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Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor

​In many ways, Okorafor’s latest (after She Who Knows, 2024) feels recognizable: the main character, Zelu, deals with family drama, grief and loss, and discovering her purpose in life. However, the author quickly flips expectations. Zelu is a Nigerian American paraplegic woman who writes a hugely popular sf novel without even being a fan of the genre.

Booklist Backlist: #MMIW in Youth Books
by Ronny Khuri

​Whether a mystery, drama, or nonfiction account, each of these six books for middle-graders and young adults puts a spotlight on the ongoing epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2-spirit people (MMIWG2S).

The Booklist Interview: A Double Debut Rom-Com
by Heather Booth

The Truth According to Ember is a double debut; Choctaw writer and comedian Siena East narrates this rom-com by Danica Nava. Nava observes, “It had been a dream of mine to read a Native rom-com and I got tired of waiting, so I figured I’d give it a shot myself as a Chickasaw writer who loves the genre.

Summer Scares Announces 2025 Spokesperson

The Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with Booklist, Book Riot, iREAD, and NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), is proud to announce the sixth annual Summer Scares, a reading program that provides libraries and schools with an annual list of recommended horror titles for adult, young adult (teen), and middle grade readers.

10 Questions for Chloe Seager​
By John Charles

Chloe Seager is a literary agent at Madeleine Milburn and a published author. Her debut YA Editing Emma and the sequel Friendship Fails of Emma Nash published with HQ in 2017 and 2018, and she has written several books for Scholastic.

10 Questions for Katy James
By John Charles

Katy James writes contemporary romance books that get to the heart of falling in love while finding one’s place in today’s world. When not writing, she works as an archivist and rare book librarian.

10 Questions for Ann Liang​
By John Charles

Ann Liang is the New York Times and Indie best-selling author of the critically acclaimed YA novels This Time It’s Real, If You Could See the Sun, and I Hope This Doesn’t Find You. Her books have sold into over twenty foreign territories

Listen Up: Audio Revivals
by Heather Booth

Audiobooks have the distinct honor of bringing older titles back into the spotlight with fresh new recordings, as with Janet Evanovich’s One for the Money, reviewed in this issue. These recent releases of old favorites will bring back memories of the first time you encountered these stories and introduce a whole new audience to some excellent storytelling.