June Releases

Place your holds now on these upcoming releases:

Fiction:
City of the Snakes by Darren Shan
The Kingdom by Clive Cussler
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton
Full Black by Brad Thor
Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews
Best Staged Plans by Claire Cook
One Summer by David Baldacci
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver
Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Fallen by Karin Slaughter
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
Learning by Karen Kingsbury
Merciless by Diana Palmer

Nonfiction:
The New Ann Coulter by Ann Coulter
Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP's Rise to Power by Mike Magner
The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring by Sugar Ray Leonard
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal

Orange Prize

The Orange Prize shortlist has been announced.  The Orange Prize, celebrating it's 16th year, honors the best fiction written by a woman.

Room by Emma Donoghue

The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

Great House by Nicole Krauss

The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

Annabel by Kathleen Winter

Grace Williams Says It Out Loud by Emma Henderson

 

The winner will be announced June 8, 2011.

Pulitzer Prizes

The Pulitzer Prizes were announced earlier this week. 

Fiction:

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

History:

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery by Eric Foner

Biography:

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

 

What We're Reading

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

Ticket to Paradise

In honor of National Library Week (April 10-16, 2011):

The Library Card As a Pop-Culture Fiend's Ticket to Geek Paradise.

Book Roundup

From USA Today, Nonfiction Books with a Scientific Bent.

Indie Next

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