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The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Ken Follett, Mary Kay Andrews, James Patterson and Mike Lupica, and V.E. Schwab. Four LibraryReads and three Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Wellness by Nathan Hill. Memoirs in the news include Kerry Washington’s Thicker than Water and Cassidy Hutchinson’s Enough. Plus, Hollywood studios and WGA reach a tentative deal to end the 146-day strike.

Shortlists for the Booker Prize and the Financial Times/Schroders Business Book of the Year are announced. Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias by John Lorinc has won the inaugural Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award. A new PEN America report finds a 33% jump in school book bans. Plus, Page to Screen and interviews with Aparna Nancherla, Jo Nesbø, Michael Wolff, and more.

A new Simon & Schuster program highlights the merits of books that have been subject to censorship and will provide resources for fighting book bans. The Academy of American Poets announces the winners of its annual poetry prizes. LeVar Burton will serve as the honorary chair of this year’s Banned Books Week. Amazon will require publishers on Kindle to disclose when any of their content is generated by artificial intelligence.

ALA’s data on 2023 book challenges shows a surge this year. Shortlists for the German Book Prize and BBC Young Writers’ Award are announced. The Mellon Foundation appoints historian and scholar Kelly Lytle Hernández as its 2023 Fellow in Residence. Prominent novelists, including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, Jodi Picoult and Elin Hilderbrand, sue OpenAI. The September LoanStars list is out, featuring top pick The Armor of Light by Ken Follett. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Richard Osman’s The Last Devil To Die. The Hunger Games, based on the book by Suzanne Collins, returns to select theaters in October.  Plus, a verdict is delivered on the “Bad Art Friend” case.

Mysteries to look forward to, including a list of new series titles.

Navigating the many facets of a heating planet.

Oprah picks Wellness by Nathan Hill for her book club. Wayne Johnston wins the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his memoir, Jennie’s Boy: A Misfit Childhood on an Island of Eccentrics. The 2023 British Fantasy Awards winners are announced. Nihar Malaviya is officially named CEO of Penguin Random House. Russell Brand’s publisher has paused all new projects, including a self-help book that was slated to publish this December. NYT explores “How TikTok Is Reshaping the American Cookbook.”  Plus, Kate DiCamillo reflects on the 20th anniversary of her award-winning children’s book The Tale of Despereaux, at Washington Post.

The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman leads holds this week. The National Book Awards announces its longlist for fiction. The 2023 winners of the McIlvanney Prize and the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize are announced. Rolling Stone cofounder Jann S. Wenner was removed from the Rock Hall of Fame board after an inflammatory interview with NYT while promoting his new book. People’s book of the week is Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll. Anderson Cooper discusses his new book, Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune, with CBS Sunday Morning. And American Fiction, based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, wins the Toronto Film Festival’s top prize.

The National Book Awards announces its longlists for nonfiction and poetry. The Flow: Rivers, Waters and Wildness by Amy-Jane Beer and The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole win the Wainwright Prize for nature writing. Plus, Page to Screen and interviews with Leila Aboulela, John Manuel Arias, Kate Atkinson, and more.

The National Book Awards longlist for translated literature is announced; the longlists for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry will be announced later today and tomorrow. Finalists are announced for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQIA+ emerging writers and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Plus new title best sellers and interviews with David Diop, Franklin Foer, Zakiya Dalila Harris, London Hughes, Daphne Kalotay, Angie Kim, Marisa Meltzer, Maggie O’Farrell, and Sarah Ogilvie.

The National Book Foundation rescinds Drew Barrymore’s invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony host after her talk show resumes during the WGA strike. Sandra Cisneros wins the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. Kirsty Whatley wins the 2023 Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers. Earlyword’s September GalleyChat spreadsheet is out now, featuring early buzz for Alex Michaelides’s forthcoming novel, The Fury. The Pulitzer Prizes officially expand eligibility to noncitizens. Michael Chabon joins other writers to sue Meta AI platform for copyright infringement. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Code Red by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills.

From astrophysics to robots.

History, psychology, economics, and politics.

