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EDITORIAL CALENDAR 2016
January
PUBLICATION
Booklist January 1 & 15 CLOSE
MATERIALS EDITORIAL FEATURES
11/23
12/4 ALA Midwinter Meeting
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Top of the List
Editors’ Choice
Book Links supplement
11/23
12/4
Multicultural Literature
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2016 MIDWINTER
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Lasting Connections
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12/28
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Best Books of the Year
Booklandia
1/8
1/13 Where YA Lives
BOL Exclusives
1/4
1/6 50+ Bonus Reviews in Every Issue
Corner Shelf
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1/13
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February
PUBLICATION
Booklist February 1
Booklist February 15
1/4
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EDITORIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on Multicultural Literature
Spring Audiobook Preview
Spotlight on Humor
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REaD Alert February 1
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1/26 Multicultural Literature
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Quick Tips
1/27
1/29 Multicultural Titles for the Classroom
BOL Exclusives
2/1
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2/18 Where Collection Development Meets RA
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MATERIALS 1/19
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March
PUBLICATION
Booklist March 1 EDITORIAL FEATURES
ALA Notable Books and Media
Spotlight on Women’s Fiction
Booklist March 15
2/1
2/12
Spotlight on Graphic Novels
REaD Alert March 1
2/19
2/23 Notable Books
REaD Alert March 15
3/4
3/8 Graphic Novels
Quick Tips 2/24
2/26 Language Arts
Booklandia
3/11
3/16 Where YA Lives
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3/11
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3/30
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May
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4/27
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Booklandia
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5/12 Where Collection Development Meets RA
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5/2
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June
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Double Issue
Spotlight on Biography
Fall Audiobook Preview
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2016 ANNUAL
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6/3
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6/10
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Where YA Lives
BOL Exclusives
5/27
6/1 50+ Bonus Reviews in Every Issue
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July
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EDITORIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on Business
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6/30
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6/28
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September
PUBLICATION
Booklist September 1 CLOSE
MATERIALS 7/25
8/5
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Spotlight on Sports
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Fall Children’s and YA Preview
Book Links supplement 7/25
8/5
Social Studies
Booklist September 15
8/8
8/19
Spotlight on Romance
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REaD Alert September 1
8/26
8/30 Sports
REaD Alert September 15
9/9
9/13 Romance and Travel
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8/30
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Booklandia
9/16
9/21 Where YA Lives
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8/29
8/31 50+ Bonus Reviews in Every Issue
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October
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Booklist October 1 EDITORIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on Series Nonfiction
Spotlight on Food
Booklist October 15
9/16
Spotlight on First Novels
9/6
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REaD Alert October 1
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9/28
9/30 Social Studies
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10/13
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9/27
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November
PUBLICATION
Booklist November 1 EDITORIAL FEATURES
Spotlight on the Arts
Fall E-reference Update
Book Links supplement 9/19
9/30
Science
Booklist November 15
10/10
10/21
Spotlight on Religion and Spirituality
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10/26
10/28 Holidays
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11/16 Where YA Lives
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10/31
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December
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Booklist December 1 10/24
11/4
Spotlight on Science and Health
Booklist December 15
11/7
11/18
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11/29 Science and Health
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11/23 The Arts
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12/7
12/9 Lasting Connections
BOL Exclusives
11/28
11/30 50+ Bonus Reviews in Every Issue
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12/8
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11/29
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rioting Saint Patrick’s Day crowd. A young
woman is discovered after the chaos with
no memory of her past except for her name,
Alina. Realizing that Alina is the focus of the
horrible event, Gabe and his colleagues try to
find the mysterious perpetrator. Meanwhile,
Delia’s search for Alina’s identity coincides
with some dark memory-dreams from the
princess ghost. With multiple deaths haunting both Delia and Gabe, the couple tries to
discover the answers before Alina, or anyone
they care about, becomes a ghost. Moyer’s
strong characters and story bring this exciting historical-fantasy series (Delia’s Shadow,
2013; A Barricade in Hell, 2014) to a satisfying conclusion. —Kristi Chadwick
memories of his own past mingle in Asher’s
subconscious. The lines between enemy and
ally blur as a German spy searches for a talisman to control Paris’ vampires for his own
ends, promising power to fledgling vampires
in exchange for his prize. Lydia takes center
stage as a strong and resourceful character,
and, through Asher’s dreams, Ysidro’s strange
history is brought to light. Hambly’s complex
and atmospheric story moves swiftly as Paris
mobilizes for war, and many leave the city to
fight or flee. Hambly continues to mix vampire fiction and historical mystery in a way
that will delight her fans. —Craig Clark
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
By Stephen King.
Sept. 2015. Tor, paper, $15.99 (9780765375261); e-book,
$9.99 (9781466846364).
Nov. 2015. 512p. Scribner, $30 (9781501111679).
For thousands of readers, few things are
more comfortable than hunkering down with
a Stephen King short story—an odd fact, considering how uncomfortable some of those
stories make us. With this, his more-or-less
tenth collection, King offers an arsenic sugaring to his poison pies: brief intros describing
the hows, wheres, and whys behind each tale,
from working out personal demons to instants of dumbstruck inspiration. The faithful
might have already read or heard a few—“Ur,”
“Blockade Billy”—but King’s batting average
is just as strong with the unfamiliar tales as
with the familiar ones. The van strike that
almost killed the author in 1999 haunts the
book; vehicular accidents crop up everywhere,
perhaps most disturbingly in “Herman Wouk
Is Still Alive,” a nihilistic shocker about a dual
suicide by car, and, most entertainingly, with
“The Little Green God of Agony,” which King
confesses is directly inspired by his rehabilitation. Here, an exorcist of sorts extracts “pain”
from a sufferer in the shape of a globular green
beastie. Though the stories swing from sad to
wistful to grim, it’s this cackling sense of play
that makes Uncle Stevie so much fun to have
around. —Daniel Kraus
HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Why not
order a few copies? This King kid, he might
be going places.
YA/M: Teens love King, and the short
story format is probably the gateway drug
of choice. DK.
Darkness on His Bones.
By Barbara Hambly.
Oct. 2015. 256p. Severn, $29.95 (9780727885234).
Hambly’s sixth book in the James Asher
vampire series, after The Kindred of Darkness
(2014), opens in July 1914 as Germany and
France declare war on one another. Asher is
in a Paris hospital, unconscious with multiple
puncture wounds. His wife, Lydia, immediately enlists the help of the vampire and
ally Don Simon Ysidro to both protect her
husband and discover what he was doing in
Paris. The resourceful Lydia tracks her husband’s research before his injuries, and Simon
enters Asher’s fitful dreams, surprised that
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Deadlands: Ghostwalkers.
By Jonathan Maberry.
Like some other role-playing games,
Deadlands, a popular RPG set in an alternate-timeline Old West, is getting a literary
spin-off. And who better to write it than Maberry, the author of the Joe Ledger thrillers
(which frequently, like Deadlands, feature
weird science and weird creatures). The hero of
this rousing adventure is gunslinger Grey Torrance, a man with a tortured past who’s about
to walk into a life-or-death situation. He’s accompanied by Thomas Looks Away, a Sioux
Indian who was educated at the University of
Exeter in England and whose familiarity with
the mysterious “ghost rock”—a substance created, apparently, when a massive earthquake
destroyed California in 1868—will come in
very handy. There are also a couple of warring
landowners, who have a small town trapped in
their clutches; a seriously mad scientist; and,
well, a zombie army (sort of ). Part Wild West
adventure, part steampunk sf, part just plain
weird, the book is sure to appeal to Deadlands
fans, Maberry’s devoted readers, and anyone
who likes a rollickin’ good story. —David Pitt
Luna: New Moon.
By Ian McDonald.
