Holds Alert: LONGBOURN
Longbourn, by Jo Baker (RH/Knopf; RH Audio), the downstairs to Pride and Prejudice‘s upstairs, is connecting with Austen fans as well as Downton Abbey fans and is getting strong reviews (the Christian Science Monitor rounds them up today). It is also a LibraryReads pick for Oct.
Holds in libraries began building before publication and are continuing to grow. Several larger libraries are showing holds ratios of 6:1.