King Kong James McBride. Riverhead, $28 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7352-1672-3 Read the Review » Sea Wife Amity Gaige. Knopf, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-525-65649-4 Read the Review » Valentine Elizabeth Wetmore. Harper, $26.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-291326-5 Read the Review » Conjure Women Afia Atakora. Random House, $27 (416p) ISBN 978-0-525-51148-9 Read the Review » Providence Max Barry. Putnam, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-08517-2 Read the Review » The City We Became N.K. Jemisin. Orbit, $28 (448p) ISBN 978-0-316-50984-8 Read the Review » Officer Clemmons: A Memoir François S. Clemmons. Catapult, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-1-948226-70-7 Read the Review » Capital and Ideology Thomas Piketty, trans. from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. Belknap, $39.95 (1,120p) ISBN 978-0-674-98082-2 Read the Review » Always Home: A Daughter’s Recipes & Stories Fanny Singer. Knopf, $35 (336p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3251-6 Read the Review » Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose Kay Ryan. Grove, $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8021-4818-6 Read the Review » Children's Books We Are Water Protectors Carole Lindstrom, illus. by Michaela Goade. Roaring Brook, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-20355-7 Read the Review » ¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat Raúl the Third. Versify, $14.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-328-55704-9 Read the Review » Show Me a Sign Ann Clare LeZotte. Scholastic Press, $18.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-338-25581-2 Read the Review » Tigers, Not Daughters Samantha Mabry. Algonquin, $17.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-61620-896-7 Read the Review » Wicked As You Wish (A Hundred Names for Magic #1) Rin Chupeco. Sourcebooks Fire, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-4926-7266-1 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Week of January 13, 2020 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book biography of Mr. Rogers, a middle grade book about an ambitious girl facing family truths, and a YA romance tackling difficult themes. more PW Picks: Books of the Week, Jan. 12, 2020 This week, we highlight a powerful and unsettling debut by Ani Katz; a cleverly crafted memoir by Javier Cercas; a tangled, riveting parable of the modern surveillance state by Joanna Kavenna; and more more Building a Better Workplace: Business Books 2019-2020 New business books see value in kinder office environments. more PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Bloomsbury Publishing Inc is seeking a new Higher Ed Sales Representative Getty Publications is seeking a new Production Coordinator Sr Macmillan Children's Publishing Group is seeking a new Production Editor Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Dog Man #8 Dav Pilkey, Author 2 The Defined Dish Wholesome Weeknights: Whole30 Endorsed, 100 Real Food Recipes That Work for Everyday Life Alex Snodgrass, Author, Melissa Hartwig, Foreword by 3 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author 4 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author 5 The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore, Author, Christian Birmingham, Illustrator 6 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author 7 Grumpy Monkey Suzanne Lang, Author, Max Lang, Illustrator 8 The Guardians John Grisham, Author 9 The Ultimate Instant Pot cookbook: Foolproof, Quick & Easy 800 Instant Pot Recipes for Beginners and Advanced Users Simon Rush, Author 10 Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. For more PW bestsellers lists, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: Andrew Albanese Send advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: Cevin Bryerman Follow PW on Facebook and Twitter. For additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below. Publishers Weekly, 71 West 23 St. #1608 New York, NY 10010 Phone 212-377-5500 Copyright 2020, PWxyz LLC The Week in Libraries: January 3, 2020 The year 2019 ends with excellent budget news for IMLS; meet the winners of the 'I Love My Librarian Awards'; and the headlines keep coming in the library e-book market. more Dav Pilkey Is PW’s Person of the Year for 2019 The creator of the wildly popular Captain Underpants and Dog Man series, Dav Pilkey, has written and drawn more than 60 books that have gotten millions of children excited about reading with goofy, gross-out humor and genuine empathy. more Highlights of Next Week's Stars These Ghosts Are Family Maisy Card. Simon & Schuster, $24 (288p) ISBN 978-1-9821-1743-6 Read the Review » The Mountains Sing Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. Algonquin, $26.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-61620-818-9 Read the Review » City of Margins William Boyle. Pegasus Crime, $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-64313-318-8 Read the Review » Eight Perfect Murders Peter Swanson. Morrow, $26.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-283820-9 Read the Review » Please See Us Caitlin Mullen. Gallery, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-9821-2748-0 Read the Review » Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt Steven Johnson. Riverhead, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7352-1160-5 Read the Review » Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Volume I: July 1937–May 1942 Richard B. Frank. Norton, $40 (836p) ISBN 978-1-324-00210-9 Read the Review » Odetta: A Life in Music and Protest Ian Zack. Beacon, $28.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8070-3532-0 Read the Review » The Book of St. John Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver. Ebury, $55 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5291-0321-2 Read the Review » Children's Books Hike Pete Oswald. Candlewick, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5362-0157-4 Read the Review » Paolo, Emperor of Rome Mac Barnett, illus. by Claire Keane. Abrams, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4197-4109-8 Read the Review » On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson Jennifer Berne, illus. by Becca Stadtlander. Chronicle, $18.99 (52p) ISBN 978-1-4521-4297-5 Read the Review » Prairie Lotus Linda Sue Park. Clarion, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-328-78150-5 Read the Review » Dragon Hoops Gene Luen Yang. First Second, $24.