Sept. 2015. 432p. Tor, $27.99 (9780765375513); e-book
(9781466847637).
The award-winning author of The Dervish
House (2010) and Brasyl (2007) takes his
talents to the moon in this thrilling nearfuture drama. Everything is for sale in the
harsh and brutal environment of the moon,
and five families control all aspects of the
economy. Plots and conspiracies abound as
the Five Dragons jockey for monetary and
political advantage in a world where there
is no criminal or civil law, only contract
law and consensus. Those less fortunate
must scramble simply to survive while the
corporate families live in incredible luxury. Adriana Corta made her fortune from
wresting lucrative helium mining from the
powerful MacKenzie family, but unrest and
attacks on her family threaten the Cortas’
future. McDonald does a masterful job of
alternating perspectives to paint a fascinating picture of family drama and corporate
greed set against a backdrop of imaginative
postcyberpunk technology, and Adriana’s
backstory, told in a series of confessionals,
adds depth to the plot. This first title in a
projected duology will have broad appeal
among sf readers. —Craig Clark
Saturn Run.
By John Sandford and Ctein.
Oct. 2015. 608p. Putnam, $28 (9780399176951).
Naturally occurring objects in space, like meteors, do not decelerate. Spaceships decelerate.
In 2066, a Caltech student identifies an object
near Saturn doing exactly that. Soon a conclusion is reached: the country that can mount
an expedition to reach Saturn first and engage
the object may gain a virtually insurmountable
technological advantage for decades. When the
Chinese learn of the alien craft, they draw the
same conclusion, and the race is on. The plot
flashes from the U.S. airship to the Chinese
and back to Earth, as President Santeros negotiates through some tricky intraspace protocols.
The crews are what readers might expect. The
Chinese crew is smart and brave but shackled
by an inability to express their opinions honestly for fear of offending the Party. The U.S. crew
is every bit as smart and brave, but they are also
emboldened by a residual cowboy mentality.
Saturn Run starts slowly as Sandford and coauthor Ctein set the context for a future in which
space exploration is a necessity, not a luxury.
Once the race is on, however, the suspense
and the surprisingly involving science keep the
pages turning. —Wes Lukowsky
Slade House.
By David Mitchell.
Oct. 2015. 256p. Random, $26 (9780812998689).
In this slim and compelling novel, literary-fiction stalwart Mitchell offers his most
accessible book yet—a haunted-house story
in the vein of such classics as The Turn of the
Screw and The Haunting of Hill House. Written as five distinct chapters, each set on the
last Saturday in October, spaced nine years
apart, the novel follows the nefarious exploits of the Grayer twins, who inhabit the
eponymous home, hidden in a narrow alley
behind a pub. Each chapter is told through
the point of view of the poor soul who has
been unknowingly summoned to the home
as a sacrifice to the twins. Readers will appreciate how, over the 36-year span, characters
and story threads overlap to craft a unified
psychological tale. Mitchell gives readers the
same genre-blending, intricate plotting, and
thought-provoking story lines as he does in
his more ambitious works (The Bone Clocks,
2014), but here his scope is smaller and his focus limited mainly to producing the intensely
unsettling tone. Suggest to fans of Audrey
Niffenegger, Karen Russell, and Steven Millhauser, and expect it to be read as a Halloween
staple for years to come. —Becky Spratford
HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Expect
this superb haunted-house tale to draw less
critical acclaim, but perhaps a broader cross
section of readers, than Mitchell’s early,
more demanding novels.
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By Andres Neuman. Tr. by Nick Caistor
and Lorenza Garcia.
Sept. 2015. 190p. Open Letter, paper, $13.95
(9781940953182); e-book, $9.99 (9781940953199).
Neuman’s penchant for familial drama,
on vibrant display in his last novel, Talking
to Ourselves (2014), emerges again in these
short stories, but his adventurous, stylistic virtuosity sets these works apart. In the nearly
three dozen stories, many only a page or two
long, generational relationships predominate,
as in “Bathtub,” which captures the stark final moments of the narrator’s grandfather.
