Tomi Adeyemi presents a “bracing university-set tale rife with controlled chaos, cruel ambition, and fierce female characters” in her “page-turning” contemporary realistic YA fantasy novel THE SIREN
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- A bumbling muscle-bound Texan pursues his dreams of competing in the World’s Strongest Man contest and losing his virginity in this hilarious debut from Drew Buxton. This is a treasure. @HubCityPress
- ★ “Equal parts survival story and homage to sisterhood,” National Book Award Winner Shifa Saltagi Safadi’s middle grade verse novel SISTERS ALONE is a “standout”
- Authors Against Book Bans has announced that Katherine Locke will begin a term as president of the organization’s executive board beginning July 1, succeeding Maggie Tokuda-Hall.
- From its opening line—“For the second time in six weeks, I woke up with the wrong husband”—Liz Nugent’s enthralling sixth novel retains the jaw-dropping drama and darkness of its bestselling predecessor, 'Strange Sally Diamond.' This is a masterpiece. @GalleryBooks
- ★ K. Ancrum “breathes new life into the Frankenstein mythos” in her “cathartic, transformative” YA novel ADAM, MINE
- Fresh off their victory against Anna’s Archive last month, a coalition of publishers, including the Big Five, are suing yet another pirate website, WeLib, for copyright infringement.
- ★ “Funny, generous, and profound” picture book I WILL EAT YOU IN THE END by David Duff and illustrator Marianna Coppo “delivers hard truths in a way young readers can hold onto”
- Liam Higginson's wickedly good contemporary gothic horror story unfolds on a harsh mountainside in Wales. Readers will savor this creepy and sumptuous masterpiece. @randomhouse
- ★ Daniel Kwan, debut creator Julia Pott, and illustrator Sean Lewis’s “playfully existential will-they-or-won’t-they” picture book HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GHOST? “proves gently reassuring and deeply profound”
- Probing religious trauma and personal growth, Alisa Dean’s debut is an equal parts sensual and affecting exploration of love and identity. With as many laugh-out-loud moments as tear-jerking ones, this powerful and immersive new adult romance stuns.
- Jen Calonita “charmingly blends tender lessons about sisterly bonds and self-reliance with sweetly predictable romance” in her “feel-good, pumpkin-spice-latte-coded” YA rom-com PRACTICALLY MAGIC
- Journalist Jon Ronson delivers a by turns amusing and harrowing report on the desultory state of contemporary men. Ronson’s intuitive but still rigorous approach makes this a blockbuster portrait of men gone mad. @riverheadbooks