Touring the past. 

Multiple-award-winning author Toni Tipton-Martin is a culinary journalist, a community activist, and the editor in chief of Cook’s Country magazine. She is the author of the forthcoming Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book; Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks, as well as The Jemima Code and Jubilee. She is a founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance and Foodways Texas. 

Joanna Gaines, Miranda Lambert, and Alison Roman are just some of the names topping the charts.

The 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding announces a shortlist. The 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes are announced. PW rounds up September’s book club picks. Books by Lauren Groff, Walter Isaacson, Oprah Winfrey, and Arthur C. Brooks continue to buzz. Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing sequel, Iron Flame, will arrive November 7.  Water for Elephants musical, based on the novel by Sara Gruen, will open on Broadway this spring. Plus, a new Agatha Christie memorial statue is unveiled on a bench in Wallingford.

Code Red by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills leads holds this week. Titles by James Patterson, Jill Duggar, Lauren Groff, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Mick Herron also get attention. Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk arrives with buzz. The National Book Foundation will honor Rita Dove with a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and LitHub announces the shortlist for 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award. People’s book of the week is Chenneville by Paulette Jiles. Oprah Winfrey and Arthur C. Brooks discuss their new book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. Plus, Stephen King’s novel Christine and its film adaptation turn 40.

The Ned Kelly Award winners, celebrating the best in Australian crime writing, have been named. The winners of the Davitt Awards, recognizing the best crime and mystery books by Australian women, are announced. The same effort that promotes book bans is spurring some libraries to leave the ALA over its defense of books. Edith Grossman, eminent translator of Spanish literature by Cervantes and Gabriel García Márquez, dies at 87. Journalist and author Peter C. Newman, who chronicled Canada’s power brokers, has died at 94.

Reese Witherspoon chooses Nina Simon’s Mother-Daughter Murder Night as her latest book club pick. The winners of this year’s Anthony Awards, for outstanding mystery books, are announced. Winners are also out for the 2023 Dragon Awards, for SFF novels. The longlist has been announced for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize, honoring the best Canadian novel, graphic novel, or short story collection. SFF novelist Rich Larson wins the 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction.

The Baillie Gifford Prize longlist is announced. The 2023 National Translation Awards longlist arrives, along with the 2023 Washington State Book Award nominees. Jenna Bush Hager picks Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood for her September book club. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Stephen King’s Holly. Author Carl Hiaasen pays tribute to Jimmy Buffet. Plus, WSJ reports that the FTC will file an antitrust suit against Amazon later this month.

Holly by Stephen King leads holds this week. The shortlist for the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award is announced. Audiofile announces the September 2023 Earphones Award winners. People releases its fall must-read preview. September’s Costco Connection is out, featuring an interview with Swedish author Karin Smirnoff, who continues Lisbeth Salander’s story in The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons. ShelfAwareness reports on strike news from Powell’s Books. Plus, Ernest Hemingway’s letter detailing a plane crash that he survived has sold for $237,055 at auction.

Future shock, present turmoil.

Growing up, learning about oneself, aging gracefully.

Life, love, moving on. 

Newcomers with clout. 

Memoir, history, and religious thought. 

The finalists for the 2023 Kirkus Prizes are announced. The finalists for the 2022 Sidewise Award for alternate history are announced. NYT reports on YA novelist John Green’s involvement in ensuring access to books in Indiana libraries. 

Top thriller authors return. 

Exploring the arts.

Fall booklists and previews arrive. The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize 2023 shortlist is announced. Ingram adds print-on-demand capability to its Chambersburg, PA, location. Interviews feature Zadie Smith, Bryan Washington, Safiya Sinclair, David Kennerley, Myriam Gurba, and Harold Rogers. The release date of Dune: Part Two has been moved to 2024, due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Plus, A Haunting in Venice, based on Agatha Christie’s Hallowe’en Party, arrives in select theaters early.

Thriller authors to follow. 

All the February 2024 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner leads holds this week. Three LibraryReads and five Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. Washington Post reports that the Pulitzer Prizes will consider opening books and arts prizes to noncitizens. The Polari Prize’s 2023 longlists are announced. A new trailer arrives for Cat Person, based on viral New Yorker story by Kristen Roupenian, which premieres in theaters October 6. And Bob Barker, legendary game show host, animal activist, and author, has died at the age of 99.

Alice Winn wins 2023 Waterstones debut fiction prize for In Memoriam. The UK’s Ackerley Prize for Autobiography names its 2023 shortlist. SFF and horror novelist (and music composer and conductor) S.P. Somtow is honored by the Thai National Committee for Culture. 

A new PEN America report documents a surge in “educational intimidation” bills. Salon speaks with former NFLer Michael Oher about The Blind Side controversy and his new book, When Your Back’s Against the Wall: Fame, Football, and Lessons Learned Through a Lifetime of Adversity. Equipping Space Cadets: Primary Science Fiction for Young Children by Emily Midkiff wins the 2023 Science Fiction Research Association book award; the SFRA’s other awards are announced as well.

Writing that says something important. 

Small-town but not always cozy. 

The 2023 American Book Award winners are announced, including Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, Edgar Gomez, Jamil Jan Kochai, Bojan Louis, Leila Mottley, and more; Maxine Hong Kingston will receive a lifetime achievement prize, and the late bell hooks will be awarded the Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Award for Criticism. The 2023 PEN Translates winners are announced. Fall book previews start to arrive, along with author interviews. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for After That Night by Karin Slaughter.

Famous figures seen anew.

Literary fiction, historical frames. 

Books of the times. 

The longlist for the 2023 German Book Prize is announced. The 2023 Prix Rosny Aîné winners are announced. The Atlantic reports on the authors and books that are powering generative AI. Washington Post features the work of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb. Interviews arrive with Lauren Beukes, Karin Slaughter, Amber Caron, Josh Cook, Prachi Gupta, and Kate Zernike. Valorie Lee Schaefer reflects on the 25th anniversary of her book The Care and Keeping of You, at Elle. Plus, the 12th season of American Horror Story, based on the novel Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine, gets a new trailer.

After That Night by Karin Slaughter leads holds this week. Bolu Babalola wins the 2023 TikTok Book of the Year award for Honey and Spice. Alice Oseman and Holly Parker also garner awards. People’s book of the week is A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power. September’s LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick The September House by Carissa Orlando. Amy Winehouse: In Her Words publishes next week. Plus, Disney+’s Percy Jackson And The Olympians gets a trailer.

Author Michael Lewis, whose book inspired The Blind Side film, speaks out on the root cause of the family’s rift. Meanwhile, NYT examines Michael Oher’s version of the story, via his two memoirs. Plus book reviews, book news, and Page to Screen, which includes an animated version of a 16th-century Chinese novel, a spin-off of Frankenstein, and a true-crime thriller about an Irish Republican Army unit undercover in London.

Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman wins the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award. The longlist is released for the Laurel Prize, honoring the best collection of environmental or nature poetry. Authors call on Justice Dept. and FTC to investigate Amazon’s alleged monopoly in the bookselling industry. NYT profiles Skyhorse Publishing. Washington Post runs an obituary for the late scholar Nechama Tec, a Holocaust survivor who authored Defiance.

Two months’ worth of otherworldly pleasures. 

Penguin Random House launches a new banned-books resource. An Iowa school district uses AI to remove titles from library collections. Booklists highlight Women in Translation Month. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell tops the August LoanStars list. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Lion & Lamb by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski. Interviews arrive with Alice Hoffman, Pidgeon Pagonis, Kai Cheng Tho, Jenn Shapland, Karan Feder, Drew Gilpin Faust, Laura Meckler, and more. LA Times and Datebook take a critical look at The Blind Side.

On the occasion of the reissue of her 2012 debut novel, Glaciers (Tin House), author Alexis M. Smith discusses climate change, war, and how we can (maybe) save the planet.

International, historical, police procedural: whodunits for everyone. 

Music labels sue the Internet Archive over copyright infringement. Former NFL tackle Michael Oher, whose story was the inspiration for Michael Lewis’s book The Blind Side and its film adaptation, sues to end conservatorship. Katy Turner wins the Romance Novelists Association’s Joan Hessayon Award. The 2023 Splatterpunk Awards winners are announced. NYT highlights the popularity of Brooklyn Public Library’s limited-edition cards featuring Jay-Z.

Lion & Lamb by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski leads holds this week. Other buzzy books include titles by Alice Hoffman, James Rollins, T. Kingfisher, and Paul Murray. Five LibraryReads and four Indie Next picks publish this week; People’s book of the week is The English Experience by Julie Schumacher. Tess Gunty discusses her National Book Award–winning novel, The Rabbit Hutch, with CBS Sunday Morning. Award-winning poet Keith Waldrop has died at age 90.

Peter Attia, Bill Gifford, Mark Hyman, and William W. Li are just some of the names topping the charts.

The Wainwright Prize for nature and conservation writing has released its 2023 shortlist, and the Laurel Prize for best ecopoetry announces its 2023 longlist. Plus book reviews, book news, and Page to Screen, which includes a film about Stephen King, one spinning off of Dracula, and Red, White & Royal Blue, based on the novel by Casey McQuiston.

The longlist is announced for the Petrona Award for best Scandinavian crime novel. Finalists are announced for the Dragon Awards. Author Dmitry Glukovsky has been sentenced to prison in Russia for speaking out on Ukraine. Amazon removes books allegedly generated by AI that author Jane Friedman says were falsely attributed to her. The author of The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World sues filmmakers for copying his book for the 2023 Apple+ Tetris biopic. Alice K. Ladas, author of landmark book on female sexuality, dies at 102. Guitarist-songwriter-singer-memoirist Robbie Robertson, leader of ’60s and ’70s rock group the Band, has died at age 80.

Hallie Rich is named editor in chief of Library Journal. The 2023 Ned Kelly Awards announces its shortlist. CBC Books announces its Writers to Watch list. Earlyword’s August GalleyChatters rave about Jean Kwok’s forthcoming novel, The Leftover Woman, due out in October. LA Times explains what Simon & Schuster’s sale means for “authors, the industry—and you.” LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell. Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver leads a literary tour through Appalachia for NYT. Plus, Apple TV+ releases a new trailer for The Changeling, based on the best-selling book by Victor LaValle.

Simon and Schuster is sold for $1.62 billion to the private equity firm KKR, which also owns Overdrive. Masha Gessen wins Germany’s Hannah Arendt Prize. The 2023 Cundill History Prize longlist is announced. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex acquire rights to Carley Fortune’s Meet Me at the Lake. Brooke Shields announces a new book, to be published by Flatiron. Slate interviews James McBride about The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. Librarians suggest strategies for adults just getting into books for the first time, at Vox.

Books on Billie Holliday, Carson McCullers, and more. 

From Nerd Nite to Otodus megalodon to cerebral entanglements. 

Political science, self-help, business, and more. 

Cartoonist, illustrator, and screenwriter Clowes has won multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards and has been nominated for an Oscar. Perhaps most famous for the graphic novel Ghost World, he is also known for Wilson and Patience. His newest title, Monica, comes out in October. He talks with LJ about his creative process and the making of his newest work.

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell leads holds this week. People’s book of the week is The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, which garners rave reviews as a “great American novel.” Paramount is close to an announcement on Simon & Schuster deal. The September 2023 Indie Next List Preview is out, featuring Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wilds. The 2023 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists are announced. Lin-Manuel Miranda will adapt Sol Yurick’s cult novel The Warriors into a stage musical. Bloomsbury USA president Adrienne Vaughan died in a boating accident on Friday.

The longlist for the Diverse Book Awards, the longlist for the Toronto Book Awards, and the winners of the 2023 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award are announced. Otto Penzler announces a new true-crime imprint, Crime Ink. Seiichi Morimura, who exposed Japanese wartime atrocities in a widely read book in Japan, has died at age 90. Composer Carl Davis, best known for his scores for literary adaptations like the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice, has died at age 86. Cookbook writer Marlena Spieler has died at the age of 74.

Finalists have been named for the Leacock Medal for humor writing and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award for books about thoroughbred horse racing. “A.I.’s Inroads in Publishing Touch Off Fear, and Creativity,” reports NYT. Bidding for Simon & Schuster draws to a close. A new novel by Emily Henry is coming in the spring. Faith-based groups and individuals are heading to libraries this Saturday to take part in a nationwide book reading event. There are obituaries for Lois Libien, Alan Roland, and Martin Walser.

Reese Witherspoon picks Tom Lake by Ann Patchett for her August book club. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for the novel, which is the top holds title of the week. Audiofile announces the August 2023 Earphones Award Winners. Fantasy Magazine will shutter after its October 2023 issue. The late Paul Reubens leaves behind an unfinished memoir. Billy Dee Williams’s forthcoming memoir, What Have We Here?, will publish in February. Interviews arrive with Tahir Hamut Izgil, Jamel Brinkley, Jake Tapper, Danielle Valentine, Richard E. Grant, and Ann Patchett. Imagine Entertainment acquires film rights to Daniel Kraus’s new novel, Whalefall. Barbara Hoffert will retire from Library Journal in September, after an esteemed career.

Fun reading for the cold winter months. 

New thriller voices.

From James Lee Burke to Kristin Hannah to Valerie Martin. 

The Booker Prize longlist is announced, featuring new voices, including four debut authors. August book club picks arrive including Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake, Judy Blume’s The Summer Sisters, Elizabeth Acevedo’s Family Lore, and more. The Washington Post explores the exploding popularity of online book clubs and shares how to find the right one. August’s Costco Connection is out, with an author spotlight on Ann Patchett. Plus, plenty of summer booklists help to beat the heat.

Revisiting old thriller friends. 

Veterans and rising thriller stars.

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett leads holds this week. Other titles in demand include books by Sandra Brown, Kathy Reichs, Gillian McAllister, and Elizabeth Acevedo. Three LibraryReads and four Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Time’s Mouth by Edan Lepucki. A federal judge temporarily blocks an Arkansas state law banning librarians from giving minors materials deemed “harmful” to them.

All the January 2024 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

The shortlists for the Alice Awards for illustrated books and the seventh annual Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award have been announced. There are remembrances of the late singer Sinead O’Connor and her memoir, Rememberings: Scenes from My Complicated Life.

The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize longlist is announced. The Digital Public Library of America’s app, The Banned Book Club, allows access to books banned by location. Singer Sinead O’Connor, author of the memoir Rememberings: Scenes from My Complicated Life, has died at age 56. Vulture’s new beach-read book club will start with Emma Cline’s The Guest. 

The Academy of American Poets announces its 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows. Caryl Lewis wins Wales Book of the Year award for Drift. The British Fantasy Awards shortlists and World Fantasy Awards finalists are announced. Drew Barrymore will host the National Book Awards on November 15, with special guest Oprah Winfrey. Booksellers sue Texas over “Sexual Rating” law. Adaptations of Evelyn Waugh’s and Langston Hughes’s works are on the way. Season 2 of Netflix’s Heartstopper, based on the graphic novels by Alice Oseman, has a new trailer. 

Literary highlights. 

Good start-ups in the literary world. 

A fictional look to the past. 

From colonial times to the civil rights movement.

Worldwide historical perspectives. 

Deeply personal life stories.

Shankari Chandran wins the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. Eisner Comic Industry Awards are announced. George R.R. Martin updates fans on Winds of Winter, amid HBO deal suspension. Lee Rowland is named executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship. Trevor Noah previews his forthcoming graphic novel, Into the Uncut Grass, due in October. 

Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena leads holds this week. Four LibraryReads and four Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Somebody’s Fool by Richard Russo. A new translation of Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov arrives. The 2023 Polari Prize longlists are announced. Tina Shaw wins the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize. The Washington Post looks into the Smithsonian’s abrupt cancellation of the Asian American literary festival. Plus, EW recaps news from San Diego Comic-Con 2023.

Former president Barack Obama shares the books he’s reading this summer. The Roald Dahl Museum calls the author’s racism “undeniable and indelible.” Ta-Nehisi Coates attends a South Carolina school board meeting to support a teacher banned from using his book Between the World and Me in class. Javier Zamora, author of the memoir Solito, tells LA Times, “It’s time for the Pulitzer Prize for literature to accept noncitizens.” Toya Wolfe’s Last Summer on State Street wins the 2023 Pattis Award, The Botanist by M.W. Craven wins the 2023 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and the Australian National Biography Award shortlist is announced.

The 2023 New England Book Awards finalists are announced. News and analysis arrives on the buyouts and layoffs at Penguin Random House. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for The Collector by Daniel Silva. Ben McKenzie discusses his new book, Easy Money. Kristin Hannah previews her forthcoming book, The Women, due out next February. There is a first-look at Hulu’s adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris’s The Other Black Girl. Plus, Academy of American Poets president Ricardo Alberto Maldonado discusses  his goals to expand the reach of poetry to Americans.

Mysteries worldwide.

Barack Obama pens thank you letter to America’s librarians. The August LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. The 2023 Imadjinn Awards winners and the 2023 Sunday Times Literary Awards longlist are announced. Top editors at Penguin Random House take buyouts, with layoffs underway. Colson Whitehead’s Crook Manifesto and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Silver Nitrate get reviewed. Interviews arrive with Andrew Leland, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Dina Gachman, Sara Flannery Murphy, Emily Monosson, and Ann Beattie.

Key issues, ready for discussion. 

The Collector by Daniel Silva leads holds this week. The Shirley Jackson Awards are announced, with Best Novel going to The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias and Where I End by Sophie White, in a tie. The New American Voices Award longlist is announced. Thousands of authors, including Nora Roberts and Margaret Atwood, sign an open letter to AI companies. People’s book of the week is Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.

Minnie Bruce Pratt, celebrated poet of lesbian life, dies at 76. Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson will publish a book. Kirkus rounds up the 45 Emmy nominations received by book adaptations. Plus Page to Screen and book reviews.

Helen Le, author of the forthcoming Vegan Vietnamese and creator of the YouTube channel Helen's Recipes, talks with LJ about designing cookbooks, crafting flavors, and starter recipes.

Waterstones has announced the shortlist for its 2023 Debut Fiction Prize. Britain’s Royal Society of Literature aims to broaden representation as it announces 62 new fellows. July’s EarlyWord GalleyChat spreadsheet is available now. The NYPL blog rounds up its reading lists inspired by Emmy-nominated shows, as well as the books that inspired Emmy-nominated shows. And Publishers Weekly reports that Christian publishers are adding more faith-based sci-fi/fantasy titles.

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize announces its 2023 shortlist. The 2023 Eugie Award finalists are announced. Britney Spears announces her new memoir, The Woman in Me, which will publish October 24. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Hello Stranger by Katherine Center. Emmy Awards nominations are announced today. Wonka, which premieres December 15, releases a new trailer. Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, has died at the age of 94.

Ranging over history, with three views on the Holocaust. 

Algorithms, MAGA, and the war in Ukraine. 

Different ways to help oneself and others. 

Surprising lives. 

From mathematics to the moon. 

Authors, including Sarah Silverman, sue Meta and OpenAI for copyright infringement. The Booker Prize winners announcement will move to the end of November. The Caine Prize announces its 2023 shortlist. Publishers Lunch will host a virtual Buzz Books Romance Editors Panel tomorrow. Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS is an instant best seller. Time catches up with Colleen Hoover at Book Bonanza, and interviews arrive with Sarah Rose Etter, Maggie Smith, and Elizabeth Winder. A new animated film inspired by Robert Jordan’s “The Wheel of Time” series is in the works. Plus, Rolling Stones drummer and bibliophile Charlie Watts’s rare-book collection will be up for auction at Christie’s.