This edition of Today in Books is sponsored by Aftershocks by Marko Kloos and Amazon Publishing.
The Top Selling Print Book Of 2019 So Far
Based on figures from outlets that report to NPD BookScan the #1 selling print book of 2019 so far is–wait for it… Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. And if you had guessed Michelle Obama’s Becoming, you were close–she has the #2 selling print book for the first half of the year. Read on here for some more titles and sales numbers.
#BookstoresAgainstBorders Raised $48,000+ For RAICES
So far it looks like the efforts started by A Room of One’s Own bookshop owner to raise money for Refugee Center for Education and Legal Services has raised more than $48,000! It’ll probably be a bit before final tallies are in since some bookstores have pledged to extend #BookstoresAgainstBorders fundraising through July. Booknerds uniting for good is a beautiful thing.
Bidding War Over Naomi Novik’s Uprooted
And the winner of the heated bidding war to adapt Naomi Novik’s Uprooted is Warner Bros., with Ellen DeGeneres’ A Very Good Production producing. So if you have yet to read this Polish fairy tale-ish fantasy and you like to read before the adaptation, now may be a good time to curl up with it.