Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year 2019

On December 5, 2019, Barnes & Noble announced that booksellers around the country chose Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as the winner of Barnes & Noble’s 2019 Book of the Year.
According to CEO James Daunt, he said that their booksellers chose eight brilliant and diverse titles for our inaugural Book of the Year prize shortlist and Charlie Mackesy’s extraordinary The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse was voted as the winner. “This is the book more than any other that has caught the magpie eye of our booksellers. Word of mouth amongst our booksellers has made this inspirational book the surprise bestseller of the year. We are very proud to name it now our 2019 Barnes & Noble Book of the Year.”

The other 7 Brilliant Books of the Year were:
• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood;
• The Food of Sichuan by Fuchsia Dunlop;
• Mythos by Stephen Fry;
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides;
• Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout;
• No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg;
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.

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Here are the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019

Goodreads has just announced the winners of the 11th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards 2019, the only major book awards which is decided by reader. There are 4,659,701 votes cast in total. Let us take a look of the best books of the year!

1. Best Fiction
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2. Best Mystery & Thriller
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
3. Best Historical Fiction
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4. Best Fantasy
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
5. Best Romance
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
6. Best Science Fiction
Recursion by Blake Crouch
7. Best Horror
The Institute by Stephen King
8. Best Humor
Dear Girls by Ali Wong
9. Best Nonfiction
Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
10. Best Memoir & Autobiography
Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
11. Best History & Biography
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
12. Best Science & Technology
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty
13. Best Food & Cookbooks
Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski
14. Best Graphic Novels & Comics
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
15. Best Poetry
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
16. Best Debut Novel
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
17. Best Young Adult Fiction
Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott
18. Best Young Adult Fantasy
The Wicked King by Holly Black
19. Best Middle Grade & Children’s
The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan
20. Best Picture Book
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Fred Rogers and Luke Flowers

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Kindle Kids Edition Now Supports Audiobooks!

Amazon has just released a software update for the new Kindle Kids Edition which came out back in October.
The new firmware version is 5.13.0.9 which adds access to over 1,000 Audible books in the Kindle's kid-friendly library.
Though there’s no download link for the latest Kindle firmware in Kindle E-Reader Software Updates page, it says that this software update automatically download and install on your Kindle when connected wirelessly. And there’s no official announcement on the Kindle support pages that this update can support audiobooks.
The Kindle devices require you to use Bluetooth speakers or headphones to be able to listen to Audiobooks as the Kindle does not have built-in speakers or a headphone jack.
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Kindle Firmware Update 5.12.3 is Available Now!

Amazon just released a new firmware developed for several of its Kindle devices, which is version 5.12.3. Version 5.12.3 is available for all Kindles dating back to the Kindle Voyage, and according to the What’s New page：
• The update adds Library Badges to Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited books. Basically they put a label at the top so you can easily identify them.
• Performance improvements, bug fixes, and other general enhancements.

In addition to the above new features, Jhowell said that this update also fixed the widows and orphans bug introduced in the previous update.
His original post on Mobileread forum is:
Looking into the new firmware I see an unactivated feature, called KPP or kindle++ internally. It involves a redesigned "Aa" menu.
Strings include: "Some reading options have moved" and "Go to the Aa menu inside a book to find settings including Popular Highlights, Book Mentions and Word Wise."
KPP is likely undergoing internal testing and planned to be enabled for customers in a future firmware release.
If you are not sure whether your Kindle supports this new updated firmware version, you can have a check on Kindle Software Updates page.
If you want to update to the latest firmware version, you can go to Home > Menu > Settings > Menu > Update Your Kindle, and tap OK to initiate the installation. While upgrading, the device will show a Your Kindle Is Updating message on its display, and then reboot once completed.

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