NYT 10 Best Books of 2017

Kickin' off the best titles of 2017 

with the 

top 10 from the New York Times! 

Fiction:

Autumn by Ali Smith

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Sing, Unburied, Sing  by Jesmyn Ward

Non-Fiction:

- The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten     Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World — and Us by Richard O. Prum
- Grant by Ron Chernow
- Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.
- Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
- Priestdaddy By Patricia Lockwood

Stay tuned for 

more end of year BEST lists 

from your favorite librarians!

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Have e-books clicked with you yet?

This article from The Guardian poses the question, "Has Jeff Bezos changed the way people read?"

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Whatever version comes to me first 

is how I read my next book. 

If Jennifer Egan's "Manhattan Beach" 

comes in first as an e-book via Overdrive,

that's how I'll read it. 

When reading in bed, 

I prefer the e-version as opposed to my"book with my itty bitty book light attachment" set up. 

But as I said, whichever version comes in first- I'm all in. 

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Andy Weir: By the Book

This Sunday, Andy Weir appears in the NYT By the Book column. 
Read the interview right here!  

Here's a bit: 

"Who is your favorite novelist of all time?

AW: I grew up reading my father’s science-fiction collection, a huge collection of those pulpy mass-market paperbacks from the ’50s and ’60s. Making my way through the Holy Trinity of Asimov, Heinlein and Clarke was what made me fall in love with science fiction, and to some extent that experience has shaped my life ever since. So I’d have to pick one of them.

Take a moment to praise a few unheralded writers. Who should we be reading?

AW: Well if you’re not reading Peter Clines’s books, you should be — though I don’t know if he would qualify as “unheralded.” "


Great interview--and I included links to the authors above.

(love me that science fiction)

These unsolved mysteries will leave you feeling...

just like that guy. 

Our friends at Off the Shelf have come up with a great list of unsettling unsolved mysteries. Read it here.
They'll make for excellent book discussions!

Here's a sample:

We have our winners!

The winners of the 2017 National Book Awards were announced in NYC last night and

here they are:

Fiction:  "Sing Unburied Sing" by Jesmyn Ward

Non-Fiction: "The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia" by Masha Gessen

These are the nominated titles:

Fiction:

Elliot Ackerman: Dark at the Crossing

Lisa Ko: The Leavers

Min Jin Lee: Pachinko

Carmen Maria Machado: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Place your hold here for any of these titles.

Nonfiction:

Erica Armstrong Dunbar: Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Frances FitzGerald: The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

David Grann: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Nancy MacLean: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Happy Birthday Liane Moriarty!

Six books recommended by the lady herself! 
See what they are right here from BookBub.

And for all you Big Little Lies fans, it looks like HBO is scheduling a 2018 spring production start for season 2!
I'm on the fence about whether this is a good idea or not. Why mess with the perfection of the original series? 
To be perfectly frank, I'll watch it regardless. 
And I'll read anything Moriarty writes so, I'm a fan.

Choose your next title from the birthday girl right here. 

2017 World Fantasy Awards Winners!

The awards were presented during the World Fantasy convention held November 2-5, 2017 in San Antonio, TX.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Terry Brooks

Marina Warner

Best Novel

• The Sudden Appearance of Hope, Claire North (Redhook; Orbit UK) (winner)
• Borderline, Mishell Baker (Saga)
• Roadsouls, Betsy James (Aqueduct)
• The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (2nd book in the series) (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff (Harper)

Best Long Fiction

• The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing) (winner)
• The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
• Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
• “Bloodybones”, Paul F. Olson (Whispered Echoes)
• A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)

Best Short Fiction

• “Das Steingeschöpf”, G.V. Anderson (Strange Horizons 12/12/16) (winner)
• “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny 11-12/16)
• “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood)
• “Little Widow”, Maria Dahvana Headley (Nightmare 9/16)
• “The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me”, Rachael K. Jones (Clockwork Phoenix 5)

There they are folks! Congrats to all the winners!

Did you know that Agatha Christie staged her own disappearance?

This terrific article from Broadly focuses on the strange 
11-day disappearance in 1926 of Agatha Christie. 
There is speculation as to what happened and the article is a must read. 

With the remake of Murder on the Orient Express in theaters now, there is a renewed interest in the Queen of Mystery.
Borrow some titles right here!

The 68th National Book Awards will be held November 15th. Here are your Non-Fiction Finalists:

The 2017 National Book Award Non-Fiction Finalists are....

  
 
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar;

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances Fitzgerald;

The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen;

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann;

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America by Nancy Maclean

Place you hold here for these longlist titles:

  

 

The 68th National Book Awards are November 15th!

The finalists are:

  
 

The Leavers by Lisa Ko;

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee;

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward;

Dark at the Crossing by Elliot Ackerman;

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Here's the longlist titles:

   

  Place your reserve here for these titles. 

For the non-fiction titles click here to go to the National Book Foundation Website or tune in tomorrow!