2021-03-08 Publishers Weekly

Contents

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS

88 Soapbox by Bea and Leah Koch

The owners of The Ripped Bodice bookstore in L.A. say diversity

efforts in romance publishing still lag.

BESTSELLERS

● Adult Hardcovers 12 ● Adult Paperbacks 13

● Children’s 14 ● Category 15 ● Apple Books 16

REVIEWS

Fiction

28 General Fiction

31 Mystery/Thriller

36 SF/Fantasy/Horror

38 Romance/Erotica

39 Inspirational

40 Comics

Nonfiction

42 General Nonfiction

50 Religion/Spirituality

Children’s/YA

51 Picture Books

55 Fiction

34

Q&A with

Mette Ivie Harrison

45

Q&A with

Andrew McCarthy

43

Q&A with

Suzanne Simard

29

Boxed Review

The Other Black GIrl

41

Boxed Review

The Secret to

Superhuman Strength

52

Reviews Roundip

Bedtime books for

young readers

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