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Published June 25, 2021 at 2:36 PM CDT Listen • 24:32 / Dive into a good beach read this summer with recommendations from two local librarians, Jen Ohzourk and Jennifer Alexander. What makes a good summer read? For St. Louis Public Library regional branch manager Jen Ohzourk, it’s a book that is captivating, escapist, and easy to put down and pick back up again later — perhaps after a swim or bike ride. On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, Ohzourk and St. Loui...

Librarians Jennifer Alexander and Jen Ohzourk share their favorite beach reads of all time on St. Louis on the Air.

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 5, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan

"It's critical to translate climate information into as many languages as possible to make sure that these mostly-minority communities are informed," Sophia Kianni told Insider.

"It's critical to translate climate information into as many languages as possible to make sure that these mostly-minority communities are informed," Sophia Kianni told Insider.

FICTION

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 29, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan

by Christopher Buehlman (Gollancz £16.99, 416 pp) You might think that a naked, tattooed, lady assassin being vomited from the belly of a blind tomcat might cause the gentle reader to pause for a beat, but no: it’s business as usual in this pulsating, gruesome, funny debut. Knitting together sea voyages and shipwrecks, murder and leg theft, base magic and a looming, existential, goblin-related threat, are a trio of mismatched companions: Kinch, the eponymous blacktongued thief; Galva, an eni...

After the success of 2015’s The Martian (directed by Ridley Scott no less) it’s little wonder that the world is hyped to read the next novel from The Martian’s author, Andy Weir. Luckily, the wait is now over and Weir’s latest novel , Project Hail Mary is out this month (and already optioned for a movie adaptation!). The novel follows Ryland Grace, the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission – and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right no...

We review author Andy Weir's (The Martian) latest foray into space with his new novel Project Hail Mary. Read the full review at SciFiNow...