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Awards & Buzzy Book News

The Mystery Writers of America announces the 2022 Edgar Award nominations. 

The 2022 Indie Book Awards shortlist is announced.

The Huntington Library is exploring “the complicated relationship between authors and literary maps” in a new exhibition, according to The Guardian.

Kirkus Reviews reveals news about Gabriel García Márquez’s secret daughter.

New Title Bestsellers

Links for the week: NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers | NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers | USA Today Best-Selling Books

Fiction

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday) arrives at No. 1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.

Something To Hide by Elizabeth George (Viking; LJ starred review) appears at No. 3 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list and No. 4 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list.

The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica (Little, Brown, & Co.) jumps to No. 4 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list and No. 11 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list.

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (Minotaur: St. Martin’s) shines at No. 9 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.

End of Days by Brad Taylor (Morrow) starts at No. 14 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list.

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez (Flatiron) debuts at No. 15 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.

Nonfiction

The Great Reset by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins (Forefront: S. & S.) starts at No. 1 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list and No. 12 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

How Civil Wars Start: And How To Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter (Crown) begins at No. 6 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

Chasing History by Carl Bernstein (Holt) reaches No. 8 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

A Little Closer to Home: How I Found the Calm After the Storm by Ginger Zee (Hyperion Avenue) emerges at No. 9 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

Baby Steps Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth—and How You Can Too by Dave Ramsey (Ramsey Pr.) climbs to No. 12 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list.

Reviews

NYT reviews Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein (FSG): “It’s a little obvious to locate the underlying anxieties of “Last Resort” — fraudulence, vanity — in the well-documented and rapidly growing unwillingness of readers to ascribe credibility to the media.”

Michael Dirda of The Washington Post explores “new books and publications [that] delve into the rich and evolving worlds of speculative fiction.”

Book Marks shares "5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week."

Briefly Noted

Entertainment Weekly covers news on a cease-and-desist letter from Britney Spears to her sister Jamie Lynn Spears on the promotion of her new book, Things I Should Have Said: Family, Fame, and Figuring it Out (Worthy Books). Also, an interview with Eve Rodsky, Find Your Unicorn Space (Putnam), about “which books, shows, and movies are bringing her joy.” Plus, coverage on comics from Marvel’s new Captain America to “DC’s plan to kill the Justice League.”

Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive (Hachette), discusses being more than just a “palatable poor person” in an interview with The Los Angeles Times. 

Paul Cantor chats about "music, Ariana, and addiction" and his book about Mac Miller's life, Most Dope: The Extraordinary Life of Mac Miller (Abrams) with USA Today.

Daphne Merkin remembers Joan Didion as "the Archpriestess of Cool" in an essay for NYT.

The Washington Post explores the TikTok phenomenon of recording oneself while crying and reading works by Colleen Hoover, including It Ends With Us (Atria).

Lit Hub re-publishes Zora Neale Hurston's essay on "what White publishers won't print" originally from Negro Digest.

David L. Ulin, author of Labyrinth (Ingram), writes about "his favorite way to connect with his 85-year-old dad" for Oldster Magazine.

USA Today features Roseanne Barr’s daughter, Jenny Pentland, as she "recalls growing up in comedy clubs and mental institutions" in her new memoir, This Will Be Funny Later (Harper).

Tom McCarthy, The Making of Incarnation (Knopf), speaks to NYT's By the Book about his thoughts on writing and his favorite books.

NYT's Inside the Best-Seller List discusses Something To Hide by Elizabeth George (Viking; LJ starred review) and the work of Jacqueline Woodson.

CrimeReads lists "All the SciFi Noir and Speculative Thrillers You Need to Get Through 2022."

Authors on Air

Michael Mann will release Heat 2 (Morrow) in August as a “prequel and sequel” to his 1995 film Heat, according to Entertainment Weekly. More information about this also on Deadline.

Bong Joon-ho, director of Parasite, will create an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s Mickey7 (St. Martin’s; LJ starred review), starring Robert Pattinson. Tor.com has more. Variety also covers this story.

Jami Attenberg, I Came All This Way To Meet You (Ecco; LJ starred review), talks about "the book that realigned her brain" with Brad Listi on the Otherppl podcast.

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