20 Upcoming Books Librarians, Editors, and Booksellers Think You'll Love

Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!

I have “Waiting Game 2018” shelves, one for each month. Starting with June, that’s a total of 82 want-to-reads. Like Pam in message 2, I hope I live long enough to finish my reading list,🤣 Out of those, the ones I’m most looking forward to are Strays Like Us by Cecilia Galante, She Loves You by Ann Hood, and My Forever Home by Debbie Burns. ( Have to wait until December for that one!)😱

Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!"

LOL I really need to read, I hope if I make it to heaven it has books!!!

Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!"

I read three books at a time when I am not on the computer lol, and now out veggie gardening and cooking and cleaning house, I may need new eyes soon!!

Stephanie wrote: "I have “Waiting Game 2018” shelves, one for each month. Starting with June, that’s a total of 82 want-to-reads. Like Pam in message 2, I hope I live long enough to finish my reading list,🤣 Out of t..."

Big smile!!

I'm most excited to read Neverworld Wake, The Word Is Murder, and Something in the Water.

Please stop putting memoirs under non-fiction.

Sincerely,

A Librarian

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

One of my biggest problems is, so many books to read, so little time!

Chris wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Please stop putting memoirs under non-fiction.

Sincerely,

A Librarian"
Would you also object to putting histories under non-fiction?"

Not if they are based on empirical data.

Pam wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!"

I read three books at a time when I am..."

That's the problem Pam,all this work we have to do, It gets in the way of reading!

I am waiting for "21 lessons for the 21st century" by "yuval noah harrari". Com'on prof release it already.

Maureen wrote: "Please stop putting memoirs under non-fiction.

Sincerely,

A Librarian"

Why do you not consider memoirs to be nonfiction? Do you mean they should have their own genre? I've always thought of them as nonfiction because they're true stories. Perhaps a little embellished, but true, right?
Sincerely,
Another library worker

Chris wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Not if they are based on empirical data."

Hmmm. Well, if that's your standard, what's wrong with memoirs? Histories and memoirs are both based on empirical data. Of course there's ..."

There is no measurable data in a memoir - they are based almost entirely on the memory and recollection of the writer. If they weren't they would be an autobiography. I disagree that history is written by the 'winners'- David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin are reliable historians without a horse in the race. Yes, I think memoirs should be placed in either fiction or another designation that illustrates the fact that the book may be entirely made up BS.

Here's my review for Educated by Tara Westover which depicts exactly how I feel about memoirs: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Cheers!

Cassandra wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Please stop putting memoirs under non-fiction.

Sincerely,

A Librarian"

Why do you not consider memoirs to be nonfiction? Do you mean they should have their own genre? I've alwa..."

I have found memoirs to be consistently unreliable. I do think they should have their own genre and be taken out of Dewey entirely. A fact is not embellished that’s why it is a fact.

Maureen wrote: "I have found memoirs to be consistently unreliable. I do think they should have their own genre and be taken out of Dewey entirely. A fact is not embellished that’s why it is a fact."

My library has biographies and memoirs in their own section. I've just always lumped memoirs in with nonfiction because it's closer than fiction.

Cassandra wrote: "Maureen wrote: "I have found memoirs to be consistently unreliable. I do think they should have their own genre and be taken out of Dewey entirely. A fact is not embellished that’s why it is a fact..."

Maureen
Yes we have memoirs in the 920s with biographies also but it makes me crazy!

Chris wrote: "Maureen wrote: "I have found memoirs to be consistently unreliable. I do think they should have their own genre and be taken out of Dewey entirely. A fact is not embellished that’s why it is a fact..."

I think our posts must have crossed :) My review for Educated encapsulates my problems with memoirs.

Good question Chris!

Don’t agree with your assessment of Doris Kearns Goodwin. Have a nice day!

more accurately titled "20 upcoming books of questionable merit authors, publishers, and amazon think they'll be able to effectively market to you at some id/ego/superego level, so you'll part with your money and time"... but doesn't mean i'll/we'll actually love the finished product.

I am most eager to read Barbara Kingsolver's new one, Unsheltered.

I want to read books I mean a lot but I don't know what to read.i don't have a lot of time to read all of the books I want to read.

Maureen wrote: "I have found memoirs to be consistently unreliable. I do think they should have their own genre and be taken out of Dewey entirely. A fact is not embellished that’s why it is a fact..."

Interesting. I neither agree completely nor disagree completely, but I'm glad to see someone else questioning the ever-blurring line between fiction and non-fiction categories. I see terms like "creative non-fiction" and "biographical novel" thrown around, and it makes me cringe a little. In one book club I was in, I swear half the people in it couldn't discern between history and historical fiction and kept calling one biography a "novel."

Not sure what the answer is. But I wish they'd stop putting memoir under non-fiction simply to open up that designation for listing other kinds of books. I can only stand so many books by young celebrities bragging about how screwed up they are or the "my year or doing something ridiculous" or mommy memoirs.

Maureen: Chris's point about Doris Kearns Goodwin is correct; she was caught not properly crediting sources. There could be flaws anywhere in the nonfiction collection. Chris's example of history books made sense; there could be flaws in the source material.

Wonderer wrote: "Maureen wrote: "David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin are reliable historians without a horse in the race"

Two points in response:

1. You seem to be saying that McCullough and Goodwin don't u..."

Perhaps memoirs and biographies could have their own category? I would support that; I enjoy a wide variety of non fiction but rarely read memoirs or biographies. So, when I see a list of non-fiction books I'm a little disappointed the books are all memoirs and nothing of interest to me.

