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Awards & Book News

The winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced.

The African Speculative Fiction Society releases the shortlist for the Nommo Awards, Locus reports.

Poets & Writers announces its picks for the best debut authors of the summer: ’Pemi Aguda, Jiaming Tang, Michael Deagler, Yasmin Zaher, and Gina María Balibrera.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks state effort to ban books from school libraries; Publishers Weekly has the news.

Publishers Weekly reports on the firing of the author events team at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

Fox News reports that a new study from The Economist shows that the New York Times bestseller list is politically biased against conservative books.

New Title Bestsellers

Links for the week: NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers | NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers | USA Today Bestselling Books

Fiction

Eruption by Michael Crichton & James Patterson (Little, Brown) flows to No. 1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list and on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

Leather & Lark: The Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn: Zando) holds No. 2 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent (Bramble) reigns at No. 5 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list and No. 9 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde (Entangled: Red Tower) flies to No. 6 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list and No. 14 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Crime; LJ starred review) haunts No. 10 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list.

Nonfiction

The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free by Pete Hegseth (Broadside) fights to No. 1 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list and No. 6 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list, though some retailers report receiving bulk orders.

When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff (Avid Reader) comes alive at No. 5 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list.

Entrances and Exits by Michael Richards (Permuted) enters at No. 7 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list.

How Leaders Learn: Master the Habits of the World’s Most Successful People by David Novak & Lari Bishop (Harvard Business Review Pr.) masters No. 7 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

When Women Ran Fifth Ave: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow (Doubleday) commands No. 9 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list.

The Forever Dog Life: 120+ Recipes, Longevity Tips, and New Science for Better Bowls and Healthier Homes by Rodney Habib & Karen Shaw Becker (Harper) thrives at No. 12 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

Reviews

Washington Post reviews Imperial Island: An Alternative History of the British Empire by Charlotte Lydia Riley (Harvard Univ.): “The book seems rather unsure of what it wants to be, and its tone shifts uneasily between journalism and scholarship, with telling consequences”; I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays by Nell Irvin Painter (Doubleday): “Historian Nell Irvin Painter addresses readers in a voice brimming with knowledge, clarity and, most delightfully, confidence”; and Same as It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo (Doubleday): “Don’t be misled by the weary tone of that title. This is a big novel, engaging enough to entertain you through the summer and thoughtful enough to justify its considerable heft.”

NYT reviews When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s by John Ganz (Farrar): “[Ganz] puts his full range of interests into this book, braiding together history, theory and cultural criticism. When the Clock Broke captures the sweep of the early ’90s in all its weirdness and vainglory”; and The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer (Flatiron): “It’s a credit to the writers that The Fall of Roe makes even familiar revelations sting anew.”

LitHub selects “5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week.”

Briefly Noted

The Millions interviews Glynnis MacNicol, author of I’m Mostly Here To Enjoy Myself: One Woman’s Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris (Penguin Life).

LitHub has Q&As with Camille Bordas, author of The Material (Random), and Lai Wen, author of Tiananmen Square (Spiegel & Grau).

LA Times talks to Susan Seidelman, author of Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls (St. Martin’s; LJ starred review).

R.O. Kwon, author of Exhibit (Riverhead), answers NYT’s “By the Book” questionnaire.

Kirkus gathers three new nonfiction books to commemorate Juneteenth.

The Guardian recommends five of the best fashion memoirs.

CrimeReads has a list of great expat thrillers and explains “why the Pacific Northwest is the perfect setting for murder.”

Authors on Air

Todd Haynes and Kate Winslet will create a limited-series HBO adaptation of Hernan Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Trust, Variety reports.

USA Network will create a TV adaptation of The Rainmaker, based on the bestselling John Grisham novel; Deadline has the news.

Shelf Awareness rounds up the schedule for this weekend’s Book TV on C-SPAN 2.

Tomorrow, Nicole Vignola, author of Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change (HarperOne), will appear on the Today Show, and Sara Jane Ho, author of Mind Your Manners: How To Be Your Best Self in Any Situation (Hachette Go), will visit the Drew Barrymore Show.

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