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Where'd You Go Bernadette? leads a handful of adaptations today and through next week. Robert Macfarlane wins the Wainwright Golden Beer book prize and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wins one of the 1944 Retro Hugo Awards. The September LibraryReads list is out, topped by Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson.
The Inn by James Patterson with Candice Fox leads nine new bestsellers onto the lists. Barack Obama posts his summer reading list—and sends book sales soaring. The NYT Magazine publishes poems and stories by 16 notable authors that bring African American history to life.
An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo is the book of the day, getting glowing reviews and focused attention. Inland by Téa Obreht continues to make strides. Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America by Christopher Leonard is also getting strong buzz. The trailer for Little Women is out and is trending on YouTube.
Inland by Téa Obreht gets much better reviews. The shortist for the Not the Booker prize is out and there is other award news as well. A male critic has written about Sally Rooney's lips, starting a social media fire storm.
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey leads holds this week with The Bitterroots by C.J. Box on its heels. The September Indie Next list is out. The No. 1 pick is This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. J.D. Salinger's books will be issued as e-editions, finally.
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware leads holds this week. New booklists arrive for the week, for August, and for fall. NPR’s Summer Reader Poll features The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. Librarians and booksellers both suggest The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai and Ruth Ware's newest. N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy is getting adapted into a roleplaying game.
An American master comes to the screen today. Comics and series domintate the week in adapations. In dueling book club picks Jenna Bush Hager names Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn as her next choice while Reese Witherspoon selects The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda. Edward Snowden has written a memoir. The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis is headed back to the screen while Stephen King is writing new material for the new The Stand adaptation.
One Good Deed by David Baldacci leads seven new books onto the bestseller lists. More August booklists arrive. Slate reports on “The Dark History Behind Where the Crawdads Sing.” Authors who have been famous for some time get new attention.
August booklists get a one-day head start. Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoir of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is the next PBS NewsHour/NYT book club pick for August. Circe by Madeline Miller is headed to HBO. Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, and Leonardo DiCaprio join forces for the adaptation of David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon. The Walking Dead gets a trailer for its third, as yet to be named, series.
Winners and shortlists are out for romance, sf, fantasy, and other genre awards. Bill Gates, Ellen, and Good Morning America give three books a boost. Made for Love by Alissa Nutting is headed to HBO and both The Kitchen and Sanditon get new trailers.
Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter leads holds as the week begins. Seven LibraryReads and Indie Next titles publish this week. True crime gets attention. The Washington Post’s best-seller lists contained errors.
Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again, Yes is voted The Tonight Show Summer Reads choice. The Millions selects “Ten Writers to Watch in 2019.” The Center for Fiction announces the Frist Novel Prize Longlist. The adaptation of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo is going to Showtime. The Goldfinch gets another trailer.
The New Girl by Daniel Silva leads eight new books onto the bestseller lists. In award news, the Ripped Bodice bookstore creates a romance novel award and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature announces its nominees. John Grisham’s The Confession is headed to the movies while the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is set for a series on Hulu.
The Booker Prize longlist is out, as is the British Fantasy Awards shortlist. More summer reading lists, and lists of all sorts, offer a range of reading, from debuts to urban fantasy. Scary Stories To Tell in The Dark and The Right Stuff get trailers.
One Good Deed by David Baldacci tops holds this week. My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips win the top Eisner Award. Librarians and booksellers pick the same three books for the week. More best of the year lists appear, as do many new trailers for book/comic adaptations.
Three adaptations or bookish shows air today. Some buzzy trailers debut. Stephen King reviews Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman. Alan Moore is retiring.
Under Currents by Nora Roberts tops eight new bestsellers this week. Rosewater by Tade Thompson wins the Arthur C. Clarke award. An essay by Langston Hughes not seen for decades gets republished. Gossip Girl gets a reboot.
The Emmy nominations are out. Game of Thrones takes the crown. Colson Whitehead continues to get focused attention and praise. A variety of booklists suggest midsummer reading, from moon books to thrillers featuring children in peril.
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead wins the day. American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump by Tim Alberta is making noise. Some notable sites look at books for the month and books forthcoming. The Shirley Jackson Awards and the ITW Thriller Awards are announced. The Saturn Award nomination list is out.
