The Reader's Advisor Online Blog » Under the Radar http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog the blog for RA librarians Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Forthcoming Books 2012 http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/06/forthcoming-books-2012/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2012/02/06/forthcoming-books-2012/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:18:37 +0000 Sarah Statz Cords http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=16417
  • The Millions: The Great 2012 Book Preview
  • Time Magazine: 7 Books to Look Forward To in 2012
  • Bookpage: Most Anticipated Books of 2012
  • Galleycat: Books We’re Most Excited About
  • io9: SF and Fantasy We’re Excited to Read
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  • Edgar Award nominees
  • Austenprose: Top 20 Jane Austen-Inspired Books of 2011
  • Comic Book Resources: Top 100 Comics of 2011
  • Book of the Month Club Best Books of 2011
  • GQ: Books of the Year
  • Austin Chronicle: The Year in Books
  • USA Today: 100 Best-Selling Books of 2011
  • Booklist: The 10 Manliest Books of 2011
  • Booklist: The Best Books for Women, 2011
  • New York Times: 10 Best Books of 2011
  • Powell’s Books: Staff Top 5s of 2011
  • Booklist: Best Audiobooks for Book Groups
  • Christian Science Monitor: Best Young Adult Novels 2011
  • The Onion AV Club Best Books
  • Lambda Literary Best LGBTQ books
  • Huffington Post Best 11 Books of 2011
  • National Post (Canada) Reader Favorites
  • Tin House Best Debut Novels
  • Rick Librarian: 2011 Books that Mattered
  • USA Today Critics’ Favorites
  • Montreal Mirror Best Books
  • The Progressive Five Favorite Books
  • Chicago Sun-Times Best Books
  • Baseball America Best Baseball Books
  • Miami Herald Best Books
  • Lonely Planet Top Travel Titles
  • Brain Pickings: Best Biographies and Memoirs
  • Guardian: Best Short Story Collections
  • American Management Association Best Books
  • Shelf Life Best Music Books
  • Best Leadership Books of 2011
  • Early Word Best Book Spreadsheets
  • Librarian Favorites TweetChat
  • Village Voice Best Books
  • Daily Beast Best Coffee Table Books
  • San Francisco Chronicle Best 100 Books of 2011
  • Critics’ Faves of 2011
  • Washington Post: Best Audio Books
  • Washington Post: Best Children’s Books
  • Men’s Journal Best Nonfiction
  • Houston ChronicleBest Books
  • KirkusTop Book Covers
  • Flavorwire: Best Debut Novels of 2011
  • 25 Best Social Media Books
  • Los Angeles librarians: Best Books
  • Brain Pickings: Best Psychology and Philosophy
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Best Audiobooks
  • NPR: Best Comics
  • NPR: Best Celebrity Tell-Alls
  • Christian Science Monitor: Best Poetry
  • Salon: Overlooked Sci-Fi
  • NPR: Best YA Books
  • The Nation: Best Political Books
  • Stevereads blog: Worst Nonfiction
  • Critical Mass: Best Small Press Books
  • Los Angeles Public Library: Best Young Adult
  • Brain Pickings: Best History
  • Wall Street Journal: Best Mysteries
  • Wall Street Journal: Best Novels
  • BookReporter Best Books
  • Shelf Life: Best Memoirs and Biographies
  • Boston Globe: Best Poetry
  • Boston Globe: Best Nonfiction
  • Boston Globe: Best Fiction
  • Boston Globe: Best Books for Kids
  • Cuyahoga County Public Library 2011 Picks
  • New York Daily News Most Overrated
  • NPR’s Best Historical Fiction
  • New Yorker’s 2011 Favorites
  • Washington Post: Best Political Books
  • Wall Street Journal: Best Nonfiction
  • Entertainment Weekly’s Best Novels
  • USA Today Best Graphic Novels
  • HuffPost Best Religion Books
  • Washington Post Top 10 Cookbooks
  • Most Beautiful Books of 2011
  • Aggregation of Best Science Books (via Confessions of a Science Librarian)
  • Vancouver Sun Best Books
  • Nancy Pearl’s “7 Books with Personality”
  • NPR’s Best SFF of 2011
  • Best Romance Audio Books
  • Maureen Corrigan’s 2011 Favorites
  • NPR’s Best 10 Novels
  • Washington Examiner Best Books
  • Newsweek/Daily Beast Best Books
  • Seattle Times Best Crime Books
  • Seattle Times Best Books
  • Best Picture Books (from the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art)
  • Brain Pickings’ 11 Best Science Books
  • 2011 New and Notable Books about Africa
  • Amazon’s 2011 Bestsellers
  • San Francisco Chronicle Best Business Books
  • Writers’ Favorite Books of 2011
  • Kirkus Review’s Best Indie Books
  • NPR’s Best Books for Book Clubs
  • Best LGBT books: Quill & Quire
  • The Economist Best Books
  • Slate magazine Best Books
  • Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Books
