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Oprah chooses Jenna Bush Hager imprint for book club

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick also has the blessing of a second literary tastemaker, Jenna Bush Hager. Winfrey announced recently that she had selected Sophie Chen Keller’s “Little Wonder,” which has just been published. Keller’s novel was released by Hager’s Thousand Voices imprint, in partnership with Penguin Random House. Set in China, “Little Wonder” is the story of a food delivery worker and her gifted son, a musical prodigy who gets lost in Beijing. “I was riveted in hopeful anticipation of the outcome of this unforgettable journey of a ...

Publishers Weekly US Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction 1. “Harvest Season” by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn) 2. “Whistler” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 3. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 4. “Light Wielder” by Rachel Schneider (Saturday) 5. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 6. “Rocket’s Red Glare” by Patterson/Eversmann (Little, Brown) 7. “Our Perfect Storm” by Carley Fortune (Berkley) 8. “Land” by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf) 9. “The Midnight Train” by Matt Haig (Viking) 10. “Daughters of the Sun and Moon” by Lisa See (Scribner) 11. “The Ballad of ...

Publisher’s Weekly US best sellers

Hardcover Fiction 1. “Whistler” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 2. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 3. “Land” by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf) 4. “Road Trip” by Mary Kay Andrews (St. Martin’s) 5. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 6. “Our Perfect Storm” by Carley Fortune (Berkley) 7. “The Midnight Train” by Matt Haig (Viking) 8. “The Final Target” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s) 9. “The Ballad of Falling Dragons” by Sarah A. Parker (Avon) 10. “Kissed by the Gods (deluxe ed.)” by Caty Rogan ...

Story explains gap between life, horrors of World War II

NEW YORK — When World War I broke out in 1914, Edith Wharton’s initial response was less as a storyteller in search of material than as a citizen and intrepid witness. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The House of Mirth,” “The Custom of the Country” and other probing stories ...

Corleone crime family returns in a new ‘Godfather’ novel

NEW YORK — Decades after the last “Godfather” movie and more than 10 years since the last “Godfather” novel, the story of the Corleone crime family has a new chapter, presented for the first time from a woman’s point of view. Random House told The Associated Press that it had acquired a “Godfather” novel authorized by the estate of Mario Puzo and written by bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. “Connie” is scheduled for a fall 2027 release and will center on the Corleone family member played by Talia Shire, sister of director Francis Ford Coppola, in the three ...

Publisher’s Weekly US best sellers

Hardcover Fiction 1. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 2. “Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It” by Brooke Averick (Crown) 3. “The Final Target” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s) 4. “The Midnight Train” by Matt Haig (Viking) 5. “The Ballad of Falling Dragons” by Sarah A. Parker (Avon) 6. “The Martian (deluxe ed.)” by Andy Weir (Ballantine) 7. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 8. “Our Perfect Storm” by Carley Fortune (Berkley) 9. “Twisted Love (collector’s ed.)” by Ana Huang (Bloom) 10. “Ironwood” by ...