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January 16, 2026
Story Image IMLS Opens to FY26 Grant Applications
After almost a year in existential limbo, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has opened its discretionary grant funding cycle for fiscal year 2026, allowing institutions to submit project proposals. more
Story Image Ingram Teams with Backstage to Improve Library Service
To speed up its processing of shelf-ready materials, Ingram Library Services is partnering with Backstage Library Works, a cataloging and metadata provider with facilities in Utah and Pennsylvania. more
Story Image One World, Little Free Library Partner on Book-Sharing Boxes
In honor of the new One World Essentials series, which features 12 of the Random House imprint’s foundational backlist titles, a dozen boxes will be placed in communities with “meaningful ties” to each Essentials book, including works by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ibram X. Kendi. more
Story Image Independent Publishers Caucus Launches Bestseller List with ABA
The Independent Press Top 40 is a new weekly bestseller list that ranks the most popular fiction and nonfiction titles from indie publishers, as sold by American Booksellers Association member stores. “When you take out Amazon, when you take out the large press books, you get this really interesting list,” said IPC cofounder Dan Simon. more
Story Image James Daunt Sees a Bright Future for B&N
With more than 700 outlets now open across the country, the Barnes & Noble CEO opines on the lifecycle of hardcovers, his commitment to stocking books from publishers of all sizes, and what lies ahead for the bookselling chain. more
Story Image Rachel Reid’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ Feels the Love
Sales of the gay ice-hockey romance have shot up nearly 1,000% between the weeks ended November 29, 2025—when the TV adaptation of the novel premiered on HBO—and January 10, 2026, according to Circana BookScan. more
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Story Image Starred Reviews Releasing This Week
Here’s a handy roundup of all the books that received starred reviews in PW that are hitting shelves this week. More
Story Image Julian Barnes’s Mortal Dilemma
The Booker Prize–winning author is turning 80 and releasing his final book—about love, death, and a comically flawed marriage. more
Story Image Home on the Range: PW Talks with Nina McConigley
The Indian American novelist’s How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder chronicles a preteen’s coming of age and her plot to kill her rapist uncle. more
Story Image If Poems Could Kill: PW Talks with Shen Tao
In the debut author’s The Poet Empress, set in a world where poetry is magic but women aren’t allowed to read, a peasant girl becomes a prince’s concubine. more
Story Image Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics: PW Talks with the Curators of ‘¡Wepa!’
A new bilingual exhibition at the New York Public Library, co-curated by Paloma Celis Carbajal and Charles Cuykendall Carter, shines a spotlight on the manifold—and often overlooked—contributions of Puerto Rican comics creators. more
Story Image Somali Author Shugri Salh on the Power of Words
Shugri Salh, born in Somalia and author of the memoir The Last Nomad, reflects on her picture book debut, Suuban’s First Day, current events, and how words have the capacity both to heal and to harm. more
Story Image Book Club Picks for January 2026
Reese’s Book Club selects the sequel to The Last Thing He Told Me, Read with Jenna spotlights Stefan Merrill Block’s debut memoir, and more. more
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Top 10 Bestsellers
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The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Author
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Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life
Charlie Kirk, Author
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Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Author
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Virginia Evans, Author
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Heated Rivalry: Now Streaming on Crave and HBO Max (First Time Trade)
Rachel Reid, Author
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Author
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For the Fans! (Kpop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook
Angela Song, Adapted by, Golden Books, Illustrator
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Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #9)
Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator
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