1. Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, VE Schwab
3. The Emperor of Gladness, by Ocean Vuong
4. My Friends, by Fredrik Backman
5. The River Is Waiting, by Wally Lamb
6. James, by Percival Everett
7. Dungeon Caller Carl V1, by Matt Dinniman
8. Compound, by Aisling Rawle
9. Broken Country, by Clare Leslie Hall
10. Bug Hollow, by Michelle Huneven
The current Good Morning America book club pick is Compound, by Aisling Rawle, part of the growing library of reality show fiction - two I read last year were All This and More, by Peng Shepherd and One Perfect Couple, by Ruth Ware. While it's not indexed on BookMarks, it's got this starred review on Booklist: "Irish author Rawle's debut is a masterful, captivating story of materialism and the search for meaning amidst climate crisis and economic instability..With nuanced characters and a sharp examination of the tearing threads of modern society, The Compound is an astounding must-read."
1. Mark Twain, by Ron Chernow
2. The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin
3. The Book of Alchemy, by Suleika Jaouad
4. Memorial Days, by Geraldine Brooks
5. America Let Me In, by Felipe Torres Medina (Boswell June 10 event)
6. The Serviceberry, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
7. The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, by Marcella Hazan
8. We Can Do Hard Things, by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle
9. Super Agers, by Eric Topol
10. Lawless, by Leah Litman
Consistent sales for Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes, from Leah Litman edge the book into our top 10 on a soft week. Host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast has a Publishers Weekly review, which calls it "a clear-eyed and alarming view of a court captured by far-right conspiracy theories." And here's an article from George Thomas in Washington Monthly.
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
2. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
3. Weyward, by Emilia Hart
4. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
5. The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese
6. The Battle of the Bookstores, by Ali Brady
7. The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley
8. Red Rising, by Pierce Brown
9. The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa
10. Shady Hollow, by Juneau Black (Boswell October 7 event)
Jason mentioned that he's seeing lots of reissues this year, and here is one from Yoko Ogawa (Picador is releasing four in all this year) that had a nice first week pop. The Housekeeper and the Professor, which sold high double digits in its previous edition back when Boswell first opened, is repackaged in conjunction with the paperback reprint of Mina's Matchbox. Back in 2009, I wrote "You wouldn’t expect a book with quotes from Paul Auster and Nobel-winning author Kenzaburo Oe to be quite so accessible and charming, but it truly is."
1. Id Just As Soon Kiss a Wookiee, by Greg Carter
2. On Tyranny (graphic edition), by Timothy Snyder
3. On Tyranny (text edition), by Timothy Snyder
4. Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond
5. There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abudurraqib
6. Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius (three paperback editions)
7. A Philosophy of Walking, by Frédéric Gros
8. The Wide, Wide Sea, by Hampton Sides
9. Washington, by Ron Chernow
10. Swimming Studies, by Leanne Shapton
I don't think I can call Hanif Abdurraqib's appearance a book club pop as the Lit Group is not reading There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension until October. It could be selling out of the award case as it received the National Book Critics Circle Award. Finally a book with BookMarks annotations - six raves and three positives.
1. The Bletchley Riddle, by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
2. This Could Be Forever, by Ebony LaDelle
3. Love Radio, by Ebony LaDelle
4. The Sherlock Society, by James Ponti (Boswell July 21 event)
5. Lulu and Rocky in Milwaukee, by Barbara Joosse, illustrations by Renée Graef
6. Spooky Lakes, by Geo Rutherford (Boswell September 15 event)
7. Nimona, by ND Stevenson
8. Big Enough, by Regina Linke
9. Snoop, by Gordon Korman
10. The Village Byond the Mist, by Sachiko Kashiwaba
Goodness, another Gordon Korman! I am still thinking about how much I liked Old School from this past winter. From Kirkus, on Snoop: "A laid-up and bored seventh grader discovers that his seemingly ordinary North Carolina town is a hotbed of puzzling mysteries...Korman dishes up an expert mix of entertaining foolery, peer and family dynamics, and cautionary messages about both the ethical nuances of online snooping and the hazards of jumping to conclusions...Funny and thought-provoking, no bones about it."
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