Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor Since the 1970s, Stephen King has reigned supreme as one of the most prolific authors in English literature, reliably putting out at least one (generally fairly substantial) novel a year. One of King’s hallmarks is how he interweaves his...
Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor There haven’t been many more hotly anticipated arrivals on the literary scene than Zadie Smith. Her debut manuscript was purchased before its completion while she was still a student at Cambridge. Since then, her novels have continued to be...
Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor The finalists for the 10th Annual Kirkus Prize are here! The Kirkus Prize is presented by Kirkus Reviews, the venerable book review magazine, and awards $50,000 to a work in each of its three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and young...
Written by Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor James McBride has established himself as one of the great voices in 21st-century American literature. The son of a Black father and Jewish mother (whom he biographized in his 1996 work The Color of Water), he is acutely aware of...
Welcome to Castle Rock, Maine! First appearing in Stephen King’s 1979 novel, The Dead Zone, Castle Rock is a town in King's fictional version of Maine that has since been used as the primary setting for many of his works and references in many more....
Written by Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor In the literary world, a new Ann Patchett novel is always a noteworthy event. Her latest release, Tom Lake, follows the Nelsons, a family of Michigan cherry farmers at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lara, the family matriarch,...
Written by Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor One of the rising stars in genre fiction, Silvia Moreno-Garcia has been publishing at a rapid pace over the past decade. With a particular focus on thrillers and horror, Moreno-Garcia has centered her works around her native Mexico and...
Written by Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor Richard Russo is one of the great storytellers of the American Northeast, and his newest book, Somebody’s Fool, is due to hit the shelf here at PGTPL very soon. Somebody’s Fool completes the Nobody’s Fool trilogy Russo started in 1993, checking in once more...
Written by Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor There’s only one living novelist who has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice, and that’s Colson Whitehead. A chameleonic darling of the literary establishment who doesn’t shy away from playing in the sandbox of genre to showcase and...
Written by Ellie A., Adult Services Library Assistant Cartoonist Matthew Inman has published comics on his popular award-winning humor website, The Oatmeal, since 2009. Every few years, he compiles these comics into books, namely the #1 New York Times best-selling How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill...
