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Welcome to Check Your Shelf! This is your guide to help librarians like you up your game when it comes to doing your job (& rocking it).
Heyyo, Library Land! I know everyone’s probably preoccupied with Banned Books Week, but let’s take a pause to look at some collection development resources.
Collection Development Corner
Publishing News
- Reycraft, a new children’s imprint created by publisher Sera Reycraft, will focus on creating diverse stories for young readers.
- The Library of Congress is partnering with Poisoned Pen Press: Sourcebooks to publish a selection of crime novels originally published between the 1860’s and the 1960’s. The first books will be published in Spring 2020.
New & Upcoming Titles
- Get ready for Old Fourth Ward, the upcoming novel from Tayari Jones!
- Alyssa Cole has two books coming out in 2020, one of which is a thriller!
- Ellen Oh also announced two upcoming book deals.
- A first look at Martha Wells’ full-length Murderbot novel, Network Effect.
- Chris Rock has an essay collection coming out called My First Black Boyfriend.
- If you’ve ever wanted to read a book about a real-life 88-year-old grandmother who was also an international jewel thief, boy do I have good news for you! Make sure you’ve ordered a copy of Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief by Doris Payne, the jewel thief herself.
- September 2019 indie press roundup.
- Best books of 2019 so far from Esquire and Town and Country.
- The Washington Post picks 18 books you need to read this fall.
- The most anticipated crime novels of 2019, part 3.
- Fall YA books to be on the lookout for.
- Eight new books by Latinx authors that you have to read.
What your patrons are hearing about
- Red at the Bone – Jacqueline Woodson (New York Times, New York Times Magazine, NPR, O Magazine, Paste, Time, Washington Post)
- The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation – Robin Pogrebin & Kate Kelly (New York Magazine, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Washington Post)
- Permanent Record – Edward Snowden (Guardian, NPR, Washington Post)
- Make it Scream, Make it Burn – Leslie Jamison (Entertainment Weekly, New York Times)
- The Dutch House – Ann Patchett (Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, Washington Post)
- The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott (Time, Washington Post)
- Guts – Raina Telgemeier (New York Times, Washington Post)
RA/Genre Resources
- Something to be aware of as we talk about books with patrons: overcoming white bias in literature.
- Liberty has some ways to keep up with new romance releases.
- Are you ready for Banned Books Week?
All Things Comics
- The Far Side announces a new online era.
- Unseen is the first audio comic designed for blind readers.
- Where to start with She-Hulk.
- The value & educational benefit of reading comics.
- This is the best comics shop in Canada.
- 10 best criminals in comics.
Audiophilia
- If you need a rundown of the Audible caption controversy, Locus has a summary for you.
- Looking for Alaska is getting a new audiobook adaptation narrated by Wil Wheaton.
- Mental illness can make it hard to read, but audiobooks can help.
- 4 audiobooks to help you get your sh*t together. (Or you can also watch this Rick and Morty clip.)
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Children/Teens
- 20 must-read books for first and second graders.
- 15 picture books that celebrate Hispanic heritage.
- 25 of the best YA ghost stories.
- 7 YA books about immigration, immigrant camps, and deportation.
Adults
- 12 books for fans of Downton Abbey.
- 8 novels about college life. (There are some YA titles on here too.)
- Shape-shifter romances.
- A reading pathway for Colleen Hoover.
- 8 novels with atypical amateur sleuths.
- Feminist books for dismantling the patriarchy.
- 13 books about social media influencers.
- A crowdsourced list of the 100 best books by women in translation.
- Nonfiction books about the climate crisis.
Level Up (Library Reads)
Do you take part in LibraryReads, 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 created a database of upcoming diverse books that anyone can edit, and Nora Rawlins of Early Word is doing the same, as well as including information about series, vendors, and publisher buzz.
Thanks for hanging! And don’t forget to enter our giveaway of the year’s 10 best mysteries & thrillers (so far)!
–Katie McLain Horner, @kt_librarylady on Twitter. Currently reading Finders Keepers by Stephen King.