Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, including the buzziest summer reads, an AI chatbot in Google Play Books, the winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards, and more. The Buzziest Summer Reading Books
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Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Academy’s 13th Governors Awards on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Los Angeles. Credit/Provider: Blaine Ohigashi / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. Preview: Jennifer Lawrence will star in and produce new rom-com ‘One Month Mark.’ Sophie Fleur de Bruijn wrote the script. Apple Original Films is backing the movie. It sometimes happens that
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Maybe they’re reading too much into it… or maybe she really did see it. Of course, we’ve all heard a lot about the drama between between Megan Moroney and Riley Green. Fans are convinced her song “Who Hurt You?”, which was included on her third studio album Cloud 9 that was released in February, is about whatever happened
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Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s interim peace deal on Thursday, insisting that the United States is not paying the Islamic Republic and that any economic benefits for Iran depend on full compliance with the agreement. “The United States isn’t giving up a cent of money to Iran,” Vance said. Vance’s comments came
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh speaks to reporters during his first news conference since taking the helm at the central bank on June 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s first big announced changes point toward a quiet revolution, with task forces set up to rethink virtually
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It’s hard to believe, but Deidre Hall first joined Days of Our Lives 50 years ago next week. These nostalgic episodes celebrating long-term characters and actors are one of the best things about the long-running soap, and Marlena’s is coupled with some huge returns. Unfortunately, we can’t purely enjoy it because Days of Our Lives
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Today’s Featured Book Deals $1.99 Where the Wildflowers Grow by Terah Shelton Harris Get This Deal $2.99 Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura Get This Deal $1.99 Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass Get This Deal $2.69 Before the Coffee Gets Cold Set by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Get This Deal $1.99 Training
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A view of a CarMax dealership on April 10, 2025, in Santa Rosa, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of CarMax fell 9% Wednesday after the company beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations and its new CEO detailed a high-level turnaround strategy for the company. Here’s how the company performed in its first fiscal
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The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation is actively developing and maintaining a suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers that it hands out to affiliates for impairing system defenses before deploying the encryptor. This mature portfolio of EDR-terminating tools is centered around a framework that’s known as GentleKiller. “They also incorporate third-party or leaked tools
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