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JOYRIDE by Susan Orlean is one of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025!

Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean's memoir JOYRIDE has been chosen as one of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of 2025!

Check out the review and full list here!

Susan Orlean’s JOYRIDE is one of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025!

Susan Orlean

JOYRIDE by Susan Orlean has been honored as one of Time Magazine's Best Books of 2025!

See the full list here.

InkWell authors abound at the Goodreads Choice Awards!

Elin Hilderbrand
Shelby Cunningham
CG Drews
Amity Gaige
Allison Saft
Jenna Voris
Sophie Gonzales
Suleika Jaouad
Susan Orlean

Books by Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham, Amity Gaige, CG Drews, Allison Saft, Jenna Voris, Sophie Gonzales, Suleika Jaouad, and Susan Orlean were all nominated in the Goodreads Choice Awards!

THE ACADEMY by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham was nominated in the Fiction category. HEARTWOOD by Amity Gaige was nominated in the Mystery/Thriller category. HAZELTHORN by CG Drews and WINGS OF STARLIGHT by Allison Saft were nominated in the Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy category. SAY A LITTLE PRAYER by Jenna Voris and NOBODY IN PARTICULAR by Sophie Gonzales were nominated in the Young Adult Fiction category. THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY by Suleika Jaouad was nominated in the Nonfiction category. JOYRIDE by Susan Orlean was nominated in the Memoir category.

See the full list here!

Kirkus Reviews’ Best of 2025: Maggie Stiefvater’s THE LISTENERS and Sam Wachman’s THE SUNFLOWER BOYS

Maggie Stiefvater
Sam Wachman

Maggie Stiefvater's THE LISTENERS and Sam Wachman's THE SUNFLOWER BOYS have both been named to Kirkus Reviews' list of the Best Books of 2025!

See the full list of honorees here!

ANOTHER, MIXED-UP, and SPEAK UP, SANTIAGO are nominees for the 2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Awards!

Paul Tremblay
Julio Anta
Gabi Mendez
Brittney Williams

ANOTHER by Paul Tremblay, MIXED-UP by Kami Garcia and Britt Williams, and SPEAK UP, SANTIAGO by Julio Anta and Gabi Mendez have all been nominated for the 2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Awards!

See the full list of nominees here!

Publishers Weekly talks A GIFT BEFORE DYING with author Malcolm Kempt

Malcolm Kempt

Malcolm Kempt discusses the inspiration behind the rugged Arctic setting of A GIFT BEFORE DYING with Publishers Weekly.

Read PW’s full interview with Malcolm here!

Helen Garner wins the Baillie Gifford Prize with HOW TO END A STORY!

Helen Garner

Helen Garner is the 2025 winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with her book HOW TO END A STORY! This is the first collection of diaries to ever be awarded this prize.

Read all about it here!

HAZELTHORN by CG Drews is an instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!

CG Drews

HAZELTHORN by CG Drews is an instant #1 NYT Bestseller in the Young Adult Hardcover category!

Jimmy Wales talks THE SEVEN RULES OF TRUST with The New York Times!

Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales discusses his forthcoming book, THE SEVEN RULES OF TRUST, with The New York Times!

Read the article here!

HAZELTHORN and WINGS OF STARLIGHT are on Barnes & Noble’s list of the Best YA Books of 2025!

CG Drews
Allison Saft

CG Drews' HAZELTHORN and Allison Saft's WINGS OF STARLIGHT are two of Barnes and Noble's Best YA Books of 2025!

See the full list of honorees here!

SHADOW OF THE BRIDGE authors Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee discuss their work with True Crime Garage!

Áine Cain
Kevin Greenlee

SHADOW OF THE BRIDGE authors Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee discuss their work with True Crime Garage!

Listen to the full podcast here!

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN, INTO THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF honored at the Queensland Literary Awards!

CG Drews
Erin Gough

CG Drews' DON'T LET THE FOREST IN is the 2025 Young Adult Book Award winner at the Queensland Literary Awards! Erin Gough's INTO THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF is a 2025 Young Adult Book Award finalist!

See the full list of winners and nominees here.

SCARLET MORNING is a Common Sense Media Selection for Families

October 01, 2025 | News about

ND Stevenson's SCARLET MORNING has been chosen by the team at Common Sense Media as an official Selection for Families!

See the Common Sense Media review of SCARLET MORNING here!

NYT Book Review raves about THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE!

Laura Amy Schlitz

Catherine Hong writes for the NYT Book Review: "In the small-scale world of Laura Amy Schlitz’s novel 'The Winter of the Dollhouse,' the emotional stakes are both intimate and enormous."

Read the review here.

Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham talk THE ACADEMY on CBS Mornings!

Elin Hilderbrand
Shelby Cunningham

Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter/co-author Shelby Cunningham discuss their new book, THE ACADEMY, with the cast of CBS Mornings!

Watch the full interview here!

