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— Anna Dobben (@annadobben) September 16, 2019 The National Book Foundation announced all longlists for the 2019 National Book Awards this week, and I could not be more excited. The NBAs are the Academy Awards for books. There are five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. And this year’s nominees are AMAZING. Here’s a rundown of the titles: Young People’s Literature A post shared by National Book Foundation (@nationalbookfoundation) on Sep 16, 2019 at 7:36am PDT Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson, The Undefeated Versify / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout Akwaeke Emezi, Pet Make Me a World / Penguin Random House Cynthia Kadohata, A Place to Belong Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books / Simon & Schuster Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books / Simon & Schuster Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing Kokila / Penguin Random House Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Publishers Martin W....

Were you a big nerd or queen of the lunch room? Your nostalgic book choices will reveal the truth. So grab your Jansport backpack, your plastic pencil box, and the money your parents gave you for the book fair this morning, because we’re heading to the library. Thanks for taking our Scholastic Book Fair quiz! You might also enjoy: Remembering and Pining for the Scholastic Book Fair Books to Feed Your ’90s Nostalgia The Best Nostalgic Children’s Book Enamel Pins Your Money Can Buy Quiz: Which American Girl Doll Are You?...

With its smart design, beautiful illustrations, and perfect size to pop in a backpack, Take Me Outdoors is a fun, lively way to engage with the wild and natural world. Each of the five ‘adventure’ chapters help children to engage with their surroundings. Fun, quirky, and bursting with facts about birds, bugs and plants; the weather and the environment; expeditions and explorers; and the artists and writers who have been inspired by nature, this book is a must for children curious about the incredible world they live in....

Welcome to Finale, the final book in Stephanie Garber’s #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series! It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist. Tella must decide if she’s going to trust Legend. After uncovering a secret, Scarlett will need to do the impossible....

The letter was signed by 26 other Republican lawmakers, saying “[W]e also acknowledge school districts have a lot of power in the market when purchasing books and that if we stand together against explicit materials for children, book vendors will be forced to adjust.” The letter further claims Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe “graphically illustrates child pornography,” though the book has never been found to meet the legal definition of pornography....

As you await these buzzy novels to hit shelves in the coming months, there are also several books from the last few weeks of 2022 that are worth adding to your nightstands and bookshelves. This list includes captivating reads from late 2022 that you can pick up in stories now, as well as several anticipated 2023 releases that are still on the way. From a thrilling debut novel set on a college campus to a captivating sci-fi mystery located on a remote colony in Jupiter, these engrossing page-turners will keep you hooked until the very end....

The Best Books You’ve Never Heard of is our chance to shout out some of the books we Book Rioters love that don’t get the attention they deserve. Now, lots of lists claim to be “underrated” books that turn out to have The Fault In Our Stars and Catcher In the Rye on them. I wanted to make sure that these really are titles that you probably haven’t heard of before, so they all have around 250 ratings (not reviews) on Goodreads....

This is the series where we look at books that didn’t get a giant publicity budget or a ton of buzz, but turned out to be hidden gems. These are the kind of books you stumble upon and then can’t believe you’ve never heard of before. Fun fact: this series was inspired by a tweet that asked for little-known books that got replies with classics and bestsellers. I was determined to find a way to shout out truly under read titles worthy of your praise, and this is the absolutely arbitrary distinction I came to: these books all have under 250 ratings on Goodreads....

To keep it brief, light novels are short prose novels that are closely associated with manga. They feature many of the same themes, tropes, and character archetypes often found in your favorite manga. They’re quick, pulpy reads meant to entertain and provide a welcome escape from reality. For a deeper look into light novels, here’s a primer to the format. Where Do I Start With Light Novels? If you’d ask this question even five years ago, it would have been easier to offer good light novel recommendations....

nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon A fabulous book by a two-spirit Cree, Saulteaux, and Metis writer. A genre-defying memoir about “blood and chosen kin.” Nixon writes about queer love, the unexpected death of their white adoptive mother, being a prairie punk, the complex intersections of queer and Indigenous identities, living in different parts of the prairies and the world, and more. It’s funny, sad, clever, and biting. Beautiful poetic writing and startling realizations....

Science Books for Kids: Board Books Bayesian Probability for Babies by Chris Ferrie Chris Ferrie’s Baby University Books are a whole thing. And they are equal parts hilarious and informative. From Quantum Physics to Organic Chemistry, he breaks down difficult scientific concepts for young children. This is his latest title and, in my opinion, one of his most esoteric. But all of his titles are building blocks for future STEM geniuses....

Cozy mysteries, for anyone who hasn’t come across the term before, are a sub-genre of mysteries in which a) none of the gory stuff happens on-screen; b) the detective has zero real qualifications; and c) unhappy endings are very unlikely. Boring to some, maybe, but perfect for when you don’t want to be sleeping with the lights on and a flashlight next to you. Here are eight YA cozy mysteries that are perfect for high schoolers, college students, and adults who possess nerves of taffy rather than steel....

With that being said, my criteria for making this, my list of the best young adult authors, is as follows. To make this list, the authors must have published more than one young adult book. They must be clearly written for young adult audiences, rather than middle grade or adult audiences. This means that a lot of classic novels that are typically now marketed towards young adults did not make the cut because they were originally intended for adult audiences (see: Little Women)....

Once returned, she went back to her regular routine; one dotted with hospital visits to see her elderly ailing mother. The summer was rife with stress and eventual tragedy, and it also involved the arrival of a formal letter from the local library. The strongly worded letter that requested she pay for the replacement of the book or lose her library privileges entirely seemed a bit like overkill, said my MIL....

But wait, you might be asking yourself, isn’t it a bit early to declare what the great Millennial novels are? Have Millennials really had enough time to find their voices? I’m so glad you asked. Despite society’s constant infantilization of our generation, the eldest of elder Millennials have already passed the 40-year mark. We’re more likely to read than almost any other generation in the U.S., and a number of respected novelists — including Maya Angelou, Ken Kesey, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, and Donna Tartt — published their first books when they were the same ages that Millennials are today....

It’s also…uh, let’s say a problematic fave? Like its brother title, Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, SGFLL is infamous for its bizarre, convoluted plot lines, which frequently involved Superman acting seemingly out of character, often for the ultimate purpose of teaching Jimmy or Lois not to be so impulsive//curious/young/female/[enter the supposed personality flaw of the week here]. This is weird and upsetting enough with Jimmy, but with Lois there’s a whole extra level of, well, Superman repeatedly deceiving and gaslighting a woman he’s romantically involved with, who is also his coworker....

Ellie is ostracized from scientific communities because of her odd focus, but her devotion pays off when she does pick up a signal and finds that it’s transmitting plans for a mysterious machine that appears designed to transport one traveler elsewhere. Getting there will require political and international finagling and tangling with people who don’t want humans to reach beyond the bounds of Earth, but it’s all worth it if the journey proffers any of the answers that Ellie, and humanity, desperately needs....

For those of you who might not know, the Get Booked podcast is our reading recommendations show and we have a rule that no single title can be recommended more than three times in a single year. Each year we have at least ten titles that we max out, and this year is no exception. But before we dive into the list, here are some stats for those who also love data....

The decision to reinstate the Nobel Prize in Literature comes after a turbulent year of scandals and in-fighting in public among the members of the Swedish Academy. An organization under royal protection, the Swedish Academy has been working closely with the Nobel Foundation’s Board of Directors and the Swedish royal court to address the issues that brought the Academy near the brink of collapse. The issues of conflicts of interest, breaches of confidentiality, and economic misconduct were all brought to the fore when Jean-Claude Arnault, husband of former Academy member and poet Katarina Frostenson and close personal friend of Academy member Horace Engdahl, was accused of sexual assault....

I’ve given up on really engaging with these conversations. There’s no use. I should know—I used to be staunchly against ebooks and touted my superior opinion around with a higher degree of holier than thou than there are pages in War and Peace. I finally came around to them on my own. It started with commuting in Washington, DC and using my iPad as a reading device on the train because it was lighter than most books and I was carrying it with me, anyway....