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Fresh Lit! Recent and Forthcoming Books to Talk About Today - Literary Fiction

Join us for a webinar on December 8, 2016, as we discuss the latest trends in literary fiction and highlight recent and forthcoming titles that are perfect for reading groups. Learn how reading can make you happier and discover new novels by favorite authors. Don't miss out on the chance to stay up-to-date with the latest in fresh literary fiction.

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Fresh Lit! Recent and Forthcoming Books to Talk About Today - Literary Fiction

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  1. Fresh Lit!Rosalind Reisnerwww.areadersplace.netroz@thereisners.net LibraryLinkNJ Webinar December 8, 2016

  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. Can Reading Make You Happier? “Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.” …article by CeridwenDovey in The New Yorker

  4. Trends… • Edgy thrillerish novels for women—follow ons from Girl on the Train: Woman in Cabin 10, Girl in the Spider’s Web, etc. Publishers getting tired… • Well-known novelists turn to graphic novels: Margaret Atwood, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson

  5. Trends… • Multiple narrators and points of view • Broken chronologies • Some novels by well-known authors didn’t get good reviews

  6. New Books by favorite authors

  7. Hag-Seedby Margaret Atwood Oct., 2016; Crown/Hogarth Hogarth Shakespeare Series Previous: Alias Grace, Handmaid’s Tale, Oryx and Crake, etc.

  8. LaRoseby Louise Erdrich May, 2016; HarperCollins Previous: The Round House; The Beet Queen; Love Medicine, et al. Nat’l Book Award winner for The Round House

  9. Nutshellby Ian McEwan Sept., 2015; Knopf/Doubleday Previous: Solar, Atonement, Saturday, Amsterdam, etc.

  10. Commonwealthby Ann Patchett Sept., 2016; HarperCollins Previous: Bel Canto, State of Wonder

  11. Everybody’s Foolby Richard Russo May, 2016; Knopf/Doubleday Previous: Nobody’s Fool, Empire Falls, et al

  12. Swing Timeby Zadie Smith Nov., 2016; Penguin Previous: White Teeth, On Beauty, NW, etc.

  13. Vinegar Girlby Anne Tyler June, 2016; Crown/Hogarth Hogarth Shakespeare Series Previous: Amateur Marriage, Saint Maybe, Breathing Lessons, et al.

  14. Novels with “issues”

  15. Heat and Lightby Jennifer Haigh May, 2016; HarperCollins Previous: Baker Towers, Faith

  16. Imagine Me Goneby Adam Haslett May, 2016; Little, Brown Previous: You Are Not a Stranger Here, Union Atlantic Longlisted for NBA

  17. Edgy, Suspenseful Novels

  18. You Will Know Meby Megan Abbott July, 2016; Little, Brown Previous: The Fever, Dare Me

  19. All Things Cease to Appearby Elizabeth Brundage Mar., 2016; Knopf/Doubleday First novel

  20. The Girlsby Emma Cline June, 2016; Random House First novel On lots of “best” lists and longlists for prizes

  21. Multicultural novels

  22. The Wangs vs. the Worldby Jade Chang Oct., 2016; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt First novel

  23. The Fortunesby Peter Ho Davies Sept., 2016; Houghton Mifflin Previous: The Welsh Girl

  24. The Year of the Runawaysby Sunjeev Sahota March, 2016; Knopf First novel Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, 2015

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

  26. The Mothersby Brit Bennett Oct., 2016; Riverhead/Penguin First novel

  27. As Close to Us as Breathingby Elizabeth Poliner Mar., 2016; Little, Brown Previous: Mutual Life & Casualty

  28. Modern Loversby Emma Straub May., 2016; Penguin Previous: The Vacationers, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, et al.

  29. HISTORICAL FICTION

  30. The House at the Edge of Nightby Catherine Banner July, 2016; Random House Earlier novels YA

  31. The Other Einsteinby Marie Benedict Oct., 2016; Sourcebooks First novel

  32. News of the Worldby Paulette Jiles Oct., 2016; Wm. Morrow Nat’l Book Award shortlist

  33. I Will Send Rainby Rae Meadows Aug., 2016; Holt Previous: Calling Out

  34. City of Secretsby Stuart O’Nan April, 2016; Penguin Many previous

  35. Underground Railroadby Colson Whitehead Aug., 2016; Knopf/Doubleday • Chosen for Oprah’s Book Club; NBA Award winner • Previous: John Henry Days, etc.

  36. Coming in 2017

  37. Adiga, Aravind. Selection Day. Scribner. Jan., 2017previous:The White Tiger, Drabble, Margaret. The Dark Flood Rises. Feb., 2017.most recent: The Pure Gold BabyFridlund, Emily.History of Wolves. Atlantic Monthly. Jan. 2017.debut novel; BEA Buzz bookGrossman, David. A Horse Walks into a Bar. Knopf. Feb. 2017. previous: To the End of the LandKrivák, Andrew. The Signal Flame. Scribner. Jan. 2017.previous: The Sojourn (NBA finalist)

  38. Kline, Christina Baker. A Piece of the World. Morrow. Feb. Previous: The Orphan TrainMiller, Derek B. The Girl in Green. Houghton Harcourt. Jan. 2017.previous: Norwegian by NightSaunders, George. Lincoln in the Bardo. Random House. Feb., 2017previous: Tenth of December (Nat’l Book Award finalist)See, Lisa. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. Scribner. Mar. 2017Previous: Snow Flower and the Secret FanWilson, Kevin. Perfect Little World. Ecco. Jan. 2017previous: The Family Fang

  39. 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)

  40. 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/

  41. Some hints for keeping up… • Reading Group Choices, National Reading Group Month/Great Group Reads • www.readinggroupchoices.com • http://www.nationalreadinggroupmonth.org/ • LitHub http://lithub.com/ • Bookish.com • Themillions.com • Other libraries’ readers pages/services

  42. 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 • Other houses publishing good fiction: W.W. Norton, Grove/Atlantic, FS&G

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