On a Roll
Content creator Jessica Secrest’s Of Course It’s Good! jumps to #1 on our hardcover nonfiction list in its 11th week on sale. Secrest’s publisher, Page Street, attributes the spike to TalkShopLive, which just shipped thousands of editions with signed bookplates. The author’s husband built a wooden roller to help the lengthy process along.
Stick Figures
Elle Kennedy helped set the tone for the modern hockey romance genre with 2015’s The Deal, first in her Off-Campus series. Love Song, #2 on our trade paperback list, is a standalone spin-off volume and a “steamy contemporary focused on the children of some fan favorite characters,” according to our review. “Kennedy makes sex the focus of this sizzling story, with the erotic scenes sometimes overpowering the romantic tension. Still, Off-Campus fans seeking more spicy stories set in the same universe will be well pleased.”
Lost and Found
Carissa Broadbent self-published her War of the Lost Hearts trilogy from 2020 to 2022. Bramble began reissuing the series in 2025, starting with Daughter of No Worlds in October, followed by Children of Fallen Gods in December, and now Mother of Death and Dawn, which lands at #6 on our hardcover fiction list.
Cooking the Books
Readers are hungry for health and wellness–minded recipe books, and three new examples land on our hardcover nonfiction list. At #6, Make Your Own by social media influencer Javant Benton rounds up “minimally processed, oil-free, wheat-free, sugar-free, plant-based” dishes, per the subtitle. One spot below, Demi Lovato’s One Plate at a Time shares how the singer, songwriter, and actor began cooking in her 30s as part of her recovery from anorexia and bulimia. And at #11, 9 Months That Count by Jessie Inchauspé, the self-styled Glucose Goddess with 6 million Instagram followers, offers dietary advice and meal plans for pregnancy.