The New Girl by Daniel Silva leads holds this week but The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead dominates book coverage. New summer booklists appear as The Guardian considers the evolution of the genre. Also, the paper looks at the science behind audiobooks. Paper Girls is headed to Amazon
Four bookish films/TV shows hit screens today and through next week. New booklists survey great audiobooks, action thrillers, and foodie titles. Libraries are told to destroy copies of Naomi Wolf’s Outrages.
Someone to Honor by Mary Balogh leads eight new bestsellers onto the lists. More reading lists arrive. Horror and thrillers are in the spotlight.
The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward wins the PEN Ackerley Prize. Lesley Nneka Arimah wins the Caine Prize for African Writing. Tor.com announces its top books of the year so far. George R.R. Martin says that the Starks, direwolves, and White Walkers will all be part of the new Game of Thrones spin-off series on HBO.
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo gets buzz. More booklists for July, the rest of the year, and on selected topics arrive. Cressida Cowell is the UK’s new children’s laureate. Maya Angelou gets an artistic honor.
Under Currents by Nora Roberts leads holds this week. Backlash by Brad Thor tops the bestsellers lists. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman and Three Women by Lisa Taddeo are the top books librarians and booksellers suggest for the week (and are the picks for best of the month as well.) MAD magazine will cease publishing new content. Mulan gets a trailer.
The Walking Dead comic is ending today. The Locus Awards are announced. As is the winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager is headed to TV. An adaptaiton of Chris Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries Of Harris Burdick is in the works. The Flash might be headed to the movies, in a film created by the director of It.
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger gets all kinds of coverage. Book club titles are out for July and there are even more summer booklists. Authors and online harassment makes news.
Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer leads holds this week. July, and more summer, booklists arrive. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes gets attention in EW and People. Sandman by Neil Gaiman is headed to Netflix.
Time features Colson Whitehead on its cover, calling him “America’s Storyteller.” Page to Screen features Spider-Man and Stranger Things. A wave of new adaptations are announced, along with the cancellation of Mouse Guard.
Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand leads five new titles onto the bestseller lists. The NYT lists picks 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years while The Washington Post picks the best book to read based on your age, from 0-100. Joe Hill has new comics in the works.
The Orwell Prizes are announced. Authors write essays. Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture by Lee Airton gets called "a must-have for everyone." Anne Frank makes the news. Made for Love by Alissa Nutting and Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel are both headed to TV.
Critics consider coverage of author E. Jean Carroll’s accusations against Donald Trump. The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo wins the day in reviews. BuzzFeed writes about YA Twitter. George Clooney, Constance Wu, and Jane Austen make adaptation news.
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson leads holds this week. E. Jean Carroll accuses Donald Trump of sexual assault. Judith Krantz has died. DC Comics shutters the Vertigo imprint. The NYT looks at indie bookstores and has a story about Amazon and counterfeit books.
Toni Morrison shines. Thrillers for the summer. Jennifer Weiner recommends books by women. J.J. Abrams is writing Spider-Man with his son.
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner leads 10 new books onto the bestseller lists. The Wheel of Time and the Bridgerton adaptation get notable cast members. The Society of Authors award winners and the Desmond Elliott Prize winner are announced.
Elizabeth Acevedo and Joy Harjo make history. Amazon picks the best books of the year so far. LibraryReads picks its books for July. CrimeReads picks debuts thrillers and crime books. Elin Hilderbrand shines.
A group of guides for ALA Annual. Taffy Brodesser-Akner wins the buzz cycle today. More booklists arrive, for audiobooks and true crime. Summer books get all kinds of attention.
Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand leads holds this week. A new "Hunger Games" book is on the way. People picks its books of the summer. Ling Ma wins the 2019 Young Lions Fiction Award. Robin Robertson wins the 2019 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Book Marks features Lynn Lobash in their "Secrets of the Librarians" column. The Guardian writes about “the vicious war over young adult books.”
Remakes and continuations mark adapations this week. Naomi Wolf’s book is getting delayed by her publisher. Nicholas Sparks responds to the lawsuit claiming he "fostered a discriminatory environment." Dr. Sleep gets a trailer.
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert leads 13 new titles onto the bestseller lists. Idaho by Emily Ruskovich wins the International Dublin literary award. More summer reading lists arrive. Book clubs get attention.
Summer reading turns to thrillers, but The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead tops the most summer reading lists. George R.R. Martin will receive the Carl Sandberg Award. Another player might be after B&N.
NPR's Summer Reading Poll focuses on funny books. LJ posts Day of Dialog reports, including Editor's Picks; also a BookCon report. Mindy Kaling says that Marvel might adapt Ms. Marvel. Dune heads back to TV. University of Pittsburgh creates a Horror Studies Center.
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner leads holds this week. The Orwell Prizes shortlists are out. There is a reading guide to Robin Hobb, help for new horror readers, and reports and booklists from BookCon and Book Expo. Looking ahead, LJ’s ALA Galley & Signing Guide is ready to request. Linda Fairstein is dropped by her publisher and Natasha Tynes, who was shamed on social media and lost her book contract, is suing hers.
Penguin is caught in a copyright dispute. Entertainment Weekly is going to monthly issues starting in August. The Waterstones owner is buying Barnes & Noble. John Edgar Wideman wins the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Adaptations arrive for the week, with a beloved Adriana Trigiani novel coming to the small screen.
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones wins the Women's Prize for Fiction. Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark leads seven new books onto the bestseller lists. Three Women by Lisa Taddeo (Avid Reader Press: S. & S.) tops the July Indie Next list. Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol is headed to NBC. The Handmaid's Tale gets focused attention.
A new book about R. Kelly is dominating the conversation today. Linda Fairstein is also in the news, facing fallout in the wake of a new documentary about the Central Park Five. More booklists arrive, for summer, June, and on assorted subjects. Ocean Vuong, Elizabeth Gilbert,and Nicole Dennis-Benn are winning the week in book coverage.
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark gets a trailer. Tie-in novels get attention. The Lamdba Literary awards are announced. Influential book buyer Pennie Clark Ianniciello picks The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams as her June title. A librarian wins the day on Jeopardy.
Big names lead book adaptations for the week. More summer reading arrives. Book jackets take the spotlight. Mindy Kaling gets focused attention. Tony Robbins's next book is canceled and Moby cancels his book tour.
Cari Mora by Thomas Harris and Unfreedom of the Press by Mark R. Levin lead the bestseller lists today. Multiple book lists arrive, for summer, June, and more. The Best Translated Book Awards are announced as are the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. BookExpo begins.
Details of Michael Wolff's Siege: Trump Under Fire are out. Tony Horwitz has died. June "best of" lists start to arrive. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong continues to get glowing reviews.
Queen Bee by Dorothea Benton Frank leads holds this week. More summer reading lists arrive. Naomi Wolf is in the news for a mistake in her new book. Killing Eve gets the buzz. Swamp Thing gets a trailer. Adso, the cat in Outlander, gets some glamour shots.
This week Game of Thrones offers one more look, a terrifying book gets a new adaptation, and a Disney movie gets its live-action remake. Summer reading lists make thier annual appearance, with plenty of side stories, too. Time picks the best fiction and nonfiction of the year, so far.
The Night Window: A Jane Hawk Novel by Dean Koontz and Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern lead the new bestsellers this week. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets the Vanity Fair treatment. George R.R. Martin might have just broken all his rules and announced a publishing window for the next GOT book.
Bill Gates offers summer reading picks as even more suggestions come out for what to read after Game of Thrones. Authors share important books. The nominations for the BET Awards are out. Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon is headed to Hulu. LJ's Book Expo Galley Guide is ready to download.
HBO's Game of Thrones has ended. Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin leads holds this week. The Nebula Awards have been announced. So, too, have the IACP Awards. Herman Wouk has died.
Eight adaptations debut today and through the week. Marlon James and Daniel José Older discuss the politics of genre. First look trailers are out for Batwoman, Nancy Drew, and Katy Keene. Guy Gunaratne wins the Dylan Thomas Prize.
Michael Wolff is publishing a second Trump book, titled Siege: Trump Under Fire. It will publish on June 4. There are 16 new bestsellers this week. A bevy of awards and award shortlists pick the best today. Plus, a few summer "best of" lists make the scene.
Issa Rae has optioned Tayari Jones's Silver Sparrow, and The Good Lord Bird by James McBride is headed to Showtime. The showrunners behind Game of Thrones move to Star Wars. Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips gets glowing reviews.
Awards lead book news today. George R.R. Martin is very clear he has not written his last two books. The May GalleyChat Roundup is up. Big Little Lies season 2 gets a new trailer. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil does as well.
The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver leads the big books for the week. The Bram Stoker Awards are announced, as is the CWA Dagger Award longlist. There are more Crime awards as well. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson, The Farm by Joanne Ramos, Lanny by Max Porter, and Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern get buzz.
It, chapter 2 gets a trailer. It is already trending. Meanwhile, Tolkien and Shakespeare hit screens today as news comes that new versions of Rebecca and A Christmas Carol are on the horizon.
James Patterson leads six new bestsellers this week. More adaptations are in the work for R.L. Stine. Watchmen gets a teaser. There is vague news about Barack Obama's new memoir.
More award longlists and shortlists are out. Translations get some attention, as does historical fiction. The Star Wars book slate gets some buzz. Intercepted by Alexa Martin is headed to Starz.
Galley guides times two today, from EarlyWord and LJ. The NYT takes its literary travels to Spain and Italy. Spider-Man: Far From Home gets a trailer (and a spoiler warning). There are new Golden Voices narrators.
Six adaptations air today and through next week. Game of Thrones breaks records and Twilight, the film, is going on tour. The Shirley Jackson Award Nominees are announced. Book lists and reading suggestions abound.
Eleven new bestsellers appear this week. There are more May book lists and several new awards. George R.R. Martin says that there will be unicorns in his still-in-progress GOT books. Nicole Kidman will star in, and produce, Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers for Hulu.
Monthly best books lists start to arrive and new book group picks are announced. The Obama's Netflix plans get specific, including two adaptations. What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence edited by Michele Filgate gets some buzz.
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The Women's Prize for Fiction announces its shortlist. The American Academy of Arts and Letters is awarding Toni Morrison a gold medal for lifetime achievement in fiction. On top of the award news, there is an Arya Stark reading list and Amélie Wen Zhao, who pulled her YA book in the face of online outrage, is now planning for a November pub date.
The 18th Abduction by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro leads holds this week. The James Beard Awards and the Triangle Awards are annoucned. Avengers: Endgame breaks records, as does To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway.
Avengers: Endgame is selling out, winning gushing praise, and breaking box office records. The Edgar Awards are announced. In addition to the bounty of the Edgars, there are some RA-friendly guides to mysteries and to Ian McEwan. In poetry, Joy Harjo wins the 2019 Jackson Poetry Prize.
Redemption by David Baldacci leads 12 new books onto the bestseller lists. Paperbacks get some buzz. Nora Roberts is suing a Brazilian writer for plagiarism. There are two stories today about lost books and a watching guide to get ready for Avengers: Endgame.
The Night Mail by Hoda Barakat wins the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster gets buzzy. Stephen King's Salem's Lot is getting adapted. Crime fiction gets a deep-dive conversation.
Prince's memoir will publish this October. Henry Winkler gets a new series. Ian McEwan and Melinda Gates get buzz. It is no shock, but Avengers: Endgame is already selling multi-millions in presales in advance of this Friday's big debut and movie theaters plan round-the-clock showings.
Neon Prey by John Sandford leads holds this week. Get ready for Avengers: Endgame. Mueller hits Amazon's bestseller list. Game of Thrones teases episode three.
Five book-based films and TV shows debut today and Stephen King has yet another adaptation in the works. There are new reading lists for Beyoncé, baseball, and SFF and new coverage about the printing of the Mueller report.
Sixteen new bestsellers arrive. The Mueller Report will be released today, and will be rushed to the shelves. The Time 100 List features a number of authors.
More award news breaks today, helping readers of comics and genre readers, as well as those who are drawn to landscape. Ann Petry gets attention in the NYT and Morgan Jerkins interviews Claudia Rankine for Vulture. State of the Union: A Marriage in Ten Parts by Nick Hornby will publish in May. It is the source for the Sundance TV show of the same name.
