Publishers Weekly - 09.03.2020

Contents

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS

16 Open Book

Louisa Ermelino talks with Francesca Marciano, whose latest story

collection tackles love and loss, violence, and madness.

18 Children’s Books

Viking Children’s editor Regina Hayes retires after 54 years in

publishing.

80 Soapbox by Fangzhou Yang

An editor at a Beijing-based publisher describes the Chinese book

business in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

BESTSELLERS

● Adult Hardcovers 11 ● Adult Paperbacks 12

● Children’s 13 ● Category 14 ● Apple Books 15

REVIEWS

Fiction

38 General Fiction

42 Mystery/Thriller

47 SF/Fantasy/Horror

48 Romance/Erotica

50 Inspirational

51 Comics

Nonfiction

52 General Nonfiction

58 Religion/Spirituality

Children’s/YA

60 Picture Books

64 Fiction

66 Comics

39

Q&A with

Kent Carroll

44

Q&A with

Lawrence Wright

54

Q&A with

Wendy Lesser

61

Reviews Roundup

Picture books for Earth Day

48

Boxed Review

If It Bleeds

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