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Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand gets focused attention while Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni, The World of Cyberpunk 2077 by Marcin Batylda, and Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero get big sales bumps. BBC America announces the premiere window for The Watch, based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. It will debut sometime in January 2021. The Splatterpunk Award winners are announced, as are the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships finalists.

Choppy Water by Stuart Woods leads holds this week. People’s Book of the Week is A Saint from Texas by Edmund White. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer gets focused coverage. New virtual book events make news as both DC FanDome and The L.A. Times Festival of Books announce dates to login. More political books are getting attention and Ben Affleck is directing the adaptation of Sam Wasson’s The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood.

Jack Black and Kyle Gass, aka Tenacious D, discuss their latest project, previously released as an animated film and music album. The ribald rock opera Post-Apocalypto finds the pair wandering a postapocalyptic world ruled by monsters, robots, and hate-mongers.

Bookish shows about a secret garden, a determined detective, and more debut today and through the weekend. More picks for August arrive. Former President George W. Bush is writing a book, Out Of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants. Oprah interviews Ibram X. Kendi, How To Be an Antiracist.

Not always easy reading given Bedient’s fierce bent but wholly accessible and bracing; the images rushing down these pages in tightly paced cadence take readers on a haunting journey; dense and intense, energized and anguished, this strong first outing has storytelling appeal; this work will attract a broad cross-section of readers, whether their concerns are politics, parenting, or poetics

Deadlock by Catherine Coulter leads five new books onto the bestseller lists. Luster by Raven Leilani continues to get focused attention. A number of outlets mark the anniversary of Toni Morrison's death. Trump books are in the news.

Top reading for winter’s darkest month.

From newcomers Te-Ping Chen and Dantiel W. Moniz to veterans Joyce Carol Oates and Ben Okri.

Teenage girls in a world that challenges them.

Literary fiction imbued with ghosts and magical birds, spirit worlds and the internet as portal.

Readers who appreciate the community life in a tourist destination town or the appeal of a story with a craft beer background will enjoy this latest cozy; Byron’s readers and fans of Jenn McKinlay’s humorous mysteries will appreciate this latest story that incorporates family and food

Giffels writes an exploration of Ohio with care and sensitivity, while Shuler gives people the opportunity to speak up and be heard.

Jacques Pépin offers easy everyday meals, Alex Guarnaschelli recreates classic dishes, and John Birdsall explores the life of James Beard.

Adult service librarians will find practical ideas that can easily be adapted to fit their own community; essential for anyone establishing a community archive without previous archival experience; necessary reading for all librarians, particularly those with a concentration in reference and bibliographic instruction

Oprah picks Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson as her next book club title. Many more August booklists arrive. Raven Leilani and Luster get more buzzy coverage. Ta-Nehisi Coates will guest-edit the September issue of Vanity Fair. Disney is taking the live-action Mulan to Disney+ rather than theaters, but subscribers will still have to pay extra to watch it. Ratched gets a trailer.

Three top titles with characters in dislocation.

The celebrated Pulitzer Prize finalist explores one young man’s journey to find himself.

A fascinating and wonderfully readable portrayal of the tensions between fiery militancy and determined but measured devotion in working toward a goal; ambitious, comprehensive, and highly recommended for public and academic libraries

Book club picks make the news as Reese Witherspoon selects Everything Inside: Stories by Edwidge Danticat. Jenna Bush Hager names two for the month: The Comeback by Ella Berman and Here for It: Or, How To Save Your Soul in America; Essays by R. Eric Thomas. Vox's group will read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. More top reading choices for August arrive as well and Luster by Raven Leilani and The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi get buzzy coverage. Stephen King has a new book for next March.

Since LJ’s last debut novels coverage, COVID-19 has upended business as usual, with publishers scrambling to get books out and review sources scrambling to cover them. Titles here range through January 2021, but there are a few not-to-be-missed early summer titles as well.

Discover new authors and revisit old favorites with the following list of books and websites for Christian fiction readers who are looking for something fresh and different. 

The Hugo Awards are announced. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine wins for best novel. The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer were announced as well. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer leads holds this week. Pennie Clark Ianniciello picks a much older title, Last Orders by Graham Swift, as her August title. More book picks for August arrive and Chicago will host the 80th World Science Fiction convention.