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Good Reads
We’ve rounded up our 150 best books of 2025—including our much anticipated top 10 list—to help you curate your reading for the rest of the year. The Booker Foundation has announced its inaugural award for children’s literature, a £50,000 prize celebrating fiction for readers ages eight to 12 and judged by a combined panel of adults and children. Indie booksellers in Chicago are leaning into their role as third spaces amid the deployment of ICE agents to the city, even as Spanish-language-focused stores weather blows to their sales. Author Michael Wolff is suing Melania Trump for allegedly threatening a $1 billion lawsuit against him over his investigation into the Trumps’ involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, reports AP. President Donald Trump has abruptly halted trade talks with Canada, according to Politico. A street corner on Manhattan’s Lower East Side could soon bear the name of comics pioneer Jack Kirby, per the Beat. The Washington Post talked with Freedom Reads founder Reginald Dwayne Betts, who has built some 500 prison libraries. And for the New York Times, author Marjorie Ingall reflects on her love of the macabre in children’s books.
It’s been a hell of a year, hasn’t it? Luckily, PW has just what the doctor ordered: our selections for the 150 best books of 2025. See the full list »
Marking the organization's first new prize announcement since 2005, the Children’s Booker Prize will be administered annually from 2027 for a work of fiction aimed at readers ages eight to 12 and published in the U.K. or Ireland. The award will be co-judged by a panel of children and adults, and will come with a £50,000 cash prize. more »
Several independent bookstores that sell Spanish-language titles and bilingual editions are reporting declines in foot traffic and sales due to the deployment of federal agents to the Windy City, but they and other indies are prioritizing supporting and protecting their communities. more »
Trivia aficionados can test their national knowledge with Who HQ: The Fifty States, a Penguin Workshop middle grade series kicking off on November 4. To wit: California is home to the hottest place on Earth, Ohio boasts the first-ever pro baseball team, and the Philly cheesesteak has a tasty origin story. more »
The sales rep is selling off portions of his book and record collection to help pay medical bills following a severe car crash this spring. more »
In After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace (Liveright, Jan.), the biographer explores how Dylan reinvented his musical style during the latter half of his career. more »
Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is the author of three YA thrillers featuring Indigenous girls and young women navigating a world that can be a dangerous place if one is Indigenous and female. She spoke with PW about her most recent novel, Sisters in the Wind (Holt), the safety net that books provide, and what’s next in her Sugar Island series. more »
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Job Moves
- Karen Lo, most recently senior director of finance for trade publishing at Scholastic, will join Random House Children’s Books as VP and director of finance and business strategy, effective November 10.
- Jessica Egan has been promoted to assistant editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
- Jin Soo Chun has been promoted to assistant editor at Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
- Miloni Vora has been promoted to associate editor at Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
- Anum Shafqat has been promoted to associate editor at Margaret K. McElderry Books and Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
- Tionne Townsend has been promoted to assistant editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers and Denene Millner Books.
Awards News
- Andrew Carnegie Medal Longlist: Susan Choi, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, and Megha Majumdar are among the 45 authors longlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals, presented by the American Library Association.
- Dos Passos Prize Finalists: Gish Jen and Chinelo Okparanta are among the five finalists for this year’s John Dos Passos Prize, presented by Longwood University.
Bookstore News
- Latino Bookstore to Land in Texas: Dreamers Books and Culture will open in Houston this weekend.
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Mate by Ali Hazelwood is #1 on our overall list this week. See the full list »
‘Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection’ by Paul Eastwick“UC Davis psychology professor Eastwick upends popular assumptions about relationships with this illuminating debut study of romantic attraction.... Bolstered by thorough research, lucid personal anecdotes, and useful questionnaires, the result is an astute road map for finding a love that lasts.” more »
Picture of the Day
On October 21, children’s authors (from l.) Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Joanna Ho, and Liz Kleinrock created a Venn diagram of their latest releases at a book event celebrating The Day the Books Disappeared (Disney Hyperion), co-hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Library and nonprofit organization the Conscious Kid in Arlington, Va.
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