2025 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists

The International Thriller Writers (ITW) is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas. The winners will be announced at the annual ThrillerFest conference in New York City in June 2025.

For more information check out the ITW Thriller Awards website.

Here are some of the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Standalone Thriller

WORST CASE SCENARIO by T. J. Newman (DB 123285)
LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING by Jason Rekulak (DB 124569)
TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS by Lisa Scottoline (DB 120098, LB 0000156)

Best Standalone Mystery Novel

NIGHT WE LOST HIM by Laura Dave (DB 124790)
WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan (DB 122143)

Best Series Novel

TO DIE FOR: 6:20 MAN SERIES by David Baldacci (DB 125480, LB 0001131)
DARK WIVES: A VERA STANHOPE MYSTERY by Ann Cleeves (DB 123656)
FLASHBACK: A KENDRA MICHAELS MYSTERY by Iris Johansen (DB 122169, LB 0000601)

Best First Novel

DEADLY ANIMALS by Marie Tierney (DB 125474)

Best Audiobook

DARLING GIRLS by Sally Hepworth and narrated by Jessica Clarke (DB 120859)
NO ONE CAN KNOW by Kate Alice Marshall and narrated by Karissa Vacker (DB 118656)
LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera and narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron (DB 119654)

Best Young Adult Novel

GIRLS LIKE HER by Melanie Sumrow (DB 122609)

L.A. Times Book Prizes Finalists 2025

Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been dedicated to discovering new voices and celebrating the highest quality of writing across the spectrum of book publishing. The winners of the 2025 L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced on April 25. The ceremony, which was hosted by Times Columnist LZ Granderson, took place at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

For more information check the Awards’ website.

Here are the LA Times Book Prize Finalists for 2025 in the TBP Collection:

Robert Kirsch Award

AFLAME: LEARNING FROM SILENCE by Pico Iyer (DB 127833 IN PROCESS)

The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction

GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER by Joseph Earl Thomas (DB 123249)

Achievement in Audiobook Production, presented by Audible

JAMES by Percival Everett, narrated by Dominic Hoffman, and produced by Linda Korn (DB 120063)

Biography

DRAGON FROM CHICAGO: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AN AMERICAN REPORTER IN NAZI GERMANY by Pamela D. Toler (DB 124335)

Current Interest

RENT COLLECTORS: EXPLOITATION, MURDER, AND REDEMPTION IN IMMIGRANT LA by Jesse Katz (DB 125906)
SERVICEBERRY: ABUNDANCE AND RECIPROCITY IN THE NATURAL WORLD by Robin Wall Kimmerer (DB 125771, BR 25692 IN PROCESS, LB 0001439)
BARN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF A MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI by Wright Thompson (DB 124993, LB 0001044)

Fiction

HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (DB 124703)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
SEASON OF THE SWAMP by Yuri Herrera and translated by Lisa Dillman (DB 127544)

Mystery/Thriller

HAVOC by Christopher Bollen (DB 126616)
WAITING by Michael Connelly (DB 124746, LB 0001483)
GUIDE ME HOME by Attica Locke (DB 123801)
GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore (DB 122747, LB 0000606, en español DB 128180 en proceso)

Poetry

SORROW APARTMENTS by Andrea Cohen (DB 123319)

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR by Lev Grossman (DB 122990, LB 0001160)
BOOK OF LOVE by Kelly Link (DB 119492)
ABSOLUTION: A SOUTHERN REACH NOVEL by Jeff VanderMeer (DB 125532)

Science & Technology

OUR MOON: A HUMAN HISTORY by Rebecca Boyle (DB 119114)
BECOMING EARTH: HOW OUR PLANET CAME TO LIFE by Ferris Jabr (DB 122717)
TWELVE TREES: THE DEEP ROOTS OF OUR FUTURE by Daniel Lewis (DB 120510)
LIGHT EATERS: HOW THE UNSEEN WORLD OF PLANT INTELLIGENCE OFFERS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON EARTH by Zoë Schlanger (DB 121476)

Young-Adult Literature

LOOKING FOR SMOKE by K. A. Cobell (DB 122293)
BRIGHT RED FRUIT by Safia Elhillo (DB 119614)

Bram Stoker Awards Finalists 2024

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has announced the finalists for the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement. The HWA is the premier writers’ organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, and they have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards® will be announced on June 14.

