Librarian Newsletter: Books That Bring the '60s and '70s to Life

Librarian Newsletter: March 2024

Hello,

This month, we invite you and your patrons to peruse fiction and non-fiction set in the '60s and '70s, just one distinctive period among many that you can experience through our categorized recommendations.

Plus, get a glimpse of the BookBrowse read-alikes tool in our featured list of books similar to Lessons in Chemistry, the hit novel by Bonnie Garmus.

Be sure to also check out our Society and Politics "beyond the book" category, with currently unlocked articles available to sample and share.

And keep yourself and your library up to date through our list of debut authors to watch in 2024, and our expanding selection of new and notable books being released in March.

The BookBrowse Team

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Books Set in the '60s and '70s

Diane Oliver's posthumous debut Neighbors and Other Stories, a currently featured collection that gives a fresh perspective on Black American life at the end of the Jim Crow era, is just one of 200+ recommended books, both fiction and non-fiction, available to view in our 1960s and '70s category.

This is one of 100+ themed categories patrons of subscribing libraries can explore on BookBrowse with full access. Learn more about this and many other benefits of BookBrowse for Libraries today.

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Lessons in Chemistry

Read-Alikes

BookBrowse read-alikes (picked by our team, never by algorithm) are available for more than 4,500 contemporary books and 3,500 authors to subscribing libraries and their patrons. In this article, we highlight our read-alikes for Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus — please feel free to share!

Praised for its wry, infectious humor and feminist voice, the novel is the recipient of a Goodreads Choice Award, was voted a BookBrowse Best Book of the Year by our subscribers and remains a popular book club pick beloved by readers.

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Society and Politics

For every book we review, we also write a "beyond the book" article expanding on a related cultural, historical or contextual topic. Below are just a few examples of articles in our Society and Politics category (subscribing libraries can view our complete selection, non-subscribers have limited access):

The Rise of Vehicular Homelessness in the U.S. (relating to If I Survive You)
Lavender Marriages in Classic Hollywood (relating to Siren Queen)
The Importance of "Tech Company" Status (relating to Big Vape)

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2024 Debut Authors to Watch

The march of excellent 2024 debut books has already begun, and there are many soon-to-be-established literary stars worth watching, both those who have been published recently and those with releases in the coming months.

Keep an eye on who’s emerging and who’s waiting in the wings with our list of some of the most promising, intriguing, provocative debut authors working today.

Please feel free to share this article with your patrons, and see our previews below for more information on upcoming releases, by first-time and non-debut authors alike.

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New & Notable Books in March

We've carefully selected 100+ of the most noteworthy books publishing in March — check them out!

Individual members and subscribing libraries can see, sort and download the full list for all months.

Non-subscribers can view books up to the current month and a limited selection of future books.

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Book Club Discussions

Discussions are open to all, so please join us!

Currently, we're discussing Lynda Rutledge's Mockingbird Summer, among other books. Costanza Casati's Clytemnestra opens on February 29, and we feature Parini Shroff's The Bandit Queens starting on March 14.

For subscribing libraries, if you or your patrons would like to receive a message when a particular discussion opens, you can sign up for a one-time notification.

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