Part American Gangster, part Real Housewives of New Jersey, Hair Club Burning takes the most dangerous creature on Earth – a woman scorned – and throws her into an improbable comradery with two young highly active gangbangers, all in search of the same thing. Justice. Just how far will the housewife go to find the gangsta within? And how
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I never thought I would be a comic book fan. I have been immersed in the Muslim-authored novels that have been published in the last couple of years, but didn’t think there was a need to explore the genre in a different medium. However, my interest was piqued with the recent appearance of a Muslim
Cover reveal: ‘Words on Fire’ Posted by Hilli, Assistant Editor on January 30, 2019 We couldn’t be more excited to reveal the cover for bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen’s upcoming middle grade historical, Words on Fire, which will be published by Scholastic on September 24, 2019! In a story that sounds perfect for fans of The
I fell in love with audiobooks when I took my first full-time job. I had a near hour-long commute each way to the library where I worked as a teen and adult librarian, and it was an easy way for me to keep up with reads. I used the audio format specifically to listen to
2019 Youth Media Award Winners Posted by Hilli, Assistant Editor on January 28, 2019 This morning the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top prizes in children’s and young adult literature, including the Caldecott, Newbery and Printz awards. Scroll on to see the full list of winners and read more about these acclaimed books! NEWBERY MEDAL, for the
In recent years, locked room mysteries have made a major comeback. Newer titles like Ruth Ware’s In a Dark, Dark Wood or Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers are not only topping bestseller lists, but also calling back to the classic structure of old-school mystery novels: A group—of strangers or friends—finds themselves trapped in a small
We are huge fans of Shelly Laurenston here at BookPage HQ, so we were pretty much over the moon to learn that she’ll be releasing a new fantasy romance series under her other pen name, G.A. Aiken. The Scarred Earth Saga will kick off with The Blacksmith Queen on August 27, and it sounds like readers who
I didn’t read much YA before the all-ages Lumberjanes got me into comics. When a friend recommended Saga, I was hesitant. I wasn’t all that into sci-fi either, and I couldn’t foresee that it would eventually become one of my favorite series. Similarly, when a friend passed along an ARC of The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, fantasy wasn’t
2019 Lariat Reading List Posted by Stephanie, Director of Strategic Marketing on April 24, 2019 Recently, our BookPage marketing team spent time in Austin, Texas, at the Texas Library Association’s annual meeting. We made new friends, ate our weight in tacos and discovered the annual Lariat Reading List, which calls attention to outstanding adult fiction
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2019 Edgar Awards honor BookPage cover star Walter Mosley Posted by Cat, Deputy Editor on April 26, 2019 Fans of crime stories, we all have our own favorite mysteries from 2018 (our Best of 2018 list is here!). But it’s so rewarding when the winners of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, selected by the Mystery Writers