Culinary Curiosities: Books That Will Quench Your Thirst for Knowledge About Food and Drinks

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Laura Jean

Have you ever wanted to know EVERYTHING about something? If so, microhistories are the subgenre for you! What is microhistory, you ask? Microhistory is a genre of history that focuses on small units of research, such as an event, individual, or thing. Since the holiday season is fast approaching, we compiled a list of twenty microhistories in our collection that are specifically related to food and drink.

BIG OYSTER: NEW YORK ON THE HALF SHELL by Mark Kurlansky (DB 61328)

BOURBON EMPIRE: THE PAST AND FUTURE OF AMERICA’S WHISKEY by Reid Mittenbuler (DB 82834)

BREWMASTER’S ART by Charles W. Bamforth (DB 87781)

BUTTER: A RICH HISTORY by Elaine Khosrova (DB 87889, BR 21924)

CHOCOLATE: A BITTERSWEET SAGA OF DARK AND LIGHT by Mort Rosenblum
(DB 60895)

COD: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Mark Kurlansky (DB 45502)

CONSIDER THE FORK: A HISTORY OF HOW WE COOK AND EAT by Bee Wilson
(DB 80612)

CURRY: A TALE OF COOKS AND CONQUERORS by E. M. Collingham (DB 63425)

DRINKING WATER: A HISTORY by James Salzman (DB 83305)

FOR GOD, COUNTRY, AND COCA-COLA: THE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SOFT DRINK AND THE COMPANY THAT MAKES IT by Mark Pendergrast (DB 37911)

FOUR FISH: THE FUTURE OF THE LAST WILD FOOD by Paul Greenberg (DB 71558)

HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN SIX GLASSES by Tom Standage (DB 61242)

MILK!: A 10,000-YEAR FOOD FRACAS by Mark Kurlansky (DB 92381)

PICKLED, POTTED, AND CANNED: HOW THE ART AND SCIENCE OF FOOD PRESERVING CHANGED THE WORLD by Sue Shephard (DB 55479)

RAW DOG: THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT HOT DOGS by Jamie Loftus (DB 115180)

ROBBING THE BEES: A BIOGRAPHY OF HONEY–THE SWEET LIQUID GOLD THAT SEDUCED THE WORLD by Holley Bishop (DB 62617)

SALT: A WORLD HISTORY by Mark Kurlansky (DB 55857)

SECRET HISTORY OF FOOD: STRANGE BUT TRUE STORIES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF EVERYTHING WE EAT by Matt Siegel (DB 107700)

SPICE: THE HISTORY OF A TEMPTATION by Jack Turner (BR 15934)

TEN TOMATOES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: A HISTORY by William Alexander
(DB 114458)

Indigenous Voices: Memoirs and Autobiographies

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Laura Jean

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we have collected some autobiographies and memoirs written by Native Americans. We have memoirs from Metis, Potawatomi, Lakota, and many other Indigenous Americans.

ABANDON ME by Melissa Febos (DBC16562)

BITTEROOT: A SALISH MEMOIR OF TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION by Susan Devan Harness (DBC 13108)

BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS by Robin Wall Kimmerer (DB 92274)

CARRY: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL ON STOLEN LAND by Toni Jensen (DB 101608)

CRAZY BRAVE: A MEMOIR by Joy Harjo (DB 97592, BR 22807)

FROM THE ASHES: MY STORY OF BEING INDIGENOUS, HOMELESS, AND FINDING MY WAY by Jesse Thistle (DB 113670, LB 14003)

HEART BERRIES: A MEMOIR by Terese Marie Mailhot (DB 108091)

LAKOTA WOMAN by Mary Crow Dog (DB 32089)

MY BODY IS A BOOK OF RULES by Elissa Washuta (DBC 06942)

PIPESTONE: MY LIFE IN AN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL by Adam Fortunate Eagle (DB 113324)

SPIRIT CAR: JOURNEY TO A DAKOTA PAST by Diane Wilson (DBC 19747)

SPIRIT MOVES: STORY OF SIX GENERATIONS OF NATIVE WOMEN by Loree Boyd (DB 46850)

SPIRIT RUN: A 6,000-MILE MARATHON THROUGH NORTH AMERICA’S STOLEN LAND by Noe Alvarez (DB 98794)

THEY CALLED ME NUMBER ONE: SECRETS AND SURVIVAL AT AN INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL by Bev Sellars (DB 113452)

TURQUOISE LEDGE: A MEMOIR by Leslie Marmon Silko (DBC 04945)

YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME: A MEMOIR by Sherman Alexie (DB 89576, BR 22175, LB 10335)

2023 Awards Finalists

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Laura Jean

There are so MANY literary awards. It can be easy to forget about some of the smaller or more niche honors amidst the big ones like the National Book Awards and the Nobel Prize for Fiction. So, we took this opportunity to showcase some of the award finalists in our collection from some of those less well-known literary prizes.

2023 Award Finalists in the NLS Collection:

BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton (DB 115924)
2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Fiction

DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver (DB 110786, LB 14284)
2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction Finalist

EXTRAORDINARY DEATHS OF MRS. KIP by Sara Brunsvold (DB 110658)
2023 Christy Award Finalist for First Novel

FACTORY GIRLS by Michelle Gallen (DB 115059)
2023 Encore Award Finalist for Fiction

HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride (DB 115655)
2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Fiction

HIDDEN PRINCE by Tessa Afshar (DB 111756)
2023 Christy Award Finalist for Historical Novel

HOW NOT TO KILL YOURSELF: A PORTRAIT OF A SUICIDAL MIND by Clancy Martin (DB 114679)
2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Nonfiction

IF I SURVIVE YOU by Jonathan Escoffery (DB 110662, BR 24735)
2023 Booker Prize Finalist

JOAO BY A THREAD by Roger Mello (DB 113457, BR 24950)
2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Younger Readers

JULIA AND THE SHARK by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (DB 114633)
2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Middle Grades

LAST SUMMER ON STATE STREET by Toya Wolfe (DB 109023)
2023 PEN Open Award Finalist

MARRIAGE PORTRAIT by Maggie O’Farrell (DB 110129, BR 24589, LB 14174)
2023 Women’s Prize in Fiction Finalist

MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE: AN EPIC JOURNEY FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM by Ilyon Woo (DB 112758)
2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Nonfiction

MR. B: GEORGE BALANCHINE’S 20^TH CENTURY by Jennifer Homans (DB 111898)
2023 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Nonfiction

SHUTTER by Ramona Emerson (DB 112989)
2023 PEN Open Award Finalist

SOUND OF LIGHT by Sarah Sundin (DB 113572)
2023 Christy Award Finalist for Historical Romance

THIS OTHER EDEN by Paul Harding (DB 113243, BR 24845)
2023 Booker Prize Finalist

TO WIN A PRINCE by Toni Shiloh (DB 110386 IN PROCESS)
2023 Christy Award Finalist for Contemporary Romance

TRESPASSES by Louise Kennedy (DB 114416)
2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction Finalist

WONDERLAND TRIALS by Sara Ella (DB 112298)
2023 Christy Award Finalist for Young Adults

For more information on:

The Booker Prize www.thebookerprizes.com/booker-prize/about-the-booker-prize

The Christy Awards: www.christyawards.com/index.html

The Encore Awards: www.rsliterature.org/the-encore-award/

The Kirkus Awards: www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/

The PEN Open Book Award: www.pen.org/pen-open-book-award/

The Women’s Prize for Fiction: www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

28 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

Posted on November 16, 2023 by John Berkeland

Frank Hamer, Bill Pickett, U.S. Grant, and the grandfather of Austin country music highlight these legendary Texas titles now available on BARD.

Dig into Texas gardening, unravel a nefarious New Braunfels murder mystery, meet gutsy Texas women, and gather ’round for wild camp tales and unique cuentos de fantasma.

