Welcome to Check Your Shelf. I’m writing this on Christmas Eve, it’s very cold, and I’m eager to get the holiday festivities under way! Let’s do this.
Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
The 2022 Publishers Weekly Publishing Industry Salary Survey results.
The pandemic still made its presence felt in publishing in 2022.
Barnes & Noble is expanding, and setting up new stores in former Amazon Book locations.
New & Upcoming Titles
Here’s the cover reveal for Alexis Hall’s upcoming novel, Mortal Follies, out June 2023.
Cassandra Clare is publishing an adult fantasy novel in October.
Aubrey Plaza and Dan Murphy have published a second picture book in their Christmas Witch series.
The ultimate Best Books of 2022 list.
Best of 2022 from Crime Reads (debut crime, true crime, YA), Electric Lit (poetry collections), Jezebel (celebrity memoirs), Kirkus (indie books), Rolling Stone (music books), Tor.com (YA SFF/horror), Town & Country.
15 of the best book covers of 2022.
Most anticipated books of 2023: Barnes & Noble, Buzzfeed (winter thrillers), Forbes (YA mysteries), Independent, Time.
Most anticipated YA for January.
On the Riot
Book Riot’s most popular posts in 2022.
Obama’s best books of the year.
Best of 2022: poetry collections, horror, YA.
New historical fiction coming out in 2023.
On reading books about Jewish joy.
All Things Comics
Black Adam 2 is not moving forward.
Patti Lupone has been added to the cast of Agatha: Coven of Chaos.
On the Riot
12 comics about obscure characters in Marvel Snap.
Audiophilia
The Top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com.
On the Riot
10 of the best audiobooks for kids.
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Adults
Must-read classic novels that everyone should read.
8 great mystery series featuring librarians as amateur detectives.
Cozy mysteries for fans of Only Murders in the Building.
9 awful meals from horror fiction.
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On the Riot
8 picture books to teach growth mindset.
Books that will make you question reality.
8 books to help you buy fewer books. (That’s how this works, right?)
Classic books that have gotten better with age.
Books featuring queer siblings.
SFF books by unexpected writers.
10 books about rocks, minerals, gems, and crystals.
The best winter sports romances you can’t help but root for.
The best memoirs you’ve never heard of.
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.
This is me enjoying my snow day and reading a book on the couch with my boys keeping me warm. EXACTLY what I needed after a stressful 6 months in 2022!
Welp, that’s all I’ve got until Friday. I hope things start warming up where you are…these sub-zero temperatures are no bueno.
—Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter. Currently reading The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager.