Reviews

Yasmin Zaher’s The Coin wins the Dylan Thomas Prize. Carys Davies’s Clear wins the Ondaatje Prize. Paul Reitter wins the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his translation of Marx’s Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 1. The Atlantic publishes its 2025 summer reading guide. Film studio Somesuch launches its own book imprint. Netflix is adapting S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed as a series. Plus, Page to Screen and a Time magazine feature on Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Abi Daré’s And So I Roar wins the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize. Winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize are announced. Don Winslow comes out of retirement to publish a new collection of crime novellas, The Final Score. Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben team up to write a thriller. Joe Sacco suggests that The Once and Future Riot could be his last work of graphic nonfiction, a genre he pioneered. Iranian novelist Nahid Rachlin has died at age 85. Plus, new title bestsellers and interviews with Prabal Gurung, Daniel Kehlmann, Wendy Corsi Staub, and Michelle Young.

Oprah selects Ocean Vuong’s novel The Emperor of Gladness for her book club. LA Times previews 30 books for summer. Audible opens AI narration to selected publishers. Original Sin by Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson gets buzz. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz. Jeanine Cummins publishes a new novel, Speak to Me of Home, five years after the American Dirt controversy. LitHub celebrates 100 years of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. PW reports on the situation at Library of Congress. Plus, a federal judge orders the IMLS to be restored.

Anders’s latest is a breathtaking work of magic, grief, and love. The vulnerable depiction of relationships and challenges within queer and trans communities is heart-wrenching but still reflects hope and optimism throughout.

From works by Trevor Noah and Marjorie Liu to a foray into the secret lives of trees, these titles are most in demand by libraries and bookstores nationwide.

Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.

Armstrong delivers a hit for fans of second-chance romance, a perfect summer beach read.

Not since Michael Crichton entertained and thrilled readers with science-driven novels like Sphere and Jurassic Park has there been anything this frightfully fun.

Fast-paced fun that will appeal to fans of Elle Cosimano’s Finlay Donovan and Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Meddelin Chan.