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Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor The 2023 Booker Prize has been awarded to Paul Lynch for his novel Prophet Song! Long considered the most prestigious literary award in the United Kingdom, the Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker Prize) is awarded annually...

Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor Over the course of the last 15 years, Lauren Groff has emerged as one of the most critically adored literary fiction authors of the 21st century. Her work tends to oscillate between the past and the present, inhabiting both...

Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor On September 21, the Booker Prize’s judging panel announced the shortlist for this year. Long considered the most prestigious literary award in the United Kingdom, the Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker Prize) is awarded annually to...

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 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...

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...

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