Welcome to Check Your Shelf. I’m still enjoying the wave of Cillian Murphy fandom after the Oscars, so I’m rewatching Red Eye and being transported back to high school, when I thought this movie was the pinnacle of cinematic achievement. Before Thomas Shelby, there was Jackson Rippner.
Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
“The gigification of publishing” — an analysis of Authors Equity’s publishing model.
Human translators are not convinced that AI will ever be able to adequately translate literature.
New & Upcoming Titles
50 Cent is publishing a financial heist novel, which is not a sentence I ever expected to write.
NFL coach Bill Belichick is reportedly shopping around a business book.
John Grisham is publishing his first nonfiction book in 18 years.
Jean Hanff Korelitz is publishing a sequel to The Plot, titled (fittingly) The Sequel.
Here’s a first look at Christine Blasey Ford’s new memoir, One Way Back.
Mary L. Trump has written a memoir about her late father, called Who Could Ever Love You?
Here’s an excerpt from Stephen Graham Jones’ final installment in the Indian Lake trilogy: The Angel of Indian Lake.
Cover reveal for Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley memoir, Walking Disaster.
6 recent and upcoming haunted house novels.
The best books of 2024 (so far).
The best & most anticipated mysteries and thrillers of 2024 from Elle and Goodreads.
Weekly book picks from Crime Reads, LitHub, New York Times.
April picks from Barnes & Noble (adults, teens, children).
What Your Patrons Are Hearing About
James – Percival Everett (Datebook, NPR, Vulture)
The Morningside – Téa Obreht (Entertainment Weekly, New York Times, Washington Post)
The Divorcées – Rowan Beaird (New York Times, Washington Post)
RA/Genre Resources
Talking Dune: books and movies.
Two decades in, Holly Black (the queen of faerie fantasy) is doing just fine.
On the Riot
The best new weekly releases to TBR.
The best recent mysteries for your book club.
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All Things Comics
Everything you need to know about Heartstopper Season 3.
Audiophilia
Heyyyy! It’s my Read or Dead cohost, Kendra Winchester, featured on AudioFile’s Behind the Mic podcast!
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Children/Teens
11 picture books about spring.
Libros en Español: authentic Spanish picture books.
Adults
The 25 best historical fiction novels of all time.
29 of the most emotionally charged books ever, according to readers.
8 books featuring Colombian protagonists.
8 dark science mystery novels.
6 books to prepare you for April’s total solar eclipse.
8 great novels featuring time travel.
4 books to help you better understand modern China.
Nordic speculative fiction in 5 novels.
7 stories of robot-human relationships.
6 ghost stories from across Latin America.
5 of the best books about the Victorians.
16 monster romance books to make you gasp.
Romantic thrillers to keep you on the edge of your seat.
On the Riot
Taylor Swift lyrics as YA book titles.
9 of the best villains in literature.
The 10 best Hugo Award winners to check out.
8 of the most polarizing romance novels ever written.
10 mystery and crime novels featuring queer ladies.
8 nonfiction books that SFF fans will love.
Softer scares in these “light” horror novels.
Helpful books about sleep and rest.
10 fresh urban fantasy books and series.
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 Edelweiss has a new catalog dedicated to diverse titles, which is managed by Early Word Galley Chatter Vicki Nesting. Check it out!
Jonesy loves to have a paw on us at all times, just to make sure we don’t think about running off.
—Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter.