Kate Merlene

Winners of the Oregon Book Award are revealed. Michelle Adams’s The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North receives the Hillman Prize for Journalism. The Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Award finalists are announced, as is the shortlist for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth. Casey McQuiston reveals a forthcoming Red, White & Royal Blue book project. Counterterrorism expert Erroll Southers‘s forthcoming book Inside the Castle Walls will be adapted for film, while T. L. Swan’s “Miles High Club” books are set for a TV adaptation.

Shortlists for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the inaugural Libraro Prize are revealed. Stolen letters written by John Keats are returned after decades. Publishers Weekly releases a 2026 summer reads preview. Meryl Streep rules out writing a memoir. The Princess Bride, based on the novel by William Goldman, wins LitHub’s bracket-style competition to determine the best literary film adaptation of the last 50 years. Practical Magic 2, based on characters by Alice Hoffman, releases a new trailer. Plus, ALA reveals the 11 most challenged books of 2025.

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth leads holds this week. Also in demand are new titles by Danielle Steel, Susan Patterson & James Patterson, Douglas Preston & Aletheia Preston, and Marcus Kliewer. The LA Times Book Prize winners are announced, including Adam Ross and Justin Haynes. Winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award are announced. BookCon 2026 wrapped up this weekend in NYC; it included an interview with Rachel Reid and big news from Veronica Roth. Plus, National Library Week is underway, with the theme “Find Your Joy.”

Time unveils the 2026 TIME100, which highlights authors Freida McFadden, Yiyun Li, Alan Cumming, Ethan Hawke, and more. U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze has been appointed for a second term. The Guggenheim Literary Fellows are announced. NYT Book Review kicks of its 2026 Poetry Challenge next week. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title Hope Rises by David Baldacci. Dustin Hoffman announces the forthcoming memoir, Look at Me. Plus, a new Pew survey reveals that American adults still prefer print books.

Oprah selects Go Gentle by Maria Semple for her book club. Winners of the Xingyun Awards for Chinese science fiction and shortlists for the Locus Awards, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and the Jhalak Prize are announced. Rainbow Rowell discusses her new novel, Cherry Baby. Meryl Wilsner’s queer sports romance Cleat Cute will get a TV series adaptation. Plus, Penguin Random House urges lawmakers to reject book banning bill HR 7661.

Hope Rises by David Baldacci leads holds this week. Also in demand are new titles by Maria Semple, Lena Dunham, Rainbow Rowell, and Jane Harper. People’s book of the week is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Tucker Carlson will launch a new imprint with Skyhorse Publishing. Interviews arrive with Lena Dunham, Nelio Biedermann, Rachel Khong, and Cheryl W. Thompson. Plus, the Canada Reads battle of the books kicks off today.

The National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honorees are Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, Anika Jade Levy, Carrie R. Moore, Maggie Su, and Stephanie Wambugu. The Stella Prize shortlist is announced. Black British Book Festival founder Selina Brown receives the inaugural Queen’s Reading Room Medal. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. Journalist Maggie Haberman will publish Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump on June 23. Interviews arrive with Rachel Khong, Emma Straub, Julian Barnes, and Patrick Radden Keefe. Plus, LJ’s graphic novel preview and sure bets.

Mahreen Sohail wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her story collection Small Scale Sinners. Virginia Evans wins the James Patterson & Bookshop.org Prize for The Correspondent. T. J. Stiles is honored with the BIO Award for his career in biography writing, and the winners of the British Science Fiction Association Awards are revealed. The I Love My Librarian Award honorees for outstanding public service are announced. Plus, The Millions’ spring preview and a round-up of April book club picks.

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke leads holds this week. Also in demand are new titles by John Sandford, Emma Straub, Evelyn Clarke, and Patrick Radden Keefe. Eight LibraryReads and five Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Mothers and Other Strangers by Corey Ann Haydu. M. R. Carey wins the Philip K. Dick Award for Outlaw Planet.