For more information check out the Bram Stoker Awards Website.

Here are some of the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

MOTHER KNOWS BEST: TALES OF HOMEMADE HORROR Edited by Lindy Ryan (DB 121509)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE: STORIES by Mariana Enriquez and translated by Megan McDowell (DB 124501)
DEAD SPOT: STORIES OF LOST GIRLS by Angela Sylvaine (DB 122027)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

MIDNIGHT ROOMS: A NOVEL by Donyae Coles (DB 123362)
THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer (DB 118975)
EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim (DB 123143)
BLESS YOUR HEART by Lindy Ryan (DB 120250)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

REST STOP by Nat Cassidy (DB 127384)

Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

HORROR FOR WEENIES: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FILMS YOU’RE TOO SCARED TO WATCH by Emily C. Hughes (DB 126004 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE by Eden Royce (DB 127129 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Novel

HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN: A BARRIO NOIR by Gabino Iglesias (DB 123652)
I WAS A TEENAGER SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 123048, BR 25572 IN PROCESS)
INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman (DB 122458)
HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay (DB 122459, BR 25520 IN PROCESS)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 3: CHURCH OF FRENDO by Adam Cesare (DB 124274, BR 25687 IN PROCESS)
PLACE FOR VANISHING by Ann Fraistat (DB 125643)
LOSTING FOUNTAIN by Lora Senf (DB 126838 IN PROCESS)

2025 Libby Award Finalists

Celebrating the best in digital reading, the Libby Awards recognize outstanding e-books and audiobooks across a variety of genres, highlighting the most compelling, thought-provoking, and widely loved titles of the year. The winners were announced by OverDrive on March 5.

For more information, check out the OverDrive website.

Book of the Year – Adult Fiction

WOMEN by Kristin Hannah (DB 118896, LB 0000104)
GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore (DB 122747, LB 0000606)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (DB 122522, LB 0000694)
PLAYGROUND by Richard Powers (DB 124700)

Book of the Year – Adult Nonfiction

DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson (DB 120675, LB 0000516)
CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham (DB 122096, LB 0000857)
REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT: OVERSTORIES, SUPERSPREADERS, AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING by Malcolm Gladwell (DB 124574)
THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)

Book of the Year – YA Fiction

HEIR by Sabaa Tahir (DB 124830)
LOOKING FOR SMOKE by K. A. Cobell (DB 122293)
TWENTY-FOUR SECONDS FROM NOW: A LOVE STORY by Jason Reynolds (DB 125122)

Audiobook of the Year

DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson (DB 120675, LB 0000516)
LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP by Sylvie Cathrall (DB 121335)
SIPSWORTH by Simon Van Booy (DB 127199)
WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST by Alina Grabowski (DB 121433)

Debut Author of the Year

MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)
HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel (DB 124703)
I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL by Natalie Sue (DB 122045)
SWIFT RIVER by Essie Chambers (DB 122116, LB 0000783)

Best Book Club Book

MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe (DB 122178)
MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich (DB 124843)
REAL AMERICANS by Rachel Khong (DB 121156, LB 0000332)
SHRED SISTERS by Betsy Lerner (DB 125379)

Best Fantasy

SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst (DB 123077)
BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR by Lev Grossman (DB 122990, LB 0001160)
FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo (DB 120225, LB 0000404)
FATE INKED IN BLOOD by Danielle L. Jensen (DB 119679)
IMMORTAL DARK by Tigest Girma (DB 124126)

Best Historical Fiction

JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
HEART IN WINTER by Kevin Barry (DB 122515)
SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 123369)
THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY by Claire Messud (DB 121644)

Best Memoir & Autobiography

KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670, LB 0000205, en español DB124142)
GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE by Sloane Crosley (DB 119523, LB 0000797)
WE LOVED IT ALL: A MEMORY OF LIFE by Lydia Millet (DB 121020)

Best Business Book

BRAVE NEW WORDS: HOW AI WILL REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION (AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING) by Salman Khan (DB 121228)

Best Mystery

WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman (DB 124180, LB 0001031)
BRIGHT OBJECTS by Ruby Todd (DB 125727)
CAHOKIA JAZZ by Francis Spufford (DB 120113)
HUNTER by Tana French (DB 119649, en español DB 124088)

Best Romance

FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry (DB 120998, BR 25494, LB 0000348, en español DB 127872 en proceso)
THIS COULD BE US by Kennedy Ryan (DB 119709)
TRUTH ACCORDING TO EMBER by Danica Nava (DB 123626)

Best Romantasy

HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW by Sarah J. Maas (DB 120413)
FIVE BROKEN BLADES by Mai Corland (DB 121635)

Best Science Fiction

MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)
BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino (DB 119680)
HUM by Helen Phillips (DB 125970)
MERCY OF GODS by James S. A. Corey (DB 124053)
STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei (DB 122183)

Best Horror

HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay (DB 122459, BR 25520 IN PROCESS)
I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 123048, BR 25572 IN PROCESS, LB 0001332)
SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE: STORIES by Mariana Enriquez (DB 124501)

Best Thriller

ANNA O by Matthew Blake (DB 120089)
HERO by Thomas Perry (DB 120529)
WHERE YOU END by Abbott Kahler (DB 118737)
YOU WILL NEVER BE ME by Jesse Q. Sutanto (DB 123710, LB 0002365)

Best Picture Book

GO FORTH AND TELL: THE LIFE OF AUGUSTA BAKER, LIBRARIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLER by Breanna McDaniel (DB 119558)

Best Middle Grade Book

IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell (DB 127961)
FERRIS by Kate DiCamillo (DB 120489, LB 0000177)

In His Own Words: Pope Francis

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis was the first pope from the Society of Jesus. He was also the first Latin American pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside of Europe since the eighth century.

Elected as the successor to Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, he chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. He served until his death on April 21 at age 88.

Below is his autobiography in English and Spanish.

English Titles

HOPE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Pope Francis (DB 127574 IN PROCESS)
LIFE: MY STORY THROUGH HISTORY by Pope Francis (DB 121667, LB 0000142)

Spanish Titles

VIDA: MI HISTORIA A TRAVÉS DE LA HISTORIA por Papa Francisco con Fabio Marchese Ragona; traducción de Ana Romeral Moreno (DB 121748)

Texas Talking Book Program Author Talk: Lisa Fittipaldi

Join the Talking Book Program for an author talk on Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. (Central) with world recognized artist and Texas author, Lisa Fittipaldi.

Reader’s Advisory Librarian, Laura Jean will talk with her about her career as an artist as well as her book, BRUSH WITH DARKNESS: LEARNING TO PAINT AFTER LOSING MY SIGHT (DB 60724, BRG 02047). A Q&A chat will follow.

Our Author Talks are held via Zoom, but you can join using just a telephone!

Participating is easy:

  • Use your landline to dial in via phone.
  • Use the “one-tap” number on your smartphone.
  • Alternatively, join via computer using the Zoom invitation we’ll send a week prior to the event.

To ensure you receive the necessary details, please RSVP in advance.

We invite you to ask Lisa Fittipaldi questions about her book. Please submit your questions by June 12. We will select questions based on the responses, and they may be asked during the event! Fill out the form here: Author Questions

To RSVP, you can fill out our online registration form: Register Here

Or if you prefer, reply to this email or call the Talking Book Program at 1-800-252-9605.

Please indicate if you would like us to mail you a digital cartridge with her book or if you prefer to download it from BARD. Also, please let us know if you would like a reminder via email or phone-call (or both).

BRUSH WITH DARKNESS: LEARNING TO PAINT AFTER LOSING MY SIGHT (DB 60724, BRG 02047) by Lisa Fittipaldi.

NLS Annotation: Author discusses her life after being diagnosed with vasculitis in her forties. Describes her feelings of despair during her first two years of blindness. Relates that a gift from her husband–a child’s watercolor set–became the catalyst for her new career as a renowned painter, and for her new outlook. 2004.

We look forward to having you join us on Thursday, June 19!

Mario Vargas Llosa

Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa died on April 13 at age 89. Vargas Llosa was widely considered one of the most significant novelists in the Spanish language as well as one of the leading Latin American writers of his generation. Below we have a list of the books he’s written that are in the TBP collection, both in English and Spanish.

English Titles

AUNT JULIA AND THE SCRIPTWRITER (DB 19479)
BAD GIRL (DB 66877)
CALL OF THE TRIBE (DBC 29785)
CONVERSATION IN THE CATHEDRAL (DB 09676, BRG 02736)
DEATH IN THE ANDES (DB 43874, BRG 02749)
DISCREET HERO (DB 81309, BR 20768)
DREAM OF THE CELT (DB 76213)
FEAST OF THE GOAT (BR 14253, DB 56801)
FISH IN THE WATER: A MEMOIR (DB 39638)
HARSH TIMES (DB 106145)
IN PRAISE OF THE STEPMOTHER (DB 32164)
MAKING WAVES (DB 48382)
NEIGHBORHOOD: A NOVEL (DB 90845)
NOTEBOOKS OF DON RIGOBERTO (DB 47771)
PERPETUAL ORGY: FLAUBERT AND MADAME BOVARY (DB 25645)
REAL LIFE OF ALEJANDRO MAYTA (DB 25464)
STORYTELLER (DB 30573)
WAR OF THE END OF THE WORLD (DB 21936)
WAY TO PARADISE (DBC 01329)
WHO KILLED PALOMINO MOLERO? (DB 26947)

Spanish Titles

BARCO DE LOS NIÑOS (DB 114384)
CARTAS A UN JOVEN NOVELISTA (DB 74994)
CASA VERDE (DB 74958)
CINCO ESQUINAS (DB 82981)
CIUDAD Y LOS PERROS (DB 70961)
CIVILIZACION DEL ESPECTACULO (DB 80979)
CONVERSACION EN LA CATEDRAL (DB 61010)
CUADERNOS DE DON RIGOBERTO (DB 48683)
ELOGIO DE LA MADRASTRA (DB 61012)
FIESTA DEL CHIVO (DB 61019)
GARCIA MARQUEZ: HISTORIA DE UN DEICIDIO (DBG 18201)
GUERRA DEL FIN DEL MUNDO (DB 60994)
HABLADOR (DB 72959)
HEROE DISCRETO (DB 76991)
JEFES (DB 29995)
LE DEDICO MI SILENCIO (DB 117576)
LITERATURA ES MI VENGANZA (DB 80970)
LITUMA EN LOS ANDES (DB 60993)
LLAMADA DE LA TRIBU (DB 90770)
PARAISO EN LA OTRA ESQUINA (DB 61017)
PEZ EN EL AGUA: MEMORIAS (DBG 19293)
SABLES Y UTOPIAS: VISIONES DE AMERICA LATINA (DB 68956)
SUENO DEL CELTA (DB 70973)
TIA JULIA Y EL ESCRIBIDOR (DB 60999)
TIEMPOS RECIOS (DB 100253)
TRAVESURAS DE LA NINA MALA (DB 65983)

2025 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists

Since 1963, the PEN America Literary Awards have honored outstanding voices in translation, fiction, poetry, science writing, essay, sports writing, biography, children’s literature, and drama. The longlist of finalists was announced on March 21, and the winners will be announced on May 8.

