Goddess of the Hunt, the first romance novel by Tessa Dare, a New York Times best-selling and RITA award-winning author, was published in 2009. Now one decade, five series, and 24 books later, Dare is still enchanting readers with her signature literary mix of love, laughter, and happily ever afters. A book lover from early […]
We’ve all had a couple weeks to digest Taylor Swift’s latest album, Lover. And with Booklist‘s focus on romance this month—as of yesterday, the September 15 Spotlight on Romance is live on www.booklistonline.com!—I figured, what better time than now to explore TSwift’s most romantic album through the lens of romance novels? Sure, there are some […]
RWA Golden Heart winner and RITA-nominated Lenora Bell was inspired to begin writing romance fiction after reading an article by Eloisa James in 2005. When she’s not working on her latest historical romance, Bell tries to curb her collector’s cravings for vintage clothes, purses, and costume jewelry. A third-generation Alaskan who grew up in a […]
Rising romance star Minerva Spencer launched her writing career with the publication of Dangerous, the first installment in The Outcasts, her Regency-set historical trilogy, in 2018. Dangerous would go on to earn a spot on Booklist’s Top 10 Debut Romances: 2018. And it was was soon followed by Barbarous, which was chosen as one of […]
This is the second of a two-part series. Click here for Part I. Last week, we shared a baker’s dozen of titles by Asian women writers, made accessible by dedicated, invaluable translators who continuously, miraculously enable anglophone readers in discovering, enjoying, and sharing books from around the world. My constantly regenerating, overflowing gratitude to translators […]
Goddess of the Hunt, the first romance novel by Tessa Dare, a New York Times best-selling and RITA award-winning author, was published in 2009. Now one decade, five series, and 24 books later, Dare is still enchanting readers with her signature literary mix of love, laughter, and happily ever afters. A book lover from early […]
This morning, the National Book Foundation announced their longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the titles from which are linked to their Booklist reviews below. The last remaining longlist for fiction will be revealed Friday so stay tuned for more literary excitement! Burn the Place, by Iliana Regan The End of the Myth: […]
This morning, the National Book Foundation announced their longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry, the titles from which are linked to their Booklist reviews below. The two remaining longlists—one for nonfiction, one for fiction—will be revealed Thursday and Friday, respectively, so stay tuned for more literary excitement! Be Recorder, by Carmen Giménez Smith […]
Lynn and Cindy: For the past 10 years, our Bookends blog has been affiliated with Booklist as the Booklist Online youth blog. Now, as the Booklist Reader undergoes some changes and reorganization, we have decided it is time to write a new chapter for Bookends. Bookends is going back to its roots as an independent blog and now […]
Lynn: Is there other life in the universe? People have been looking up at the night sky and asking this question for thousands of years. Today, scientists are actively engaged in finding answers to this intriguing puzzle and making exciting discoveries at an extraordinary pace. Curtis Manley explores this fascinating subject in Just Right: Searching […]
Cindy: New Year’s healthy eating resolutions usually start to flag by February, so it’s perfect timing for us to share a 2018 title that’s a great fit for Booklist‘s Spotlight on Health & Wellness. Eat This! How Fast Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and How to Fight Back) by Andrea Curtis offers lessons […]
Happy Webinar Wednesday! Whether you’re hungry for new recipes or tips on how to successfully market your library, we’ve got you covered. Simply click the links below to watch the most recent Booklist webinars, generously sponsored by Rowman & Littlefield, Workman Publishing, Penguin Random House, Books on Tape, and Sterling Publishing. For more information on […]
The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist! Adult Fiction ★ A Little Hatred, by Joe Abercrombie ★ Gallows Court, by Martin Edwards ★ Heaven, My Home, by Attica Locke ★ Inheritance, by Evelyn Toynton ★ Kopp Sisters on […]
This morning, the National Book Foundation announced their second-ever longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, the titles from which are linked to their Booklist reviews below. The three remaining longlists—one for poetry, nonfiction, and fiction—will be revealed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, respectively, so stay tuned for more literary excitement! The Barefoot Woman, […]
LibraryReads has announced its October 2019 selections! Check out the titles chosen by librarians below, linked to their Booklist reviews when available. For those of you who prefer to listen rather than read, we’ve hunted down the producers of the audio versions and have provided ordering information, when available. Please note that we have not yet had […]
This morning, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the titles from which are linked to their Booklist reviews below. This marks the first longlist announcement of the week: the translated literature list will be announced tomorrow, poetry will be announced Wednesday, nonfiction will be announced […]
The September 15 issue of Booklist is now live, and as the old song goes, “Have Love, Will Travel.” We are screaming excited for this issue’s joint Spotlight on Romance and Travel. Inside, we have top-10 lists of both the year’s best romance debuts and the year’s best romance novels for adult and youth readers. […]
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