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VOLUME 273 • NUMBER 5 • ISSN 0000-0019
CURRENTS 6 …The Week in Publishing Among the headlines,
REVIEWS
Fiction 84 …General Fiction 87 … M ysteries & Thrillers 90 …SF, Fantasy & Horror 92 …Romance & Erotica 94 …Comics Nonfiction 96 …General Nonfiction 103 …Health, Home & Hobbies 104 …Food & Cooking
the book world rallies to support Minneapolis, and Bob Miller departs Phaidon for a new venture. 8 …Comics Relief In the wake of Diamond’s collapse, Independent Publishers Group is gunning to become the next go-to distributor for graphic novels. 10 …Bestsellers 12 …Deals Mira snaps up Jasmine Mas’s romantasy duology, and Penguin Press takes new nonfiction from MS NOW host Chris Hayes.
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Children’s & YA 105 …Picture Books 109 …Fiction 112 …Comics 112 …Nonfiction BookLife 113 …Paid Reviews HOW THIS BOOK WAS MADE
FEATURES
20 …Going Graphic The romance genre continues to reign supreme, with one particular format growing in popularity: graphic novels for teens. 24 …Children’s Books for Spring A selection of some of the season’s biggest titles.
120 …We look at Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean.
PEOPLE 14 … Interviews
We talk with authors Anna Badkhen and Lucy Ashe, and with the new president of Franklin Siegal & Yanez. 16 … Profile Jasmine Warga revisits familiar themes in her forthcoming middle grade novel—this time with animals.
Cover illustration by MIKA SONG
FEATURED REVIEWS
85 … Transcription by Ben Lerner 99 … Prophecy by Carissa Véli 112 … Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness
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