Two new books feature the once married couple Miller and Monroe, including a biography of playwright and actor Arthur Miller and one that considers Marilyn Monroe’s life through the books on her shelves.

Andrew Sean Greer takes readers on a charming Italian sojourn, while June Patrick sends them to beguiling Valencia, Spain, for a journey of self-discovery.

In these two suspenseful stories, fiction turns into reality as an author becomes embroiled in a plot reminiscent of his bestselling novels, while a romance writer meets a man who is the embodiment of the hero of her novel in progress.

These bookish rom-coms bring swoonworthy protagonists to life as a woman lives out a storyline from her favorite author and a romance novelist’s fictional villain appears on her couch.

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.

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.”

Shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and Society of Authors’ Encore Award for best second novel are announced. The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso wins the Baltimore Science Fiction Society’s Compton Crook Award for best debut. Kirkus launches a new indie award. Whoopi Goldberg is starting a publishing imprint at Blackstone. Plus, Page to Screen and interviews with Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon, Rainbow Rowell, and Susan Page.