The event was hosted by Rebecca Vnuk, editor for Collection Management and Library Outreach at Booklist.
I think we did a fantastic job working together to provide a wide range of books for all kinds of readers.
Keep these books on your radar because we all think they will have traction with library patrons. But even better for right this minute, are the previous Read N Rave program lists. Many of those titles are books you already have on the shelf. They are a year or two old, so they could use a push right now. It is easy to use the newest list to create interest in these back list gems which are still awesome reads.
Here's what you do, step by step:
- Pull up the 2017, 2016, 2015 Read N Rave lists.
- Use the 2017 list to do pre-ordering and/or pass on to those who do order.
- Make a display about librarians picks. Print out, the cover for the upcoming books we suggest and put a "coming soon" tag on them. Then in the display (or on a list that you put in the library or online...or all of the above) put books from the previous 2 years lists that you do own.
- And....you have a quickly put together but awesome display of backlist gems that also let's people know what new books are coming. The display will be diverse in every way. You will have multiple genres, varied voices, and nonfiction. And all of the titles are library worker approved!
- Not required-- you can make this display interactive by asking patrons to fill out a slip of paper answering the question, "What upcoming books are you most excited about?"
- Everyone finds a good read.
I can't wait to hear form some of you who give this a try.
Below is this year's list replicated from Booklist Reader--
Annual Conference Read n’ Rave Report, 2017
Booklist and the Association of American Publishers convened another well-attended Read ‘n’ Rave at this year’s ALA Annual Conference. Modeled after the popular Shout ‘n’ Share panels that take place at the end of Book Expo every year, the program brings together a panel of collection development librarians who roam the exhibit aisles in search of galleys that should be on your radar.
The latest panel included Stephen Sposato, Manager of Content Curation and Reader’s Advisory at the Chicago Public Library, Erin Downey Howerton, Children’s Manager at the Wichita Public Library, Kaite Mediatore Stover, Director of Reader’s Services for the Kansas City (MO) Public Library, Magan Szwarek, Head of Reference at the Schaumburg Township District Library, and Becky Spratford, a Reader’s Advisory consultant who blogs regularly on all things books and library-land at http://raforall.blogspot.com.
To follow are their choices, linked to their Booklist reviews when possible.
Erin Downey Howerton
Autonomous, by Annalee Newitz
The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton
The Black Painting, by Neil Olson
Jane, Unlimited, by Kristin Cashore
The Last Mrs. Parrish, by Liv Constantine
Lies She Told, by Cate Holahan
Little & Lion, by Brandy Colbert
The Long Count, by J. M. Gulvin
Plague Land, by Alex Scarrow
Rez Rebel, by Melanie Florence
Spliced, by Jon McGoran
Stephen SposatoBluebird, Bluebird, by Attica LockeBunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News, by Kevin YoungThe Child Finder, by Rene DenfeldThe Ghosts of Langley: Into the CIA’s Heart of Darkness, by John PradosA Kind of Freedom, by Margaret Wilkerson SextonThe Ninth Hour, by Alice McDermottQuackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, by Lydia KangSing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn WardWe Are All Shipwrecks: A Memoir, by Kelly Hrey CarlisleThe Talented Ribkins, by Ladee Hubbard
Becky Spratford
An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
The City of Brass, by S. A. Chakrsborty
Creatures of Will & Temper, by Molly Tanzer
In the Valley of the Sun, by Andy Davidson
The Last Ballad, by Wiley Cash
My Absolute Darling, by Gabriel Talent
The New Annotated Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
Paperbacks from Hell, by Grady Hendrix
Strange Weather, by Joe Hill
Kaite StoverAn American Marriage, by Tayari JonesBookshops, by Jorge Carrion BiblioasisCaroline, by Sarah MillerClass Mom, by Laurie GelmanCuz, by Danielle AllenDear Fahrenheit 451, by Annie SpenceFutchi Perf, by Kevi CzapHeating & Cooling, by Beth Ann FennellyIn the Cage, by Kevin HardcastleIsland of Point Nemo, by Jean-Marie Blas de RoblesMusnet, by KickliyRed Clocks, by Leni ZumasSanta’s Husband, by Daniel Kibblesmith, illustrated by A.P. QuatchSourdough, by Robin SloanTell Me How it Ends, by Valeria LuiselliThe Woman in the Window, by A.J. FinnThe World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Marta McDowell
Magan Szwarek
The Burning Girl, by Claire Messud
Eternal Life, by Dara Horn
Forest Dark, by Nicole Krauss
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death, by Caitlin Doughty
Future Home of the Living God, by Louise Erdrich
Nomadland: Surviving American in the Twenty-first Century, by Jessica Bruder
Seven Days of Us, by Francesca Hornak
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