1. The Woman in Suite 11, by Ruth Ware
2. The Unlucky Ones by Hannah Morrissey
3. James, by Percival Everett
4. Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5. The Emperor of Gladness, by Ocean Vuong
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman
7. Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger (July 29 Boswell event)
8. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by VE Schwab
9. The Compound, by Aisling Rawle
10. An Inside Job, by Daniel Silva
I don't think we've had the current Oprah Book Club pick for an event since Wellness back in 2023. Culpability also has three raves and a positive from BookMarks, including this from Ron Charles in the Washington Post: "For all its eerie timeliness, Culpability should age better than yesterday’s Instagram post. Holsinger, a medievalist at the University of Virginia, has a sharp eye for the eternal values and foibles that animate human affairs."
1. The Forgotten Sense, by Jonas Olofsson (signed copies)
2. C'Mon Get Happy, by David Fantle and Tom Johnson
3. Everything Is Tuberculosis, by John Green
4. The Fate of the Day, by Rick Atkinson
5. Mark Twain, by Ron Chernow
6. Dinner with King Tut, by Sam Kean
7. Abundance, by Eza Klein and Derek Thompson
8. The Book of Alchemy, by Suleika Jaouad
9. Impasse, by Roy Scranton (Boswell August 13 event)
10. Ginseng Roots, by Craig Thompson
Tim and I are big fans of Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations, a book about experimental archeology. Besides us, there are three raves and two positives on BookMarks, including Barbara Spindel in The Wall Street Journal: "There’s something heartening about the idea that for every element of ancient life, someone out there is obsessing over it, perhaps re-creating Roman-style hairdos or painstakingly reverse-engineering ancient weapons. Mr. Kean is an appealing guide to these eccentric subcultures."
1. Everyone Is Lying to You, by Jo Piazza (Boswell event today at SereniTea - 4 pm)
2. The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware
3. Hello Transcriber, by Hannah Morrissey
4. In a Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware
5. A Turn of the Key, by Ruth Ware
6. Blue Sisters, by Coco Mellors
7. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
8. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
10. When I'm Dead, by Hannah Morrissey
I saw that Blue Sisters is out of stock at two Ingram warehouses, which indicates some solid paperback momentum for this title since its May 20 release. It was a Read with Jenna pick for the hardcover (and still has the icon on the paperback - not all do) and had mixed reviews on BookMarks, but lots of great reads, including one from McKenna at Boswell - shelf talker, but not a written rec on our website. I will try to fix that. Here's a Hollywood Reporter article on a television adaption, hitting a nerve with women in their 20s and 30s, and being sober.
1. A Philosophy of Walking, by Frédéric Gros
2. Your Brain on Art, by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
3. Building the Milwaukee Bucks, by Jordan Treske (Boswell August 5 event)
4. Human History on Drugs, by Sam Kelly
5. The Wager, by David Grann
6. Guilty Creatures, by Mikita Brottman
7. Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner
8. Murdle V1, by GT Karber
9. Every Living Thing, by Jason Roberts
10. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Selling of the new paperback table is the paperback original, Human History on Drugs: An Utterly Scandalous but Entirely Truthful Look at History Under the Influence. From Publishers Weekly: "Kelly, who runs a TikTok account under the same name, debuts with a nonstop, eye-popping panorama of famous and influential individuals who each changed the world, or their perception of it, through their use of drugs...Brimming with enthusiasm for history's nooks and crannies, this charms.
1. Lulu and Rocky in Milwuakee, by Barbara Joosse, illustrations by Renée Graef
2. The Day the Crayons Made Friends, by Drew Daywalt, illustrations by Oliver Jeffers
3. Tum Time: Park board book, by Louise Lockhart
4. Pete at the Beach, by James Dean
5. Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins
6. Orris and Timble: Lost and Found, by Kate DiCamillo, illustrations by Carmen Mok
7. The Grandest Game, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
8. The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han
9. We'll Always Have Summer, by Jenny Han
10. Sea of Monsters V2, by Percy Jackson
Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Grandest Game came out on July 1 and it's only about nine days until volume two releases in hardcover - Glorious Rivals. From Publishers Weekly: "Sequestered contestants vie for millions in this fiendishly clever thriller, the first in a spinoff series from Barnes's Inheritance Games saga... Familiarity with the previous books will lend resonance to certain plot and character developments, but baffling brainteasers, flagrant flirtation, and witty repartee earn the sustained interest of readers old and new." 1
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