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- "Each of them kind of have a different relationship with the city. And so, I use the city as a way to aid in their characterization." Listen to @reesesbookclub #Litup fellow, Tolani Akinola, explain why she set her debut novel, LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME, in Chicago 🌇 LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME is "A stunning debut that does not shy away from the messiness of young adulthood and the chaos of discovering who you are" (@Electric Lit). Over the course of one autumn in Chicago, four Nigerian-American siblings are forced to reckon with the past when the eldest, estranged sister returns home after a decade away. Pick up the book that is "eldest daughter syndrome meets the social media era with a twist on a lovely Chicago bridge" (Hello Beautiful) today!
- Watch author Darrow Farr try to describe her "bold, brash, and deeply absorbing" (@lit.hub) debut novel, THE BOMBSHELL, in 20 seconds! This electric novel is filled with seduction and fervor, and explores the wonders and perils of youthful idealism, the combustibility of celebrity, and the sublime force of young love. Pick up the book @marieclairemagazine says "is begging to be added to your TBR" today!
- When I was writing this book, I loved writing characters that had both cultural and pop culture influences from North America where they live, as well as from India where their cultural roots are from" —@lavanya.lakshmi.writes on the Bollywood representation in her debut novel, LEAVE AND COME BACK 💐💕 LEAVE AND COME BACK follows Simran Gopal as she returns home for a two-week-long Indian wedding. When her new boyfriend, Leo, accidentally crashes the engagement party, Simran and her cousins must work together to trick their aunt and judgmental family matriarch into adoring Leo and convince her that Leo and Simran have never met — let alone are currently in love. Pick up this Bollywood-inspired romance today!
- "I frequently feel like a moth looking for the moon but only finding the fire." 🔥 Listen to @whitneyhansonpoetry read a poem from her new collection, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE 🦋 Using the metaphor of fires, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE is structured in three sections—Burning, Ashes, and Reclamation—to reflect the cycles of destruction, numbness, and renewal that accompany deep inner work. This collection explores what it means to unlearn inherited beliefs, confront the weight of the past, and slowly rebuild a relationship with oneself, others, and the world. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE is on sale now.
- 👀 Watch husband-wife writing duo @scott_westerfeld and @drjustinefancypants explain the plot of their “slippery, sinister” (@charlottemcconaghy) new novel, THE MORTONS🔪🩸 “Jessica Morton is the perfect killer, the perfect Morton, the best and brightest of her generation until the killing of a family member makes her start to question everything she’s been raised to believe... Alas, when homicide is your heritage, going against the family expectations can be deadly.” Sound like your kind of read?📍Save this post and be sure to mark your calendar for July 21st when this "witty, thrilling, and deliciously cruel" (@levgrossman) hits shelves 🗓️
- "My jaw drops, stuck between embarrassment that he'd noticed me and astonished because, well he noticed me." Listen to DIE FOR ME author @shirleneobuobi read the first scene between her central couple, Sean, a 38-year-old interventional cardiologist, and Julian, a 27-year-old handsome, mysterious stranger. @authorlylasage raves, “Die For Me is bold, edgy, and hypnotic. It lures you into its dark and intoxicating world from the very first page. Sean and Julian are a roller-coaster ride that I couldn’t predict and never wanted to end.” Be sure to pick up this stay-up-all-night, smart, spicy romance when it hits shelves July 14th!
- Listen to Whitney Hanson tell you why you should (or shouldn’t) read her new poetry collection, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, on sale NOW 🦋🔥 Exploring themes of identity, loss, and what it means to rediscover yourself, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE by Instagram phenomenon @whitneyhansonpoetry is a collection of poems that traces the process of rediscovering a love of life after change, disconnection, and personal upheaval. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE is not primarily about romantic love but about reengaging with life, unlearning inherited beliefs, confronting the weight of the past, and slowly rebuilding a relationship with oneself, others, and the world Pick your copy at a bookstore near you and start rediscovering your love for life 🫶
- "I remember the feeling of typing a story with a typewriter and feeling for the first time like a real writer." —Ruth Ozeki THE TYPING LADY is acclaimed novelist @ozekiland’s debut short story collection, and “the move to a shorter form suits [Ozeki’s] playfulness, making a fun reading experience that is both an ideal introduction to and distillation of Ozeki’s writing career” (@financialtimes). Whether you’re already a fan of Ruth Ozeki, you love short stories, or both, pick up this collection of "luminous, razor-sharp stories" (@people) today!
