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The 15 books that will feature in the Book Expo Buzz sessions are revealed. More Star Wars stories are on the way. Author and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson has died. She was an inspiration for the Hidden Figures book and film. There are reading guides for the Harvey Weinstein verdict and about pandemics.

Blindside by James Patterson and James O. Born leads holds this week. The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton and The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison win NAACP Image Awards. The Stoker Awards final ballot is announced. Martin Edwards wins the 2020 Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers’ Association. The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel gets focused attention. R.L. Stine starts a new series.

Books to ponder in the run-up to the election. 

Four fun reads for launching your autumn reading in style. 

Award winners catch our eye again with important new books. 

Four leading mystery writers keep readers at the edge of their seats in September. 

Dan Brown is writing a children’s book. The Nebula Award finalists are announced. Emma, zombies, and clones come to screens today and through the week ahead. Little Fires Everywhere and My Brilliant Friend get new trailers.

More spring book shortlists and nominees are announced. The PLA Galley guide is here. The Authors Guild has a grim report on “The Profession of the Author in the 21st Century.” Elle fires author E. Jean Carroll.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America today announced the finalists for the 55th Annual Nebula Awards, which will be presented in Woodland Hills, CA, on May 30th.