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Fresh Lit! Rosalind Reisner areadersplace roz@thereisners

Discover the latest in literary fiction trends, including new and forthcoming releases, diverse narratives, and compelling family dramas. Explore novels by acclaimed authors and debut writers. Stay up-to-date on the must-read books for your reading group discussions.

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Fresh Lit! Rosalind Reisner areadersplace roz@thereisners

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  1. Fresh Lit!Rosalind Reisnerwww.areadersplace.netroz@thereisners.net LibraryLinkNJ Webinar December 1, 2015

  2. Books we’ll talk about today—literary fiction • Recent and forthcoming • Well-reviewed & publicized • First novels • New novels by favorite authors • Titles for reading groups

  3. Trends… • A good year for literary fiction! • Go Set a Watchmanoverwhelmed the summer market! Lots of strong opinions… • Domestic fiction/family secrets still going strong

  4. Trends… • Novelists and publishers continue to find fiction based on historical and literary characters marketable • Multiple narrators and points of view • Multiple chronologies—”split screen”

  5. Readers who like family and domestic drama(psychological insight,good character development,contemporary settings)

  6. The Girl Who Slept With Godby Val Brelinski Aug., 2015; Penguin First novel

  7. Did You Ever Have a Familyby Bill Clegg Sept., 2015; Gallery/Scout First novel; 2 memoirs

  8. The Mistake I Madeby Paula Daly Sept., 2015; Grove/Atlantic Previous: Keep Your Friends Close

  9. The Turner Houseby Angela Flournoy April, 2015; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt First novel

  10. Louise Meets Bearby Lisa Gornick June., 2015; FS&G Previous: Tinderbox

  11. Best Boyby Eli Gottlieb Aug., 2015; Liveright/Norton Previous: Now You See Him, Face Thief, others

  12. Multicultural novels

  13. A Sister to Honorby Lucy Ferriss Jan., 2015; Penguin Previous: The Lost Daughter, Leaving the Neighborhood

  14. The Golden Sonby Shilpa Somaya Gowdi Jan., 2016; HarperCollins Previous: The Secret Daughter

  15. When the Moon is Lowby Nadia Hashimi July., 2015; Morrow Previous: The Pearl That Broke its Shell

  16. Re Janeby Patricia Park May, 2015; Penguin First novel

  17. Edgy, suspenseful novels;literary mysteries;political novels

  18. The Lake Houseby Kate Morton Oct., 2015; Atria Previous: The Secret Keeper, The Distant Hours

  19. The Improbability of Loveby Hannah Rothschild Nov., 2015; Knopf/Doubleday First novel

  20. The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton Jan., 2015; Grand Central First novel

  21. All That Followedby Gabriel Urza Aug., 2015; Henry Holt First novel

  22. Medicine Walkby Richard Wagamese May, 2015; Milkweed Previous: Ragged Company

  23. Heavy Hitters in literary fictionambitious in scope and styleusually reviewed in the literary press

  24. A God in Ruinsby Kate Atkinson May, 2015; Little, Brown Previous: Life After Life; Jackson Brodie mysteries, Beyond the Scenes at the Museum, others

  25. The Story of the Lost Childby Elena Ferrante Sept., 2015; Europa Previous: My Brilliant Friend, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, Story of a New Name, others

  26. Purityby Jonathan Franzen Sept., 2015; Farrar, Straus & Giroux Previous: The Corrections, Freedom

  27. City on Fireby Garth Risk Hallberg Oct., 2015; Knopf First novel

  28. The Gap of Timeby Jeanette Winterson Oct., 2015; Crown/Hogarth Previous: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit

  29. HISTORICAL FICTION

  30. The Japanese Loverby Isabel Allende Nov., 2015; Atria Previous: House of the Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, others

  31. We That Are Leftby Clare Clark Oct., 2015; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Previous: The Great Stink, Savage Lands

  32. Crooked Heartby Lissa Evans July, 2015; Harper/Collins First novel

  33. No. 4 Imperial Laneby Jonathan Weisberg August., 2015; Twelve/Grand Central First novel

  34. Historical FictionReal Characters/Literary characters

  35. Saint Mazieby Jami Attenberg June., 2015; Grand Central Previous: The Middlesteins, others

  36. The Hours Countby Jillian Cantor Oct., 2015; Penguin Previous: Margot

  37. Circling the Sunby Paula McLain July, 2015; Ballantine Previous: The Paris Wife

  38. The Muralistby B.A. Shapiro Nov., 2015; Algonquin Books Previous: The Art Forger

  39. All the Stars in Heavenby Adriana Trigiani Oct., 2015; HarperCollins Previous: Supreme Macaroni Company, Big Stone Gap, others

  40. Coming in 2016

  41. Chevalier, Tracy. At the Edge of the Orchard. Viking. Mar. 2016.previous:Girl With a Pearl Earring, The Last Runaway,othersDeLillo, Don. Zero K. Scribner. May, 2016.previous: Underworld, White Noise, Libra, othersDivakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Before We Visit the Goddess. S&S. April, 2016.previous: Mistress of Spices, Oleander Girl, others. Grissom, Kathleen.Glory over Everything: Beyond the Kitchen House. S&S. April, 2016.previous:  The Kitchen HouseFaulks, Sebastian.Where my heart used to beat. Henry Holt. Jan., 2016.previous: Birdsong, Charlotte Gray,  others

  42. Hadley, Tessa. The Past. Harper. Jan., 2016. previous: The London Train, Clever Girl,  othersMartel, Yann.The High Mountains of Portugal. Spiegel & Grau. Feb. 2016.previous: The Life of PiMitchard, Jacquelyn. Two if by Sea. S&S. Marcy, 2016. previous: The Deep End of the OceanO’Nan, Stewart. City of Secrets. Viking. April, 2016. previous: West of Sunset, City of Secrets, othersQuindlen, Anna. Miller’s Valley (2016)previous: Still Life with Breadcrumbs; Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, othersStrout, Elizabeth.My Name is Lucy Barton (2016)previous: Olive Kittredge, The Burgess Boys, Amy and Elizabeth

  43. Some hints for keeping up… • First line of defense (beyond the usual reviews): Early Word www.earlyword.com Library Journal Newsletters www.libraryjournal.com/newsletters • Book Expo and AAP “Sneak Peek” • Review copies from publishers • Speed dating with publishers (BEA) • Webinars

  44. Some hints for keeping up… • End of year “best” lists: New York Times, Amazon, Washington Post, Kirkus, LJ, PW… • Edelweiss and NetGalley • http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/ • https://www.netgalley.com/ • Shelf Awareness • http://www.shelf-awareness.com/

  45. Some hints for keeping up… • Reading Group Choices, National Reading Group Month/Great Group Reads • www.readinggroupchoices.com • http://www.nationalreadinggroupmonth.org/ • LitHubhttp://lithub.com/ • First Look Book Club (Random House) • http://www.librarywebservices.com/firstlook/

  46. Some hints for keeping up… • Small/independent publishers to watch: Europa, Graywolf, Coffee House, Tin House, Milkweed, Sourcebooks, Other Press, Akashic • Imprints from the big publishers: Algonquin, Twelve (Hachette), Riverhead, Hogarth, Ecco

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