Shout 'n Sharers (left to right): Wilda Williams (moderator), Stephanie Anderson, Gregg Winsor, Jennifer Hubert Swan, and Shayera Tangri. Photo by Chris Vaccari
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Library Journal's popular Librarian Shout 'n Share panel once again took center stage on the final day of BookExpo 2018, held May 30–June 1 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. Occupying the Downtown Stage, one of three main venues for special book and author events, the discussion was moderated by LJ Fiction Editor Wilda Williams and featured a mix of first-time and veteran librarian shouters: Stephanie Anderson, assistant director of selection, BookOps, New York and Brooklyn Public Libraries; Gregg Winsor, reference librarian, Johnson County Library, Overland Park, KS; Jennifer Hubert Swan, middle school librarian and director of library services, Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School, NYC; and Shayera Tangri, senior librarian, Porter Ranch Branch Library, CA. As with last year's session, there was surprisingly very little overlap in the discoveries shared by panelists. Home After Dark, author/illustrator David Small's long-awaited follow-up to his 2011 National Book Award finalist Stitches, drew nods from Winsor, Swan, and Williams. Other titles attracting multiple attention included The Real Lolita, Sarah Weinman's investigation of the kidnapping that inspired Vladimir Nabokov's literary masterpiece; Stephen L. Carter's Invisible, which recounts the life of the author's remarkable grandmother, who helped take down 1930s gangster Lucky Luciano; and Sarah McCoy's Marilla of Green Gables, the much anticipated prequel to Lucy Maud Montgomery's Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. In 2017, A.J. Finn's The Woman in the Window was the Big Book of the show. No such thriller appeared on the horizon this year, but buzz is building for British screenwriter Alex Michaelides's chilling debut The Silent Patient, which will be released in early 2019 by Macmillan's new Celadon Books imprint. The following list includes all titles presented, in roughly the order mentioned, with bold titles indicating those selected by more than one panelist.Stephanie Anderson, BookOps, NYPL & BPL
Murata, Sayaka. Convenience Store Woman (Grove Atlantic, Jun.) F Farizan, Sara. Here To Stay (Algonquin Young Readers, Sept.) YA Fic Weinman, Sarah. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World (Ecco: HarperCollins, Sept.) True Crime/Lit Gerald, Casey. There Will Be No Miracles Here (Riverhead, Oct.) MemoirGregg Winsor, Johnson Cty. Lib., Overland Park, KS
Michaelides, Alex. The Silent Patient (Celadon, Jan. 2019) Psychological Thriller Pinborough, Sarah. Cross Her Heart (Morrow, Sept.) Psychological Thriller Ryan, Hank Phillippi. Trust Me. (Forge, Aug.) Psychological ThrillerShayera Tangeri, Porter Ranch Branch Lib., CA
Anderson, Pam. How To Cook Without a Book, Completely Updated and Revised: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart (Clarkson Potter: Crown, Aug.) Cooking Dyson, Michael. What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America (St. Martin’s, Jun.) Politics Felix, Antonia. Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight. Her Work. Her Life (Sourcebooks, Aug.) Biog Dawson, Delilah S. & Kevin Hearn. Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell (Del Rey, July) FantasyJennifer Hubert Swan, Little Red Sch. House & Elisabeth Irwin High Sch., NYC
Brooks, Molly. Sanity and Tallulah (Disney-Hyperion, Oct.) Middle Grade Graphic Novel Reed, Elliot. A Key to Treehouse Living (Tin House, Sept.) Coming-of-Age/YA Crossover Shepard, Megan. Grim Lovelies (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct.) YA FantasyWilda Williams, LJ Reviews
Corera, Dan. Operation Columba—The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe (Morrow, Oct.) Hist Mohr, Tim. Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (Algonquin, Sept) Hist Dalcher, Christine. Vox (Berkley, Aug.) Dystopian FictionWe are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing
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