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This Week’s Bestsellers: June 2, 2025
Rachel Gillig tops the charts with the romantic fantasy The Knight and the Moth. Plus CNN anchor JakeTapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson commit Original Sin, and nature writer Robert Macfarlane asks, Is a River Alive?.
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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 with The Devils.
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ABA Celebrates the Resilience of Booksellers in the Face of Challenges
The American Booksellers Association held its annual meeting and community forum virtually on Thursday. The organization celebrated its own stability and the resilience of booksellers, but also focused on challenges including Amazon, Palestine, and the White House.
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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 lists for young adult and poetry.
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Strand Bookstore to Take Over Last Shakespeare & Co. Location in NYC
Shakespeare & Co. will transfer ownership of its last New York storefront, located on the Upper West Side, to Strand Book Store on June 1, marking the end of an era for the beloved bookseller.
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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.
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Center for Fiction Employees Seek to Unionize
A supermajority of staff at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction have filed with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and requested recognition from the nonprofit bookseller. A growing number of New York City bookstore employees have joined the RWDSU in recent years.
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MIBA Honors CJ Arthur as Bookseller of the Year
Arthur (l.), the owner of WordHaven BookHouse in Sheboygan, Wisc., is the Midwest Booksellers Association’s 2025 Bookseller of the Year. They were cited for supporting the local queer community and standing up against harassment.
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This Week’s Bestsellers: May 12, 2025
Ana Huang tops our trade paperback list and has the #1 book in the country with King of Envy, book five in her spicy Kings of Sin billionaire romance series. Plus Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures, a handsell favorite, gets its paperback release, and Natasha Wing’s Night Before series goes to the virtual dentist.
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Book Club Picks for May 2025
Oprah picks Tina Knowles’s memoir, Barnes & Noble spotlights the latest novel from Fredrik Backman, Read with Jenna selects Florence Knapp’s domestic drama, and more.
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