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The Best New Books to Read in July 2024

Unputdownable books, B&N makes a shocking move, Pride reads for 2024: just a few of the offerings today at Book Riot:. 9 Unputdownable Books that Will Grip You Till the Last Page. We’ve all read books that we just can’t put down — the ones we stay up reading till...

9 Unputdownable Books that Will Grip You Till the Last Page

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  Sun, sand and a great book – that's the perfect formula for a relaxing beach vacation. Since we're firmly in the grasp of summer 2024, it's about time to choose your next great read. We've got a selection of some of the most gripping, moving and entertaining books our readers have loved this year. Whether you love reading on an e-reader like a Kindle or you prefer real...

Our readers' favorite books of 2024 so far

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1974: A Personal History By Francine Prose Harper, 272 pages, $28 Author memoirs often set out to chronicle the journey to becoming a writer. Or the author’s relationship to her family. Or the death or illness of a loved one. In her first work of personal history, novelist Francine Prose reflects on the short, intense...

She longed to be a lover and an outlaw; she became a writer instead

For once, this bestseller list is fairly different from last week’s. Some of the reigning champs, like Funny Story by Emily Henry, have fallen to only being on three of the five biggest lists. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez went from being on all five lists last week to not making this round up at all. We also have a few new releases, including Eruption, which is based on notes by Michael Crichton and written by James Patterson — put those two powerhouse author names together and you have an easy win. The movie rights are already in a bidding war.

The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists

Joe Woodland sat on a beach in Florida more than 70 years ago and ran his fingers through the sand. The lines reminded him of the dots and dashes used for Morse code, and he soon discovered that inspiration and insight don’t always come in a laboratory. Woodland’s doodles...

Six Must-Read Books for Your Summer Reading List

Goodreads keeps track of a lot of stats you may not have stumbled across if you don’t go looking for them. For example, you can check out the most read books on Goodreads every week (or month or year), and you can filter by country. You can find out the most popular books on Goodreads in 2024 (so far). Not every reader uses Goodreads, of course, but it’s the most popular reading tracker, so these stats give a good overview of the buzziest books of the moment.

The Most Popular Book Club Books of June, According to Goodreads

Are you looking for a new book to incite thrilling conversations with your book club? Look no further! We’ve got six books this month that are sure to spark lively discussions, entertain and teach you something new. Each month, BookTrib helps book clubs pick their next read by sending...

6 Perfect Summer Reads For Your Next Book Club Meeting

Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. You’re expecting this to be a story about the latest TikTok romantasy hit, aren’t you? The clock app may be hogging headlines with stories about dragon riders who do it, but it’s Freida McFadden’s thrillers that are dominating bestseller lists. McFadden, a physician who writes under a pseudonym to protect her relationship with her patients, self-published for a decade before signing a deal with Sourcebooks’s Poisoned Pen Press. Her 23 (!) books have sold more than 6 million copies, making her the fastest-selling thriller writer in the U.S., outpacing heavy hitters James Patterson, David Baldacci, and John Grisham, who all show up beneath her on current sales charts. The New York Times‘s Alexandra Alter details McFadden’s rise in a new profile, which also hints at fascinating tidbits about Sourcebooks’s strategy. Now, my kingdom for a piece about the enduring appeal of the self-pub-to-traditional-deal pipeline.

The Thriller Writer Outselling James Patterson and John Grisham

I regret to inform you that the below list of the most read books on Goodreads this week is identical to last week’s, but I’ve added some of the most read books from different countries to shake things up a bit. We recently also made note of the The Most Popular New Books on Goodreads in 2024 (So Far), and if you’ve been keeping up with this feature, you’ll definitely notice some familiar names. The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden only came out in June, but it’s already in the top ten of the most popular books on Goodreads of the year so far!

The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week

As always, time flies! It’s time to talk about the best books of the year so far now that we are halfway through 2024. (Even though it feels like I just wrote about my most anticipated books of the year.) You’ll find a nice mix of crowd-pleasers below plus some backlist favorites, so let’s get literary!

The Absolute Best Books of the Year (So Far!) 2024

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Please note: If you buy through the links in this article, we may earn a small share of the profits. Don’t look now, but summer is upon us. So too is summer reading — and whether your preferred method of that is on a beach chair somewhere or solidly surrounded by air conditioning, we have you covered with some recommendations for books out this June. They cover a lot of ground, from a career-spanning collection from a beloved sportswriter to a new edition of a cult novel about boxing. Read on for our suggestions.

The 11 Books You Should Be Reading This June

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If you know someone born under the zodiac sign of Cancer, you've probably felt the intensity of their emotions. When a Cancer gets emotional, they can turn a light shower into a monsoon or a friendly hug into a lifetime commitment! Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac, spans from June 21 to July 22. Represented by the Crab, Cancer is a Water sign, deeply connected to emotions, intuition, and the subconscious. Governed by the Moon, which represents emotions, Cancer is known for its profound sensitivity, nurturing nature, and emotional depth. Let's delve into the complexities of Cancer and explore why they are considered one of the most emotional and sensitive signs of the zodiac.

The Most Sensitive and Emotional Zodiac Sign

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Amazon's book editors are spilling the details about the best books of the year so far.

The Best Books of 2024 So Far, According to Amazon Book Editors: Shop Novels, Nonfiction and More

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What does it mean to be selfish? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of selfish is the lack of consideration for others; someone concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure. You know, people who will do for themselves before they will do for others. People who put their own priorities above everyone else. Do you know people who fit that definition? I am sure we all know at least one, I have known man over the years. Let’s learn what Signs are the most likely to be selfish.

The Top 5 Most Selfish Zodiac Signs

Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) has been publishing books since 1981, her first publication being published by a new small romance publisher, Silhouette Books, who picked up Irish Thoroughbred which had been rejected by Harlequin Romance Novels. If that isn’t a success story of “look where she is now,” I don’t know what else it is. From what I could find, she has now published over 225 novels under the names Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb, Jill March, and Sarah Hardesty (in the UK).

Nora Roberts | 5 Exciting Trilogies You Want to Read

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s midyear check-in time, and in all corners of the bookish internet, we’re taking a look back at the first half of 2024 in new releases. The “Best Books of the Year So Far” lists are piling up — in fact, they started about a month before the halfway point of the year. This is a great way to get an overview of the very buzziest titles, but that only scratches the surface of the incredible books in a wide range of formats and genres that have come out this year. That’s why it can be more useful to seek out round up lists of the genres, formats, and topics you’re most interested in as a reader, like the best queer books of the year so far.

The Best Historical Fiction of 2024 So Far, According to Goodreads

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Featuring "James" by Percival Everett and "The Women" by Kristin Hannah, Amazon's top 20 "Best of 2024 So Far" has a genre for every reader.

Amazon reveals the best books of 2024 (so far): The No. 1 pick 'transcends its own genre'

Since at least early May, BookTokkers have been doing roundups of their summer reading lists. The books on the list sound fun and tend towards the romantic, with a little mystery/thriller sprinkled in — but they’re also mostly by white authors. This isn’t a new problem for BookTok...

Books Popular on BookTok for the Summer — And a Few That Should Be

Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment, Joseph O’Neill’s Godwin, and Rachel Cusk’s Parade all feature among the best reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. *. 1. Godwin by Joseph O’Neill. (Pantheon) 10 Rave • 4...

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

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Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

July is here! And, as ever, that means (amongst other things) that there are heaps of new books to look forward to. Today, we’re focusing on...

Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

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