It is possible to get ideas from anywhere when it comes to figuring out which book displays you will set up for a given month. When you attend a conference or training session, keep the handouts and use them to create a book display. Recently, I attended ARRTCon 2024 in Naperville, IL. Sourcebooks attended and gave a great book buzz of their upcoming titles. They supplied printouts of their slides with all the upcoming book information.
Pay close attention to how the publisher’s staff talk about
upcoming books. Look at how they describe them and what they compare them to. There
could be something that catches your attention and leads you into your stacks
to unshelve some books and create a display.
From the Sourcebooks presentation –
This
Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead This was described as “a thriller that
ties in true crime elements spectacularly” and “loosely inspired by the real
Idaho murders, this is bound to resonate in a true crime obsessed world.” There
are many crime novels now that are either based upon actual crimes or read like
true crime books. Here are a few lists to get you started:
Books
To Read if You Love True Crime – Penguin Random House
10
Unforgettable Novels Inspired by Real Crimes – Crime Reads
10 Novels that
Read Like True Crime – Bucks County Free Library
Faux Forensics:
14 Novels Written Like True Crime – Book Riot
Think of books like Bright
Young Women by Jessica Knoll.
A Long Time
Gone by Joshua Moehling This “features compelling plotting, rich
characterizations, and dry humor reminiscent of Fargo” and is crime fiction
with a “dynamic queer main character written by a queer author”.
Books to Read
for Fans of Fargo – New In Books
7
of the Funniest Crime Novels Ever Written – Electric Lit
Be Gay,
Do Crime: 20 Must-Read LGBTQ+ Crime Novels – Book Riot
From
Gritty Noir to Cozy Quozies: Queer Crime Fiction Summer Reads – Crime Reads
There were many more titles included but I hope that this has
given you some inspiration. If you had either of these books on order, you
could include signage that encouraged people to put the title on hold if they
were interested. Remember, we can’t assume that everyone knows what services we
supply!
