Katie's parents never told her "no" when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things disturbing, twisted, and terrifying and takes enormous pleasure in creeping out her coworkers. When she's not at work, she's at home watching the Cubs with her cats and her cardigan collection. Other hobbies include scrapbooking, introducing more readers to the Church of Tana French, and convincing her husband that she can, in fact, fit more books onto her shelves.
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Get ready for a big ole collection of stories that you’ll want to know about. For this roundup of library updates, we’ve got the best books published in July, a surprising and sad announcement from Quirk Books, as well as the first trailer for the adaptation of Project Hail Mary. If that’s not enough, get to know the newest summer reading trend and yet another reason why AI-narrated audiobooks will never be able to replicate actual human performances.
As always, you’ll also find plenty of book lists to help you ensure your library has everything before your patrons even ask.
Publishing News
- Quirk Books has paused its publishing program and laid off a significant portion of its staff.
- This columnist is tired of authors ruining literature by using ChatGPT.
- Slate looks at the court battles that will decide if Silicon Valley can plunder authors’ work.
New & Upcoming Titles
- Miriam Toews is publishing her first memoir in 20 years.
- 25 new and upcoming horror novels in 2025.
- 5 new kitchen memoirs for fans of The Bear.
- 7 new sci-fi comedies you don’t want to miss.
- 9 must-read new books by Indigenous authors coming out in 2025.
- Get a head start on your 2026 reading with these upcoming SFF titles.
- July picks from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Epic Reads, Goodreads, Kirkus, New York Times (overall picks, crime), People, and Vulture.
- Book Riot picks the best books coming out in July, plus July’s best mysteries/thrillers, romance, SFF, historical fiction, queer books, nonfiction, and children’s books.
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All Things Comics
- The 2025 American Manga Award nominees have been announced.
- Publishers Weekly looks at how manga’s readership is changing and how publishers are following suit.
- This comic book artist says that AI is a threat to his livelihood.
- The best comics & graphic novels coming out in July.
- Graphic novels about social justice.
Audiophilia
- “AI doesn’t know what an orgasm sounds like:” Audiobook actors grapple with the rise of robot narrators. (And quite frankly, I don’t want AI to figure out what that sounds like.)
- Most anticipated audiobooks of July from LitHub and Vulture.
- 10 of the best audiobooks for summer.
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