Get powerful results. Read!

BLACK GOLD by Frederic Bean
DBC 26999
Adult Fiction

CENTELLA by James Oliver Curwood
DBC 28826
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

DEEP WEST by Ernest Haycox
DBC 18418
Adult Fiction

EPITAPH by L. J. Washburn
DBC 28853
Adult Fiction

FAMILY IZQUIERDO: A NOVEL by Rubén Degollado
DBC 28906
Adult Fiction

FANTASMAS: SUPERNATURAL STORIES BY MEXICAN AMERICAN WRITERS
DBC 26194
Adult Fiction

FOLK ART IN TEXAS
DBC 28857
Adult Non-Fiction

FROM RATTLESNAKES TO ROAD AGENTS: ROUGH TIMES ON THE FRIO by Frances Bramlette Farris
DBC 28833
Adult Non-Fiction

GUTS: LEGENDARY BLACK RODEO COWBOY BILL PICKETT by Cecil Johnson
DBC 26965
Adult Non-Fiction

HIGH PLACES by Stephen Bransford
DBC 27007
Adult Fiction

I’M FRANK HAMER: THE LIFE OF A TEXAS PEACE OFFICER by H. Gordon Frost
DBC 28861
Adult Non-Fiction

LEGENDARY LADIES OF TEXAS
DBC 28856
Adult Non-Fiction

MORE WILD CAMP TALES by Mike Blakely
DBC 27003
Adult Non-Fiction

MYSTERIES OF THE MAGNOLIA HOTEL by Erin O. Wallace
DBC 18483
Adult Non-Fiction

OUTLAW’S JUSTICE by A. J. Arnold
DBC 26991
Adult Fiction

RED SABBATH by Lewis B. Patten
DBC 28845
Adult Fiction

SANTA ANNA: PATRIOT OR SCOUNDREL by Ruby C. Tolliver
DBC 18637
Juvenile Non-Fiction

SHADOW WALKERS by Nina Romberg
DBC 26948
Adult Fiction

TEXAS GARDENING THE NATURAL WAY: THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK by Howard Garrett
DBC 18790
Adult Non-Fiction

TEXAS, THE DARK CORNER OF THE CONFEDERACY: CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE LONE STAR STATE IN THE CIVIL WAR
DBC 26976
Adult Non-Fiction

THREADGILL’S: THE COOKBOOK by Eddie Wilson
DBC 26954
Adult Non-Fiction

THREE YEARS AMONG THE COMANCHES: THE NARRATIVE OF NELSON LEE, THE TEXAS RANGER by Nelson Lee
DBC 28840
Adult Non-Fiction

TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING by Clifford D Simak
DBC 18639
Adult Fiction

ULYSSES: A BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL OF U.S. GRANT by Robert Skimin
DBC 26291
Adult Fiction

UNDENIABLE by Francis Ray
DBC 26940
Adult Fiction

UNSOLVED TEXAS MYSTERIES by Wallace O. Chariton
DBC 28823
Juvenile Non-Fiction

WHY SOME POSITIVE THINKERS GET POWERFUL RESULTS by Norman Vincent Peale
DBC 28846
Adult Non-Fiction

WOMEN IN EARLY TEXAS
DBC 26957
Adult Non-Fiction

Romantic Comedies

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Laura Jean

Sometimes we just want a little bit of laughter with our love—because, let’s face it, sometimes when things go wrong (as they invariably do with romance), all you can do is laugh at the absurdity of it all.

We have all your favorite romantic tropes: enemies to lovers, opposites attract, holiday romance, workplace romance, small town romance, and so many different types of characters. Some protagonists are overcoming previous traumas, others have physical limitations, and a few are neurodivergent. Some of these books are spicy and some are faith-based with no sex, violence, or profanity. But ALL of them are meant to be humorous.

Series

BOO SERIES
BOO by Rene Gutteridge (DBC 13587)

BOYFRIEND PROJECT SERIES
BOYFRIEND PROJECT by Farrah Rochon (DB 99855)

BROMANCE BOOK CLUB SERIES
BROMANCE BOOK CLUB by Lyssa Kay Adams (DB 97443)

BROWN SISTERS SERIES
GET A LIFE, CHLOE BROWN by Talia Hibbert (DB 97496, BR 23327)

DNADUO SERIES
SOULMATE EXPERIMENT by Christina Lauren (DB 103621)

FRIEND ZONE SERIES
FRIEND ZONE by Abby Jimenez (DB 95597, BR 23039)

KISS QUOTIENT SERIES
KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang (DB 91563, BR 23569)

MODERN LOVE SERIES
RIGHT SWIPE by Alisha Rai (DB 96121)

ONLY IN GOODING SERIES
FANCY PANTS by Cathy Marie Hake (DB 89624)

RAJES SERIES
PRIDE, PREJUDICE AND OTHER FLAVORS by Sonali Dev (DB 95480)

SWEET MESS SERIES
SWEET MESS by Jaci Lee (DB 101027)

TOUBLE WITH HATING YOU SERIES
TROUBLE WITH HATING YOU by Sajni Patel (DBC 26468)

WEDDING DATE SERIES
WEDDING DATE by Jasmine Guillory (DB 90130, BR 22416)

WELL MET SERIES
WELL MET by Jen DeLuca (DB 96644)

Stand Alone Novels

BET ON IT by Jodie Slaughter (DB 109571)

BODYGUARD by Katherine Center (DB 109304, BR 24488)

BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry (DB 107926, BR 24476, LB 13928)

MERRY LITTLE MEET CUTE by Julie Murphy (DB 110541)

OOPS I’VE FALLEN by Max Monroe (DB 110060)

NO SHOW by Beth O’Leary (DB 107812)

ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld (DB 113860, BR 24945, LB 14285)

TRES CITAS CON CARTER by Beth O’Leary (DB 114175)

YOU HAD ME AT HOLA by Alexis Daria (DB 100232)

Western Movies and TV Shows

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Laura Jean

Did you know that the movie High Noon was based on the short story, “The Tin Star”? Did you know that the TV show The Virginian was based on a book that literary experts consider to be the very first Western novel? Did you know that LONESOME DOVE is the second book in a series by Larry McMurtry?

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

Here is a list of Western books that movies and TV shows were based upon that we have in the TBP collection.

TELEVISION SHOWS

Gunsmoke

DAY OF THE GUNFIGHTER by Joseph A. West (BRC 01270)

Justified

Raylan Givens Series by Elmore Leonard

1. PRONTO (DB 37320, BR 21514)

2. RIDING THE RAP (DB 75230, BR 10359)

3. WHEN THE WOMEN COME OUT TO DANCE: STORIES (DB 55963, BR 14648)

4. RAYLAN (DB 74284, BR 19487)

Virginian

VIRGINIAN: A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS by Owen Wister (DB 36421, BR 16196, LB 00331)

FILMS

Best of the West Series by Bill Pronzini

1. BEST OF THE WEST: STORIES THAT INSPIRED CLASSIC WESTERN FILMS (DB 55165)

2. BEST OF THE WEST II: STORIES THAT INSPIRED CLASSIC WESTERN FILMS (DB 47923)

3. BEST OF THE WEST III: MORE STORIES THAT INSPIRED CLASSIC WESTERN FILMS (DB 48644)

All the Pretty Horses

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES: THE BORDER TRILOGY, VOLUME I by Cormac McCarthy (DB 34043)

Assassination of Jesse James

ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD, ROBERT FORD by Ron Hansen (DBC 16651, BR 05670)

Big Country

BIG COUNTRY by Don Hamilton (DB 57773)

Dances with Wolves

DANCES WITH WOLVES by Michael Blake (DB 32009)

High Noon

CENTURY OF GREAT WESTERN STORIES includes the short story “The Tin Star” by John W. Cunningham (DB 51381, LB 07487)

Little Big Man

LITTLE BIG MAN by Thomas Berger (DB 32463)

Lonesome Dove

LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry (DB 22959, BR 13696)

MacKenna’s Gold

MACKENNA’S GOLD by Will Henry (DB 34699)

Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE AND A MAN CALLED HORSE, LOST SISTER, THE HANGING TREE by Dorothy M. Johnson (DB 64881)

Missing

LAST RIDE by Tom Eidson (DB 40965, LB 04746)

Open Range

OPEN RANGE MEN by Lauran Paine (DB 32457)

Outlaw Josey Wales

JOSEY WALES: TWO WESTERNS, GONE TO TEXAS AND THE VENGEANCE TRAIL OF JOSEY WALES by Forrest Carter (DB 56451)

Ox-Bow Incident

OX-BOW INCIDENT by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (DB 52564, BR 13679)

Searchers

SEARCHERS by Alan Le May (DB 69294, BRC 00476)

SEARCHERS: THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Glenn Frankel (DB 76467)

Shane

SHANE by Jack Schaefer (DB 60163, BR 13561)

Shootist

SHOOTIST by Glendon Swarthout (DB 55309, LB 05175)

Stagecoach

CENTURY OF GREAT WESTERN STORIES includes the short story “The Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox (DB 51381, LB 07487)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE by B. Traven (DB 45216, LB 01289)

True Grit

TRUE GRIT by Charles Portis (DB 44219, BR 19212, LB 06837)

13 Space Horror Novels

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Laura Jean

Space: Where no one can hear you scream…because sound is just vibrating air, space has no air to vibrate, and therefore there can be no sound.

We have 13 science fiction horror novels set in space. Some feature extraterrestrials like SALVAGED and PITCH DARK. Others like HULL ZERO THREE and SALVATION DAY deal with threats created by members of humanity. ALL of them will make your spine tingle.

ALIEN; ALIENS; AND ALIEN 3: THE OFFICIAL MOVIE NOVELIZATION by Alan Dean Foster (DB 104030, BR 04215)

ALIEN COVENANT by Alan Dean Foster (DB 115465)

DEAD SILENCE by S. A. Barnes (DB 107261)

DEATH TROOPERS by Joe Schreiber (DB 70317, BR 18837)

HULL ZERO THREE by Greg Bear (DB 72718)

LAST ASTRONAUT by David Wellington (DB 96204)

PITCH DARK by Courtney Alameda (DB 90442)

SALVAGED by Madeleine Roux (DB 97865)

SALVATION DAY by Kali Wallace (DB 96354)

SCOURGE BETWEEN STARS by Ness Brown (DB 114290, BR 24888)

SHIP OF FOOLS by Richard Paul Russo (DB 51885)

SIX WAKES by Mur Lafferty (DB 87293, BR 21864)

SOLARIS by Stanislaw Lem (DB 82495, BR 21113)

24 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

Posted on October 24, 2023 by John Berkeland

Mysteries, romance with a Western flair, and Texas feuds highlight these titles recently produced by the Texas Talking Book Program’s world-class Volunteer Recording Studio.

Relish tales by J. Frank Dobie, (don’t) go dancin’ in Anson, and ride herd with the Texas Rangers on Civil War deserters and draft dodgers.

Saddle up. Adventures await!

AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL: A TRILOGY OF MURDER, MINISTERS, AND MILLIONAIRES by Mike Cochran
DBC 28824
Adult Non-Fiction

CALLE QUE TODOS OLVIDAN by Joaquín Bestard Vásquez
DBC 27001
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

DALLAS DECEPTION: A JACK KYLE MYSTERY by Richard Abshire
DBC 26911
Adult Fiction

DEATH BY DRESSAGE by Carolyn Banks
DBC 26996
Adult Fiction

FAMOUS TEXAS FEUDS by C. L. Douglas
DBC 28829
Adult Non-Fiction

FRESH PERSPECTIVE by Elisabeth Fairchild
DBC 26925
Adult Fiction

FRONTIER DEFENSE IN THE CIVIL WAR: TEXAS’ RANGERS AND REBELS by David Paul Smith
DBC 26973
Adult Fiction

HIGHLY RESPECTABLE MARRIAGE by Sheila Walsh
DBC 26344
Adult Fiction

HISTORIC CHURCHES OF TEXAS: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE by Frank A. Driskill
DBC 28830
Adult Non-Fiction

I’LL TELL YOU A TALE by J. Frank Dobie
DBC 28828
Adult Non-Fiction

IN SEARCH OF SATISFACTION by J. California Cooper
DBC 26921
Adult Fiction

JOHN HENRY FAULK: THE MAKING OF A LIBERATED MIND: A BIOGRAPHY by Michael C. Burton
DBC 28820
Adult Non-Fiction

LAST KARANKAWAS: A NOVEL by Kimberly Garza
DBC 28885
Adult Fiction

LOA A UN ANGEL DE PIEL MORENA: SERIE DETECTIVESCA GLORIA DAMASCO by Lucha Corpi
DBC 25009
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

MUSTANG ANNIE by Rachelle Morgan
DBC 28913
Adult Fiction

NELL PLANTS A TREE by Anne Wynter
DBC 28869
Juvenile Fiction

NO DANCIN’ IN ANSON: AN AMERICAN STORY OF RACE AND SOCIAL CHANGE by Ricardo C. Ainslie
DBC 26912
Adult Non-Fiction

PERISH: A NOVEL by LaToya Watkins
DBC 28884
Adult Fiction

QUÉ HACES CON UNA VOZ ASÍ?: LA HISTORIA DE LA EXTRAORDINARIA CONGRESISTA BARBARA JORDAN by Chris Barton
DBC 28873
Juvenile Non-Fiction (Spanish)

ROMANCED TO DEATH by Susan Rogers Cooper
DBC 26202
Adult Fiction

SHADOW GATE by Margaret Ball
DBC 26995
Adult Fiction

SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN: A SHERIFF DAN RHODES NOVEL by Bill Crider
DBC 18843
Adult Fiction

WHERE I COME FROM: AS TOLD TO BRYAN WOOLLEY
DBC 18346
Adult Non-Fiction

WILD CAMP TALES by Mike Blakely
DBC 27002
Adult Non-Fiction

In Their Own Words: 2024 Presidential Candidates

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Laura Jean

The Talking Book Program is committed to providing information to our patrons so that they can make educated and informed decisions. The pool of candidates for the 2024 Presidential election is broad, and many of the candidates have published books on their political viewpoints. Here is a list of books in our collections authored by presidential candidates who have declared their candidacy at the time of writing.

Possible Candidates

Joe Biden

PROMISE ME DAD: A YEAR OF HOPE, HARDSHIP, AND PURPOSE DB 88982; BRG 04205
PROMISES TO KEEP: ON LIFE AND POLITICS DB 67337

Chris Christie

LET ME FINISH: TRUMP, THE KUSHNERS, BANNON, NEW JERSEY, AND THE POWER OF IN-YOUR-FACE POLITICS
DB 93838; LB 10841

Ron DeSantis

COURAGE TO BE FREE
DB 114607

Larry Elder

DEAR FATHER, DEAR SON: TWO LIVES . . . EIGHT HOURS
DB 77841

TEN THINGS YOU CAN’T SAY IN AMERICA
DB 51905

Nikki Haley

IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE: LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM BOLD WOMEN
DB 110820

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT: DEFENDING AMERICA WITH GRIT AND GRACE
DB 97236

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

AMERICAN VALUES: LESSONS I LEARNED FROM MY FAMILY
DB 91894

Mike Pence

SO HELP ME GOD
DB 111606

Tim Scott

AMERICA, A REDEMPTION STORY DB 113683
UNIFIED: HOW OUR UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP GIVES US HOPE FOR A DIVIDED COUNTRY DB 93948

Donald Trump

TRUMP: THE ART OF THE DEAL
DB 26956

TRUMP: SURVIVING AT THE TOP
DB 32249

TRUMP: THE ART OF THE COMEBACK
DB 45334

TRUMP: HOW TO GET RICH
DB 58051

WHY WE WANT YOU TO BE RICH: TWO MEN–ONE MESSAGE
DB 64018

THINK BIG AND KICK ASS IN BUSINESS AND LIFE
DB 66388

GREAT AGAIN: HOW TO FIX OUR CRIPPLED AMERICA
DB 96296

DEMOCRACY MATTERS: WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST IMPERIALISM
DB 107280

En español

SECRETO DEL EXITO EN EL TRABAJO Y EN LA VIDA
DB 81976

TRUMP: LOS MEJORES CONSEJOS DE BIENES RAICES QUE HE RECIBIDO
DB 84973

Vivek Ramaswamy

NATION OF VICTIMS: IDENTITY POLITICS, THE DEATH OF MERIT, AND THE PATH BACK TO EXCELLENCE
DB 113153

WOKE, INC.: INSIDE CORPORATE AMERICA’S SOCIAL JUSTICE SCAM
DB 108729

Cornel West

RACE MATTERS
DB 35943

Marianne Williamson

RETURN TO LOVE: REFLECTIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF A COURSE IN MIRACLES
DB 34516

WOMAN’S WORTH
DB 36954

ILLUMINATA: THOUGHTS, PRAYERS, RITES OF PASSAGE
DB 40220

EVERDAY GRACE: HAVING HOPE, FINDING FORGIVENESS, AND MAKING MIRACLES
DB 55534

AGE OF MIRACLES: EMBRACING THE NEW MIDLIFE
DB 66056

COURSE IN WEIGHT LOSS: 21 SPIRITUAL LESSONS FOR SURRENDERING YOUR WEIGHT FOREVER
DB 72127

National Book Award Nominees 2023

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Laura Jean

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: https://www.nationalbook.org/

The longlist of nominees were announced on September 13-15, the finalists were chosen on October 3, and the winners will be selected on November 15, 2023.

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

Fiction

THIS OTHER EDEN by Paul Harding (DB 113243, BR 24845 IN PROCESS)

LOOT by Tania James (DB 115153 IN PROCESS)

CHAIN-GANG ALL STARS by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (DB 114336)

Nonfiction

REDISCOVERY OF AMERICA: NATIVE PEOPLES AND THE UNMAKING OF U.S. HISTORY by Ned Blackhawk (DB 115217 IN PROCESS)

KING: A LIFE by Jonathan Eig (DB 115189)

LILIANA’S INVINCIBLE SUMMER: A SISTER’S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE by Cristina Rivera Garza (DB 115091)

ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Elizabeth Sharpe (DB 114934 IN PROCESS)

FIRE WEATHER: A TRUE STORY FROM A HOTTER WORLD by John Valliant (IN PROCESS)

I SAW DEATH COMING: A HISTORY OF TERROR AND SURVIVAL IN THE WAR AGAINST RECONSTRUCTION by Kidada E. Williams (DB 114200 IN PROCESS)

Translated Literature

THIS IS NOT MIAMI by Fernanda Melchor
Translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (IN PROCESS)

ABYSS by Pilar Quintana
Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman (DB 115593 IN PROCESS)

Poetry

HOW TO COMMUNICATE: POEMS by John Lee Clark (DB 113879 IN PROCESS, BR 24891 IN PROCESS)

PROMISES OF GOLD / PROMESAS DE ORO by José Olivarez (DB 114551 IN PROCESS)

Young People’s Literature

SIMON SORT OF SAYS by Erin Bow (DB 113782)

FORGET ME NOT by Alyson Derrick (DB 115486 IN PROCESS)