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Award News & Buzzy Book News

Colson Whitehead has announced a new book, Crook Manifesto, set to publish in Summer 2023, according to Lit Hub.

Beto O’Rourke has released We've Got to Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible (Flatiron) after winning the Democratic primary for Texas governor.

The 2021 André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards are announced.

Ukrainian Booklists & Perspectives

Brian Klaas, Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (S. & S.), talks about “what a scan of Vladimir Putin’s power-addled brain might tell us” on the Keen On podcast. Also, Thom Hartmann, The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy (Berrett-Koehler: PRH), on “why Putin’s Ukraine invasion and George W. Bush’s Iraq invasion are both oil wars.”

NYT shares "an urgent mission for literary translators: bringing Ukrainian voices to the West."

Author Sofi Oksanen recommends "books with an Eastern European perspective" for a better understanding of what is happening in the Ukraine for Lit Hub. 

New Title Bestsellers

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

Fiction

Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey (Avon; LJ starred review) scores No. 1 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list.

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle (Atria) arrives at No. 2 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (Tor) begins at No. 3 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.

The Club by Ellery Lloyd (Harper) opens at No. 5 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.

My Hero Academia, Vol. 30 by Kohei Horikoshi (VIZ) rises to No. 5 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list.

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh (Pamela Dorman) debuts at No. 10 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list.

Nonfiction

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama by Bob Odenkirk (Random) arrives at No. 2 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found by Frank Bruni (Avid Reader: S. & S.) shines at No. 5 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O’Rourke (Riverhead) rules No. 6 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

The Whole Body Reset by Stephen Perrine with Heidi Skolnik (S. & S.) starts at No. 6 on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list.

Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior by Ric Prado (St. Martin’s) catches No. 8 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang (Harper) debuts at No. 11 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list.

Reviews

The Los Angeles Times reviews Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland; LJ starred review): “shares some DNA with the earlier mysteries, including a relatable heroine and a somewhat subdued sense of humor, Garrett’s first standa-lone strikes a more somber tone.”

The Washington Post revisits Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence (Anchor): “as epic and psychological document, it remains a stunning achievement. It’s also something of an encyclopedia, providing reflections on Middle Eastern history, the nature and appeal of fanatical piety, the sociology of Bedouin life and, sadly, the Western Allies’s political duplicity.”

NYT reviews Woman: The American History of An Idea by Lillian Faderman (Yale): “kind of a Gyncyclopedia Britannica in a Wiki, tricky world of identity politics: impressive but not essential.”

Locus Magazine reviews The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed (ECW): “an uneven but interesting story with moments that cut like glass.”

Tor.com reviews The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake (Tor): “At times Blake’s detailed yet confined-feeling prose neatly reflects the characters’ reality; they can’t see the full truth, and we can’t yet see the whole picture. At other times it feels like too much frosting muting the flavor of a more subtle cake.”

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

Briefly Noted

Sejal Shah remembers the contributions of the late Valerie Boyd, author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (Scribner), for Lit Hub.

Athlete Zachary Levi discusses his “mental health journey” in his new book Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others (Harper) with People. 

Karen Joy Fowler, Booth (Putnam), answers NYT's By the Book questions.

Kevin Barry, author of That Old Country Music (Doubleday), answers the Book Marks Questionnaire.

NYT's Inside the Best-Seller List explores The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont (St. Martin’s).

Oprah Daily features an exclusive excerpt of Elena Ferrante latest book, In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing, trans. by Ann Goldstein (Europa).

Tor.com shares author Jo Walton’s Reading List for February 2022.

Authors on Air

Elizabeth Williamson, author of Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth (Dutton; LJ starred review), discusses the “new era of conspiracy and lies” revolving around the mass shooting with NPR’s Fresh Air.

Alejandro Zambra talks about "writing two books in one" with his book Chilean Poet, trans. by Megan McDowell (Viking; LJ starred revew) on The Maris Review podcast.

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