Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 26, 2020

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.

This year's new releases

• Margaret Atwood's next book will be a poetry collection

• See the first chapter and cover of John Grisham’s Camino Winds

• Italian reader previews The Lying Life of Adults for Americans

• New book examines the stresses in the US election system

• Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is working on a new book

Notable deaths

• Nancy Drew's death in new comic series stirs up controversy

• Final descendant of James Joyce has died

Drama, part I

• Publisher cancels American Dirt book tour over safety concerns

• Open letter to Oprah asks that she drop American Dirt from her book club

• Survey: Publishing industry hasn't made diversity strides

Drama, part II

• Stephen King clarifies his comments on diversity in awards

• Digital Book World: Macmillan employees are banned over the library embargo

• New York Times: Bolton memoir has Ukraine pressure coming in May 2019