In kicking off National Library Week this week, American Library Association shared the number of titles targeted for censorship last year: well over 4,000 books. (Prior to 2020 the yearly average was less than 300.) And now, in an even more absurd escalation of attacks on libraries and…

ERUPTION by Michael Crichton and James Patterson is still two months away and it is already #1 on Barnes & Noble !

From Michael Crichton
(Jurassic Park, Twister, ER)

And James Patterson
(Author of 71 #1 New York Times bestsellers)

E R U P T I O N / June 3.

Congratulations to Michael Michael Crichton and James Patterson James Patterson on ERUPTION being #1 on Barnes & Noble two months before publication day.

Little, Brown and Co / CrichtonSun / #TheStoryFactory

FROM MICHAEL CRICHTON / JAMES PATTERSON

ERUPTION / JUNE 3 EVERYWHERE

“Librarians are good people.” Thanks, James Patterson

New books coming this summer and fall:

24th Hour - Women’s Murder Club (May 6)
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Eruption (June 3)
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Confessions of the Dead (July 9)
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Tiger, Tiger (July 15)
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Hard to Kill - Jane Smith…

Thanks for coming out last night in Des Moines. It was a packed house! Read “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians.” bit.ly/3SuKEVW

Want a preview of the new Women’s Murder Club, coming May 6? The prologue and first chapter are now live on my website, for #FreePattersonThursday : bit.ly/3xmuxkW

Nashville residents and visitors: Come see me and John Seigenthaler at my alma mater tomorrow. We’ll be talking about the most interesting people in the book business — and their bestseller-worthy stories in “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians.” bit.ly/3TOIb87

Everything is bigger in Oklahoma City, including the books. MetroLibraryOK

Happy National Library Workers Day! To celebrate, check out my conversation with viral librarian — and PBS KIDS star — Mychal in USA TODAY. #NLWD24 usatoday.com/story/entertai…

If you’re in the area tomorrow, come see me and the Des Moines Register’s Courtney Crowder. We’ll be talking about my favorite book heroes. No, not Alex, Jane, Michael, Max or Lyndsay — I mean the ones HOLDING the pages, not the ones ON the pages — booksellers and librarians! I think you’ll…

Get ’em while they’re hot! These books were gone within 10 minutes at my sold-out Jax Public Library appearance last night. bit.ly/3SuKEVW

Attention Oklahoma County! Please join me tomorrow night at Rose State College! Proceeds go to a great cause — early childhood literacy. And you get a copy of my new book, “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians,” too! More info at bit.ly/3vMzZwX.

Booksellers & librarians are a special breed — smart and talented people who spend their lives between the pages and dedicate themselves to finding your next favorite story. Read all about them in my new book, “Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians.” bit.ly/3SuKEVW

If you’re near Jacksonville, FL tomorrow night, I hope you’ll join me at the Jacksonville Public Library. I’ll be talking about some of my favorite people — and my new book about them, “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians.” More info: bit.ly/43N5RhJ

Psst! Don’t forget Mother’s Day is coming. And Sue’s “The Things I Wish I Told My Mother” is just out in paperback. bit.ly/3UucvXy

Journalists and journalism have been struggling for years. So I was thrilled to read about a plan to bring back — in both print and online versions — a magazine that was once a major feature of American culture, LIFE magazine. Did you know Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the…

Very exciting news. I can’t wait to read this book from Bill Clinton — and I think the title is absolutely perfect! Read more about it here: bit.ly/3TIS5rT