New York Times Best Sellers

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Guardian First Book Award

The longlist for the Guardian First Book Award has been announced.  The shortlist will be announced in late October and the winner in early December. 

Read Comics in Public Day

This Saturday, August 28, is International Read Comics in Public Day.  Show your love for the wonderful, dynamic art form that is comics by reading them out in the open!  Be proud of your reading habits--reading is reading no matter the form!  Click here to get the backstory on this cool project.

How Do You Read?

From Tor.com, Gulp or sip: How do you read?

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Thurber Prize

The finalists for the 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor have been announced.  The Thurber prize, begun in 1997, honors the art of humor writing.  This year's finalists are:

Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask by Jancee Dunn

How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

 Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen

Past winners include David Sedaris, Jon Stewart, Larry Doyle, and Joe Keenan.  The winner will be announced on October 4.

Book TV

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

War at the Wall Street Journal: Inside the Struggle to Control an American Business Enterprise by Sarah Ellison

The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years by Sonia Shah

The Struggle to Limit Government: A Modern Political History by John Samples

How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (And Found Inner Peace) by Harry Stein

The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris by Peter Beinart

Best Books of the Month

Amazon's editors have selected their choices for the best books of August.  This month's selections include new titles from Mary Roach (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex), Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections), and Laura Lippman (What the Dead Know, Life Sentences).

College Fiction

In honor of the upcoming Fall semester, try one of these books about collegiate life:

I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe
Blue Angel by Francine Prose
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Joe College by Tom Perrotta
Straight Man by Richard Russo
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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Book TV

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

The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey by Rick Whittle

The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America by Pamela Geller

Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance by Alexander Zaitchik

Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima by Stephen Walker

Indie Next List

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

Booker Prize Longlist

The Man Booker Prize 2010  longlist was announced last week.  The Booker Prize celebrates the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.  For a list of past winners click here.

The 2010 shortlist will be announced on September 7 and the winner on October 12.

Science & Love

NPR's book critics are still keeping busy with the summer book lists:

From Beakers to Beaches: Summer's Best Science Books
One Nightstand, Six Affairs: Novels of Illicit Love

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September Releases

Place your holds now on these upcoming releases:

Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
Burn by Nevada Barr
Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay
The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass
Portobello by Ruth Rendell
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer
Bad Blood by John Sanford
Santa Fe Edge by Stuart Woods
Heaven's Fury by Stephen Frey
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
Don't Blink by James Patterson
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber
Me, Myself, and Why? by Maryjanice Davidson
Legacy by Danielle Steel