Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Longlist 2025

The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in nonfiction written by women. The Prize celebrates ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The winner will be announced on June 12, 2025.

For more information on the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Nonfiction

STORY OF A HEART by Rachel Clarke (DB 127008)
WHY FISH DON’T EXIST: A STORY OF LOSS, LOVE, AND THE HIDDEN ORDER OF LIFE by Lulu Miller (DB 102031)
RAISING HARE: A MEMOIR by Chloe Dalton (DB 128243 IN PROCESS)
PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS: FOUR WOMEN FACE CHINA’S NEW SOCIAL ORDER by Yuan Yang (DB 123818)
EMBERS OF THE HANDS: HIDDEN HISTORIES OF THE VIKING AGE by Eleanor Barraclough (DB 128103 IN PROCESS)
WHAT THE WILD SEA CAN BE: THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD’S OCEAN by Helen Scales (DB 123195)
AUTOCRACY, INC.: THE DICTATORS WHO WANT TO RUN THE WORLD by Anne Applebaum (DB 123412, LB 0000705, en español DB 126283)

Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025

The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality, and accessibility in fiction written by women. The Prize celebrates ambitious, inspiring, and thought-provoking novels written by women in English and is awarded for books published in the previous year. The winner will be announced on June 12, 2025.

For more information on the Women’s Prize for Fiction: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Fiction

DREAM COUNT by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (DB 127672 IN PROCESS, LB 0001494)
TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout (DB 124184)
DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami (DB 127950 IN PROCESS)
PERSIANS by Sanam Mahloudji (IN PROCESS)
MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS, en español DB 127955 en proceso)

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)

New Large Print Books Added in March 2025

Adult Fiction

Action and Adventure Fiction

DEFENSE PROTOCOL     Andrews, Brian; Wilson, Jeff    
LB 0001353

STUART WOODS’ GOLDEN HOUR     Battles, Brett    
LB 0001350

DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS     Clark, P. Djèlí    
LB 0001317

TEXAS MURDERS: EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS–ESPECIALLY THE MURDER CASES     Patterson, James; Bourelle, Andrew    
LB 0001316

Detective and Mystery Fiction and Thrillers

EYE FOR AN EYE     Archer, Jeffrey    
LB 0002591

CONTROVERSIAL COVER     Barrett, Lorna    
LB 0001391

DEATH OF A SMUGGLER     Beaton, M. C.; Green, R. W.    
LB 0001321

DEATH OF A POLICEMAN     Beaton, M. C.    
LB 0002947

KILLING TIME     Beaton, M. C.    
LB 0002263

WATCH IT BURN     Bird, Kristen    
LB 0001363

BATTLE MOUNTAIN     Box, C. J.    
LB 0001309

WHAT TIME THE SEXTON’S SPADE DOTH RUST     Bradley, C. Alan    
LB 0002623

DEATH AT AN IRISH WEDDING     Brannigan, Ellie    
LB 0002684

NOTE     Burke, Alafair    
LB 0001570

KNIFE BEFORE CHRISTMAS     Carlisle, Kate    
LB 0002495

IN TOO DEEP: A REACHER NOVEL     Child, Lee; Child, Andrew    
LB 0001495

WAITING     Connelly, Michael    
LB 0001483

BIG EMPTY     Crais, Robert    
LB 0002605

BEST LIES: A NOVEL     Ellis, David    
LB 0001469

ROBERT B PARKER’S BURIED SECRETS     Farnsworth, Christopher    
LB 0002712

BEAUTIFUL UGLY     Feeney, Alice    
LB 0002874

HERRINGBONE HARBOR MYSTERY     Goldenbaum, Sally    
LB 0002216

EXAMINER     Hallett, Janice    
LB 0001343

BAD MONKEY     Hiaasen, Carl    
LB 0002443

REQUIEM FOR A MOUSE     James, Miranda    
LB 0001437

HIGH STAKES     Johansen, Iris    
LB 0002930

OPEN SEASON     Kellerman, Jonathan    
LB 0001447

ROBERT B. PARKER’S HOT PROPERTY      Lupica, Mike    
LB 0001598

GREAT HIPPOPOTAMUS HOTEL     McCall Smith, Alexander    
LB 0001464

CRASH     McFadden, Freida    
LB 0002703

BACKWATER JUSTICE     Michaels, Fern    
LB 0001441

BEEN WRONG SO LONG IT FEELS LIKE RIGHT     Mosley, Walter    
LB 0001638

WOMEN OF WYNTON’S: A CLASSY 1950S MYSTERY     Mumma, Donna    
LB 0001408

HOUSE OF CROSS     Patterson, James    
LB 0001561

WRITER     Patterson, James; Barker, J. D.    
LB 0002400

ANGEL OF VENGEANCE     Preston, Douglas J.; Child, Lincoln    
LB 0001534

BONDED IN DEATH     Robb, J. D.    
LB 0002710

PASSIONS IN DEATH     Robb, J. D.    
LB 0001463

DOG DAY AFTERNOON     Rosenfelt, David    
LB 0001342

INHERITANCE     Sakhlecha, Trisha    
LB 0002234

PRESUMED GUILTY     Turow, Scott    
LB 0001319

Fantasy Fiction

ORDER OF SWANS     Deveraux, Jude    
LB 0002340

TOTO     Hackwith, A. J.    
LB 0002833

CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS     Murakami, Haruki    
LB 0001348

WATER MOON: A NOVEL     Sotto, Samantha    
LB 0001445

DALLERGUT DREAM DEPARTMENT STORE: A NOVEL     Yi, Mi-ye    
LB 0001594

General Fiction and Novels

REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN: A NOVEL     Attenberg, Jami    
LB 0001333

HEART OF WINTER     Evison, Jonathan    
LB 0002262

BOOK OF GEORGE     Greathead, Kate    
LB 0001336

LIFE IMPOSSIBLE     Haig, Matt    
LB 0001349

ALL THE OTHER MOTHERS HATE ME: A NOVEL     Harman, Sarah    
LB 0002956

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?: A NOVEL     Kinsella, Sophie    
LB 0001381

APPRENTICE TO THE VILLAIN     Maehrer, Hannah Nicole    
LB 0001443

WE ALL LIVE HERE     Moyes, Jojo    
LB 0001446

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF     Nwabinelli, Onyi    
LB 0001344

MINA’S MATCHBOX     Ogawa, Yōko, 1962-    
LB 0002439

LAZARUS MAN     Price, Richard    
LB 0001470

TELL IT TO ME SINGING: A NOVEL     Ramírez, Tita    
LB 0002357

ALL WE THOUGHT WE KNEW     Shocklee, Michelle    
LB 0001460

MEMORY LIBRARY     Storey, Kate    
LB 0001298

Gothic Fiction

BOG WIFE     Chronister, Kay    
LB 0001399

GRAVEYARD SHIFT: A NOVELLA     Rio, M. L.    
LB 0001382

Historical Fiction

SO TRUE A LOVE     Baker, Joanna    
LB 0001416

ALWAYS REMEMBER     Balogh, Mary    
LB 0002435

REMEMBER LOVE     Balogh, Mary    
LB 0002393

MEMORY DRESS     Beer, Jade    
LB 0001379

MEDICI RETURN     Berry, Steve    
LB 0001364

WE THREE QUEENS     Bowen, Rhys    
LB 0001596

JEWEL OF THE BLUES     Chenault-Kilgore, Monica    
LB 0002348

BELLEVUE     Cook, Robin    
LB 0001337

MADSTONE: A NOVEL     Crook, Elizabeth    
LB 0002235

STOLEN QUEEN: A NOVEL     Davis, Fiona    
LB 0001434

SWITCHING GEARS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN SHORT FICTION     Gear, W. Michael; Gear, Kathleen O’Neal    
LB 0002349

