Sales figures and holds data indicate the top five in-demand antiracist titles. The International Booker Prize moves its announcement date to August 26. More Pride Month reading lists arrive. There is going to be a museum for Frankenstein. Book covers are in the news.

Hideaway by Nora Roberts tops eight new bestsellers this week. More antiracist reading lists arrive, including one from NYPL’s Schomburg Center. There are some June booklists too and a new list for Pride Month. The NYT has a report on audiobook narrators of color, the growing diversity of works, and colorblind casting. Snoop Dogg is adapting Joe Ide’s IQ series. Lovecraft County gets a new trailer.

At the start of Pride Month, I wanted to reach out to you about my debut novel, Kept Animals.

There are more antiracist reading lists, and even more suggestions, as demand begins to create shortages. Jenna Bush Hager picks A Burning by Megha Majumdar as her June book club pick. AudioFile announces its 2020 Golden Voices. Warner Bros. makes Just Mercy free for viewing this month. The film is based on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, a title on some of the antiracist reading lists.

Free programming and classes with the experts should interest both librarians and their patrons.

Smart December fiction reading starts out with Smiley and a remarkable horse in Paris, then expands to include under-your-skin stories from Emma Glass, Neel Patel, and others.

A Robin Hood thief, domestic suspense, supernatural thrills, and newcomers like Kia Abdullah and Jasmine Kia will keep readers busy during the holidays. See also "Thrillerfest 2020 Goes Virtual."

Her upcoming novel Magic Lessons is an unforgettable story that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, and unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic.

There are more antiracism reading lists as well as essays and poetry. The Lammy Awards are announced: Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn wins Best Lesbian Fiction and Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington wins Best Gay Fiction. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is B&N’s June book club pick.