1. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by VE Schwab
2. Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. James, by Percival Everett
4. My Friends, by Fredrik Backman
5. The Emperor of Gladness, by Ocean Vuong
6. Angel Down, by Daniel Kraus (Boswell September 26 event)
7. Broken Country, by Claire Leslie Hall
8. The Magician of Tiger Castle, by Louis Sachar
9. The Bewitching, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
10. The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans
The day before its publication, Tim was talking up The Magician of Tiger Castle as a great novel for kids who'd grown too old for Holes and Louis Sachar's other books. Publishers Weekly called it a "melancholy, heartfelt, and utterly immersive Renaissance-esque fantasy." And from Kirkus: "This adult debut from Sachar, the singular children's book author, is a heartfelt fable about courage and love. As Anatole - the titular magician - tells his story, he's speaking from the present day and describing events that happened 500 years ago...A sensitive and sincere tale told with Sachar's inimitable wit."
1. The Ghosts of Hiroshima, by Charles Pellegrino
2. King of Kings, by Scott Anderson
4. The Devil Reached Toward the Sky, by Garrett M Graff
5. A Walk in the Park, by Kevin Fedarko
6. The Book of Alchemy, by Suleika Jaouad
7. Are You Mad at Me, by Meg Josephson
8. Raising Hare, by Chloe Dalton
9. The Fate of the Day, by Rick Atkinson
10. Buckley, by Sam Tanenhaus
First week out for King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation, by New York Times reporter Scott Anderson. The book has nine raves, one positive, and three mixed on BookMarks. From Tunku Varadarajan in The Wall Street Journal: "King of Kings is a sweeping, gripping book, one that makes past times and dead people (often weird, complex and evil) spring to life with its narrative verve and attention to detail." At least two from the mixed camp were from British publications that thought the author focused too much on the Iran-USA relationship.
1. The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali (signed copies available)
2. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
3. Night Watch, by Jayne Anne Phillips
4. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
5. Accomplice to the Villain V3, by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
7. I Who Have never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
8. The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese
9. The Mercy of Gods, by James SA Corey
10. Together Tea, by Marjan Kamali
TikTok series turned bestseller for #3 in the Assistant to the Villain series. It's the first week out for Accomplice to the Villain and that limited edition with the green sprayed edges won't be here forever. From Publishers Weekly: "Maehrer delivers exactly what her legion of fans will be looking for: plenty of shocking twists and, of course, her signature humor. This keeps the series going strong." I think firmly placing this in romantasy helped - we had a lot of great reads (including me) on the similarly set-up Hench (more superhero than dark lord, but still), but that just didn't blow up the same way. I do see that the sequel, Villain, is scheduled for 2026.
1. Don't Say Please, by Sahan Jayasuriya (Boswell August 14 event)
2. Building the Milwaukee Bucks, by Jordan Treske
3. There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib
4. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
5. Your Brain on Art, by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
6. Pox Romana, by Colin Elliott
7. Murdle V1, by GT Karber
8. Poets and Dreamers, by Tamara Saviano (Boswell August 27 event)
9. DisElderly Conduct, by Judy Karofsky (MPL August 21 event)
10. The Chaos Machine, by Max Fisher
A nice pub week sale off the new paperback table for Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World, by Colin Elliott. From Publishers Weekly, reviewing the hardcover: "Historian Elliott evaluates in this enlightening account the impact of the Antonine plague of 165 CE on the demise of the Pax Romana, a period of relative stability in the Roman Empire from 27 BCE to 180 CE...Challenged by the meager documentation available, he expertly draws on trace evidence such as census records, real estate contracts, and paleoclimate research to make his case. It's an informative history that serves to encourage better pandemic preparedness today."
1. Return to Sender, by Vera Brosgol
2. No Purchase Necessary, by Maria Marianayagam
3. You Can Sit with Me, by Rachel Tawil Kenyon, illustrations by Tatiana Kamshilina
4. A Wolf Called Fire, by Rosanne Parry
5. Good Luck Ice Cream Truck, by Sorche Fairbank, illustration by Terry Runyan
6. You Be Teacher, by Karla Clark, illlustrations by Gabby Zapata
7. When a Tree Falls, by Kirsten Pendreigh, illustrations by Elke Boschinger
8. Isle of Ever, by Jen Calnoita
9. The Cartoonists Club, by Raina Telegmeier and Scott McCloud
10. The Day the Crayons Made Friends, by Drew Daywalt, illustrations by Oliver Jeffers
Some of our kid picks rose to the top of the bestselling heap from a recent presentation. One great back-to-school selection is You Can Sit with Me, which has a rec from Jenny. And from Kirkus: "The new kid on the block weathers ups and downs with guidance from a compassionate classmate...Kamshilina's artwork builds on Kenyon's verse as the new kid slowly grows in confidence; it all culminates with the newcomer (a dinosaur lover) and the narrator throwing a dino-themed party attended by all their classmates."
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