Redemption by David Baldacci leads holds this week but Sally Rooney wins the buzz contest hands down. Game of Thrones wins too, and there is a teaser out for episode 2. Also new to the screen, a teaser trailer for The Rise of Skywalker. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction will be announced later today.
Winter is coming (on Sunday) but more adaptations air today and thorugh the week. Millennial novels get buzzy with a strong focus on Sally Rooney and a newspaper story about the range of millennial books. Tayari Jones wins again and more award news breaks.
There are eight new bestsellers this week. The NYT's Romance column returns. N.K. Jemisin talks about Green Lantern. The new Guggenheim Fellows are named.
The Man Booker International Prize shortlist is out. Essayists consider "women's fiction." The NYT picks the best cookbooks of spring. A new literary discovery reveals books that no longer exist.
Stephen King is adapting Lisey’s Story for Apple TV. There is plenty of other page to screen news as well. More spring, April, and forthcoming book lists suggest winning titles while ALA announces its list of the most banned ones.
Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline leads holds this week. The librarian and bookseller pick Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly has a great showing too. The May Indie Next list is out and there is plenty of award news. ALA's Top 10 most challenged books will be released later today.
Pet Sematary, A Discovery of Witches, and more adaptations open today and through the week. The Dublin Literary Award shortlist is out. The Verge will livestream a conversation about fantasy fiction between Marlon James and George R.R. Martin on April 10.
Eleven new bestsellers march onto the lists. The Joker gets a trailer. The Guardian has a feature story about "the long fight against racism in romance novels."
The Hugo Award finalists have been announced, as has the Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist. Much SFF news breaks, including more looks at Game of Thrones, season 8. The Mouse Guard film casts up.
April best book lists arrive. The Library Book by Susan Orlean is getting adapted. Women Talking by Miriam Toews gets notable attention. Sarah Vowell will talk about the future of libraries this Thursday.
The A List by J.A. Jance leads holds this week. Ten new library and booksellers picks hit the shelves. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones wins the NAACP Image Award for Fiction. NOS4A2 gets a trailer.
Big names lead film and TV for the week. New booklists arrive, including the NYT gathering up some horror novels. The Guardian considers the ills of self-publishing and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark gets a trailer.
Run Away by Harlan Coben leads a number of new bestsellers this week. The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell gets notable attention. The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty by Susan Page is also making news. HBO will air a Game of Thrones feature-length documentary in May.
Becoming by Michelle Obama is on pace to become the best-selling memoir, ever. No Happy Endings: A Memoir by Nora McInerny is getting buzz. Nnedi Okorafor is part of a team adapting Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler for Amazon.
Apple makes a splash and so does Oprah. Colson Whitehead has new work out, and a new book on the way. The NYT explores the Trump tell-all book business.
The Cornwalls Are Gone by James Patterson, with Brendan DuBois leads holds this week, with more big names also doing well. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams is getting buzz. NYPL librarians pick books for the spring and Vanity Fair speculates on the possible Pulitzer winners. Largehearted boy offers some music for Monday, as selected by Bryan Washington.
The RITA finalists are announced. Philip Pullman wins the JM Barrie lifetime achievement award. More spring book picks add to the running count.
Six new bestsellers arrive; C.J. Box leads the pack. There are more awards breaking news and more spring book picks too, including the cookbooks of the season. Jezebel goes to the Maryland town Nora Roberts has all but remade.
Tommy Orange wins the 2019 PEN/Hemingway Award, spring picks start to arrive, and the Michelle Obama book tour comes to YouTube.
It is a very newsy day for Josh Malerman. USA Today, LJ, and the NYT have books to note and The Wellcome Prize announces its shortlist.
Run Away by Harlan Coben leads holds this week. The poet W.S. Merwin has died. The final season of Game of Thrones will not feature movie-length episodes. Andrew Rannells gets buzzy and Harper's magazine has something to say about criticism, reviews, and book coverage.
The National Book Critics Circle winners are announced. Avengers: Endgame gets a new trailer. Shrill gets some buzz. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is headed to Apple.
Greg Iles and Rachel Hollis join 12 new bestsellers this week. Major money awards are announced and the National Book Critics Circle Awards come out tonight. Alicia Keys and Oprah Winfrey team up.