Welcome to Check Your Shelf. I’m starting to reel slightly from how much stuff we’ve packed into our vacation and how much more we won’t get to see. I could easily spend a week in each city, but I think my body might rebel, based on the amount of food I’ve ingested over the last week and a half. (Biscuits! Cornbread! Pulled pork! Fried chicken!) And SO much walking. I do okay during the day, but when I get back to the hotel/Airbnb, my feet start screaming at me. Probably a sign I should try to be more active during my day to day life.
Anyway, the book world keeps rolling on. Let’s see what’s what.
Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
Coverage update of the DoJ / PRH trial.
Ayesha Curry has signed a publishing deal with Zando.
What’s the future for mass market paperbacks?
New & Upcoming Titles
So I’m sure you’ve all ordered copies of Jennette McCurdy’s memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died, but did you know it sold out on Amazon one day after its release?
Elizabeth Hand has been selected to write a novel based on Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, and HOLY CRAP I can’t wait for this!
Ann Napolitano, author of Dear Edward, previews her upcoming book, Hello Beautiful.
Elizabeth Taylor gets her first-ever authorized biography — here’s the cover reveal.
Melville House will publish a new book by Michael Cohen in October.
Here’s the cover reveal for Emily Henry’s next novel, Happy Place.
And here’s the cover reveal for Han Kang’s upcoming novel Greek Lessons.
The viral Little Miss franchise is focusing on mental health with 10 new titles.
30 must-read YA books for the rest of 2022.
Weekly picks from Bustle, Crime Reads, The Millions, New York Times, and USA Today.
August picks from Crime Reads (psychological thrillers), Tor.com (fantasy, horror/genre-benders)
What Your Patrons Are Hearing About
I’m Glad My Mom Died – Jennette McCurdy (Entertainment Weekly, People, PopSugar, Shondaland, Time, Vanity Fair, Variety)
Heat 2 – Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner (Entertainment Weekly, L.A. Times, Vulture, Washington Post, USA Today)
The Women Could Fly – Megan Giddings (L.A. Times, New York Times)
Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis – Beth Macy (Datebook, New York Times)
Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe – David Maraniss (New York Times, Washington Post)
On the Riot
PRH WTF: the weirdest quotes from the PRH trial.
New weekly releases to TBR.
Reading pathways for Jane Ann Krentz.
Standalone fantasy books for newbies to the genre.
The worst tropes in mysteries and thrillers.
Do spoilers REALLY ruin stories?
Speaking of spoilers…the 20 best and worst Stephen King endings.
All Things Comics
On the Riot
So what the heck is going on with DC and Warner Bros?
Audiophilia
12 kids audiobooks perfect for the whole family.
On the Riot
10 audiobooks for Women in Translation Month.
8 fantastic classics audiobooks.
The sexiest romance and erotica audiobooks.
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Adults
Top 10 books about women written out of history.
Lighthearted cozy mysteries set in cities.
8 books about fraught mother-daughter relationships.
9 of the best books about Kate Middleton.
The 24 best books written by U.S. Presidents.
12 books to help you love reading again.
13 books to help you reconnect with nature.
Great books for and about travel.
On the Riot
30 of the most influential children’s books of all time.
10 of the best picture books to read on the first day of school.
YA authors with deep backlists.
10 of the best outdoor thrillers.
10 books set in Paris.
Nonfiction books about the therapy experience.
10 more books for Women in Translation Month.
8 novels where pets play a significant role.
8 notable nonbinary SFF books.
10 of the best books set in Hawai’i.
The best mindful eating books for beginners.
8 great teacher books to ease educators back to school.
8 books about existential dread by Asian authors.
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 has a guide to discovering upcoming diverse books, and Nora Rawlins of Early Word has created a database of upcoming diverse titles to nominate, as well as including information about series, vendors, and publisher buzz.
A cat photo from right before we left for vacation. I think Dini’s at his cutest when he’s upside down…and he is frequently upside down.
As a side note, our cat sitter has been sending us updates while we’ve been gone, and I think the cats are actually going to be mad when we come back because they’ve REALLY been turning on the cute for her while she’s over. She told us about how both of the cats sat with her in the office, and we were like, “Wait…BOTH of them? In the OFFICE?” They rarely simultaneously snuggle someone, especially a stranger, and Gilbert only does snuggle time with us on the couch or in the bedroom — never in the office. I can’t figure it out, but something tells me they’re going to be miffed when our cat sitter stops feeding them in a week.
Well that’s all I’ve got for today. Catch you on Friday.
—Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter.