Booker Prize Longlist 2024

For more than 50 years, the Booker Prize has been the leading literary award in the English-speaking world, and has brought recognition, reward, and readership to outstanding fiction. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. The longlist was announced on July 30, the shortlist was announced on September 16, and the winner will be announced on November 12. Here are some of the books longlisted for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

For more information check out the Booker Prize website.

CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner (DB 124304 IN PROCESS)
HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (IN PROCESS)
HELD by Anne Michaels (DB 119169)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS)
MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar (IN PROCESS)
ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey (DB 119203)
PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers (DB IN PROCESS)
THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud (DB 121644)
WANDERING STARS by Tommy Orange (DB 119674)
WILD HOUSES by Colin Barrett (DB 123389)

Books Similar to the Movie A Man Called Otto

So, you just saw the movie A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks. It was heartwarming and sweet! And you want to keep those warm fuzzies going. Well, there are a good number of books that are similar, starting with the book that the movie was based on, A MAN CALLED OVE. However, we have lots of other books with protagonists who are rejuvenated by an interaction with a new friend or a new experience. We’ve listed some of them below.

100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED by Jonas Jonasson (DB 75820; LB 07275)
AVAILABLE MAN by Hilma Wolitzer (BR 19617)
BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL by Deborah Moggach (DB 89071)
BIG FINISH by Brooke Fossey (DB 100114; BR 24769)
BRILLIANT LIFE OF EUDORA HONEYSETT by Annie Lyons (DB 103795; BR 24721)
CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER by Phaedra Patrick (DB 85718; BR 21656)
ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman (DB 87829; LB 09081)
ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSELL AND JAMES by Emma Hooper (DB 81826; BRG 03833; LB 08102)
EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER by Linda Holmes (DB 95700, BR 22754)
HOW NOT TO DIE ALONE by Richard Roper (DB 95289)
JOAN IS OKAY by Weike Wang (DB 106795)
LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK by Kathleen Rooney (DB 86852)
LITTLE OLD LADY WHO BROKE ALL THE RULES by C. Ingelman-Sundberg (DBC 06241)
LOST AND FOUND by Brooke Davis (DB 80899)
LOVE STORY OF MISSY CARMICHAEL by Beth Morrey (DB 99047)
MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson (DB 70760; BR 18827; LB 06441)
MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE’S SORRY by Fredrik Backman (DB 83204)
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt (DB 107924; BR 24204; LB 14401)
STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY by Gabrielle Zevin (DB 78978; LB 09180)
STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV by Elizabeth Berg (DB 89990; BR 22155)
SWITCH by Beth O’Leary (DB 100417)
UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce (DB 76196; BR 20792)
VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto (DB 113039; LB 14540)

New Large Print Books Added in September 2024

Adult Fiction

Romance Fiction

ICEBREAKER: A NOVEL        Grace, Hannah            
LB 0000634    

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiographies and Biographies

BITS AND PIECES: MY MOTHER, MY BROTHER, AND ME       
Goldberg, Whoopi            
LB 0000643    

MY FRIEND ANNE FRANK: THE INSPIRING AND HEARTBREAKING TRUE STORY OF BEST FRIENDS TORN APART AND REUNITED AGAINST ALL ODDS       
Pick-Goslar, Hannah            
LB 0000642    

Kirkus Prize Finalists 2024

Since 2014, the Kirkus Prize has been given annually by Kirkus Reviews to books of exceptional merit. The finalists were announced on August 28, and the winners were announced via livestream on the Kirkus Reviews YouTube page on Wednesday, October 16. Here are some of the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

For more information check out the Kirkus Prize website.

Fiction

JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS)
MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich (IN PROCESS)
PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers (IN PROCESS)
PROPHET SONG by Paul Lynch (DB 119629)

Nonfiction

ACHILLES TRAP: SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE C.I.A., AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S INVASION OF IRAQ by Steve Coll (DB 119811)
CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham (DB 122096)
GARDEN AGAINST TIME: IN SEARCH OF A COMMON PARADISE by Olivia Laing (DB 123842 IN PROCESS)

Young Adult

BRIGHT RED FRUIT by Safia Elhillo (DB 119614)
GATHER by Kenneth Cadow (DB 116996, BR 25292 IN PROCESS)

Middle Grade

SHARK TEETH by Sherri Winston (DB 123474)
WE WHO PRODUCE PEARLS by Joanna Ho (DB 123617 IN PROCESS)

Younger Readers

THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON by Jason Reynolds (DB 119850, BR IN PROCESS)

It’s All Greek to Me! Greek Mythic Fiction

Below are a bunch of stories based within the universe of Greek mythology. Some are retellings of those classic tales from antiquity, while others are simply fictional stories set within that universe. There are stories for every age group and a variety of different genres, though the majority fall within the realms of fantasy. However, there are romances and science fiction, as well. We have both stand-alone novels and series. As always for series, we have listed the first book to get you started.

Adult

Series

Dark Olympus Series by Katee Robert
NEON GODS (DB 103832)
Delphic Women Series by Kerry Greenwood
MEDEA (DB 105596)
Olympus Bound Series by Jordanna Max Brodsky
IMMORTALS (DB 84613, BR 21694)

Stand-Alone Novels

CIRCE by Madeline Miller (DB 90711, BR 22648, LB 13680)
CLYTEMNESTRA by Costanza Casati (DB 115066)
DAUGHTERS OF SPARTA by Claire Heywood (DB 111360 IN PROCESS)
ELEKTRA by Jennifer Saint (DB 109681 IN PROCESS)
HELEN OF TROY by Margaret George (DB 64785)
HOUSE OF NAMES: A NOVEL by Colm Tóibín (DB 87978)
ILIUM by Dan Simmons (DB 56883)
OLYMPOS by Dan Simmons (DB 61626)
PANDORA by Susan Stokes-Chapman (DB 113486)
THOUSAND SHIPS by Natalie Haynes (DB 102213, BR 24086)

Young Adult

Series

Daughter of Sparta Series by Claire M. Andrews
DAUGHTER OF SPARTA (DB 103837)

Stand-Alone Novels

BULL by David Elliott (DB 90059)
HER DARK WINGS by Melinda Salisbury (DB 118105)
LORE by Alexandra Bracken (DB 102852)
LOVELY WAR by Julie Berry (DB 94119)
TROY by Adele Geras (DB 54118)

Juvenile

Series

Heroes of Olympus Series by Rick Riordan
LOST HERO (DB 72412, BR 20223, LB 06615) Grades 4-7
Myth-o-mania Series by Kate McMullan
MYTH-O-MANIA, BOOKS 1-6 (DB 79683) Grades 4-7
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
LIGHTNING THIEF (DB 107361, BR 20213, LB 08936; en español DBG 18110) Grades 5-8

Stand-Alone Novels

SINGER TO THE SEA GOD by Vivien Alcock (DB 40763) Grades 5-8
SIRENA by Donna Jo Napoli (BR 12571) Grades 6-9

Nobel Prize in Literature Winner 2024 – Han Kang

South Korean author Han Kang took the Nobel Prize in literature this year for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” according the Swedish Academy. For more information, check out the Nobel Prize website.

Books by Han Kang in the TBP Collection:

GREEK LESSONS (DB 114737)
Original Date: 2023
HUMAN ACTS (DB 87312)
Original Date: 2017
VEGETARIAN (DB 83452, español DBG 19990)
Original Date: 2016
WHITE BOOK (DB 94272)
Original Date: 2019

2024 MacArthur Fellows

The MacArthur Fellowship is a “no-strings-attached” award in support of people who show exceptional creativity, a promise for future important advances based on a track record of significant accomplishments, and potential for subsequent creative work.

Recipients may be writers, scientists, artists, social scientists, humanists, teachers, entrepreneurs, or individuals in other fields, with or without institutional affiliations.

By providing these individuals with unfettered support in pursuit of creative activities, the Fellows Program seeks to:

  • Cultivate the next generation of innovators;
  • Highlight the importance of imaginative thinking in creating objects of beauty that inspire;
  • Spotlight the value of risk-taking in addressing deep-rooted societal problems; and
  • Influence how people think about creativity.

The fellowship is not a lifetime achievement award—it is an investment in a person’s originality, insight, and potential. The Fellows Program is proactively working to foster and enable innovative, imaginative, and ground-breaking ideas, thinking, and strategies.

For more information, check out the MacArthur Foundation’s website.

Here are books written by some of the 2024 MacArthur Fellows that we have in the TBP collection.

Juan Felipe Herrera

BORDER-CROSSER WITH A LAMBORGHINI DREAM: POEMS (DB 106520)
HALF OF THE WORLD IN LIGHT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (DBE 00018)

Juvenile

  • FEATHERLESS/DESPLUMADO: STORY/CUENTO (BR 16017) Grades Pre-school – 3
  • JABBERWALKING (BR 22695) Grades 6-9
  • UPSIDE DOWN BOY: EL NINO DE CABEZA (DBC 14870, BR 13098) Grades 9-12

Ling Ma

BLISS MONTAGE (DB 110623, BR 24614)
SEVERANCE (DB 93789)

Jason Reynolds

Series

Miles Morales Novels Series

MILES MORALES (DB 88694, BR 25389) Grades 6-9

Stuntboy Series

STUNTBOY, IN THE MEANTIME (DB 105877, BR 24094) Grades 3-6

Track Series

GHOST (DB 85921, BR 21669, LB 11281, Español DB 120388) Grades 5-8

Stand-Alone Novels

AIN’T BURNED ALL THE BRIGHT (DB 106809) Grades 9-12
AS BRAVE AS YOU (DB 84720, BR 21728) Grades 5-8
BOY IN THE BLACK SUIT (DB 81907) Grades 9-12
FOR EVERY ONE (DB 93844) Grades 6-9
LONG WAY DOWN (DB 89688) Grades 6-9
LOOK BOTH WAYS: A TALE TOLD IN TEN BLOCKS (DB 102479, BR 23011, LB 12999) Grades 5-8
THERE WAS A PARTY FOR LANGSTON (DB 119850) Grades Pre-school – 3
WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST (DB 80631) Grades 9-12

Stand-Alone Nonfiction

MY NAME IS JASON. MINE TOO: OUR STORY, OUR WAY (DB 109295) Grades 6-9

Alice Wong

YEAR OF THE TIGER: AN ACTIVIST’S LIFE (DB 110670)

National Book Award Nominees 2024

The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the best writing in America. Since 1989, they have been overseen by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate the best literature in America, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in American culture. Although other categories have been recognized in the past, the Awards currently honor the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature published each year. For more information on the National Book Awards, check out their website.

The longlist of nominees was announced on September 10-13, the finalists were chosen on October 1, and the winners will be selected on November 20, 2024.

The nominees for this year’s National Book Award in the TBP Collection:

Fiction

MOST by Jessica Anthony (DB 123028 IN PROCESS)
CATALINA by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (DB 122898 IN PROCESS)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513, LB 0000436)
CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner (IN PROCESS)

Nonfiction

THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)
OUR MOON: A HUMAN HISTORY by Rebecca Boyle (DB 119114)
SOLDIERS AND KINGS: SURVIVAL AND HOPE IN THE WORLD OF HUMAN SMUGGLING by Jason De León (DB 120057)
KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670, LB 0000205)
WHISKEY TENDER: A MEMOIR by Deborah Jackson Taffa (DB 122374)

Poetry

MODERN POETRY by Diane Seuss (DBC 29783)

Translated Literature

WOODWORM by Layla Martínez
Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott
(DB 122026 IN PROCESS)
PINK SLIME by Fernanda Trías
Translated from Spanish by Heather Cleary
(DB 123146 IN PROCESS)

Young People’s Literature

WILD DREAMERS by Margarita Engle (DB 121046)
EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD by Randy Ribay (IN PROCESS)
UNBOXING OF A BLACK GIRL by Angela Shanté (DB 122085)

Horror Nonfiction

When we think of horror, we often think of horror fiction, but there are a whole lot of books out there that look at horror through a nonfiction lens. From cookbooks to memoirs of horror authors and actors to books for those who wish to write horror, our list below explores the books in our collection that celebrate the real-life world of horror.

101 HORROR BOOKS TO READ BEFORE YOU’RE MURDERED by Sadie Hartmann (DB 116186)
AMERICAN MONSTERS: A HISTORY OF MONSTER LORE, LEGENDS, AND SIGHTINGS IN AMERICA by Linda S. Godfrey (DB 119438)
DEMONIC FOES: MY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AS A PSYCHIATRIST INVESTIGATING POSSESSIONS, DIABOLIC ATTACKS, AND THE PARANORMAL by Richard Gallagher (DB 102471)
HAUNTED: ON GHOSTS, WITCHES, VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, AND OTHER MONSTERS OF THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL WORLDS by Leo Braudy (DB 88293)
IMMORTAL COUNT: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF BELA LUGOSI by Arthur Lennig (DB 90211)
LOVECRAFT COCKTAILS: ELIXIRS & LIBATIONS FROM THE LORE OF H. P. LOVECRAFT by Mike Slater (DB 109216, BR 24273)
ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT by Stephen King (DB 50873, BR 12802)
POE-LAND: THE HALLOWED HAUNTS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE by J. W. Ocker (DB 89440)
SHIRLEY JACKSON: A RATHER HAUNTED LIFE by Ruth Franklin (DB 87504)
SHOCK VALUE: HOW A FEW ECCENTRIC OUTSIDERS GAVE US NIGHTMARES, CONQUERED HOLLYWOOD, AND INVENTED MODERN HORROR by Jason Zinoman (DB 73840)
SISTER OF DARKNESS: THE CHRONICLES OF A MODERN EXORCIST by R. H. Stavis (DB 88993)
WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR 2 (DB 110486)
YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA: MEMOIRS OF THE MISTRESS OF THE DARK by Elvira (DB 105470)
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM THE LIVING DEAD by Max Brooks (DB 64675)

Horror Movies Based on Books

Did you know that the movie Candyman was based on the short story, Forbidden by Clive Barker? Maybe you already knew that the film The Ring was based on a Japanese film Ringu. But did you know that it was based on a book by Koji Suzuki?

Take the opportunity to read the books that your favorite horror films were based on. Who knows what neat insights you’ll gain?

This list is not exhaustive. Obviously, Stephen King is no slouch when it comes to turning his books into movies. When composing this list, we tried to come up with a broad selection of authors and to showcase some of the lesser-known books and movies. We hope you find something new.

Here is a selection of Horror books that movies were based upon in the TBP collection.

Series

Hannibal Lecter Series by Thomas Harris

  1. HANNIBAL RISING (DB 63101)
  2. RED DRAGON (DB 17472, LB 12315)
  3. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (DB 27020, BR 13149, LB 12314)
  4. HANNIBAL (DB 48524, BR 12326)

Howling by Gary Brandner

  1. HOWLING (DB 88159)
  2. HOWLING. BOOKS 2-3 (DB 95710)

Interview with the Vampire Series by Ann Rice

  1. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (DB 61222)
  2. VAMPIRE LESTAT (DB 23006)
  3. QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (DB 28034)

Jaws by Peter Benchley and Hank Searls

  1. JAWS (DB 62714, BR 02585, BT 13569)
  2. JAWS TWO (DB 12324)
  3. JAWS: THE REVENGE (DB 26034)

Psycho by Robert Bloch

  1. PSYCHO (DB 19378)
  2. PSCYHO II (DB 19431)

Ringu/Ring

  1. RING, BOOKS 1-3 by Koji Suzuki (DB 87453)

Shining by Stephen King

  1. SHINING (DB 51373, BR 13271)
  2. DOCTOR SLEEP (DB 77471, BR 20278, LB 08197)

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

  1. WARM BODIES (DB 76132)
  2. BURNING WORLD (DB 88406)

Stand-Alone Novels

American Psycho

AMERICAN PSYCHO by Bret Easton Ellis (DB 32488, en español DBG 18731)

Audition

AUDITION by Ryū Murakami (DB 118769)

Bird Box

BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman (DB 79311, BR 21868)

Burnt Offerings

BURNT OFFERINGS by Robert Marasco (DB 116019)

Candyman

“Forbidden” in IN THE FLESH by Clive Barker (DB 26337)

Dark Harvest

DARK HARVEST by Norman Partridge (DB 88901)

Entity

ENTITY by Frank De Felitta (DB 14322)

Exorcist

EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty (DB 12688, BR 11946, en español DB 18790)

Fall of the House of Usher

COMPLETE POEMS by Edgar Allan Poe (DB 45236)
COMPLETE STORIES by Edgar Allan Poe (DB 44929)

Ghost Story

GHOST STORY by Peter Straub (DB 13843, BR 04623)

Girl with All the Gifts

GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by M. R. Carey (DB 80678)

Hellraiser

HELLBOUND HEART by Clive Barker (DB 86114)

House

HOUSE by Frank E. Peretti and Ted Dekker (DB 96915)

The Innocents

TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James (DB 18129, BR 06763, LB 00333)

John Dies at the End

JOHN DIES AT THE END by David Wong (DB 76551)

Last Man on Earth/Omega Man/I am Legend

I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson (DB 47903, BR 19204)

Let Me In

LET ME IN by John Ajvide Lindqvist (DB 71940)      

My Best Friend’s Exorcism

MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM by Grady Hendrix (DB 86233)

The Other

OTHER by Thomas Tryon (DB 59339)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES by Seth Grahame-Smith (DB 69090)

Ritual

RITUAL by Adam L. G. Nevill (BR 19805)

Ruins

RUINS by Scott Smith (DB 63204)

Rosemary’s Baby

ROSEMARY’S BABY by Ira Levin (DB 61169, BR 00521)

Something Wicked This Way Comes

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (DB 50233, BR 12583)

Stir of Echoes

STIR OF ECHOES by Richard Matheson (DB 115328)

The Thing

“Who Goes There” in BEST OF JOHN W. CAMPBELL (DB 74085)

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson (DB 26614, LB 00388)

World War Z

WORLD WAR Z: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE ZOMBIE WAR by Max Brooks (DB 65111, DB 111997, BR 21136)