For more information check out the Pen Literary Awards website.

PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalists

SOLDIERS AND KINGS: SURVIVAL AND HOPE IN THE WORLD OF HUMAN SMUGGLING by Jason De León (DB 120057)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436, en español DB 127871 en proceso)
ON FREEDOM by Timothy Snyder (DB 125451, LB 0001066)
BARN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF A MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI by Wright Thompson (DB 124993, LB 0001044)

PEN Open Book Award

BLUEPRINT: A NOVEL by Rae Giana Rashad (DBC 30655)

PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection

GOODBYE PROCESS: STORIES by Mary Jones (DB 124440)

PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

EARLY SOBRIETIES: A NOVEL by Michael Deagler (DB 126685)
FIRE EXIT: A NOVEL by Morgan Talty (DB 122119)
CATALINA: A NOVEL by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (DB 122898)

PEN Translation Prize

EMPUSIUM: A HEALTH RESORT HORROR STORY by Olga Tokarczuk and translated by Natasha Soudek (DB 124960)

PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

LEDE: DISPATCHES FROM A LIFE IN THE PRESS by Calvin Trillin (DB 119098)

PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

BURNING EARTH: A HISTORY by Sunil Amrith (DB 126403)
PLAYING WITH REALITY: HOW GAMES HAVE SHAPED OUR WORLD by Kelly Clancy (DB 122208)
AGE OF DEER: TROUBLE AND KINSHIP WITH OUR WILD NEIGHBORS by Erika Howsare (DB 119228)
EVERY LIVING THING: THE GREAT AND DEADLY RACE TO KNOW ALL LIFE by Jason Roberts (DB 120621)
WAVES IN AN IMPOSSIBLE SEA: HOW EVERYDAY LIFE EMERGES FROM THE COSMIC OCEAN by Matt Strassler (DB 119998)

PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND by Max Boot (DB 125355)
CHARLIE HUSTLE: THE RISE AND FALL OF PETE ROSE, AND THE LAST GLORY DAYS OF BASEBALL by Keith O’Brien (DB 120390)
SHOWMAN: INSIDE THE INVASION THAT SHOOK THE WORLD AND MADE A LEADER OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY by Simon Shuster (DB 119252)
WIDE WIDE SEA: IMPERIAL AMBITION FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL, FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK by Hampton Sides (DB 120831, LB 0000158)

PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

ACHILLES TRAP: SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE C. I. A., AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S INVASION OF IRAQ by Steve Coll (DB 119811)
ANXIOUS GENERATION: HOW THE GREAT REWIRING OF CHILDHOOD IS CAUSING AN EPIDEMIC OF MENTAL ILLNESS by Jonathan Haidt (DB 121023, en español DB 124344)
RENT COLLECTORS: EXPLOITATION, MURDER, AND REDEMPTION IN IMMIGRANT LA by Jesse Katz (DB 125906)

In Their Own Words: Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer, an American actor perhaps best known for his roles as Jim Morrison and Batman, died April 1 of pneumonia at the age of 65. Kilmer found fame as a leading man acting in a wide variety of genres: comedies, dramas, action adventures, westerns, historical films, crime dramas, science fiction films, and fantasy films. Below is a book he wrote about his life and experience that we have in the TBP collection.

I’M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY: A MEMOIR by Val Kilmer (DB 99246)

In Their Own Words: George Foreman

George Edward Foreman was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author who passed away on March 21. Born in Marshall, Texas, and raised in Houston’s Fifth Ward community, Foreman went on to become a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Below are books that he’s written in the TBP collection.

BY GEORGE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE FOREMAN (DB 40645)
GEORGE FOREMAN’S GUIDE TO LIFE: HOW TO GET UP OFF THE CANVAS WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN (DB 57421)
GEORGE FOREMAN’S KNOCK-OUT-THE-FAT BARBECUE AND GRILLING COOKBOOK (BRE 00001)