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22 July Releases to Add to Your Beach Bag

If you need more ideas about what to read this month, check out these recent and upcoming releases and add a few to your summer reading list. From contemporary romance, to thriller, to memoir, Book Nation by Jen has got you covered with almost two dozen new books to explore.
Jennifer Blankfein
July 20, 2023
Miscellany

Colson Whitehead’s Second Pulitzer Among 2020 Winners

The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced this week, and among the book categories, a familiar name in fiction once again has figured prominently. Colson Whitehead, who won the Pulitzer in 2017 for The Underground Railroad, this year has taken the fiction prize for The Nickel Boys (Doubleday), the story…
BookTrib
May 5, 2020
Miscellany

Welcome Back: Already Stressed from School? Read More!

Move-in day, back-to-school day, whatever you call it, people are going back to class. That essentially means: books on books on books. Regardless of the subject or your major, you’ll be assigned to read 45 books for four courses within the first two weeks (we're thinking this number is basically accurate!).…
Matt Gillick
September 2, 2016
Fiction

Whitehead’s Latest Captures Jim Crow-Era Florida

Following Colson Whitehead's critically acclaimed 2016 novel The Underground Railroad, expectations were set very high for the author's next work. Fortunately, Whitehead delivers in his searing new novel, The Nickel Boys (Doubleday). Set during the advent of the Civil Rights movement, The Nickel Boys centers on Elwood Curtis, an up-and-coming African…
Jessica McEntee
July 15, 2019
AudiobooksListiclesMiscellany

September’s 10 Best Audiobooks Await!

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. This month, listeners will hit the streets of 1960s NYC, bask in the history of Broadway, blast into outer space and more. So, grab your earbuds and queue ’em up! Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead…
AudioFile
September 22, 2021

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