Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 4, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.)

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CHICAGO — As you progress through your summer reading, ask yourself: Do I really want to tackle “The Odyssey”? The Christopher Nolan-directed, star-jammed adaptation of the Greek epic arrives in movie theaters on July 17. And yet, do you want to lug Homer out to the beach this summer?

In need of some encouragement?

The ideal person for ...Read more

If you've ever pirated music from LimeWire on your parent's desktop PC, bought an American Apparel LBD from a thrift store in a pinch or chatted with your crush on AOL Instant Messenger, Gabrielle Korn's "Long Island Girls" may be the millennial time capsule you've been longing for.

"Specificity is the gateway to universality," Korn says from a...Read more

James Wolff is not his real name, but the former spy who writes under that nom de plume is the author of “Spies and Other Gods,” a splendid mystery set in the world of espionage. It’s got a unique way of telling its story, which we won’t spoil, and characters who are unexpectedly more than you first imagine.

Wolff agreed to answer our ...Read more

The best part of summer reading is that you can read anything. And the most challenging part?

You can read anything, so what will you choose?

We’ve assembled 16 books coming out this month that offer a little bit of everything: romance, literary fiction, fantasy, mystery, nonfiction and more. So take a look at what’s coming and grab a book...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 27, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Taylor Sheridan met his latest collaborator at the gym.

The Fort Worth-raised creative opened up about his new book, “How to Not Die in Prison,” on a recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” The book is co-written by ex-con Tom Nelson and released on June 23.

After Rogan asked about how the book came together...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With her fingers, Guadalupe Espinoza lightly traced the lettering engraved on a slanted monument wedged alongside the courtyard at the LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes.

The memorial was installed in 2012 as a way to acknowledge — alongside a formal apology by the California State Legislature and the Los Angeles County Board of ...Read more

“You’re a mess,” a girl named Sophie tells her mom in “The Gulf of Lions.” She’s not wrong.

Her mom, Alice, is recovering from breast cancer. She’s also reeling from her husband Pete’s revelation that he’s been unfaithful (repeatedly — although that’s something readers know that she doesn’t). Alice is contemplating an ...Read more

Rick Atkinson has won Pulitzer Prizes both for his reporting and for his work as a historian. He’s written about five wars, and his books include “The Long Gray Line,” the Liberation Trilogy about the United States’ role in the liberation of Europe during World War II and the first two books of the Revolution Trilogy. No less than Ken ...Read more

As the destructive Bobcat fire sent plumes of smoke billowing from the Angeles National Forest in 2020, Ryan Huling recalled that at the time news reports claimed the blaze caused “no injuries” and that no homes had been destroyed.

That irked the Sierra Madre writer, who watched from his cabin as flames incinerated the home of bears, ...Read more

As he worked on an adaptation of some of America’s essential documents over the past few years, cartoonist R. Sikoryak says one element of the ongoing American experiment became clear.

“I rewatched the Ken Burns documentaries, and I was like, ‘OK, yeah, none of this was easy,” he says of the country’s early, and ongoing, development. ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 20, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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When the book “The Perfect Tuba” landed on my desk, I thought, “I’ll have to ask Robert Carpenter about this.” Every Central Florida music fan knows he’s the go-to guy for all things tuba.

Turns out “Perfect Tuba” author Sam Quinones had the same thought; I quickly realized Carpenter was interviewed and contributed to the book, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Author and venture capitalist Amy Griffin is suing the woman who accused her of stealing her stories of rape for the bestselling memoir "The Tell."

Griffin filed a lawsuit against her former classmate for defamation on Monday, claiming that in 2025, the woman "told The New York Times — and through it, the world — that Amy ...Read more

Reyna Grande, author of “The Distance Between Us” and “A Dream Called Home,” has just published a new memoir, “Migrant Heart.”

Here, Grande shares stories via email about how the book and audiobook came together, as well as what it was like to return to her high school in Los Angeles.

Q. Please tell readers about your new memoir,...Read more

“The Cruelty of Nice Folks” is not about George Floyd but it was inspired by his murder.

South Minneapolis native Justin Ellis’ passionate, elegantly written dive into the history of Minneapolis uncovers a place that’s widely considered liberal, where people say they want to do the right thing but where they repeatedly fall short. Ellis...Read more