Known and celebrated for his sharp sense of wit (the New York Times called him “one of our pre-eminent humorists”), Paul Rudnick is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, novelist, columnist, and essayist whose extensive body of work includes Jeffrey, In and Out, Gorgeous, and I’ll Take It, and contributions to the New York Times, Vanity Fair, […]
Our June 1 & 15 double issue of Booklist is now live! This year we are celebrating the very best in memoir and biography, featuring the year’s top 10 memoirs alongside top 10 biographies in adult and youth books. Inspired by Anne Sebba’s star-reviewed Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy, Donna Seaman offers a Read-alikes of Cold War biographies that […]
The following books, published this week and last, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist! Adult Fiction ★ A Dark and Secret Place, by Jen Williams ★ The Disappearing Act, by Catherine Steadman ★ The Jasmine Throne, by Tasha Suri ★ Legends of the North Cascades, […]
The Booklist Review of the Day, posted to the top of the Booklist Online home page each day of the week, spotlights exceptional upcoming titles that are notable for different reasons—they may be starred, in high demand, or especially relevant to the current issue’s spotlight. The Reviews of the Week, posted each Monday, offers a […]
Welcome to the Shelf Care Interview, an occasional conversation series where Booklist talks to book people. This Shelf Care Interview is sponsored by Dreamscape Audio. In this episode of the Shelf Care Interview, Heather Booth talks to author Olivia Matthews and narrator Janina Edwards, the team behind Murder By Page One. Olivia Matthews is the cozy mystery pseudonym of award-winning author […]
This regular feature gives Booklist contributing reviewer Terry Hong the opportunity to shout about a recently published book she adored. She’ll tell us why we should read it, then provide five read-alikes for the title. ★ We Had No Rules, by Corinne Manning Corinne Manning’s author statement couldn’t be clearer: “I had no idea how to write […]
The following books, published this week and last, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist! Adult Fiction ★ Bewilderness, by Karen Tucker ★ The Eagle’s Claw, by Jeff Shaara ★ How to Kidnap the Rich, by Rahul Raina ★ Lizzie & Dante, by Mary Bly ★ […]
The Booklist Review of the Day, posted to the top of the Booklist Online home page each day of the week, spotlights exceptional upcoming titles that are notable for different reasons—they may be starred, in high demand, or especially relevant to the current issue’s spotlight. The Reviews of the Week, posted each Monday, offers a […]
The following books, published this week and last, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist! Adult Fiction ★ Against the Law, by David Gordon ★ The Apocalypse Seven, by Gene Doucette ★ The Blacktongue Thief, by Christopher Buehlman ★ The Cave Dwellers, by Christina McDowell ★ […]
The Booklist Review of the Day, posted to the top of the Booklist Online home page each day of the week, spotlights exceptional upcoming titles that are notable for different reasons—they may be starred, in high demand, or especially relevant to the current issue’s spotlight. The Reviews of the Week, posted each Monday, offers a […]
StokerCon 2021 is upon us! But what is it? It’s a hashtag (#StokerCon2021). It’s a website (StokerCon2021.com). Most importantly, it’s a virtual horror conference put on by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) running from May 20 to 23. $75 gets you access to the whole shebang, including tomorrow’s Librarian’s Day events. Register here. For those […]
This blog post is part of an ongoing series made possible by a partnership between Short Édition, the Knight Foundation, and the Public Library Association. A unique collaboration between French publishing house Short Édition and several prominent organizations in Philadelphia delivers short stories to residents at the touch of a button. Many of those stories […]
