1. Alchemised, by SenLinYu
2. Angel Down, by Daniel Kraus
3. Katabasis, by RF Kuang
4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, by Kiran Desai
5. What We Can Know, by Ian McEwan
6. Kaplan's Plot, by Jason Diamond (signed copies)
7. The Phoebe Variations, by Jane Hamilton (Boswell September 30 event)
8. Will There Ever Be Another You, by Patricia Lockwood
9. This Inevitable Ruini V7, by Matt Dinniman
10. The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown
Alchemised is a reimagining of Manacled, a very popular online fanfiction based on Harry Potter and The Handmaid's Tale. It's in the Dramione category, where Hermione and Drago are paired up. More in this Rolling Stone article. From Booklist: "SenLinYu weaves a tale of political intrigue with centuries of depth and nuance. Many readers will be fascinated by the story of a healer during a brutal war. While some readers may find the world and the many characters complicated or hard to follow, many will be drawn into the complex morality of two broken people finding love during a war."
It's a tough week to write up, when The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is already on the Booker shortlist and What We Can Know has been reviewed as McEwan's best in years.
1. 107 Days, by Kamala Harris
2. The Trauma of Money, by Chantel Chapman
3. Good Things Happen, by Samin Nosrat
4. History Matters, by David McCullough
5. Strong Ground, by Brené Brown
6. Replaceable You, by Mary Roach
7. The Art of Gluten Free Bread, by Aran Goyoaga
8. All the Way to the River, by Elizabeth Gilbert
9. Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
10. Arctic Passages, by Kieran Mulvaney
Kamala Harris's 107 Days did better than we expected on the first week. It's competitive week, as we also saw good first week sales for Replaceable You (which I read and enjoyed) and History Matters, and that doesn't include all the books with huge sales at places other than Boswell. From the Publishers Weekly on David McCullough's collection: "Pulitzer Prize winner McCullough, who died in 2022, extols the importance and craft of writing history in this resonant collection of 20 speeches, essays, and interviews selected by his daughter Dorie McCullough Lawson and his longtime researcher Michael Hill...The historian's admirers will find this an enjoyable and warmhearted valedictory hymn to the American spirit."
1. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, by VE Schwab
2. The Drifter, by Nick Petrie
3. When the Cranes Fly South, by Lisa Ridzén
4. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
5. The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
6. Burning Bright, by Nick Petrie
7. Tear It Down, by Nick Petrie
8. The Empusium, by Olga Tokarczuk
9. Sunburn, by Chloe Howarth
10. Best Short Stories 2005: The O Henry Prize Winners, edited by Edward P Jones
The O Henry collection is not to be confused with Best American Short Stories 2025, which comes from HarperCollins. The new Best Short Stories 2025: The O Henry Prize Winners collection has entries from Wendell Berry, Gina Chung, Dave Eggers, Zak Salih, Ling Ma, and Chika Unigwe. Edward P Jones is the editor of this volume, while Jenny Minton Quigley is the series editor.I can't find any stories or reviews on the new collection, just bookstores that are selling it.
1. Dancing in a Disabled World, by Maureen McCue
2. Don't Say Please, by Jayasuriya Sahan
3. Seventh Generation Earth Ethics, by Patty Loew (MPL October 18 event)
4. City on Mars, by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
5. The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
6. Alignment, by Katie Keller Wood
7. Chainsaw Love, by James Card
8. A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
9. The Chaos Machine, by Max Fisher
10. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue, by Julie Satow
From the new paperback table comes a July release, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? had strong hardcover sales and good reviews, with four raves and a positive on BookMarks. From Kirkus: "An entertaining illustrated assessment of space settlement...Despite the optimism of SF writers and the current crop of adventurous billionaires, the authors believe that space settlements would probably replicate the conflicts and divisions of Earth-bound societies: Humans, after all, remain human...A fun, informative read that puts the pop into popular science."
1. Kat and Mouse: I Like Cheese, by Salina Yoon
2. Penguin and Pinecone, by Salina Yoon
3. Tiny T Rex and the First Day Oopsies, by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrations by Jay Fleck
4. Spooky Lakes Coloring Book, by Geo Rutherford
5. Spooky Lakes, by Geo Rutherford
6. Tiny T Rex and the Impossible Hug, by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrations by Jay Fleck
7. How's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
8. Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell (Boswell October 1 ticketed event)
9. Peekaboo Pumpkin, by Camilla Reid, illustrations by Ingela P Arrhenius
10. Little Bat board book, by Maggie Fischer, with illustrations by Yi-Hsuan Wu
For those who are concerned that the deluxe limited edition phenomenon has been limited to older audiences, this week's bestsellers feature a deluxe edition of Howl's Moving Castle, a 1986 novel that was adapted into 2004 Japanese animated film. From the publisher: "Luminous new jacket artwork and full-color endpapers by artist Devin Elle Kurtz.Digitally printed edges.Shimmering foil stamping on the case.Striking black-and-white interior artwork by internationally bestselling author Stefan Bachmann." Book as object!
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