LibGuides: New & Noteworthy Collection: Getting Started

Recent Additions

The Last Slave Ship: the true story of how Clotilda was found, her descendants, and an extraordinary reckoning by Ben Raines
Call Number: E445.A3 R35 2022
ISBN: 9781982136048
Publication Date: 2022
Admissions: a memoir of surviving boarding school by Kendra James
Call Number: LA2317.J35 A3 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Tides by Sara Freeman
Call Number: PS3606.R44555 T53 2022
ISBN: 9780802159175
Publication Date: 2022
The Loop: how technology is creating a world without choices and how to fight back by Jacob Ward
Call Number: Q335 .W358 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Pedagogy of the Depressed by Christopher Schaberg
Call Number: LC192.3 .S33 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Yonder by Jabari Asim
Call Number: PS3601.S59 Y66 2022
Publication Date: 2022

Reviews and Discussion

Reviews, author interviews, book discussions, books by genre, and more

The A.V. Club
An entertainment website published by The Onion. It includes interviews, reviews, features, and other entertainment-related articles.
BookForum
"A showcase for rigorous and elegant writing" (the Village Voice). Founded in 1994, the print magazine is published five times a year and the website is updated daily.
BookPage
A monthly book review publication. The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new discoveries. All of the content from the print edition is posted on BookPage.com each month.
BookReporter
The Book Report Network offers book reviews, features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts from new releases, contests and more every week.
Book Riot
Provides not only book recommendations and reviews but also features like blog posts and podcasts on all things related to books, giveaways, quizzes, and reading pathways.
Goodreads
Track the books you're reading, have read, and want to read, and get personalized book recommendations tailored to your literary tastes.
Literary Hub
Literary Hub is an organizing principle in the service of literary culture, a single, trusted, daily source for all the news, ideas and richness of contemporary literary life.
Literary Kicks
A website about literature. It's also about music, philosophy, Internet culture, pacifism, visual art, world history, literary criticism, pop culture, politics, and bad television.
New York Review of Books
Described as “the premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language” (Esquire), it includes essays and reviews of books and the arts, including music, theater, dance, and film.
StoryGraph
Can help you track your reading and choose your next book based on your mood and your favorite topics and themes.
Urban Bookish
A space for the readers and writers of the Urban Fiction genre. The mission of Urban Bookish is to bring exposure and attention to the Urban Fiction genre by connecting readers with some of their favorite authors.
Well-Read Black Girl
Our goal is to introduce a cohort of diverse writers to future generations – contemporary authors who are non-binary, queer, trans, and disabled. To address inequalities and improve communities through reading and reflecting on the works of Black women.

Award Winners

Agatha Awards (Mystery)
Bram Stoker Awards (Horror)
Carnegie Medals for Excellence (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Edgar Awards (Mystery)
Hugo Award (Science Fiction Fantasy)
Lambda Literary Awards (LGBT literature)
Man Booker Prize (Fiction)
Women's Prize for Fiction (Ficton)
National Book Awards (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Nobel Prize for Literature (given to authors, not specific works)
PEN/Faulkner Award (Fiction)
Pulitzer Prize (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Nebula Awards (Science Fiction and Fantasy)

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eBooks & Audiobooks

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