ISOLA: A NOVEL     Goodman, Allegra    
LB 0002549

ORPHAN MOTHER     Hicks, Robert 
LB 0002918

ONE GOOD THING     Hunter, Georgia    
LB 0001527

UNTETHERED     Jackson-Brown, Angela    
LB 0002264

LAST TWILIGHT IN PARIS     Jenoff, Pam    
LB 0002707

FORT BUZZARD     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.  
LB 0001458

SOME DIE YOUNG     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.
LB 0001401

I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER     Jones, Stephen Graham    
LB 0001332

SEASIDE HOMECOMING     Klassen, Julie    
LB 0001459

SONG TO DROWN RIVERS: A NOVEL     Liang, Ann    
LB 0001633

BOOKLOVER’S LIBRARY: A NOVEL     Martin, Madeline    
LB 0001597

RESTLESS WAVE: A NOVEL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY     Stavridis, James    
LB 0001431

FAR FROM HOME     Steel, Danielle    
LB 0001542

THIEVING AT CARLTON HOUSE     Vetsch, Erica    
LB 0002554

GIRL FROM GREENWICH STREET: A NOVEL OF HAMILTON, BURR, AND AMERICA’S FIRST MURDER TRIAL     Willig, Lauren    
LB 0001502

Horror and Paranormal Fiction

SO THIRSTY     Harrison, Rachel    
LB 0002870

WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS     Hendrix, Grady    
LB 0002960

INDIAN BURIAL GROUND     Medina, Nick    
LB 0002327

RAISED BY WOLVES     Patterson, James; Raymond, Emily    
LB 0001726

Humorous Fiction

FOURTEEN SISTERS OF EMILIO MONTEZ O’BRIEN     Hijuelos, Oscar    
LB 0001331

Psychological Fiction

DREAM COUNT: A NOVEL     Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi    
LB 0001494

LAST DAYS OF KIRA MULLAN: A NOVEL     French, Nicci    
LB 0001484

FOREST OF LOST SOULS     Koontz, Dean R. 
LB 0001577

BOYFRIEND     McFadden, Freida    
LB 0001629

YOU WILL NEVER BE ME     Sutanto, Jesse Q. 
LB 0002365

MORE DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP: A NOVEL     Yagisawa, Satoshi    
LB 0001501

Romance Fiction

STORYBOOK ENDING: A NOVEL     Alexander, Poppy    
LB 0001302

REMEMBER WHEN     Balogh, Mary    
LB 0002336

BOOK SWAP     Bickers, Tessa    
LB 0001537

LANCASTER AMISH CHRISTMAS: 4 ROMANCE NOVELLAS     Blackburne, Anne; Clipston, Amy; Lillard, Amy; Steele, Mindy    
LB 0002372

ANOTHER DAWN     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002231

BLOOD MOON     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0001436

HIDDEN FIRES     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002482

SUNSET EMBRACE     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002472

WORDS OF SILK     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0002225

RISE AND FALL OF MISS FANNIE’S BISCUITS     Brunstetter, Wanda E.; Bolton, Martha    
LB 0001362

WHOLE TIME     Bybee, Catherine    
LB 0002489

EDUCATING CAROLINE     Cabot, Meg    
LB 0001237

LIE FOR A MILLION     Dailey, Janet    
LB 0002584

ONE IN A MILLION     Dailey, Janet    
LB 0002450

DARK HOPE     Feehan, Christine    
LB 0001454

CHRISTMAS INN: A NOVEL     Kelley, Pamela M.  
LB 0002218

BURNOUT: A NOVEL     Kinsella, Sophie    
LB 0001573

ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY     Mallery, Susan    
LB 0001568

LOOKING FOR YOU     McCall Smith, Alexander    
LB 0001297

BEACH READS BOOKSHOP     McClain, Lee Tobin    
LB 0002237

THEIR SURPRISE AMISH REUNION     McClay, Jocelyn    
LB 0001318

GUEST LIST     Michaels, Fern    
LB 0001723

SANTA’S SECRET     Michaels, Fern    
LB 0001585

WHERE THE CREEK BENDS     Miller, Linda Lael    
LB 0001456

POWER OF PERSUASION     Montgomery, Selena; Abrams, Stacey    
LB 0001239

HOLIDAY COTTAGE     Morgan, Sarah    
LB 0002622

GAMES GODS PLAY     Owen, Abigail    
LB 0002547

STARS ARE DYING     Peñaranda, Chloe C.
LB 0001558

MERRY MATCHMAKER     Roberts, Sheila    
LB 0002331

MINUTE I SAW YOU     Toon, Paige    
LB 0001341

THREE DAYS IN JUNE     Tyler, Anne    
LB 0001519

RENTAL HOUSE     Wang, Weike    
LB 0001248

CLOAKED IN BEAUTY     Witemeyer, Karen    
LB 0001414

SPECTERS IN THE GLASS HOUSE     Wright, Jaime Jo    
LB 0001457

Science Fiction

STRANGE CASE OF JANE O: A NOVEL     Walker, Karen Thompson    
LB 0001448

Short Stories

SAFE ENOUGH: AND OTHER STORIES     Child, Lee    
LB 0001465

MAN IN BLACK: AND OTHER STORIES     Griffiths, Elly    
LB 0001712

UNDER HEAVEN’S OWN BLUE: CLASSIC STORIES OF THE AMERICAN WEST     Nesbitt, John D.
LB 0001367

TO THE KENNELS: AND OTHER STORIES     Pyun, Hye-Young    
LB 0001406

MISTLETOE SEASON: THREE CHRISTMAS STORIES     Roberts, Sheila; Fuller, Kathleen; Basham, Pepper    
LB 0001303

Spy Fiction

OLIGARCH’S DAUGHTER: A NOVEL     Finder, Joseph    
LB 0001509

ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE VENDETTA     Freeman, Brian    
LB 0002754

SECRET HOURS     Herron, Mick    
LB 0001462

Western Fiction

FIRST FROST     Johnson, Craig    
LB 0001461

BEANS, BOURBON, AND BLOOD     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.
LB 0002586

KILL ME TOMORROW     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A. 
LB 0001518

LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A. 
LB 0001299

DAYBREAKERS     L’Amour, Louis    
LB 0001466

RIDERS OF THE SKULL     Nesbitt, John D.  
LB 0001365

BLOOD IN SWEET RIVER     Shirley, John    
LB 0002563

ONLY SALOON IN TOWN     Wortham, Reavis Z.  
LB 0002910

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiographies and Biographies

MEMORIAL DAYS     Brooks, Geraldine    
LB 0001491

CHER     Cher    
LB 0001238

CONNIE: A MEMOIR     Chung, Connie    
LB 0001584

BECOMING ELIZABETH ARDEN: THE WOMAN BEHIND THE GLOBAL BEAUTY EMPIRE     Cordery, Stacy A.
LB 0001481

SOCIOPATH: A MEMOIR     Gagne, Patric    
LB 0001397

SOURCE CODE     Gates, Bill    
LB 0001704

HERO CODE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM LIVES WELL LIVED     McRaven, William H.  
LB 0002944

JFK CONSPIRACY: THE SECRET PLOT TO KILL KENNEDY–AND WHY IT FAILED     Meltzer, Brad; Mensch, Josh    
LB 0001438

ART OF POWER: MY STORY AS AMERICA’S FIRST WOMAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE     Pelosi, Nancy    
LB 0001440

HIP-HOP IS HISTORY     Questlove    
LB 0002274

EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMETHING     Roberts, Robin    
LB 0002877

ROCTOGENARIANS: LATE IN LIFE DEBUTS, COMEBACKS, AND TRIUMPHS     Rocca, Mo    
LB 0001582

HOW TO BE OLD: LESSONS IN LIVING BOLDLY FROM THE ACCIDENTAL ICON     Slater, Lyn    
LB 0001444

MELANIA     Trump, Melania    
LB 0001552

CARSON THE MAGNIFICENT     Zehme, Bill; Thomas, Mike    
LB 0001422

Computer Science

UFO: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE US GOVERNMENT’S SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE HERE–AND OUT THERE     Graff, Garrett M.
LB 0002350

NEXUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFORMATION NETWORKS FROM THE STONE AGE TO AI     Harari, Yuval N.
LB 0001427

Essays

KISS ME IN THE CORAL LOUNGE: INTIMATE CONFESSIONS FROM A HAPPY MARRIAGE     Ellis, Helen    
LB 0001449

SERVICEBERRY: ABUNDANCE AND RECIPROCITY IN THE NATURAL WORLD     Kimmerer, Robin Wall    
LB 0001439

Personal Narratives

WHEN THE SEA CAME ALIVE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF D-DAY     Graff, Garrett M.
LB 0002317

Psychology and Self-Help

BEYOND ANXIETY: CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, AND FINDING YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE     Beck, Martha Nibley    
LB 0002213

SHIFT: MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS – SO THEY DON’T MANAGE YOU     Kross, Ethan    
LB 0001314

DEFY: THE POWER OF NO IN A WORLD THAT DEMANDS YES     Sah, Sunita    
LB 0001430

LOW VISION MATTERS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LIVING WITH LOW VISION & BLINDNESS     Stevens, Laura J.; Blackman, Thomas    
LB 0001526

Religion

BAXTERS DEVOTIONAL: 30 TIMELESS TRUTHS FROM YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL FAMILY     Kingsbury, Karen    
LB 0001361

WE WHO WRESTLE WITH GOD: PERCEPTIONS OF THE DIVINE     Peterson, Jordan B.
LB 0001486

Social Sciences

PETS AND THE CITY: TRUE TALES OF A MANHATTAN HOUSE CALL VETERINARIAN     Attas, Amy    
LB 0001442

WINDFALL: THE PRAIRIE WOMAN WHO LOST HER WAY AND THE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER WHO FOUND HER     Bolstad, Erika    
LB 0002261

SIRENS’ CALL: HOW ATTENTION BECAME THE WORLD’S MOST ENDANGERED RESOURCE     Hayes, Christopher    
LB 0001296

BEN & ME: IN SEARCH OF A FOUNDER’S FORMULA FOR A LONG AND USEFUL LIFE     Weiner, Eric 
LB 0001360

True Crime

SINNERS ALL BOW: TWO AUTHORS, ONE MURDER, AND THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE     Dawson, Kate Winkler    
LB 0001435

Juvenile Fiction

Action and Adventure Fiction

WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS     Riordan, Rick    
LB 0001453

Animal Fiction

ANSWERS TO DOG     Hautman, Pete    
LB 0002254

Fantasy Fiction

IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN     Sendak, Maurice    
LB 0001788

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE     Sendak, Maurice    
LB 0001748

General Fiction and Novels

STELLALUNA     Cannon, Janell    
LB 0001774

RAINBOW FISH     Pfister, Marcus    
LB 0001770

GIVING TREE     Silverstein, Shel    
LB 0001793

Humorous Fiction

DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE SLEIGH!     Willems, Mo    
LB 0001450

PIGEON HAS FEELINGS, TOO!   Willems, Mo    
LB 0001676

PIGEON WANTS A PUPPY!    Willems, Mo    
LB 0001451

Picture Books

DINOSAURS IN TRUCKS BECAUSE HEY, WHY NOT?  Boynton, Sandra    
LB 0001675

RUNAWAY BUNNY     Brown, Margaret Wise    
LB 0001800

VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR     Carle, Eric    
LB 0001663

THEY ALL SAW A CAT     Wenzel, Brendan    
LB 0001806

Stories in Rhyme

SNEETCHES, AND OTHER STORIES     Seuss, Dr.  
LB 0001452

Juvenile Non-Fiction

Picture Books

LOOK, LOOK!   Linenthal, Peter    
LB 0001674

HELLO HELLO     Wenzel, Brendan    
LB 0001684

HELLO HELLO COLORS     Wenzel, Brendan    
LB 0001688

HELLO HELLO OPPOSITES     Wenzel, Brendan    
LB 0001690

HELLO HELLO SHAPES     Wenzel, Brendan    
LB 0001718

Young Adult Fiction

Romance Fiction

CHECK & MATE     Hazelwood, Ali    
LB 0001455

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)

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)

Literary Cookbooks

Below are a collection of cookbooks inspired by book series or movies and television shows— sometimes BOTH! There are recipes for both children and adults, and they cover all sorts of genres: fantasy, mystery, religious fiction, and romance.

Adult

BOOK CLUB COOKBOOK: RECIPES AND FOOD FOR THOUGHT FROM YOUR BOOK CLUB’S FAVORITE BOOKS AND AUTHORS by Judy Gelman (DB 58177)
BOOK LOVER’S COOKBOOK: RECIPES INSPIRED BY CELEBRATED WORKS OF LITERATURE AND THE PASSAGES THAT FEATURE THEM by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger (BR 15954)
CAT WHO … COOKBOOK by Julie Murphy (DB 56166)
DEBBIE MACOMBER’S CEDAR COVE COOKBOOK by Debbie Macomber (DB 71541)
FEAST OF ICE AND FIRE: THE OFFICIAL COMPANION COOKBOOK by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel (DB 109218)
FOOD TO DIE FOR: SECRETS FROM KAY SCARPETTA’S KITCHEN by Patricia Daniels Cornwell (DB 55620)
GEEK’S COOKBOOK: EASY RECIPES INSPIRED BY POKEMON, HARRY POTTER, STAR WARS, AND MORE! by Liguori Lecomte (DB 109421, BR 24352)
JAN KARON’S MITFORD COOKBOOK AND KITCHEN READER: THE MITFORD YEARS by Jan Karon (DB 63064)
NERO WOLFE COOKBOOK by Rex Stout (DB 108592)
NIGHTMARE BEFORE DINNER: RECIPES TO DIE FOR by Zach Neil (BR 24347)
OUTLANDER KITCHEN: TO THE NEW WORLD AND BACK AGAIN: THE SECOND OFFICIAL OUTLANDER COMPANION COOKBOOK by Theresa Carle-Sanders (BR 24339)
SWEET MAGNOLIAS COOKBOOK by Sherryl Woods (DB 77632)
UNOFFICIAL HOCUS POCUS COOKBOOK: BEWITCHINGLY DELICIOUS RECIPES FOR FANS OF THE HALLOWEEN CLASSIC by Bridget Thoreson (DB 109740, BR 24423)

Juvenile

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES COOKBOOK by Kate Macdonald (BR 17982) Grades 3-6
BOXCAR CHILDREN COOKBOOK by Diane Blain (BR 17984, BT 03814) Grades 4-7
GREEN EGGS AND HAM COOKBOOK: RECIPES INSPIRED BY DR. SEUSS! by Georgeanne Brennan (BR 17979) Grades 3-6
MARY POPPINS IN THE KITCHEN: A COOKERY BOOK WITH A STORY by P. L. Travers (DB 10454, BT 03816, BR 17980) Grades 4-7
NANCY DREW COOKBOOK: CLUES TO GOOD COOKING by Carolyn Keene (BRC 00466) Grades 4-7
OFFICIAL FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S COOKBOOK by Rob Morris (DB 117916) Grades 6-9
OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER BAKING BOOK by Joanna Farrow (DB 104382, BR 23815) Grades 4-7
PETER RABBIT’S NATURAL FOODS COOKBOOK by Arnold Dobrin (DB 12576) Grades 4-7
ROALD DAHL’S REVOLTING RECIPES by Roald Dahl (DB 58687, BR 17981) Grades 3-6
WINNIE-THE-POOH’S TEATIME COOKBOOK (BR 17983) Grades 2-4