Neuman also employs last minute twists
and unconventional conceits to transform
ostensibly ordinary activities—young boys
consider swimming to a rocky offshore island
renowned for its rumored nudists, a woman
contemplates purchasing a secondhand suit
for her husband—with remarkably fresh
prose. “Juan, José” is told from the competing
perspectives of two psychiatrists who psychoanalyze each other. In “My False Name,” a
narrator eerily similar to the author relates a
humorous history of his surname. The book
closes with a series of “dodecalogues,” brief remarks on the art of storytelling, including this
gem: “Far more urgent than to knock a reader
out is to wake a reader up.” Neuman succeeds
by this and many other measures with these
sublime, surprising tales. —Diego Báez
Oc1
Oc1 Up against the Night.
By Justin Cartwright.
Nov. 2015. 256p. Bloomsbury, $27 (9781632860187).
though she never knew it was because she was
a Waterblood, part of an ancient bloodline
born to protect innocents from Lord Hugh
and the goddess he serves. She has no idea
of the ancient powers running through her
blood until they are ignited by an encounter
with the one man who betrayed her, Soren.
Grieving over the death of his grandfather,
Soren learns that he is a Stormblood and,
together with Ran in her Waterblood, the
two are warriors of Destiny, whose love will
help save or break the world. Are they up to
the challenge? Ran and Soren’s desire never
waned despite Soren’s betrayal. Their love is
fierce and strong, whether in human form or
in their warrior forms, and the sex is intense
and passionate. In the end, that passion is
what will save them. Fans of Celtic fantasies
will find much to like here. —Ilene Lefkowitz
Oc1
Laurus.
By Eugene Vodolazkin. Tr. by Lisa C.
Hayden.
Oct. 2015. 352p. Oneworld, $24.99 (9781780747552).
In fifteenth-century Russia, the constant
threat of death by pestilence lingers, and the
living turn to Christian mysticism to reconcile
themselves with such remarkable agony. This
may sound like the premise for an apocalyptic horror story, but Vodolazkin, an expert in
medieval folklore, transforms the dreadful past
into a familiar stage on which to explore love,
loss, and fervent perseverance. After a plague
sweeps through Rukina Quarter, killing the
parents of young Arseny, the boy goes to live
with his grandfather, Christofer, a renowned
herbalist and loving caretaker. Arseny soon
finds himself assuming the role of local “doctor,” and the novel follows the stages of his
life, from healer, to holy fool, and, finally, as
Laurus, sainthood. In a stroke of brilliant
storytelling, Vodolazkin forgoes historical accuracy and instead conjures a cyclical, eternal
time by combining biblical quotes, Soviet bureaucratese, and linguistic conventions of the
Middle Ages (in this translation, rendered into
Old English). The result is a uniquely lavish,
multilayered work that blends an invented
hagiography with the rapturous energy of Dostoevsky’s spiritual obsessions. —Diego Báez
ex-cop, and their friend Dev, a current cop,
investigate to clear Odelia. They are helped by
Odelia’s underworld connections, including a
hit woman who has a soft spot for her. After
a second murder occurs, Odelia and company
piece together the events that led to the murders. Fans of G. A. McKevett’s Savannah Reid
mysteries will enjoy this witty series with its
quirky, well-drawn characters. —Sue O’Brien
Murder by Suspicion.
By Veronica Heley.
Oct. 2015. 240p. Severn, $29.95 (9780727885241);
paper (9781847516244); e-book (9781780106779).
When Ellie Quicke has the opportunity to
travel to America with her husband while he attends a conference, she leaps at the chance. The
only problem is that she can’t leave her elderly
housekeeper, Rose, who’s nearly a member of
the family. Ellie’s daughter, Diana, offers a solution: hire her former nanny, Claire, who wants
a position as a caregiver. But when Ellie returns
from America, Claire has made a number of
bold changes—moving furniture, denying
Rose the food she loves, discarding some of
Ellie’s possessions. Ellie is naturally incensed,
especially after learning that Claire is a member of a cultlike church called the Vision and
is in thrall to its charismatic pastor. But when
murder enters the picture, Ellie realizes that she
and Rose could be in real danger. The latest in
Heley’s long-running series again draws its appeal from the mix of suspense, gentle humor,
an unpredictable plot, and a brave and engaging amateur sleuth. —Emily Melton
The Cloud Collector.
By Brian Freemantle.
Nov. 2015. 352p. St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne, $26.99
The juxtaposition of beauty and savagery in
(9781250066237).
the author’s native South Africa is the backNSA hacker Jack Irvine has penetrated the
drop for this novel about a middle-aged man
Iranian intelligence service’s computer neton the brink of getting his life back together.
work. He has identified some jihadists and
Frank is a South African who has made good
follows them on Facebook, and he has even
in London. Divorced from a bitter wife and
planted disinformation that spurs one jihadwith a daughter in rehab, he takes his new
ist cell to slaughter another. Bits of intelligence
love, a Swedish paragon named Nellie, to his
Irvine has discovered allow British MI5 analyst
beach home in Cape Town. Frank’s life grows
Sally Hanning to divine and then thwart coormore idyllic daily. Nellie’s son likes him, his
dinated attacks on the U.S., Britain, and Italy.
daughter returns from rehab with a darling
But more attacks follow, and a man spooks
toddler who calls him Grandpa, and he and
think is the mastermind has slipped CIA surNellie begin to plan a wedding. The only fly
veillance and is loose in the U.S. The Cloud
in the ointment is a ne’er-do-well cousin, who
Collector seems to be veteran espionage novelist
asks Frank for money and seems more unFreemantle’s first foray into the world of jihad,
hinged with every phone call. There is also the A Body to Spare.
and the results are mixed. He works hard to expoverty and violence always just out of view By Sue Ann Jaffarian.
plain Irvine’s accomplishment, but readers not
and the family story of Frank’s ancestor, killed Nov. 2015. 336p. Midnight Ink, paper, $14.99
fluent in darknets and botnets will likely strugby Zulus while trying to colonize their land. (9780738718866).
Plus-sized paralegal Odelia Grey is minding gle. But carefully detailed scenes of managers
Up against the Night is not the most well-crafted novel, but fans of Coetzee may enjoy this her own business at the car wash when she no- of myriad U.S. intelligence agencies clashing in
tale of a modern man haunted by brutality. tices a crowd gathering around the open trunk meetings read like verbal knife fights and have
dispiriting
plausibility. Some
of the managers
of
her
car—staring
at
the
naked
body
inside.
—Lynn Weber
Mary Kubica’s second domestic thriller, Pretty aBaby
(Harlequin
MIRA),
It turns out the victim is a young man, Zak are covering up their own failures. Others are
features a Chicago
setting,
shiftsasina teenager
plot and
and an
end- reflexively
pushing careerist agendas,
or simply
Finch, who
was kidnapped
and perspective,
Raging Sea.
doing bureaucratic
battle against
rivals—while
presumedsurprise.
dead after his (We
wealthyshared
father paidthe
the trailer
By Terri Brisbin.
ing that’s a genuine
for Kubica’s
debut
ransom, but he was never returned. Odelia soon the jihadist mastermind plans something even
Oct. 2015. 320p. Signet Eclipse, paper, $7.99
during last year’s
Month.)by her sometime more sinister. —Thomas Gaughan
findsMystery
herself being questioned
(9780451469106).
nemesis,
Andrea
Fehring,
of
the
Long
Beach
Brisbin continues the war on evil that began in Rising Fire (2015). Ran Sveinsdott has Police Department. Odelia and her husband,
always been most comfortable around water, Greg, along with Odelia’s brother, Clark, an
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