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The Cornwalls Are Gone by James Patterson, with Brendan DuBois leads holds this week, with more big names also doing well. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams is getting buzz. NYPL librarians pick books for the spring and Vanity Fair speculates on the possible Pulitzer winners. Largehearted boy offers some music for Monday, as selected by Bryan Washington.

The RITA finalists are announced. Philip Pullman wins the JM Barrie lifetime achievement award. More spring book picks add to the running count.

Six new bestsellers arrive; C.J. Box leads the pack. There are more awards breaking news and more spring book picks too, including the cookbooks of the season. Jezebel goes to the Maryland town Nora Roberts has all but remade.

Stylish Succulents; Vertical Vegetables; Starting & Saving Seeds

Tommy Orange wins the 2019 PEN/Hemingway Award, spring picks start to arrive, and the Michelle Obama book tour comes to YouTube.

It is a very newsy day for Josh Malerman. USA Today, LJ, and the NYT have books to note and The Wellcome Prize announces its shortlist.

On Wednesday, February 20, the Center for an Urban Future held its latest symposium, Where Do Public Libraries Fit in NYC’s Tech Skills–Building Ecosystem? Funded by the Charles H. Revson Foundation and hosted at the Manhattan campus of technology educator General Assembly, the meeting convened library innovators, tech trainers, educators, city officials, and partners from a range of other fields to explore the role of libraries as a critical part of the pipeline to the technology job market.

Run Away by Harlan Coben leads holds this week. The poet W.S. Merwin has died. The final season of Game of Thrones will not feature movie-length episodes. Andrew Rannells gets buzzy and Harper's magazine has something to say about criticism, reviews, and book coverage.

The National Book Critics Circle winners are announced. Avengers: Endgame gets a new trailer. Shrill gets some buzz. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is headed to Apple.