Town & Country’s Best Books of Fall: THE SALVAGE, THE ACADEMY, and NEXT OF KIN

Anbara Salam
Elin Hilderbrand
Shelby Cunningham
Gabrielle Hamilton

THE SALVAGE by Anbara Salam, THE ACADEMY by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham, and NEXT OF KIN by Gabrielle Hamilton are some of Town & Country's Best Books of Fall 2025!

See the full list here!

John Vercher is a 2025 Virginia Literary Awards finalist with DEVIL IS FINE!

John Vercher

DEVIL IS FINE author John Vercher has been named as a fiction finalist in the 2025 Virginia Literary Awards!

https://www.lva.virginia.gov/events/litawards

HEARTWOOD and OUR LAST RESORT Named to Tertulia’s Best New Crime and Thriller Books of 2025

Amity Gaige
Clémence Michallon

HEARTWOOD by Amity Gaige and OUR LAST RESORT by Clémence Michallon have both been named to Tertulia's list of the year's best new crime and thriller reads!

https://tertulia.com/editorial-list/best-crime-and-thriller-books-2025

Ivy Pochoda and Gary Phillips for The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025!

Ivy Pochoda
Gary Phillips

Ivy Pochoda and Gary Phillips have been lauded by Publishers Weekly for their contributions to The Best American Mystery and Suspense anthology!

EASY, AFFORDABLE, TASTY author Frankie Celenza on GMA!

Frankie Celenza

Frankie Celenza, author of EAT: EASY, AFFORDABLE, TASTY, cooks up a storm on Good Morning America!

Watch the full video here!

AMERICAN SKY author James Grady sits down with People Magazine!

James Grady

James Grady discusses his storied writing career and new novel AMERICAN SKY with People Magazine!

Read the exclusive interview here.

Publishers Weekly’s Fall Fiction Preview: STILLWATER and FAMOUS

Tanya Scott
Blake Crouch

Publishers Weekly has selected Tanya Scott's STILLWATER and Blake Crouch's FAMOUS for their Top 10 Mysteries & Thrillers!

See the full list here!

NYT’s 20 Books to Read in July: OUR LAST RESORT and CLINT

Clémence Michallon

Clémence Michallon's OUR LAST RESORT and Shawn Levy's CLINT are two of the New York Times' must-reads for July!

Read the full list here!

Kate Myers’ EXCAVATIONS to be adapted for TV as “Dig” by Mike Schur, Amy Poehler

Kate Myers

Kate Myers' EXCAVATIONS is coming to the silver screen as "Dig," a new NBC comedy from Mike Schur and Amy Poehler!

Jason Roberts’ EVERY LIVING THING wins a Pulitzer!

Jason Roberts

Jason Roberts' EVERY LIVING THING is the Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography!

See the full list of winners here!

A message from InkWell Management regarding Bill Belichick’s upcoming book, THE ART OF WINNING.

Bill Belichick

A message from InkWell Management regarding Bill Belichick's upcoming book, THE ART OF WINNING.

In his upcoming book, THE ART OF WINNING: LESSONS FROM A LIFE IN FOOTBALL, Bill Belichick includes a chapter on how to handle communications as a leader, drawing on his decades of experience speaking to players, coaches, and staff about how to set aside individual agendas and differences to come together as a team. On a football team, there is one and one goal only: to win. His book (and his career) has therefore been dominated by questions about how to win, how to find winners, and how to motivate an organization to prioritize winning above all else. It’s not easy. That’s why no one has done it at the level that Bill Belichick has.

But of course, getting clicks is easier than getting wins.

Earlier this month, Bill sat down with CBS Sunday Morning to discuss his book, his life in football, and his perspective on how he has done his job. The nature and orientation of the discussion was known in advance to Bill and to CBS. And indeed, Bill did talk football.

But the segment that was shown to the public veered into a discussion of Bill’s personal life and away from the subject of his book, resulting in a raft of hostile social media posts about his personal life.

Bill has written an authoritative and entertaining book about success that should be judged by its contents, not by the clicks generated by the segment.

Alex Sammartino is one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 under 35!

April 04, 2025 | News about

Alex Sammartino, author of LAST ACTS, has been honored as one of the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35!

See the announcement here!

CARE AND FEEDING by Laurie Woolever is an instant NYT Bestseller!

Laurie Woolever

Laurie Woolever's memoir CARE AND FEEDING is an instant NYT Bestseller!

HOLY MEN OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC AGE author Raphael Cormack on NPR!

Raphael Cormack

Raphael Cormack talks HOLY MEN OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC AGE on NPR's Weekend Edition!

Listen to the interview here.

WSJ’s 20 Best Children’s Books of the Past 20 Years

Laura Amy Schlitz
Amy Guglielmo

THE BEARSKINNER by Laura Amy Schlitz was named Best Illustrated Folk or Fairy Tale, THE HIRED GIRL by Laura Amy Schlitz was a runner up for Best Historical Novel, and TOUCH THE ART by Amy Guglielmo and Julie Appel was named Best Art Book!

See the full list here!