Join PBS Books and Booklist as we dive into all the must-read adult fiction books this summer. Whether you’re on the hunt for a quick weekend read, looking for a new series, or thinking about re-discovering a favorite author, there will be no shortage of great picks in this can’t-miss episode. So, grab a pen as we help you create your Summer Reading List! Watch the recording above or on the PBS Books Facebook page.

Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples
by Mavis Staples and Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Steffi Walthall

​This engaging picture-book biography offers especially rich insights into Mavis Staples of the legendary Staple Singers gospel group.

10 Questions for Joanna Lowell
By John Charles

Joanna Lowell lives among the fig trees in North Carolina, where she teaches in the English department at Wake Forest University. When she’s not writing historical romance, she writes collections and novels as Joanna Ruocco.

Top 10 Biographies & Memoirs for Youth: 2024
by Ronny Khuri

​This list of the top 10 biographies and memoirs, reviewed in Booklist between June 2023, and May 15, 2024, is highlighted by dazzlingly illustrated picture books and transformative memoirs.

Top 10 Biographies: 2024
by Donna Seaman

Transformative musicians, key freedom fighters, scientists under siege, women intelligence officers, and an early photographer inspired the most commanding biographies reviewed in Booklist over the past 12 months.

Shelf Care Episode 35: After the Diversity Audit, and Farewell, Maggie (sad emoji)
By Susan Maguire

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sat down with Johanna Boyle and Marie Mulder from the Kent District Library in Michigan about the necessary work of the diversity audit, and what to do once the audit is done (hint: it involves spreadsheets).

Book Club Resources from Holiday House!

Do you run a book club at your library? Are you ready to take your library’s book club to the next level? Then check out these amazing resources from Holiday House!

10 Questions for Sarah A. Parker
By John Charles

Born in New Zealand, Sarah now lives on the Gold Coast with her husband and three young children. When she’s not reading or tapping away at her keyboard, she’s spending time with her friends and family, her plants, and enjoying trips to the snow.

10 Questions for Jane L. Rosen​
By John Charles

Jane L. Rosen is an author and screenwriter whose critically acclaimed first novel, Nine Women, One Dress, has been translated into ten languages. She lives in New York City and on Fire Island with her husband and three daughters.

10 Questions for Greg Iles​
By John Charles

Greg Iles has spent most of his life in Natchez, Mississippi. His first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was the first of many New York Times best-sellers.