Shelf Awareness for Readers, our weekly consumer-facing publication featuring adult and children's book reviews, author interviews, backlist recommendations, and fun news items, is being published today. Starred review highlights include Richard Powers's Playground, in which a tiny French Polynesian island becomes the grand setting for the endeavors of a scientist, an artist, a billionaire, and a writer; Question 7, an "astonishing and uncategorizable" memoir by Richard Flanagan; and Represent: The Unfinished Fight for the Vote by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau, a history for teen readers about the voting process in the United States. In The Writer's Life, Rachel Weiss's Group Chat author Lauren Appelbaum describes how she channeled her fandom of Bridget Jones's Diary and Pride & Prejudice into the hilarious story of a carefree millennial discovering her direction in life with the much-needed help of her friends. Plus, rediscover late thriller author Nelson DeMille, who "wrote about airline hijackings, nuclear threats, wartime massacres and psychotic hostage-takers" in some two dozen novels.
Today's issue of Shelf Awareness for Readers is going to 635,000 customers of more than 250 independent bookstores. Stores interested in learning more can contact our partnership program team via e-mail. To see today's issue, click here.