  • Time Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books
  • Indie Bestsellers 2011
  • Washington PostBest Books
  • Salon Best Fiction
  • Best New Manga of 2011
  • Goodreads Best Books
  • Christian Science Monitor Best Nonfiction
  • Mother Nature Network Best Green and Environmental Books
  • Kirkus Best Nonfiction
  • The Romance Reviews Best Romance
  • San Francisco Book Review Best of 2011
  • Audiofile Best Audio Books
  • Toronto Star Top 100
  • The Guardian Best Poetry 2011
  • Barnes and Noble Best Books 2011
  • The Observer Best Quirky Books
  • Smithsonian.com Just One More Story Best Picture Books 2011
  • Bookpage Best Books
  • Esquire Magazine Best Books
  • New York Times Notable Crime Books
  • New York Times 100 Notable Children’s Books
  • New York Times 100 Notable
  • SLJ’s Best Books of 2011
  • NPR Best Books of 2011
  • The Guardian’s Books of the Year 2011
  • Kirkus Reviews: Best Teen Books of 2011
  • USA Today: Best from Indie Publishers in 2011
  • Vampire Book Club: Best Books of 2011
  • Globe and Mail: The Very Best of 2011
  • NY Times: 100 Notable Books of 2011
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of Business
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of Science
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of Humor
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of Biography
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of History
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of Art
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of Photography
  • Wall Street Journal: Best of Books on Movies
  • Kirkus Reviews: Best Children’s Books of 2011
  • The Telegraph: Books of the Year 2011
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: The Top 10
  • Library Journal: Best Books of 2011: More of the Best
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Mystery
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Thrillers
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: SF/Fantasy
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Romance
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Street Lit
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Historical Fiction
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Christian Fiction
  • Library Journal: Best Books 2011: Women’s Fiction
  • Library Journal: Librarians’ Best Books 2011
  • National Book Award Winners
  • Kirkus Reviews: 2011 Best of Fiction
  • Publishers Weekly: Best Children’s Books of 2011
  • Powell’s Books Holiday Gift Guide
  • Amazon’s Top 100 Books of 2011
  • Austin Public Library: Best Fiction of 2011
  • Publishers Weekly: Top 10 Books of 2011
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011
  • New York Times: 2011 Best Illustrated Children’s Books
  • Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2011
  • Amazon: Best Books of the Year So Far
  • Amazon: Best Books of the Year So Far, Top 10 by Category
  • USA Book News: Best Books of 2011
  • Booklist: Top 10 Horror
  • Booklist: Top 10 Food Books
  • Booklist: Top 10 First Novels
  • Booklist: Top 10 Romance Fiction
  • Booklist: Top 10 Biographies
  • Booklist: Top 10 Graphic Novels
  • Booklist: Top 10 Historical Fiction
  • Booklist: Top 10 SF/Fantasy
  • Booklist: Top 10 Horror Fiction
  • Booklist: Top 10 Black History Nonfiction
  • Booklist: Top 10 Food Books
  • Booklist: Top 10 Literary Travel Books
  • Booklist: Top 10 Crime Fiction Audiobooks
  • National Book Award Finalists
  • World Fantasy Award winners
  • Edgar Award Winners
  • National Book Awards
  • National Book Critics Circle Awards
  • Best Audio Books of 2011 So Far
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  • Amazon: Fall Books Preview
  • Sacramento Bee: Fall Titles
  • O Magazine: Fall Reading List
  • Daily Beast: Must-Read Books for Fall
  • Huffington Post: Most Anticipated Books of Fall
  • Woman’s Day: 11 Must-Read Fall Books
  • USA Today: Great Fall Novels of Mystery and Suspense
  • Amazon: Great Mystery Novels for Fall
  • Esquire: Best Fall Books
  • Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs – pub date moved up
  • Flavorwire: The Most Exciting Books Coming Your Way This Fall
  • Christian Science Monitor: 20 Nonfiction Books You Don’t Want to Miss
  • Christian Science Monitor: 12 Fiction Titles You Don’t Want to Miss
  • Wall Street Journal: Fall Preview
  • The Atlantic: 24 New Releases to Look Forward to This Fall
  • Guardian: Top Books—Picks for Autumn
  • USA Today: Browse Through This Fall’s Biggest Books
  • Winnipeg Free Press: Fall Book Season
