The National Book Award longlists for Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature are announced. Earlyword’s September “GalleyChat” spreadsheet arrives. Colleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us has sold 10 million copies. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Liane Moriarty’s buzzy book Here One Moment. Clémence Michallon’s The Quiet Tenant will be adapted for TV, and a new adaptation of Georges Simenon’s iconic “Maigret” mystery series heads to Masterpiece. Plus, fall cookbooks.

Fans of Patricia A. McKillip’s The Forgotten Beasts of Eld or Marie Brennan’s Driftwood will be in awe of Berry’s (The Manual of Detection) wonderfully odd ode to language, story, and family.

Over 60 percent of libraries are currently evaluating or planning for artificial intelligence (AI) implementation, according to a global survey of more than 1,500 librarians by Clarivate, the parent company of ProQuest, Ex Libris, Web of Science, and more. According to Clarivate’s first “Pulse of the Library” report, which combines feedback from the global survey and qualitative interviews of librarians working at academic, public, and national libraries, “the potential rise of AI adoption in the coming year is high."

Oprah selects Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout for her book club. Publishers Weekly rounds up September book club picks. The Ditmar Awards Preliminary Ballot is announced. Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment continues to gather buzz. Memoirs from Eve and Kelly Bishop are in the news. And legendary actor James Earl Jones, the subject of a new children’s book, has died at the age of 93.

From yummy new options for easy, quick snack dinners to scrumptious choices that will help readers up their charcuterie board game, Sheehan’s book has got home cooks covered. In fact, the only challenge cooks will face once they get their oven mitts on Sheehan’s marvelously inventive, tasty treat of a cookbook will be deciding where to start.

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by TJ Klune, Elizabeth Strout, and J.A. Jance. Barbara Kingsolver wins the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement award. People’s book of the week is Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. Danzy Senna’s Colored Television is GMA’s September book club pick. The October Indie Next Preview is out, featuring #1 pick The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave. Plus, Shōgun, based on the novel by James Clavell, takes home 14 Creative Arts Emmys.

This exceptional book’s stories of plagiarism showcase persistence and the insidious and enduring ways in which sexism informs and shapes the contemporary world. Murphy will motivate readers to challenge stereotypes.

Graphic novels have enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity in the last five years. Since 2019, sales of graphic novels have risen over 100 percent. While that growth has leveled off, graphic novels are now the third best-selling genre (35 million books sold) in the U.S. and Canada, behind only general fiction and romance. 

Cardinal (The Storyteller’s Death) deftly blurs the boundaries between literary and relationship fiction, crafting a novel full of magical realism that unfolds with leisurely grace as it traces a plot that is deeply engaging. Swift yet reflective, intimate yet universal, this is a novel of deep rewards.