I don't think that the complaint is that biographies don't count as non-fiction.........I think the point is that non-fiction is MORE than just people's personal life stories.

I've always liked Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a writer and an historian, she filters her works through her own observations and understandings. I do not think she sets out to mislead, not by any means. Some of those charges of 'plagiarism' are for "plagiarizing" from her own works. She is an excellent writer and very fair. Her works are neither hatchet-jobs nor puff pieces. She is a human being, so her works are colored of course from her point of view. I would highly recommend he work on FDR, "No Ordinary Time".

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

Same goes for me!

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"
Me TOO! I just keep adding books like I am going to live forever!!

History is a matter of interpretation. These days I consider many works of historical fiction to be as "accurate" as any volume of history.

I got over the question of whether autobiographies told the "truth" about the writer when I read the Autobiography of Gandhi, (somewhat amusingly subtitled The Story of My Experiments with Truth). No one could be as perfect as Gandhi presented himself; it was annoying. (I read it when I was 22; I am now 67.)

I have read very few so-called autobiographies since then, and have instead focused on - and enjoyed - memoirs, particularly those of relatively unknown people who are telling a story about a distinctive time and place that they experienced. They often have the ring of truth. I recommend them.

I'm looking forward to John Grisham's "The Reckoning" and two by James Patterson:"Texas Ranger" and "The 13 Minute Murder".

Mary HD wrote: "History is a matter of interpretation. These days I consider many works of historical fiction to be as "accurate" as any volume of history.

I got over the question of whether autobiographies told ..."

I couldn't agree more about your opening statement. By way of evidence, I offer the Aubrey-Maturin series by Peter O'Brian.

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I've somewhat given up on the hope I'll be alive long enough to read all the books I'd like to read. It is hopeless, but I'll try anyway.

There is a lot of truth in fiction and a lot of fiction in what is purported to be truth. Writers of Historical Novels do as much research as those writing factual books. They just use it in different ways.

Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!"

Well, Pam I have the same dilemma. I am trying to calculate the books that I want to read by the years left in my life (I am 78 and very healthy) and I still will have to read quite a few books a month. Thanks God I am retire and have plenty of time. (I think) LOL

I can't wait to read Melmoth, if it's as good as The Essex Serpent I shall be ecstatic!

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL" same here :D

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I have the same fear :)

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"The way I look at it is: If a book is on my list, it WILL one day get read. Therefore I will live at least to age 236.

Diana wrote: "I've always liked Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a writer and an historian, she filters her works through her own observations and understandings. I do not think she sets out to mislead, not by any means..."
Doris Kearns Goodwin's No Ordinary Time was a history of a family, the Roosevelts; it was an incredibly fascinating biographical study of a great American family. I have watched her interviews; she is deliberate in her responses. She and David McCullough are respected historians. Robert Caro is another historian whose work is very good. We need biographers to provide source material for famous people whose lives made a difference. I have read Churchill's memoirs, and his histories. I have read Thucydides and Heroditus; obviously Thucydides is the more respected. William Shirer is a valuable resource for Germany as Hitler came to power. We need the memoirs and historical documentation provided by those who were part of great world events. These voices are our glimpse into the past. I recommend George Kennan's Sketches from a Life; he was a diplomat during the time when Hitler came to power; he was reporting from Moscow. I also recommend Subversives by Seth Rosenfeld; I lived that period as a young person at UC Berkeley; I watched the FBI gathering information about radical students. We were aware of Hoover's spying on "subversives" aka young students. Some of us had part time summer work in the Counselor's office; when the FBI came through to gather personnel folders for professors they considered to be subversive, we put those folders out of reach. This was not a good time for freedom of speech, or of the press. I remembered my mother watching the McCarthy hearings, as the drunken McCarthy destroyed a decent woman, Helen Gahagan Davis. Now we have a corrupt President who will not hesitate to attack and slander his opposition. He doesn't drink; however, he is a throwback to a time we should remember as a time when decent people, especially teachers, were destroyed. The Parkland kids have given us a voice: Never Again.

How can I buy your books?I've tried it several times but i couldn't.

Wonderer wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Please stop putting memoirs under non-fiction.

Sincerely,

A Librarian"
Would you also object to putting histories under non-fiction?"
Memories are what is remembered which in many instances is not an exact truth. Our memories are clouded and mutated over time. Meanwhile, historical facts, while having different perspectives over time, never changes.

Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!"

I read three books at a ti..."
I wish someone would explain to me how anyone can meaningfully read more than one book at a time, for pleasure? The stories must be so boring or have little or no plot to them that it makes no difference if you lose the thread. What are these books you read?

Wow, this list will help me so much to complete 100 books a year challenge, thank you!

Bb3LScFbVYAWQFEMpWnBoX68QIdmlDpFR97SJTFqNg0= wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"The way I look at it is: If a book is on my list, it WILL one day get read. Therefore I..."

I LOVE your optimism :)

Pam wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!"

LOL I really need to read, I hope if I..."

Pam I'm only making it to heaven by the grace of Jesus, but I hope there's books there too!

McKayla wrote: "Pam wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"

I know what you mean Pam !!"

LOL I really need to read,..."
I'm right with you on Jesus, I sure need him always in my life!

Pam wrote: "Well I added a few of these to my TBR, I hope I live long enough to read all the books I have LOL"
Yeah, I'm born with a to-read-list I'll never finish lmao. Currently, there are 459 books on it, and it's not finished yet...

Aww Simone me too, me too!! Everyday I want to buy more books but damn I will be reading into my 100's lol right lol

You know the feeling you want to read soo fast because you want to finish your to-read-list but you don't want to read so fast because you don't want to end the book you're reading at the moment??