FOR RICHER FOR POORER by Danielle Steel debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week August 31, 2025, appearing at #1 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on August 12, 2025.

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Emmy award-winning HACKS writer Aisha Muharrar’s debut novel LOVED ONE published this week to tremendous acclaim. The novel received extensive coverage from NPR: it was highlighted as a notable book launching this week, and Muharrar was interviewed by Juana Summers for All Things Considered. LOVED ONE is also an NPR notable book launching this week. Elsewhere, the Associated Press published a glowing review, and People highlighted the book as one of the best releases of the month. Viking published LOVED ONE on August 12, 2025.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION by Ling Ling Huang earned a spot on Vogue’s round up of “13 Feminist Books That Deserve a Place on Your Nightstand,” with OLD ENOUGH Haley Jakobson author praising: “I know [the novel] is going to rip people apart in the best way—it just cuts right to the core—the book itself is so emotionally ALIVE.” IMMACULATE CONCEPTION was published by Dutton on May 13, 2025.

A MOTHER’S LOVE by Danielle Steel debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week July 13, 2025, appearing at #3 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on June 24, 2025.

Sarah Penner’s latest novel, THE AMALFI CURSE, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of May 18, 2025, appearing at #8 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Park Row published the novel on April 29, 2025.

Joan Didion’s posthumous book NOTES TO JOHN debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of May 11, 2025, appearing at #6 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list and #4 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Knopf published the book on April 22, 2025.

The paperback edition of SOCIOPATH by Patric Gagne debuted at #9 on the Paperback Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of April 27, 2025. Simon and Schuster published the hardcover edition on April 2, 2024, and the paperback on April 8, 2025.

HABITATIONS author Sheila Sundar joined co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast to discuss “the targeting of international university students, especially those involved in pro-Palestine speech or protests, by the Trump administration…[and] international students’ contributions to American intellectual life and how the current assault on diversity damages academia.” Sundar also read an excerpt from HABITATIONS. Simon & Schuster published the hardcover edition of HABITATIONS on April 2, 2024, and the paperback on April 8, 2025.

In an exclusive piece with People magazine, Padma Lakshmi shared details about her new cookbook, PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN: “Dishes featured in the upcoming release include Indian coconut rice, Peruvian tamales with chicken, Afghani dumplings with leeks and scallions, Oaxacan mushroom tacos and a strawberry, cardamom and cream cake…[and] Lakshmi’s 15-year-old daughter, Krishna, made her own contribution. ‘Krishna has her own recipe in there, and you can also see in the photos how she’s grown just in the years it took me to put this book together,’ the author says. ‘This book is a scrapbook of our lives in food over the last six-seven years.’” The book was also featured on Eater: “Arriving at a time when immigrant communities around the U.S. find themselves increasingly under scrutiny and threat, Padma’s All American describes itself as ‘a joyful book — a reflection of who we truly are as a nation, from one of our most essential culinarians.’” Knopf will publish PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN on November 4, 2025.