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Welcome to Check Your Shelf. Remember to hydrate and wash your hands this week. There are a lot of major problems going on in the world, but we won’t be able to tackle them unless we’re properly hydrated and sanitized. Use this week to take care of yourself!
Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
- Internet Archive has asked publishers to drop their copyright lawsuit and work together to find a solution.
- Donald Trump has permanently changed the publishing industry.
New & Upcoming Titles
- Jason Reynolds announces his first adult fiction title, which will be published in 2022!
- The Decameron Project provides 29 free short stories from acclaimed writers such as Tommy Orange, Margaret Atwood, and Victor LaValle.
- Debut and international crime novels for July.
- 18 feel-good summer novels to read if you need a break.
- 21 best books of the year (so far).
- Preview of Fall 2020 books that focus on the presidential campaigns and election.
- 15 new books to add to your TBR.
What Your Patrons Are Hearing About
- The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (LA Times, New York Times, NPR, Washington Post)
- Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell (LA Times, NPR, Washington Post)
- Pew – Catherine Lacey (LA Times, New York Times, USA Today)
- The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life – Alex Trebek (LA Times, NPR, Washington Post)
- Baseless: My Search For Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act – Nicholson Baker (New York Times, NPR)
- Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Cosby (NPR)
- Crooked Hallelujah – Kelli Jo Ford (Washington Post)
RA/Genre Resources
- The false promise of anti-racism books.
- Top Summer Reads: 56 new and favorite titles across the fiction genres.
- Take a look at the #midlibfaves20 spreadsheets to see the books that librarians are talking about halfway through the year.
- Muslim women authors are building new worlds through science fiction and fantasy.
- A look at horror and our current society that experiences so much through screens.
On the Riot
- 8 new epic fantasy debuts for 2020.
All Things Comics
- 9 translated graphic novels about inequality.
On the Riot
Audiophilia
- 5 audiobooks with love in the spotlight.
- 10 audiobooks that will make any road trip fly by.
- 7 audiobooks for a perfect dose of escapism.
On the Riot
- 30 audiobooks written and read by Black authors.
- 7 audiobooks to celebrate Disability Pride Month.
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Children/Teens
- YA mystery lists from Goodreads, Buzzfeed, and Epic Reads.
- 16 books like A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Adults
- 50 most impactful Black books of the last 50 years.
- 16 thrillers to give you instant goosebumps.
- 8 books about cross-generational friendships.
- 25 books about the immigrant experience.
- What 100 writers have been reading during quarantine.
- 9 books to read if you’re missing Olympic gymnastics. (It me.)
- 9 books about being homesick for a place that doesn’t exist anymore.
- 8 queer Scandinavian books.
- 7 mysteries featuring senior citizens as secondary characters.
- 12 books by Latinx authors.
- 9 Afrocentric fantasy novels.
On the Riot
- Hygiene books for elementary students.
- Totally rad 80’s and 90’s series for kids.
- Scary stories that doomed millennials as kids.
- 15 middle grade books to help learn empathy.
- 7 diverse Jewish children’s and YA books.
- 10 short romance novels.
- 8 books celebrating Black joy.
- 15 fabulous books about drag.
- 12 queer witch books to bring some magic to your TBR.
- 5 books with pansexual main characters.
- 5 books on the necessity of police reform.
- 7 books to read in honor of the 30th anniversary of the ADA.
- 5 books to help you learn data visualization.
- 3 books about the Hong Kong protests.
- An American History summer reading list.
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.
Stay safe and stay hydrated, everyone.
—Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter.