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Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, December 1, 2020


Delacorte Press: The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig

Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster: Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean

Running Press Kids: Take Up Space, Y'All: Your Bold & Bright Guide to Self-Love by Tess Holiday and Kelly Coon

Walker Books Us: Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers by Kim Chi and Stephan Lee, illustrated by Utomaru

Oxford University Press: John Williams: A Composer's Life by Tim Greiving

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Reed Is 'Retiring' BookExpo & BookCon

ReedPop is "retiring" BookExpo, BookCon and Unbound, effective immediately, the company announced today. It said, in part, "With continued uncertainty surrounding in-person events at this time, the team has concluded that the best way forward is to retire the current iteration of events as they explore new ways to meet the community's needs through a fusion of in-person and virtual events that will reach larger audiences than they ever could before. The ReedPop team is actively engaging in conversations with publishers, booksellers, and other partners, and with their feedback and ideas they will together agree how to best rebuild the events in the future."

Event director Jennifer Martin added: "While we missed not seeing old friends and colleagues in person this year, we believe that canceling our in-person BookExpo, BookCon, and UnBound 2020 events was the correct decision to make. BookExpo Online and BookConline brought us together virtually to celebrate our love of books and remind us that there are other, new ways to gather to support the stories and community we hold dear. The pandemic arrived at a time in the life cycle of BookExpo and BookCon where we were already examining the restructure of our events to best meet our community's needs. This has led us to make the difficult decision to retire the events in their current formats, as we take the necessary time to evaluate the best way to move forward and rebuild our events that will better serve the industry and reach more people than we were able to before. We remain committed to serving the book community and look forward to sharing more information in the future."

More in tomorrow morning's issue of Shelf Awareness.


Harpervia: Wild Animal by Joël Dicker, translated Robert Bononno


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Chrystal Schleyer's captivating debut transports readers to a brooding 1910 English manor house haunted with the secrets of its guests, in a twisty, wildly unpredictable tale of jilted lovers, unhappy engagements, and family rivalry. Annie Chagnot, executive editor at Park Row Books, calls A Rather Peculiar Poisoning the epitome of the "cozy mystery subgenre, truly melding the gossipy, scandalous high-society vibes of Bridgerton with a suspenseful, Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery at the helm." It's a tale, she notes, that's meant to be binged ("there really isn't any other way to read it"): propulsive and compelling, this delicious mystery proves as hard to put down as it is to predict what twist may be next, from start to unexpected finish. --Kerry McHugh, freelance writer

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