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Welcome to Check Your Shelf. I’m back in the library after spending last week working from home and using bereavement leave (my grandpa passed away last week), and as usual, I’m feeling a little discombobulated. Like, what is a normal work schedule, and how can I get one?
Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
Sourcebooks and Ebony Magazine Publishing have signed a deal to create a list of Ebony-branded adult books.
Literati acquires Follett Book Fairs.
New & Upcoming Titles
Celeste Ng’s upcoming novel, Our Missing Hearts, will be released on October 4th!! This is not a drill!
Ian McEwan’s “most epic book to date” will be published in September.
Ibram X. Kendi’s children’s book, Goodnight Racism, is set for a June publication.
Steph Curry shops a $10 million memoir.
Here’s a first look at David Sedaris’ upcoming essay collection Happy-Go-Lucky, which comes out on May 31st.
Chloe Gong announces a spinoff duology for These Violent Delights. The first book, Foul Lady Fortune, will be released on September 27th.
Mia P. Manansala has sold the next three books in her Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series.
Bill Barr’s memoir will be published on March 8th.
Writers to watch: Spring 2022.
Winter thrillers published in 2022 to put on your radar.
Weekly picks from Bustle, Crime Reads, The Millions, and USA Today.
2022 picks from Bustle (LGBTQ fiction), Buzzfeed (SFF), Crime Reads (SF noir/speculative thrillers), The Millions, and Oprah Daily (romance).
Make sure to get your own Read Harder Book Journal from Book Riot to track your reading for the year!
What Your Patrons Are Hearing About
Last Resort – Andrew Lipstein (LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post)
Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today – Valeri Bertinelli (Shondaland, USA Today)
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up – Bernardine Evaristo (New York Times, NPR)
RA/Genre Resources
Trends in Black speculative fiction.
Lois McMaster Bujold updated the recommended reading order for her books.
The new killers in climate disaster thrillers.
On the Riot
22 great new books to read in 2022.
The 15 best new mystery books of 2022.
11 of the most-anticipated new adult romance novels for Spring 2022.
Little hands love new board books for 2022.
Reading pathway for Kate Zambreno.
Mass market romance is still important.
8 types of murder mystery plots.
What does it mean to be a mood reader?
I left your favorite book off that list on purpose.
Why we can’t forget about amnesia romances.
Single All the Way and the variables of interracial romance.
All Things Comics
Here’s the trailer for Moon Knight.
On the Riot
8 of the best YA books to be adapted into comics.
10 graphic novels by Indigenous authors.
Audiophilia
This audiobook was narrated by no one: advances in text-to-speech technology may indicate a shift from analog to digital voices for audiobooks.
Libro.fm’s 2022 Listening Challenge.
Audiobooks with singular narrators.
Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!
On the Riot
10 of Libro.fm’s most preordered audiobooks of Winter 2022.
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Children/Teens
7 beautiful picture books to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
10 YA historical romance novels.
21 YA books about sports and overcoming challenges.
Adults
11 inspiring books from the activists of our time.
Goodreads members’ top 45 book club picks.
YA crossover titles that crime fans will love.
5 paranormal cozies to help you escape.
15 books you won’t regret re-reading.
On the Riot
10 sweet Valentine’s books for kids to help spread love this year.
Middle grade books about time loops.
8 fabulous middle grade novels with neurodivergent characters.
12 of the best gothic YA books.
15 wise and witty self-help books for teens.
10 books about books for serious bibliophiles.
11 excellent books about work-life balance.
6 books that’ll answer your every anti-work question.
10 anti-diet books for the new year.
12 books to help with anxiety.
10 short, fast-paced books to kickstart your yearly reading goal.
Level Up (Library Reads)
Do you take part in Library Reads, the monthly list of best books selected by librarians only? We’ve made it easy for you to find eligible diverse titles to nominate. Kelly Jensen created a database of upcoming diverse books that anyone can edit, and Nora Rawlins of Early Word is doing the same, as well as including information about series, vendors, and publisher buzz.
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Gilbert sometimes has a hard time with basic cat activities, like eating his Fancy Feast and not getting it stuck on his nose.
Stay hydrated and moisturized, everyone. I’ll see you on Friday.
—Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter.