Our staff experts and reviews editors have combed through the titles publishing from May to August and handpicked a surefire hit parade for readers of all stripes. Here are PW's 2024 Summer Reads:
★ In English and Spanish,
@mariadaguila
and illustrator Magdalena Mora (
@Magdalenadraws
) craft a “powerful work that celebrates community engagement at any age” in “activist picture book” BARRIO RISING: THE PROTEST THAT BUILT CHICANO PARK
Pediatrician Debra Hendrickson debuts with an affecting report on climate change’s dire effects on young people.
Our starred review of 'The Air They Breathe' (
@simonschuster
):
Multiple houses are commemorating key milestones for backlist staples this year, and assembled here is a sampling of book anniversaries being celebrated in the first half of 2024.
GV Group, one of Italy’s largest book printers, has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in P.A. Hutchison, the 113 year-old textbook and educational material printer based Mayfield, Pa.
"A friendly cartoon avatar offers advice on unlearning harmful cultural messages and developing a healthy body image" in cartoonist Siobhán Gallagher's graphic memoir, 'Full of Myself' (
@AndrewsMcMeel
).
Our review:
Janet Reid, the literary agent known for her sharp-tongued writings about the publishing industry, especially on her website Query Shark, died on April 14, following a brief illness.
Panelists from She Writes Press, Microcosm Publishing, Kickstarter, and Cake Creative spoke to the Independent Book Publishers Association's theme of 'Rise and Disrupt' at its annual conference last weekend.
In awarding the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, Ali Bin Tamim, secretary general of the awards, tasked the winners with serving as global ambassadors for Arab culture—a responsibility they acknowledged and embraced.
The number of writers jailed reached a five-year high last year, per the organization's 'Freedom to Write Index,' fueled partly by crackdowns in the Middle East and Russia. China retained its spot as the world's top jailer of writers.
The winners—including James Lee Burke, who won the award for Best Novel, and Linda Castillo, who took home two awards—were announced at the 78th annual Edgar Awards Banquet, held on May 1 at the Manhattan Marriott Marquis in New York.
Novelist Paul Auster died on April 30 at age 77. Our starred review of his 1999 book, 'Timbuktu' (
@HenryHolt
), called it "brilliant" and "one of his most poignant, immediate" works: