Alex Award - winner Hannah Tinti's second novel, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley (PRH / The Dial Press), is the number one
pick by librarians for the March LibraryReads list.
The number one
pick by librarians this November is Faithful by Alice Hoffman (S&S; S&S Audio), at the top of the just released LibraryReads list of monthly favorites.
The number one
pick by librarians for February is I See You, by Clare Mackintosh (PRH / Berkley; Penguin Audio / BOT; OverDrive Sample).
Not exact matches
Additional Buzz: It was
picked by Canadian
librarians as part of their Loan Stars selections.
The number one
pick of the just released list of monthly
librarian favorites for October is News of the World
by Paulette Jiles (HC / William Morrow).
Several titles have already received acclaim from
librarians, such as the mystery selection, Murder at the Brightwell,
by Ashley Weaver, (Minotaur / Macmillan), a LibraryReads
pick in October.
Librarians have been particular champions of this mind - bending SF title, heralded
by GalleyChatters last May and a number one LibraryReads
pick.
Great minds think alike:
Librarians can't wait to get their hands on Circe
by Madeline Miller, an inspired retelling of the myth of the maligned Greek sorceress Circe, which is also our April Fiction Top
Pick.
Eligible
by Curtis Sittenfeld is the top
pick for
librarians next month, so be sure to check out our interview with Sittenfeld in our May issue!
The book
librarians are most looking forward to is also our Teen Top
Pick for February, the riveting World War II historical fiction novel Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys.
Your book will be featured to 10,000
librarians and promoted in a press released
picked up
by major networks (ABC, NBC, Fox).
The obvious benefits of «title -
by - title» (or «
pick - and - choose») buying have been well documented in LIS literature: not only does it provide libraries with the flexibility to supplement their existing catalogs with targeted selections, it requires less initial investment of time and money; it is often seen as the easiest way to select and purchase only what libraries need; and it is also the most intuitive to the library profession, because it places the art of curation front and center — something many
librarians still see as an integral part of their professional identity.
First, if you don't have a copy of the latest edition of «The Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet,» written
by Carole Levitt, a lawyer and law
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pick one up.