Volume 262
Issue 44
11/02/2015
PW’s Best Books of 2015
Welcome to our Best Books issue. The reviews staff has been hard at work putting together our annual list of the year’s best, with books for every age and interest. Go ahead and turn to page 24 to check out our favorites. And when you’re done, know that the Best Books experience doesn’t stop there. We’ve got plenty more to read, see, and listen to online. Here’s what you need to know:
Everything you read here, plus links to reviews, and interviews with and profiles of our Best Books authors.
From the Newsletters
Highlights from a panel discussion about the thorny issue of what books to give kids who fall into the gap between reading middle-grade and young adult books.
Three is a trend, four is a coven: three new titles on witches hit just before Halloween, and another is coming up soon.
In a wave of post-Frankfurt international deal making, memoirs are hot properties.
Tips for indie authors for getting self-published books into stores and libraries.
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The most-read review on publishersweekly.com last week was The Vegetarian by Han Kang (Random/Hogarth).
Blogs
One piece of art, two book covers; a surreal picture book from 1913 about Google (not the Google you know): these and more can be found on PW’s Tumblr.
How bookselling can be like detective work.
Podcasts
The More to Come crew talks about the new Supergirl TV show and the growing impact of girl power on publishers and studios. Plus, the new comics imprint at New York Review Books, and much more.
Reviews director Louisa Ermelino talks about some of our top books of the year and why they made the list, giving some insight into the Best Books process.
Senior writer Andrew Albanese goes into detail on the list in a discussion with the Copyright Clearance Center’s Chris Kenneally.
And be sure to check back in a couple weeks: each of our top-10 authors are picking their favorite book of the year. Can’t wait? Here’s last year’s to tide you over.
Publishers Weekly and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair present Global Kids Connect, a one-of-a-kind event on the best strategies to engage the children’s and young adult book market on a global scale. Register today, and we’ll see you on December 2.