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-62672-079-4 Read the Review » New Books and More New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of December 30, 2019 and January 6, 2020 Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book biography of a tennis trailblazer, the launch of a middle-grade fantasy series, and a YA title to help combat racism. more PW Picks: Books of the Week, Jan. 5, 2020 This week, we highlight a writing guide from Chuck Palahniuk; a candid and fascinating portrait of young American masculinity from Peggy Orenstein; a ruminative, endlessly clever book by Pulitzer Prize–winner Robert Hass; and a whole lot more. more PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Simon & Schuster is seeking a new CHILDREN'S BOOKS MARKETING MANAGER American Psychological Association is seeking a new Director, Publishing Operations Dark Horse Comics is seeking a new Public Relations Manager Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Dog Man #8 Dav Pilkey, Author 2 The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 Dan Buettner, Author 3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author 4 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author 5 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author 6 The Guardians John Grisham, Author 7 The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 120 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating Ree Drummond, Author 8 Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator 9 Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice Michelle Obama, Author 10 Guts Raina Telgemeier, Illustrator, Raina Telgemeier, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. 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The Top 10 Library Stories of 2019 PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2019—and what they portend for 2020. more Dav Pilkey Is PW’s Person of the Year for 2019 Over the course of a wildly creative career, Dav Pilkey has written and drawn more than 60 books that have gotten millions of children excited about reading with their goofy, gross-out humor and genuine empathy. more Is Trump Preparing to Order Public Access to Taxpayer Funded Research? Details remain murky, but this week the AAP issued a strong rebuke to an open access policy said to be under consideration by the Trump Administration. more Brave Princess Alice’s Story Featured in Picture Book and on TV in 'The Crown' Princess Alice of Battenberg, the real-life royal at the heart of 'The Brave Princess and Me,' is featured in the new season of 'The Crown,' just released on Netflix. Princess Alice, Prince Philip’s mother, saved a Jewish family during the Holocaust, and her courage is now having its moment in the spotlight. (Sponsored) more Highlights of Next Week's Stars Days of Distraction Alexandra Chang. Ecco, $26.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-295180-9 Read the Review » The Last Summer of Ada Bloom Martine Murray. Tin House, $15.95 trade paper (312p) ISBN 978-1-947793-61-3 Read the Review » A Conspiracy of Bones Kathy Reichs. Scribner, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-1-9821-3888-2 Read the Review » Do No Harm Max Allan Collins. Forge, $27.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7653-7829-3 Read the Review » Asperfell Jamie Thomas. Uproar, $18.50 trade paper (420p) ISBN 978-1-949671-07-0 Read the Review » Oak Flat Lauren Redniss. Random House, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-399-58972-0 Read the Review » A Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era Jerry Mitchell. Simon & Schuster, $28 (448p) ISBN 978-1-45164513-2 Read the Review » Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country Sierra Crane Murdoch. Random House, $28 (384p) ISBN 978-0-399-58915-7 Read the Review » 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics Bruce Goldfarb. Sourcebooks, $25.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4926-8047-5 Read the Review » Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land Noé Álvarez. Catapult, $26 (240p) ISBN 978-1-9482-2646-2 Read the Review » Children's Books Mabel: A Mermaid Fable Rowboat Watkins. Chronicle, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4521-5527-2 Read the Review » Green on Green Dianne White, illus. by Felicita Sala. Beach Lane, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-6278-5 Read the Review » Two Little Trains Margaret Wise Brown, illus. by Greg Pizzoli. HarperCollins, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-267651-1 Read the Review » Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom (Wayside School #4) Louis Sachar, illus. by Tim Heitz. HarperCollins, $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-06-296538-7 Read the Review » The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh Candace Fleming. Schwartz & Wade, $18.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-525-64654-9 Read the Review » New Books and More Children’s Publishers Choose Their Favorite Reads of 2019 We asked staffers at children’s publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children’s or YA book they read this year, and what they loved about it. more Maria Strong Appointed Acting Register of Copyrights Strong will step in while a permanent replacement is sought for Register of Copyrights Karyn Temple, who announced last week that she is leaving the Copyright Office to accept a new position at the Motion Picture Association. more 'Convene, Amplify, Solve': PW Talks to BISG Board Chair Andrew Savikas In his new role as chair of the Book Industry Study Group, industry vet Andrew Savikas discusses the challenges and opportunities facing publishers in an age of rapidly evolving technology. more PW JobZone: Latest Jobs Hachette Book Group is seeking a new Senior/Executive Editor-Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Chronicle Books LLC is seeking a new Marketing Director, Children's Ingram Content Group is seeking a new Sales Assistant Find out about these and other great jobs at PW JobZone Top 10 Bestsellers 1 Dog Man #8 Dav Pilkey, Author 2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author 3 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, Author 4 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Author 5 The Guardians John Grisham, Author 6 Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator 7 The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier: 120 Fantastic Favorites for Everyday Eating Ree Drummond, Author 8 Guts Raina Telgemeier, Illustrator, Raina Telgemeier, Author 9 Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition Chris Van Allsburg, Author 10 Strange Planet Nathan W Pyle, Author Download a printable PDF of this bestsellers list. 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