Here is a sample of some of the books prominently featured in the media this week.
December 29:
HuffPost:
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Library Journal:
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
LibraryReads:
The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
NYT:
Conservatism: The Fight for a Tradition by Edmund Fawcett
South To Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War by Alice L. Baumgartner
Dancing in the Mosque by Homeira Qaderi
People:
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
A Cat’s Tale: A Journey Through Feline History by Dr. Paul Koudounaris
December 22:
Book Marks:
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna
Entertainment Weekly:
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
The Guardian:
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes
The Washington Post:
Red Hands by Christopher Golden
December 15:
BookPage:
A Measure of Belonging edited by Cinelle Barnes
Book Marks:
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Crime Reads:
The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980 by Nicholas Griffin
Entertainment Weekly:
Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay
Literary Hub:
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Publishers Weekly:
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
The Washington Post:
D (A Tale of Two Worlds) by Michel Faber
December 8:
CBC:
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear’s Journey Through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffan
Entertainment Weekly:
The Glass Hotel by Emil St. John Mandel
NYT:
The Shadow Drawing: How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint by Francesca Fiorani
She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh
The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention by Simon Baron-Cohen
USA Today:
Authors on Air:
NPR – Fresh Air:
Right Place, Right Time: The Life of a Rock & Roll Photographer by Bob Gruen
December 1:
Kirkus:
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
NPR:
Nights When Nothing Happened by Simon Han
NYT:
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
Read with Jenna:
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Seattle TImes:
Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley
Authors on Air:
NPR – Fresh Air:
Catching the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour, 1932-1975 by Neal Gabler
NPR – It’s Been a Minute:
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
NPR – Morning Edition:
Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing by Peter Guralnick
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