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The Crescent Moon Tearoom. By Stacy Sivinski. Oct. 2024. 336p. Atria, paper, $17.99 (9781668058398); e-book (9781668058404). Sisters Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley run a magical tearoom, reading tea leaves and [...]

A World of Hurt. By Mindy Mejia. Aug. 2024. 352p. Atlantic Monthly, $27 (9780802163110); e-book (9780802163127). Mejia's latest takes place where To Catch a Storm (2023) left off, this time […]

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV. By Emily Nussbaum. June 2024. 464p. Random, $30 (9780525508991); e-book (9780525509004). 791.45. Reality television may be ubiquitous, but it's not new, as [...]

* The God of the Woods. By Liz Moore. July 2024. 496p. Riverhead, $30 (9780593418918); e-book (9780593418932). When Louise notices that camper Barbara is missing, she knows there's trouble. Barbara [...]

That Night in the Library. By Eva Jurczyk. June 2024. 336p. Poisoned Pen, paper, $17.99 (9781728295695); e-book (9781728295701). Davey is about to graduate, and he's sure he will be offered [...]

Forget monumental quests and bloody battles, the latest trend in sf/fantasy centers stories in which almost nothing happens. Unlike their epic counterparts, these books are light on violence, heavy on [...]

Sf writers have grappled with AI since Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, but as human dependence on the technology grows in real life, fictional depictions become more compelling, and more urgent. [...]

The year's best sf/fantasy and horror, reviewed in Booklist from August 2023 to July 2024, showcase the most outstanding titles in speculative fiction, from Afrocentric sf shorts to haunted slasher [...]

The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean. By Ann Rose. Sept. 2024. 368p. Berkley, paper, $19 (9780593815953); e-book (9780593815960). It's Mandy Dean's wedding day, and she's terrified. Everything seems [...]

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern. By Lynda Cohen Loigman. Oct. 2024. 320p. St. Martin's, $29 (9781250278104); e-book (9781250278111). When Augusta Stern is forced to retire from her job as [...]

Here One Moment. By Liane Moriarty. Sept. 2024. 514p. Crown, $30 (9780593798621). 'Cause of death. Age of death.' She comes to be known as 'the Death Lady' as she walks [...]

The Pairing. By Casey McQuiston. Aug. 2024. 432p. St. Martin's/Griffin, paper, $20 (9781250862747); e-book (9781250864055). Theo Flowerday and Kit Fairfield, childhood best friends-turned-lovers, broke up right before they were supposed [...]

In Casey McQuiston's The Pairing, two exes embark on a food and wine tour of Europe while denying their still-burning feelings for each other. The local delicacies, from flaky pastry [...]

Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann. By Gill Paul. Aug. 2024. 384P. Morrow, paper, $18.99 (9780063245150). Paul's latest historical novel featuring real-life women (after A Beautiful [...]

Mortal Radiance. By Kathryn Lasky. July 2024. 208p. Severn, $29.99 (9781448313846); e-book (9781448313853). At a chapel in Taos in 1935, where the ashes of D. H. Lawrence are about to [...]

Strange Folk. By Alli Dyer. Aug. 2024. 320p. Atria, $28.99 (9781668045770); e-book (9781668045794). Opaline 'Lee' Ford swore she'd never return to Craw Valley after she left for college. She got [...]

The Mystery Writer. By Sulari Gentill. Mar. 2024. 352p. Poisoned Pen, paper, $16.99 (9781728285184). Theodosia 'Theo' Benton moves from Sydney to Lawrence, Kansas, after dropping out of university. She lives [...]

Art from The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. This robustly varied list of recommendations for book groups and group conversations draws on Booklist print and audio reviews of [...]

* The Wedding People. By Alison Espach. July 2024. 384P. Holt, $28.99 (9781250899576); e-book (9781250899569). Phoebe Stone has always wanted to stay at the Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island. [...]

* Between Friends & Lovers. By Shirlene Obuobi. July 2024. 368p. Avon, paper, $18.99 (9780063307315); e-book (9780063307339). Jo Boateng has been in love with her best friend, Ezra, since college, [...]

Revealing memoirs, tearjerker love stories, and long-anticipated follow-ups make up this list of the hottest books of the fall.--Susan Maguire Be Ready When the Luck Happens. By Ina Garten. Crown, […]

* The Briar Club. By Kate Quinn. July 2024. 400p. Morrow, $28.99 (9780063244740). Thanksgiving 1954. There's a dead body in Briarwood House in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood of Washington, DC. […]

* Summer Romance. By Annabel Monaghan. June 2024. 352p. Putnam, paper, $18.99 (9780593719855); e-book (9780593714096). Ali Morris organizes people's lives for a living, but she can barely handle her own. [...]

These top 10 reference books were reviewed in Booklist between May 15, 2023, and May 1, 2024, and represent useful resources for libraries of all sizes.--Susan Maguire African American Activism [...]

Yorescape. 2024. Flyover Zone [yorescape.com]. Students of archaeology and armchair travelers can visit photorealistic reconstructions of ancient sites with Yorescape, from Flyover Zone, which also publishes Virtual Museum and its […]

Dead Tired. By Kat Ailes. June 2024. 320p. Minotaur, $28 (9781250322739); e-book (9781250322746). Alice (last seen in The Expectant Detectives, 2024) and her new-mom friends are enjoying a summer picnic […]

The top ten mysteries and thrillers of the year, reviewed in Booklist between May 1, 2023, and April 15, 2024, feature multiple narratives, hot-button issues, and, of course, murder.--Susan Maguire [...]

Wish You Weren't Here. By Christy Schillig. May 2024. 352p. Crooked Lane, $29.99 (9781639107070); e-book (9781639107087). Ava Graham has a plan. She'll take an international law class at the university [...]

Customize Your Cross-Stitch: Friends and Family. By Lizzy Dabczynski-Bean. Dec. 2023. 112p. Quarto/Walter Foster, paper, $22.99 (9780760385357). 746.44. Bean's Stitch People has been creating customized cross-stitched family portraits since 2011, [...]

American Daughters. By Piper Huguley. Apr. 2024. 368p. Morrow, paper, $18.99 (9780063273702); e-book (9780063273696). In New Haven in 1901, 18-year-old Portia Washington sneaks out to see her father--the great Booker [...]

* One of Us Knows. By Alyssa Cole. Apr. 2024. 352p. Morrow, paper, $18.95 (9780063114951); e-book (9780063114968). Cole's long-awaited second thriller, following When No One Is Watching (2020), starts with [...]

A recent spate of imports from Japan with many appeals for readers are hitting bookshelves: deceptively simple, heartwarming stories that feature books, cats, comfort food, and coffee. Settle into a [...]

The Trail of Lost Hearts. By Tracey Garvis Graves. Mar. 2024. 304p. St. Martin's, $29 (9781250280275); e-book (9781250280282). Wren Waters flies from Dayton to Oregon to do some geocaching after [...]

Murder at the College Library. By Con Lehane. Mar. 2024. Severn, $29.99 (9780727823052); e-book (9781448313303) In the fifth 42nd Street Library Mystery, following Murder by Definition (2022), Ray Ambler, curator [...]

Listen for the Lie. By Amy Tintera. Mar. 2024. 352p. Celadon, $26.99 (9781250880314); e-book, $13.99 (9781250880321). YA author Tintera (The Q, 2022) makes her adult debut with a twisty thriller [...]

These eminently discussable books, reviewed in Booklist from February 15, 2023, through February 1, 2024, highlight hot topics through deep sociological work, historical encounters, satire, and more, making them ideal [...]

* The Phoenix Crown. By Kate Quinn and Janie Chang. Feb. 2024. 384p. Morrow, paper, $18.99 (9780063304734); e-book (9780063304727). In 1906, opera singer Gemma Garland moves to San Francisco to [...]

The Lost Dresses of Italy. By M. A. Mdaughlin. Feb. 2024. 304p. Crooked Lane/Alcove, $29.99 (9781639105649); e-book (9781639105656). It's 1947, and Italy is still recovering from WWII. Rufina convinces her [...]

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better than the Bestsellers. By James Patterson and Matt Eversmann. Apr. 2024.352p. Little, Brown, $28 (9780316567534). 020. Not to spoil [...]

I Only Read Murder. By Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson. Feb. 2024. 304p. illus. MIRA, paper, $18.99 (9780778369639); e-book (9780369748690). Miranda Abbott doesn't consider herself a has-been, though it's been [...]

The Expectant Detectives. By Kat Ailes. Jan. 2024. 384p. Minotaur, $28 (9781250322708); e-book (9781250322715). Alice and her boyfriend, Joe, are nervous expectant parents, and their first move toward a better [...]

Into the Fire. By Irene Hannon. Oct. 2023.400p. Revell, paper, $18.99 (9780800741884); e-book (9781493443543). Arson investigator Bri Tucker thinks something is up with her latest case. The house of a [...]

Maternal Instinct. By Becky Masterman. Dec. 2023. 288p. Severn, $31.99 (9781448311958); e-book (9781448311965). Everyone thinks Althea Deming is a saint. She is a devout Catholic convert; she performs small acts [...]