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Awards & Book News

Abi Daré’s And So I Roar (Dutton) wins the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize; The Guardian has coverage.

Winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize are announced.

USA Today reports on an Ohio man accused of burning 100 Cuyahoga County Public Library books about Black, Jewish, and LGBTQIA+ topics.

Iranian novelist Nahid Rachlin has died at age 85; NYT has an obituary.

New Title Bestsellers

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

Fiction

Shield of Sparrows (Deluxe Limited Edition) by Devney Perry (Entangled: Red Tower) claims No. 1 on both the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list and the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Atria) dials No. 3 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list and No. 5 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester (Bantam) finds No. 4 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list and No. 6 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

The Tenant by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) occupies No. 4 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

Silver Elite by Dani Francis (Del Rey) connects at No. 5 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list and No. 14 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 18 by Tatsuki Fujimoto (VIZ Media) buzzes to No. 7 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune (Berkley) shines at No. 10 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

The Names by Florence Knapp (Pamela Dorman: Viking) spins for No. 14 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers list.

Nonfiction

Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind by Nate Bargatze (Grand Central) takes No. 1 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list.

Tina: The Dog Who Changed the World by Niall Harbison (HarperElement) holds No. 5 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list.

I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir by Keith McNally (Gallery) reflects at No. 6 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list.

Karen: A Brother Remembers by Kelsey Grammer (Harper Select) holds No. 7 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list.

Life of Your Dreams: How To Take Your Family, Fun, and Financial Freedom to a Whole ’Notha Level by Mark Pentecost (Forefront) claims No. 8 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

Joy Prescriptions: How I Learned To Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection by Tiffany Moon (Legacy Lit) smiles at No. 9 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle (The Dial Press) steps up to No. 11 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness by Andrew Klavan (Zondervan) lands at No. 13 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers list, with a note about bulk buying.

Generation AI: Why Generation Alpha and the Age Of AI Will Change Everything by Matt Britton (Wiley) takes No. 15 on the USA Today Bestselling Books list.

Reviews

Washington Post reviews The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success by Susan Dominus (Crown): “The Family Dynamic will no doubt disappoint readers looking for bullet-pointed parenting-for-success tips. It’s just not that kind of book. It’s better. Dominus is smart, honest and wise, and at her best, very funny. Her findings offer a science-based reality check, while her fluid, artful writing can give parents a much-needed break”; Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice To Run Again by Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson (Penguin Pr.): “Of the many virtues of Original Sin, the greatest is its stubborn focus on Biden’s health as not just the most important factor in the 2024 election but the sole defining reason for Trump’s victory…. Original Sin is not really a ‘campaign book’—its account of the 2024 election largely ends after Biden drops out—but its simple assessment of the race is more compelling than anything else I’ve read about it”;

The Guardian reviews The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects by Bee Wilson (Norton): “In this delightful book, part memoir, part anthropological investigation, food writer Wilson explores the way that kitchen objects have the power to move, soothe and even reproach us.”

LA Times reviews Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (Norton; LJ starred review): “Macfarlane’s writing is as beautiful as the rivers and the hope he’s describing…. His paragraphs flow like the water he admires: sometimes tranquil and easy, other times a tumbling, mixing, effervescent torrent directed by commas, never promising a full stop. But don’t let his elegiac prose divert you—there is a dedicated scholar at work here.”

LitHub gathers “Five Book Reviews You Need To Read This Week.”

Briefly Noted

Don Winslow, who announced his retirement from crime fiction in 2022, is back with a new collection of short novels, The Final Score, due out from Morrow on Sept. 16, Kirkus reports.

People shares the cover and synopsis of the new thriller by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben; Gone Before Goodbye is due out from Grand Central on Oct. 14.

Joe Sacco has suggested that The Once and Future Riot (Metropolitan) could be his last work of graphic journalism, a genre he pioneered, Publishers Weekly reports.

Actor Ed Helms, author of SNAFU: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups (Grand Central), answers NYT’s “By the Book” questionnaire.

NYT interviews Benoît Gallot, author of The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise (Greystone), tr. by Arielle Aaronson, illus. by Daniel Casanave.

CrimeReads has interviews Michelle Young, author of The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland (HarperOne; LJ starred review), and Wendy Corsi Staub, author of The Fourth Girl (Thomas & Mercer).

CrimeReads hosts a conversation between psychotherapist Kate Hilton and journalist Elizabeth Renzetti, coauthors of the “Quill & Packet” mystery series, whose latest installment is Widows and Orphans (Spiderline).

The Guardian explains where to start with Virginia Woolf.

Publishers Weekly shares panels from the graphic novel version of Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy & John Jennings (Abrams ComicArts).

USA Today gathers the 15 most anticipated books of summer 2025.

Kirkus recommends immigration tales from indie presses.

Authors on Air

PBS News Hour talks to Daniel Kehlmann, author of The Director, tr. by Ross Benjamin (S. & S.: Summit).

Kirkus’s Fully Booked podcast interviews David A. Graham, author of The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America (Random House Trade Paperbacks).

Novelist and journalist Mirza Waheed is interviewed about the Kashmir tensions and reads from his Kashmir-set debut novel, 2011’s The Collaborator (Penguin Bks.), on LitHub’s Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast.

Designer Prabal Gurung visits CBS Mornings to talk about his memoir Walk Like a Girl (Viking); Kirkus has a video and summary.

Today, NPR’s Fresh Air will speak with Amy Larocca, author of How To Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time (Knopf; LJ starred review).

NPR’s Morning Edition discusses a rarely seen short story by Ian Fleming and a never-before-published story by Graham Greene, both of which appear in the May issue of The Strand.

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

Serena and Venus Williams will produce a screen adaptation of Bruce Schoenfeld’s 2004 book The Match, about tennis players Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton (Amistad), Deadline reports.

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