Booklist

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Booklist

Letter from the Editor / George Kendall

Adult Nonfiction

High-Demand Hot List • Look for reviews of these high-demand titles in forthcoming issues of Booklist.

Spanish Sure Bets for Adults • Summer 2024

Adult Fiction

Spotlight on SF/Fantasy & Horror

Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror

AI in SF

Cozy SF/Fantasy

Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror Debuts

Youth Nonfiction

Continuing SERIES NONFICTION SHOWCASE

Cultivating Resilience • Elbayya’s affecting debut provides hope for peace, community, and freedom in a war-stricken time.

Focus on Spanish-Language Books

Impossible Expectations • Rundell’s new middle-grade fantasy hearkens back to the genre’s classics.

Top 10 Horror for Youth

Gruesome YA Body Horror

Read-alikes • Haunted Houses

Top 10 SF/Fantasy for Youth

Audio

Classics Corner • Classics Corner highlights new recordings of classic titles.

Listen-alikes • Full-Cast Audio for Adults

Podcast Connection

Spotlight on SF/Fantasy & Horror

Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror on Audio for Youth

Booklist Backlist • Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter and Black Country Music