- Watch New York Times bestselling author @jennyjacksonpineapple describe the characters from THE SHAMPOO EFFECT, a @readwithjenna July Pick 📚 @Belle Burden raves, "Jackson’s characters are fully drawn, complex and flawed, each traveling a true arc of growth, arriving in the final pages at a deeper understanding of the ties that bind them to one another. I loved it.” Get your copy of THE SHAMPOO EFFECT today 📖🫧
- Watch FIRES IN THE NIGHT author Matthew Wolfe explain the motives, methods, and mindset of the Earth Liberation Front, a secret group of radicals who launched a clandestine battle to save the planet and evaded FBI capture for a full decade. “Cinematic, suspenseful, totally immersive," (Zoë Schlanger) FIRES IN THE NIGHT is the definitive story of the ELF’s rise and unraveling. For years, members of ELF, many of them close friends, led double lives, meticulously planning and staging their attacks, using secret book clubs, dead drops, and anonymous communiques, while trying to manage interpersonal friction and stay one step ahead of a relentless task force of police and federal agents. To learn more about the rise and fall of this radical group, pick up a copy of FIRES IN THE NIGHT today!
- The book of the summer has landed! THE SHAMPOO EFFECT by @jennyjacksonpineapple, the July @readwithjenna Book Club pick, is NOW AVAILABLE 👏 🫧 THE SHAMPOO EFFECT is a “funny, drama-fueled" (@cocomellors) novel about an ambitious young woman who insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. @nytimes raves, THE SHAMPOO EFFECT is "the platonic ideal of a beach read: fun and fast-paced, with a cover that screams, 'Can I borrow your sunscreen?'" Watch this video to see how author Jenny Jackson found out her book was a Read with Jenna pick and leave a comment if you're planning to read along!
- Listen to @reesesbookclub LitUp Fellow and LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME author, Tolani Akinolas, talk about her experience as a debut novelist ✏️ LEAVE YOUR MESS AT HOME is a "smart, generous, timely exploration of issues of immigration, race, class, violence, gender, sexuality, social media, generational dynamics" (Laurie Frankel ). Told from the perspectives of four Nigerian-American siblings who reunite after a decade apart, this novel asks: what do we owe to our families, and what do we owe to ourselves? Pick up your copy today!
- Listen to CANON author Paige Lewis talk about the backstory behind Yara—the unlikely hero chosen by God to slay the ruthless leader of the army of Bad Guys—and their decision to write Yara as non-binary ⚔️ Have you started reading this "scorchingly brilliant, wildly funny, and deeply moving epic" (@literallyjohngreen)? If not, consider this your sign to make CANON your next read! 🙌
- NOTHING TO MY NAME by Kangkang Li Kovacs is on sale tomorrow 📖 Inspired by the author's own family, this multi-generational Chinese family saga explores how women survive the torrents of history. From the Communist Revolution to the Tiananmen Square massacre, NOTHING TO MY NAME layers the perspectives of a daughter, mother, and grandmother in a sweeping yet intimate story of dignity and suffering, of loss and reckoning, and of the unexpected joy that sustains family bonds. NOTHING TO MY NAME hits shelves tomorrow, so be sure to grab your copy of this "masterful debut” (@marcelisima)!
- Watch author, Lavanya Lakshmi tries to describe her debut novel, LEAVE AND COME BACK in under 30 seconds! A @lillyslibrary June pick, this charming, hilarious, Bollywood-inspired romance asks what it means to open up to love, what makes a family, and how to honor the past while embracing the present.
- "The ELF set fires and eluded capture from the FBI for a full decade, and then everything collapsed." —Matthew Wolfe On sale June 23, FIRES IN THE NIGHT tells the explosive true story of the Earth Liberation Front—a secret group of radicals who launched a clandestine battle to save the planet—and what their legacy illuminates about the past, present, and future of the environmental movement. "Cinematic, suspenseful, totally immersive,” (@zoeschlanger) journalist Matthew Wolfe draws on years of original reporting and interviews, including with reclusive activists breaking their silence for the first time to craft a work of narrative nonfiction that New York Times bestselling author Seth Harp calls "as riveting as any thriller.” #truecrime #narrativenonfiction #nonfictionreads #earthliberationfront
- From the stories that shaped queer culture to explorations of identity, these five books by queer authors are the perfect reads to add to your Pride Month TBR 📚 ⚔️ CANON by Paige Lewis 🕺 MIGHTY REAL by Barry Walters 📗LAST SEEN by Christopher Castellani ❤️ MIDDLE SPOON by Alejandro Varela 🚶 WALK LIKE A GIRL by Prabal Gurung Which of these titles are you most excited to read? Let us know in the comments ⬇️
- Watch New York Times bestselling author Florence Knapp talk about the plot of her New York Times bestseller and #readwithjenna pick, THE NAMES 🌸 @washingtonpost raves, “dazzling. . .THE NAMES is startlingly joyful and paced like a thriller. I raced through it and immediately read it again” while @elleusa praises, "Florence Knapp takes a straightforward speculative premise—what if the name you were given actually determined the path your life would take?—and delivers a grounded, gut-wrenching portrait of the butterfly effect." Pick up THE NAMES today and make it your next read!
- "And for those last few moments, it was beautiful. Until our wedding day was swarming with armed men, suddenly, white light and rough black shadow. Unknown sounds, moving bodies, loud yells. Limbs being grabbed. More yelling. Him being grabbed, violently.”🌴✨ Listen to New York Times bestselling author Rosie Walsh read from the first chapter of her new novel THE ONE DAY YOU WERE MY HUSBAND! Ashley Audrain raves, “The One Day You Were My Husband is a wonderfully immersive and mysterious love story, with twists that left me breathless.” Get your copy of this unmissable emotional thriller today!
- The short story form is very different. It's more like poetry. Every word is important.” ✍️ THE TYPING LADY by Ruth Ozeki is in bookstores now! 📚 The author of A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING, THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS, and more, Ozeki’s distinctive blend of wit, warmth, and deep humanity shines in eleven richly imagined stories of characters standing at life’s thresholds—grappling with faded ideals, evolving identities, and the inevitable compromises that shape a life. Whether you love Ruth Ozeki or are new to her writing, whether you love short stories or want to give them a try, pick up THE TYPING LADY today!
- The wait is over! FOR THE BRIDE by @beegriz is on sale NOW 🙌 In this sapphic romance, two nemeses must put aside their differences to plan the wedding of the summer. @alisoncochrun calls FOR THE BRIDE, "Bridesmaids meets Emily Henry" and @Londonsperry raves it's "for the people who want to be better, for the people who think more bridesmaids should kiss, and for fans of romance everywhere." Pick up this banter-filled romance today!
- THE SHAMPOO EFFECT 🤝 Summer House Watch Bravo-holic and New York Times bestselling author of PINEAPPLE STREET @jennyjacksonpineapple compare the characters from her upcoming "frothy, exuberant book" (@people), THE SHAMPOO EFFECT, to the Summer House cast ☀️ Be on the lookout for this "delicious, unputdownable portrait of a group of friends" (@belleburden) when it hits shelves June 30th 🏖️
- Listen to journalist, Alexandra Sifferlin talk about her new book THE ELUSIVE BODY — an investigative look at the diagnosis crisis in the American healthcare system from the perspective of patients living with undiagnosed illnesses and the doctors searching for answers. Author of SUPER AGERS and founder of Scripps Research, Eric Topol raves that "Sifferlin masterfully illuminates the reasons for these failures [in the diagnosis process], with their profound adverse health implications, and how we can markedly improve in the future.” If you're looking for a timely and compelling book about the American healthcare system, pick up THE ELUSIVE BODY today!
- "I hate titling. It takes me a long time to title poems, to title books. So I set out to challenge myself to write, like, a billion titles." ✍️ Author Paige Lewis takes us behind the scenes in the titling process for their new outrageously entertaining epic CANON, publishing next month! Following two unlikely heroes as they embark on quests to win God's favor, CANON is "a mind-bending adventure about life, death, and fate that will ruin your life, in the best way” (@bookriot). Mark your calendars for the release of CANON on May 19th and get ready for what @literaryhub is calling "one of the best novels of 2026" 🎉
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