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This Week’s Bestsellers: August 4, 2025

Edited by Carolyn Juris | 08/01/2025 @ 07:00PM

YA thriller author Holly Jackson’s adult debut, Not Quite Dead Yet, is this month’s Good Morning America Book Club pick and #1 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus journalist Sophie Elmhirst recounts A Marriage at Sea, and success is in the cards for Elise Kova’s Arcana Academy.
Bookshop.org Reports 65% Growth, E-books Add $1 Million in Sales

By Ed Nawotka | 07/29/2025 @ 09:00AM

The online bookselling platform reported 65% year-over-year growth for the first six months of 2025. After introducing e-books in January, sales for the category have topped $1 million and now represent 5% of sales, said Bookshop.org CEO Andy Hunter.
This Week’s Bestsellers: July 28, 2025

Edited by Carolyn Juris | 07/25/2025 @ 07:00PM

Daniel Silva’s latest Gabriel Allon thriller, An Inside Job, pleases New England readers, while ArnieTex, by debut cookbook author and pitmaster Arnie Segovia, takes the gold medal in the West South Central territory. Plus new fantasies get cozy on our list.
This Week’s Bestsellers: July 21, 2025

Edited by Carolyn Juris | 07/18/2025 @ 07:00PM

A pair of Dramione (IYKYK) romantasies claim the top spots on our hardcover fiction list. Plus two new books revisit the 2024 presidential race, and Adriana Trigiani brings readers along on a much-needed Italian respite.
Drag Story Hour Debuts LGBTQ+ Book Club

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 07/18/2025 @ 09:30AM

Starting in September, Drag Story Hour will lead its first book club, Queer Visitors, for LGBTQ+ adults and allies.
ABA Names Emily Nason Education Director

By Claire Kirch | 07/17/2025 @ 10:30AM

The American Booksellers Association announced that it is reorganizing its education department following the departures of two senior leaders. Emily Nason will lead the restructured department, succeeding Lee Hooyboer.
This Week’s Bestsellers: July 14, 2025

edited by Sophia Stewart | 07/11/2025 @ 07:00PM

Brad Thor’s latest Scot Harvath thriller debuted at #2 on our hardcover fiction list, which also welcomed two new romantasies. Plus, Chris Whitaker’s 2024 Read with Jenna Pick All the Colors of the Dark, now in paperback, returns to the spotlight.
Hungry Minds Turns ‘The Book’ into an Experience

By Sam Spratford | 07/11/2025 @ 09:00AM

Independent publisher Hungry Minds considers itself to be a purveyor of both books and experiences. Its immersive pop-up bookstore in Manhattan, which spotlights its flagship title The Book, brings that vision to life.
Book Club Picks for July 2025

by PW Staff | 07/08/2025 @ 01:00PM

Oprah selects the latest novel from Bruce Holsinger, Read with Jenna spotlights Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores’s debut, and more picks from the nation’s biggest book clubs.
Print Book Sales Slipped in First Half of 2025

by Jim Milliot and Sophia Stewart | 07/07/2025 @ 01:00PM

With sales of romantasy cooling and adult nonfiction remaining soft, unit sales of print books fell by just over 1% in the first six months of 2025 compared to a year ago.
This Week’s Bestsellers: June 30, 2025

Edited by Carolyn Juris | 06/27/2025 @ 07:00PM

E. Jean Carroll offers a plaintiff’s-eye view in Not My Type. Plus Ashley Poston’s latest romance, Sounds Like Love, takes the #4 spot on our trade paperback list, and Elyce Arons recalls her longtime friendship and business partnership with the late fashion designer Kate Spade.
Independent Publishers Are Fed Up with Barnes & Noble

By Jim Milliot | 06/26/2025 @ 10:40AM

While presses of all stripes are glad that James Daunt has put the largest bricks-and-mortar bookstore chain in the U.S. back on its financial feet, many indies feel deliberately left out of the retailer’s revival.
Bookstores Take Pride in Banned Books

Compiled by Claire Kirch | 06/26/2025 @ 10:00AM

As Pride Month 2025 comes to a close, we’re spotlighting some indie bookstore displays around the country that mix LGBTQ+ pride with frequently challenged titles.
Harvard Book Store Union Secures ‘Record’ New Contract

By Claire Kirch | 06/20/2025 @ 11:05AM

After more than three months of negotiations, approximately 30 unionized workers at Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., have secured a new contract that includes, among other benefits, increased starting salaries and a “record raise” for current employees.
Children’s Institute 2025: ‘More Important Now Than Ever’

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 06/16/2025 @ 10:00AM

The American Booksellers Association’s Children’s Institute 2025 took place in Portland, Ore., June 11–14, with keynotes from Samira Ahmed, Mac Barnett, Mychal Threets, and a panel of LGBTQ+ authors.
This Week’s Bestsellers: June 16, 2025

Edited by Carolyn Juris | 06/13/2025 @ 07:00PM

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.
Children's Institute 2025: Championing Ideas Over Ideology

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 06/13/2025 @ 09:30AM

This year’s Children’s Institute has begun in sunny Portland, Ore., with a welcome from American Booksellers Association CEO Allison Hill and an earnest keynote from “library joy” proponent Mychal Threets.
Book Club Picks for June 2025

by PW staff | 06/10/2025 @ 09:30AM

Good Morning America selects Taylor Jenkins Reid’s latest romance, Read with Jenna highlights Claire Lynch’s debut novel, and more.
Center for Fiction Staff Win Union Recognition

By Sam Spratford | 06/03/2025 @ 10:30AM

Employees of the Brooklyn bookstore and literary hub have won voluntary union recognition from management and will begin contract negotiations in the coming weeks, joining the growing number of booksellers organized under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

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