The Indie Bestseller List: Published Wednesday, December 11, 2024 (for the sales week ended Sunday, December 8, 2024).
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Ocean by John Haywood
Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus, John Haywood, Pegasus Books – A magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus,
The Irish Girl by Ashley E. Sweeney
The Irish Girl by Ashley E. Sweeney, She Writes Press – From multi-award-winning historical fiction author Ashley E. Sweeney comes a family saga about the Irish immigrant experience spanning New York, Chicago, and Colorado
Costco Stores to Stop Selling Books in Most Stores
Costco plans to stop selling books at most of its U.S. stores beginning in January, according to Fox Business. The move comes despite improved U.S. book sales reported by Statista. Data shows book sales have consistently surpassed 700 million per year, reaching 767...
Graywolf Press Among Honorees at National Book Awards
November 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM--Percival Everett’s “James” won the National Book Award for fiction Wednesday at the National Book Foundation’s 75th ceremony and dinner in New York. Honors for the novel, which centers on Jim, the enslaved man in “The Adventures of...
Amazon Names Boys of Riverside Best Book of 2024
The Boys of Riverside by Thomas Fuller Named Amazon’s Best Book of 2024 Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods and Percival Everett’s Jameschosen as the No. 2 and No. 3 picks by the Amazon Books Editors who read thousands of new releases from among Amazon’s wide selection...
You Will Be Peter by Jerry Lathan with Steven Manchester
You Will Be Peter, Jerry Lathan with Steven Manchester, Forefront Books – The extraordinary story of a young fisherman who became the Founding Father of Christianity
Still Life at Eighty, The Next Interesting Thing by Abigail Thomas
Still Life at Eighty, The Next Interesting Thing, Abigail Thomas Scribner – From the New York Times bestselling author of A Three Dog Life, a witty and irreverent look at aging and the writing life
AAP reports book sales up 7.8 percent year-to-date
AAP August 2024 StatShot Report: Overall Publishing Industry Up 8.5% for Month of August, and Up 7.8% Year-To-Date Trade (Consumer Book) Revenues Up 13.4% for Month of August, and Up 8.1% Year-to-Date The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released...
2024 National Book Awards Finalists Announced
Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. The awards ceremony will take place November 20, 2024 at 8 p.m. Eastern time, and will be broadcast live...