  • New York Magazine: Books We’re Anticipating
  • More: Editor’s Picks: The Hottest Fall Novels
  • BookPage: 25 Most Anticipated Books for Fall
  • The Milliions: Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2011 Book Preview
  • Amazon: Fall Books Preview
  • Library Journal: The Buzz on Fall Books
  • Publishers Weekly: Fall Announcements
  • Los Angeles Times: Fall Preview: Books
  • Barnes & Noble: Coming Soon
  • Reading Group Guides: Hot Book Club Titles: Fall, 2011
  • ALA YALSA – Highly Anticipated Fall Reading
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  • Wall Street Journal: Fall Preview
  • The Atlantic: 24 New Releases to Look Forward to This Fall
  • Guardian: Top Books—Picks for Autumn
  • USA Today: Browse Through This Fall’s Biggest Books
  • Winnipeg Free Press: Fall Book Season
  • New York Magazine: Books We’re Anticipating
  • More: Editor’s Picks: The Hottest Fall Novels
  • BookPage: 25 Most Anticipated Books for Fall
  • The Milliions: Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2011 Book Preview
  • Amazon: Fall Books Preview
  • Library Journal: The Buzz on Fall Books
  • Publishers Weekly: Fall Announcements
  • Los Angeles Times: Fall Preview: Books
  • Barnes & Noble: Coming Soon
  • Reading Group Guides: Hot Book Club Titles: Fall, 2011
  • ALA YALSA – Highly Anticipated Fall Reading
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  • Shelf Awareness: Fiction Picks for Summer
  • NY Times: Summer’s Wine Titles
  • Seattle Times – Best Summer Reading: Women’s Fiction
  • io9’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Summer Reading
  • The Hottest Graphic Novels of the Summer
  • Summer Reading for Entertainment Junkies
  • Republican Presidential Candidates’ Beach Reading
  • Great Writers Remember the Books That Made Their Summer
  • Flavorwire: 10 YA Series to Devour This Summer
  • Flavorwire: 10 Decidedly Highbrow But Still Beach-Appropriate Summer Reads
  • Bookreporter.com: Summer Reading
  • Guardian: Best Summer Reads—and Where to Read Them
  • 5 Best Summer Indie Beach Reads
  • Nicholas Kristof’s Mindful Page Turners
  • Parade: 12 Books for Summer
  • Summer Picks from a London Cabbie
  • CNN Money’s Best Books for Beginning Investors
  • NPR: Summer’s Biggest, Juiciest Nonfiction Adventures
  • Amazon’s 10 Best Books of 2011 So Far
  • 20 Summer Reads from Jennifer Weiner & Harlan Coben
  • Louisville Courier-Journal
  • Chicago Sun Times
  • The Atlantic: Thought-Provoking Books
  • Arizona Star
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • O’s 2011 Summer Reading
  • Nancy Pearl: 10 Terrific Summer Reads
  • GQ: Book That Changed My Life
  • Christian Science Monitor Nonfiction
  • J. P. Morgan’s 2011 Summer Reading List
  • Southern Independent Booksellers
  • Flavorwire: Contemporary Short Novels for Summer
  • Daily Beast
  • NPR
  • FlavorPill
  • Christian Science Monitor Fiction
  • Indie Booksellers
  • Access Atlanta
  • USA Today
  • NY Times
  • LA Times
  • Telegraph
  • NY Daily News
  • Wired
  • Good Housekeeping
  • LJ: Shelf Renewal
  • LJ: Men’s Summer Fiction
  • LJ: Women’s Summer Fiction
  • Largehearted Boy’s List of Lists
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  • Shelf Awareness: Fiction Picks for Summer
  • NY Times: Summer’s Wine Titles
  • Seattle Times – Best Summer Reading: Women’s Fiction
  • io9’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Summer Reading
  • The Hottest Graphic Novels of the Summer
  • Summer Reading for Entertainment Junkies
  • Republican Presidential Candidates’ Beach Reading
  • Great Writers Remember the Books That Made Their Summer
  • Flavorwire: 10 YA Series to Devour This Summer
  • Flavorwire: 10 Decidedly Highbrow But Still Beach-Appropriate Summer Reads
  • Bookreporter.com: Summer Reading
  • Guardian: Best Summer Reads—and Where to Read Them
  • 5 Best Summer Indie Beach Reads
  • Nicholas Kristof’s Mindful Page Turners
  • Parade: 12 Books for Summer
  • Summer Picks from a London Cabbie
  • CNN Money’s Best Books for Beginning Investors
  • NPR: Summer’s Biggest, Juiciest Nonfiction Adventures
  • Amazon’s 10 Best Books of 2011 So Far
  • 20 Summer Reads from Jennifer Weiner & Harlan Coben
  • Louisville Courier-Journal
  • Chicago Sun Times
  • The Atlantic: Thought-Provoking Books
  • Arizona Star
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • O’s 2011 Summer Reading
  • Nancy Pearl: 10 Terrific Summer Reads
  • GQ: Book That Changed My Life
  • Christian Science Monitor Nonfiction
  • J. P. Morgan’s 2011 Summer Reading List
  • Southern Independent Booksellers
  • Flavorwire: Contemporary Short Novels for Summer
  • Daily Beast
  • NPR
  • FlavorPill
  • Christian Science Monitor Fiction
  • Indie Booksellers
  • Access Atlanta
  • USA Today
  • NY Times
  • LA Times
  • Telegraph
  • NY Daily News
  • Wired
  • Good Housekeeping
  • LJ: Shelf Renewal
  • LJ: Men’s Summer Fiction
  • LJ: Women’s Summer Fiction
  • Largehearted Boy’s List of Lists
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  • io9’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Summer Reading
  • The Hottest Graphic Novels of the Summer
  • Summer Reading for Entertainment Junkies
  • Republican Presidential Candidates’ Beach Reading
  • Great Writers Remember the Books That Made Their Summer
  • Flavorwire: 10 YA Series to Devour This Summer
  • Flavorwire: 10 Decidedly Highbrow But Still Beach-Appropriate Summer Reads
  • Bookreporter.com: Summer Reading
  • Guardian: Best Summer Reads—and Where to Read Them
  • 5 Best Summer Indie Beach Reads
  • Nicholas Kristof’s Mindful Page Turners
  • Parade: 12 Books for Summer
  • Summer Picks from a London Cabbie
  • CNN Money’s Best Books for Beginning Investors
  • NPR: Summer’s Biggest, Juiciest Nonfiction Adventures
  • Amazon’s 10 Best Books of 2011 So Far
  • 20 Summer Reads from Jennifer Weiner & Harlan Coben
  • Louisville Courier-Journal
  • Chicago Sun Times
  • The Atlantic: Thought-Provoking Books
  • Arizona Star
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • O’s 2011 Summer Reading
  • Nancy Pearl: 10 Terrific Summer Reads
  • GQ: Book That Changed My Life
  • Christian Science Monitor Nonfiction
  • J. P. Morgan’s 2011 Summer Reading List
  • Southern Independent Booksellers
  • Flavorwire: Contemporary Short Novels for Summer
  • Daily Beast
  • NPR
  • FlavorPill
  • Christian Science Monitor Fiction
  • Indie Booksellers
  • Access Atlanta
  • USA Today
  • NY Times
  • LA Times
  • Telegraph
  • NY Daily News
  • Wired
  • Good Housekeeping
  • LJ: Shelf Renewal
  • LJ: Men’s Summer Fiction
  • LJ: Women’s Summer Fiction
  • Largehearted Boy’s List of Lists
    • ]]>     http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/07/23/summer-reading-lists-4/feed/ 0     Under the Radar: New Celebrity Memoirs http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/28/under-the-radar-new-celebrity-memoirs/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/28/under-the-radar-new-celebrity-memoirs/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 21:06:21 +0000 Sarah Statz Cords http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=13360
  • Judi Dench–And Furthermore
  • Tina Fey–Bossypants
  • Sammy Hagar–Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock
  • Ashley Judd–All That Is Bitter and Sweet
  • Rob Lowe–Stories I Only Tell My Friends
  • Shirley MacLaine–I’m Over All That: And Other Confessions
  • Steven Tyler–Does the Noise In My Head Bother You?
  • Shania Twain–From This Moment On
  • Dick Van Dyke–My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business
  • Betty White–If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)
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  • Kate Atkinson–Started Early, Took My Dog (Jackson Brodie)
  • Alan Bradley–A Red Herring without Mustard (Flavia de Luce)
  • Jim Butcher–Ghost Story (Dresden Files)
  • Anna Dean–A Gentleman of Fortune (Miss Dido Kent)
  • Terry Goodkind–The Omen Machine (Sword of Truth)
  • Charlaine Harris–Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse)
  • Sherrilynn Kenyon–Retribution (Dark Hunter)
  • Donna Leon–Drawing Conclusions (Commissario Guido Brunetti)
  • Eric Lustbader–Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Dominion (Jason Bourne)
  • Henning Mankell–The Troubled Man (Kurt Wallander)
  • Alexander McCall Smith–Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency)
  • Robert Parker–Sixkill (Spenser)
  • James Patterson–10th Anniversary (Women’s Murder Club)
  • Patrick Rothfuss–The Wise Man’s Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles)
  • John Sandford–Buried Prey (Lucas Davenport)
  • Jacqueline Winspear–A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs)
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  • Jean Auel–The Land of Painted Caves
  • Geraldine Brooks–Caleb’s Crossing
  • Michael Crummey–Galore
  • Margaret George–Elizabeth I
  • Amanda Hodgkinson–22 Britannia Road
  • Paula McLain–The Paris Wife
  • Elle Newmark–The Sandalwood Tree
  • Tea Obreht–The Tiger’s Wife
  • Lori Roy–Bent Road
  • Carol Wallace–Leaving Van Gogh
  • Michael Wallner–The Russian Affair
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