Michael Ruzicka, Office Manager, was raised in suburban Los Angeles, received a BA in Creative Writing/Poetry at UC Santa Cruz, then moved to Birmingham, AL, where he spent five years owning an independent bookstore and earned an MLIS. He has brought his librarian skills to Vanderbilt’s Television News Archive, Battle Ground Academy, The Museum of Contemporary Art-Chicago, and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Michael is very excited to be a part of Booklist and call Chicago his home.
Every weekday we feature a different review on Booklist Online. These reviews are notable for different reasons—they may be starred, or in high demand, or especially relevant to the current issue’s spotlight. Have you read Quraysh Ali Lansana’s latest poetry collection? What can you cook with yummy vegetables? When are the Kopp Sisters going to courageously save the day? Where […]
The winner of this year’s Man Booker International Prize, which celebrates the best literature in translation, has been announced. We are very excited for Jokha Alharthi (the first Omani woman to have her novel translated into English) and her prize-winning title, Celestial Bodies. Congratulations also go to translator Marilyn Booth. The novel, set in the […]
A day before many fantasy fans took a break from reading to catch a beloved series end its epic reign on television, the Nebula Awards® were presented at the fifty-fourth Annual 2019 SFWA Nebula Conference in Woodland Hills, California. We are so pleased to see a smart, forward-thinking alternate history, penned by the very talented […]
Every weekday we feature a different review on Booklist Online. These reviews are notable for different reasons—they may be starred, or in high demand, or especially relevant to the current issue’s spotlight. A welcome return to form for a globe-trotting couple constantly facing danger; a horrific scourge that keeps a group of young students quarantined; a murder committed in a […]
We here at Booklist long for those clear, sunny days of spring, so we are extra excited about our annual Spotlight on Crafts and Gardening, which is now live! Annie Bostrom not only offers a fresh crop of Top 10 Crafts & Gardening Books, she also plants some great ideas for adding botanical crafting read-likes […]
In recent years, we’ve witnessed a boom in long-running TV series based on spy novels, a trend that makes perfect sense because literary spies have always made for great on-screen entertainment. The scope and episodic nature of TV series allows internal moral conflicts, shadowy meetings, painstakingly realized revelations, and rebellious attitudes to flourish with each […]
Every weekday we feature a different review on Booklist Online. These reviews are notable for different reasons—they may be starred, or in high demand, or especially relevant to the current issue’s spotlight. The spirited and spot-on narration of a beloved mystery series; Aimée Leduc’s nineteenth adventure, complete with international politics and familial intrigue; a stunning exploration of Filipino history and […]
The winners of the Agatha Awards were announced Saturday, May 4th, during the Malice Domestic 31 fan convention in Bethesda, Maryland. Named for Agatha Christie, the grande dame of Golden Age mystery, the awards honor the best books published in the previous calendar year exemplifying the “traditional mystery” genre (e.g. no explicit sex, gore, or […]
Every weekday we feature a different review on Booklist Online. These reviews are notable for different reasons—they may be starred, or in high demand, or especially relevant to the current issue’s spotlight. A cathartic imagined monologue told from the point of view of a prominent writer’s horrifically abusive father; a precipitous tryst between three youths with colliding pasts; a grim […]
For the past 10 years, the first day of May has marked the beginning of our month-long celebration of mystery. It also coincides with Booklist‘s May 1 Mystery Showcase issue, which is live now! We are so excited about this major anniversary of our focus on mystery fiction. To prove it, we’ve rounded up the […]
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