Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV lineup:

Einstein's God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit by Krista Tippett

Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. The Supreme Court by Jeff Sheshol

Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West by Stephen Fried

What We're Reading

In this week's What We're Reading column, NPR treats us to a new novel from Isabel Allende, a debut author's mystery spanning four generations of a Filipino family, and a thrilling account of the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin.

Indie Next List

Check out the recommendations from independent booksellers in the April Indie Next list.

New York Times Best Sellers

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Here are the winners of the 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize:

Fiction:
A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias

First Fiction:
American Rust by Philipp Meyer

Mystery/Thriller:
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville

Biography:
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon

Science & Technology:
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom by Graham Farmelo

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation by Jason Mattera

13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown by Simon Johnson

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History by Gregory Zuckerman

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben

What We're Reading

NPR spotlights new books in this week's What We're Reading.

Orange Prize Shortlist

The Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced:

The Very Thought of You by Alma Books
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey 

The winner will be announced June 9.

New York Times Best Sellers

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Summer Preview

Entertainment Weekly is already looking ahead to the summer reading season with 18 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Summer. 

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights this week's Book TV schedule:

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller by Harry Markopolos

Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation  Rawn James

Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation by Ellen Fitzpatrick

Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire that Civilized the Wild West by Stephen Fried

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell

What We're Reading

NPR spotlights new books in this week's What We're Reading.

Pulitzer Prize

The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were announced this week. 

Fiction:
Tinkers by Paul Harding

History:
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed

Biography or Autobiography:
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

General Nonfiction:
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman

For a list of previous Pulitzer winners click here.

New York Times Best Sellers

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Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East by Deborah Amis

Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout

Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper

The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future by Robert Darnton

Spin This!: All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth by Bill Press

Hugo Awards

The 2010 Hugo Award nominees have been announced.  The Hugo Awards are science fiction's most prestigious award and have been given annually since 1955. 

Best Novel Nominees:

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
The City & The City by China Mieville
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Winston
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente
Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

The winners will be announced September 5, 2010.

National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month is a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets. The concept is to widen the attention of individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern. (From Poets.org)

Here are some resources to help you celebrate National Poetry Month:
Poem-A-Day  (Sign up to receive a new poem in your email each day of National Poetry Month.)
11 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month With the New York Times
Library of Congress Poetry website

New York Times Best Sellers

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May Releases

Place your holds now on these upcoming releases:

The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Innocent by Scott Turow
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick
Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk
Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker
I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood by Dave Barry
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Fever Dream by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston
Executive Intent by Dale Brown
War by Sebastian Junger
The Good Son by Michael Gruber
Die Twice by Andrew Grant
Storm Prey by John Sanford
61 Hours by Lee Child
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling and Lisa Ling
Supreme Justice by Phillip Margolin
A Secret Affair by Mary Balogh
Fade to Midnight by Sharron McKenna