PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN by Padma Laksmi

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PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN by Padma Laksmi
PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN received recognition from The Washington Post on their list of favorite cookbooks for this year. They write: “Fans will appreciate the peek behind the scenes, while cooks will be tempted by recipes such as vegetable pakoras, ‘biracial’ latkes, tuna laab, quick hotteok and banana lumpia.” Knopf published PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN on November 4, 2025.

PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN received recognition from The Washington Post on their list of favorite cookbooks for this year. They write: “Fans will appreciate the peek behind the scenes, while cooks will be tempted by recipes such as vegetable pakoras, ‘biracial’ latkes, tuna laab, quick hotteok and banana lumpia.” Knopf published PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN on November 4, 2025.

JOAN CRAWFORD: A WOMAN’S FACE by Scott Eyman

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JOAN CRAWFORD: A WOMAN’S FACE by Scott Eyman
JOAN CRAWFORD: A WOMAN’S FACE by New York Times Bestselling author Scott Eyman published this week to critical acclaim. Bruce Bawer of The American Spectator raves: "[An] elegant, intelligent, comprehensively researched, and thoroughly absorbing new biography...Kudos to Scott Eyman for writing a smart and sensitive account that captures Joan Crawford in all her humanity." Meanwhile, David Luhrssen of Shepherd writes: "Deft writing, archival research, critical thinking and cineaste’s eye for telling details." Lastly, Salon included the book in its roundup of “10 fall biographies you won’t want to miss,” with writer Andi Zeisler noting: “Scott Eyman’s new biography pulls together the layers of invention and reinvention that transformed malnourished Texas tomboy Lucille LeSueur into screen legend Joan Crawford with so much immediacy and Hollywood-insider detail that reading it feels like a cinematic experience in itself…It renders studio politics, contract-negotiation minutiae, costuming conflicts and production-code headaches with thrilling immediacy, note-perfect dialogue and the perfect amount of attitude.” Simon and Schuster published the hardcover on November 18, 2025.

JOAN CRAWFORD: A WOMAN’S FACE by New York Times Bestselling author Scott Eyman published this week to critical acclaim. Bruce Bawer of The American Spectator raves: "[An] elegant, intelligent, comprehensively researched, and thoroughly absorbing new biography...Kudos to Scott Eyman for writing a smart and sensitive account that captures Joan Crawford in all her humanity." Meanwhile, David Luhrssen of Shepherd writes: "Deft writing, archival research, critical thinking and cineaste’s eye for telling details." Lastly, Salon included the book in its roundup of “10 fall biographies you won’t want to miss,” with writer Andi Zeisler noting: “Scott Eyman’s new biography pulls together the layers of invention and reinvention that transformed malnourished Texas tomboy Lucille LeSueur into screen legend Joan Crawford with so much immediacy and Hollywood-insider detail that reading it feels like a cinematic experience in itself…It renders studio politics, contract-negotiation minutiae, costuming conflicts and production-code headaches with thrilling immediacy, note-perfect dialogue and the perfect amount of attitude.” Simon and Schuster published the hardcover on November 18, 2025.

THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW by James Islington

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THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW by James Islington
THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW by James Islington debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of November 30, 2025, appearing at #1 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Saga Press published the book on November 11, 2025.

THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW by James Islington debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of November 30, 2025, appearing at #1 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Saga Press published the book on November 11, 2025.