Welcome to Check Your Shelf. I spent this last weekend determinedly not thinking about work, and by Sunday evening, I was forced to think about work again. I guess it was a nice little break while it lasted?
Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
HarperCollins union votes for its second strike.
New & Upcoming Titles
Publishers Weekly releases its Best of 2022 list!
Rick Riordan is returning to the Percy Jackson series!
Volodymyr Zelensky will publish a collection of his war speeches.
The middle grade novel The Crooked Door was first revised, and then withdrawn from publication, following evidence of misconduct from one of the book’s co-authors, Louis Sylvester.
Geri Halliwell-Horner (aka Ginger Spice), has signed a two-book deal with Scholastic for her children’s adventure story Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen.
Megan Collins has a cover reveal for her upcoming book Thicker Than Water.
Oprah Daily has the cover reveal for The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.
The best new fall books about classic Hollywood.
New romance novels perfect for Halloween season.
Best international crime fiction for fall 2022.
Weekly book picks from Crime Reads, LitHub, The Millions, New York Times, and USA Today.
October true crime picks from Crime Reads.
November picks from Barnes & Noble (adults, teens, children).
What Your Patrons Are Hearing About
Demon Copperhead — Barbara Kingsolver (Datebook, LA Times, New York Times, Star Tribune, USA Today)
The Passenger / Stella Maris — Cormac McCarthy (Datebook, New York Times, Oprah Daily, Washington Post)
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man — Paul Newman (AARP, LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post)
The Last Chairlift — John Irvin (The Guardian, LA Times, New York Times)
Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me — Ralph Macchio (Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, USA Today)
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing — Matthew Perry (Deadline, Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood Reporter)
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion — Gabrielle Stanley Blair (NPR, USA Today)
README.txt: A Memoir — Chelsea Manning (New York Times, Washington Post)
RA/Genre Resources
Technically this is in regard to TV and not books, but I think it’s worth putting here as a consideration for true crime as a whole: The ethics of true crime TV.
How to read the Game of Thrones books in order.
On the Riot
The best witchy romances for autumn 2022.
Fall 2022 new releases in translation.
New and recent gothic horror.
The best new weekly releases to TBR.
More than Hillbilly Elegy: the vast wealth of Appalachian literature.
The 10 best slipstream books for readers new to the genre.
28 of the best western books to add to your TBR.
Exploring the Best American series.
Why this reader chooses not to read the book descriptions.
All Things Comics
Harrison Ford joins the MCU with Captain America: New World Order.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is tracking for a $175 million opening weekend.
The Geiger comic series is getting a TV adaptation.
9 new graphic novels to put on your list.
23 chilling horror graphic novels.
On the Riot
Paranormal YA comics and graphic novels.
10 of the best witch manga.
Creepy, scary Halloween comics and graphic novels to read this season.
Audiophilia
Simon & Schuster Audio will release The Trump Tapes by Bob Woodward: an eight-hour audio archive of Woodward’s 20 interviews with Donald Trump.
All ears: how to evaluate audiobooks.
19 true crime audiobooks and podcasts to listen to.
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Children/Teens
14 spooky picture books for Halloween.
31 must-read YA fairy tale mashups.
13 YA books to read in honor of Taylor Swift’s Midnights album.
Adults
10 award-winning short story collections worth reading.
13 magical realism and horror books by Latina writers.
Halloween cozy mysteries for scaredy cats.
5 haunting tales about love and death.
15 scary-ass books by Black authors that are perfect for Halloween.
34 Halloween books to get you in a spooky mood.
7 books featuring characters with rare abilities.
66 spellbinding books about witches.
5 books in which giant insects ruin everyone’s day.
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On the Riot
8 Jewish contemporary fiction novels.
8 autumnal (but not scary!) Halloween reads.
50 scariest books of all time.
8 horror books based on urban legends by Asian authors.
11 books like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
10 books in translation from modern Greek.
Books that hit different the second time around.
Recent adult books with reality TV elements.
8 of the best nonfiction books about the senses.
10 books with magical towns.
Recommended reading about Aztec mythology.
9 cozy fiction books set in libraries.
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.
Dini has been in helper mode recently, and here he is helping my husband tune and play his guitar. Look how carefully he’s inspecting those strings!
All right, folks. Let’s check in again on Friday.
—Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter.