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BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

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BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

BIG NEWS! We’re refreshing our Simon Books Buddy influencer program! 📖 Please apply at the link in our bio to be considered, and check out some of our most Frequently Asked Questions here.

*Please note: Previous acceptance into the program does not guarantee acceptance into the program moving forward. You must reapply to be reconsidered for the program.

5 minutes. $100. 57,000 books. 📚⏱️😬
BOOKSTORE BLITZ premieres Wednesday, May 21, 11am (et) 👀
Watch at the Simon_Books YouTube channel

Celebrate Mother’s Day with these must reads! 🌸💐

🌷Bright Years by @sarahdamoff
🌷Heartwood by @amity_gaige
🌷The Many Lives of Mama Love by @laralovehardin
🌷How to Say Babylon by @safiyasinclair
🌷Lucky by @marissastapley
🌷Broken Country by @clarelesliehall
🌷Keeper of Lost Children by @sadeqasays
🌷All the World Can Hold by @jungyun71
🌷Where the Water Meets the Sky by Diane Les Becquets
🌷An Unfinished Love Story by @doriskgoodwin

Our TBR is stacked with these fantastic reads in honor of #AANHPI Heritage Month!

MEANING OF JUNGKOOK @monmoon
SWIMMING BACK TO TROUT RIVER by @lindaruifeng
JADED by @ ela__lee
THE EVENING HERO by @mariemyungoklee
WHITE IVY by @susieyyang
DOCILE by @hyeseungs
IN THE SHADOW OF THE BANYAN by @vaddey.ratner
THE RETURN OF ELLIE BLACK by @emikojeanbooks
BOAT BABY by @vickynguyentv
LEAD BIGGER by @theannechow
PONTI by @strangelikeness
LUMINOUS by @park_silvia
THE MAKING OF ASIAN AMERICA by Erika Lee
THE FUTURE IS ASIAN by @drparagkhanna

#aapibooks #aanhpiauthors #aanhpimonth #bookrecommendations #maytbr

Does Tom Perrotta explain "The Leftovers"?

NO

But he does find one of his bucket list books in the stacks at @mcnallyjackson's Rock Center store...

The acclaimed novelist and screenwriter - whose latest, "Ghost Town," is available now - takes a relaxed approach to build his perfect stack. But why hurry when you've got these honorifics...

“The Steinbeck of Suburbia” -Time
“Our Balzac of the burbs” -Chicago Sun-Times
“An American Chekhov” -The New York Times

Books seen and heard here:
🙇 "This Boy's Life" by Tobias Wolff
🇫🇷 "Swann's Way" by Marcel Proust
🫣 "Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth
✒️ "A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025"
📺 "Colored Television" by Danzy Senna

More Perrotta...
🚗 "Ghost Town"
💨 "The Leftovers"
🗳️ "Election" & "Tracy Flick Can't Win"
🤳 "Mrs. Fletcher"
💔 "Little Children"

Part memoir, part philosophical inquiry, @sirihustvedt's GHOTS STORIES is unflinching, tender, and wise. Now available wherever books are sold!

The Constitution was written for citizens to read! 📜@profmmurray’s new book “The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader” dives into the nation’s most important founding document—available now.

When is political violence “good”? What really is “fake news”?
#beentheredonethat#htdspodcast #history

May the Fourth be with you💫

Astrophysicist and bestselling author @neildegrassetyson celebrates by opining on some of "Star Wars" most beloved creatures and some other (in)famous extraterrestrials from pop culture.

His latest book, "Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter," is a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials 👽 🛸

#maythefourth #starwars

Giveaway Alert! Enter for a chance to win two books by @_lisaolivera

It’s pub week for WHEN THE ACHE REMAINS and we’re partnering with @simonbooks for a sweet sweepstakes.

One lucky winner will receive a hardcover edition of WHEN THE ACHE REMAINS and a paperback edition of ALREADY ENOUGH!

ALREADY ENOUGH is an essential guide for self-acceptance that invites readers to identify, understand, and reframe their life stories.

WHEN THE ACHE REMAINS is a moving exploration of the emotional pain each of us lives with, offering readers guidance on holding the ache alongside the beauty.

Here’s how to enter:
💚 Like + save this post
💚 Follow @gcpbalance , @simonbooks , and @_lisaolivera
💚 Tag a reading buddy in the comments below!

No purchase necessary. 50 U.S./DC, 18+. One prize available. Starts 1pm, April 1, 2026. Ends 11:59pm ET April 8, 2026. Official Rules apply (Link in Bio)

A deadly fire in 1970s Brooklyn. A journalist searching for the truth of who set the buildings ablaze decades later. LIVONIA CHOW MEIN is a gripping story of family history and political upheaval centered around a Chinese family-owned restaurant in Brownsville, Brooklyn and its impact on the neighborhood’s Jewish and Black residents over the course of a century. Now available wherever books are sold!

"If you only have one book left to read in your life, make it this one..." 🤯 Hell of a recommendation from @sarahhoov but what could it be...

The writer, cultural critic, and author of the bestselling memoir "The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of Motherhood," available in paperback/ebook/audiobook from @_simonelement, attacks the stacks of @mcnallyjackson with reckless abandon to build her perfect stack and the commentary does not at all whatsoever disappoint 😏

🔪 🍆 "I will full Lorena Bobbit him..." 🫥

🙅 🕺 "Don't mess with the bad boys, you can find, like, a naughty boy, that's fine..."

👯 "These girls have seen things..."

Books seen and heard here:
💊 "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann
🤥 "Liars" by Sarah Manguso
🤴 "Orlando" by Virginia Woolf
🙌 "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
👫 "What It's Like In Words" by @elizamossbooks