This Week’s Bestsellers: June 16, 2025

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere sits atop our hardcover fiction list. Plus Molly Jong-Fast’s staggering new memoir explains How to Lose Your Mother, and our children’s fiction list welcomes several new YA releases. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Bono’s memoir gets a third iteration, this time on the small screen

Zooming in on the rocker’s interior life, the Apple TV+ film “Bono: Stories of Surrender” documents the musical stage presentation of the singer’s 2022 book. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Book Deals: Week of June 2, 2025

Charlie Mackesy sells a sequel to The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse to Penguin Life, Cory Booker brings a memoir of his historic 25-hour speech on the Senate floor to St. Martin’s, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

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The week's bestselling books, June 1

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, June 1, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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24 New Books to Read in June: Taylor Jenkins Reid, James Patterson, V.E. Schwab and more

Fiction by Taylor Jenkins Reid and V.E. Schwab; a memoir of a year without sex; new thrillers from James Patterson and S.A. Cosby; and more. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Why I Wrote and Published My Memoir

Author Sally McQuillen shares the costs and rewards of writing and publishing a memoir of loving and losing a child. The post Why I Wrote and Published My Memoir appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 26, 2025

Ocean Vuong’s second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, debuts at #2 on our hardcover fiction list and is the newest Oprah’s Book Club pick. Plus Kennedy Ryan’s third Skyland romance, Can’t Get Enough, lands at #2 on our trade paperback list, and Joe Abercrombie lightens his usual grimdark fare... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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I am writing this with a pencil – it could be an author’s last line of defence against AI | Luke Beesley

My habit is quaint, I know, and there are downsides – but for those who value literature, the focus will shift to this: how do we prove we didn’t use AI?When I was very young, three or four, before I learned to write, I’d search out empty pages in my father’s thin, hardbound ledgers and... Continue reading at The Guardian

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New Bestseller List Seeks to Boost Black Book Sales

The African American Literature Book Club has launched the BLK Bestseller List, showcasing the bestselling books by Black authors going back 16 months. It consists of monthly data from Circana Bookscan on the top 20 hardcover and paperback fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, as well as... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The week's bestselling books, May 25

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, May 25, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The Best New Book Releases Out May 20, 2025

This week's featured new releases include a new graphic novel from Alison Bechdel, a memoir on grief, an exploration of American patriarchy, a medieval fever dream, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Amanda Knox on Reclaiming Your Story on Your Terms

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Book Review: ‘Who Knew,’ by Barry Diller

Beyond disclosures about his sexuality and marriage, the media mogul’s memoir mostly serves up goodies for fans of Hollywood name-dropping and infighting. Continue reading at The New York Times

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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 19, 2025

Devney Perry, who made her name with small-town contemporary romances, soars to the top hardcover fiction list with the romantasy Shield of Sparrows. Plus Adam Silvera is back with a third Death-Cast novel, and Fredrik Backman returns with My Friends. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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How a Filipino Poet’s Kitchen Became His Daughter’s Writing Desk

In her latest book, part memoir and part biography, Returning to My Father’s Kitchen, Monica Macansantos writes fifteen richly textured essays about her father’s legacy both in her writings and in the kitchen where she finds his continued presence as she recreates his recipes that he’s developed... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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The week's bestselling books, May 18

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“First in the Family” Explores How the American Dream Perpetuates Addiction

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Lit Hub Daily: May 12, 2025

Tracy Slater examines the parallels between Trump’s anti-trans policies and the persecution of Japanese Americans during World War II. | Lit Hub History Sonya Bilocerkowycz on the impact of generational trauma in the midst of Russia’s imperialist onslaught against Ukraine. | Lit Hub Memoir David... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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The Messy House of Memoir

Acclaimed author Jill Bialosky examines the messy house of memoir, including how important the structure is to the story memoirists tell. The post The Messy House of Memoir appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

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Book Deals: Week of May 12, 2025

William Morrow picks up a collaboration between James Patterson and YouTuber MrBeast, Michael J. Fox sells a memoir to Flatiron, Abrams will adapt Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ as a graphic novel, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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