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Books with Buzz: June 2025

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The latest reads generating buzz through media, TV or film adaptations, and celebrity book clubs.
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Book cover for "Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson" with a smiling person wearing a flower crown.

Marsha by Tourmaline
Featured in The Audacious Book Club

A Black trans luminary brings to life the first definitive biography of one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQ+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.

Book cover for "Flashlight" by Susan Choi, featuring a large red sun and dark shoreline with a small silhouette.

Flashlight by Susan Choi
Featured in TeaTime Book Club

The author of Trust Exercise follows a father’s disappearance across time, nations and memory.

Bright yellow book cover of "The Phoenix Pencil Company" with colorful flowers and pencil illustrations.

The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Featured in Reese’s Book Club

A hidden and nearly forgotten magic—of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life—holds the power to transform a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long-lost connections across time and space.

A woman in sunglasses looks up; "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid is written over a blue sky background.

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Featured in Good Housekeeping

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

A vibrant red table with glasses and plates; book title "LUSH" by Rochelle Dowden-Lord in bold white letters.

Lush by Rochelle Dowden-Lord
Featured in Belletrist

For readers of Sweetbitter and The Paris Novel, an intoxicating debut novel set in the glamorous, exclusive, and unexpectedly raucous world of wine.

A black-and-white photo of a woman and man, with yellow text reading "Widow Basquiat: A Love Story by Jennifer Clement.

Widow Basquiat by Jennifer Clement
Featured in Service95

An exploration of the achievements and tragic early death of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is presented through the story of his relationship with his lover and muse, Suzanne Mallouk.

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