Welcome to Check Your Shelf. Jonesy is officially out and about 24/7, and our house has turned into non-stop Zoomie Central. He and Dini spend their afternoons romping up and down the hallway and bonking each other on the head. It’s been a long time since I’ve had two equally active cats, so I’m not used to seeing so many consenting playfights! Now I’m just waiting for them to snuggle together.
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Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
Generative AI makes avoiding copyright infringement a challenge. Plus, generative AI could leave users on the hook for copyright violations.
Publishers: it’s time to talk about your AI strategy.
Amazon Kindle lock screens are showing ads for AI-generated books.
New & Upcoming Titles
Rebecca Yarros says that the third book in her Empyrean series, Onyx Storm, will be released in January.
Dr. Jill Biden is publishing a picture book about the White House cat, Willow.
Donald Sutherland has a memoir coming out this fall.
Here’s the cover for Elton John’s upcoming book, Watford Forever.
A first look at Casey McQuiston’s new novel, The Pairing.
Weekly book picks from Crime Reads, LitHub, New York Times.
April picks from Epic Reads, Kirkus, New York Times.
What Your Patrons Are Hearing About
All the World Beside – Garrard Conley (New York Times, Washington Post)
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness – Jonathan Haidt (New York Times, Washington Post)
Glorious Exploits – Ferdia Lennon (New York Times, Washington Post)
RA/Genre Resources
For book recommendations, people are always better than algorithms.
Where to start with Anthony Horowitz.
The growing diversity of Southern gothic and rural noir.
On the Riot
The best weekly releases to TBR.
New historical fiction for your book club.
All Things Comics
The manga industry faces hard questions as Eiichiro Oda announces a brief hiatus from One Piece.
On the Riot
24 trailblazing women in comics for Women’s History Month.
Audiophilia
Cynthia Erivo is narrating the audio version of Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi.
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Children/Teens
10 wiggly and wonderful picture books about worms.
Books to read while listening to Olivia Rodrigo’s album GUTS.
YA books that center on transgender and nonbinary teens.
Adults
5 books that prove travel is terrifying.
5 mysteries and thrillers with a reality TV twist.
6 books for adults with ADHD.
9 books that center Deaf and Hard of Hearing characters.
An appreciation of domestic horror.
5 of the best books about social media.
5 novels of generational wealth and income inequality.
4 mysteries in which children are accused of a crime, and their parents wrestle with the truth.
10 doctor romances to make you feel good all over.
On the Riot
Black speculative YA books to liven up your bookshelves.
1980s sci-fi books that aged badly, and 4 that still hold up.
Books that break your heart and put it back together again.
8 compelling works of contemporary Latine fiction.
10 queer Western books in four different genres.
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 is very trusting…specifically, he trusted that I wasn’t going to get up and let his little sandbag butt fall off the couch.
Well, that’s all I have — see you on Friday!
—Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter.