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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Penguin Random House’s First Quarter Was Strong</h2>
<p>Can you guess the books that drove sales the most? Internationally, <a title="Buy from Amazon" product-id="B0FYFMRBJB" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FYFMRBJB/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B0FYFMRBJB" target="_blank" butter="butter" nofollow="nofollow" data-title="For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)" data-publisher="Golden Books" data-releasedate="2025-12-30" data-author="Song, Angela" data-ean="9798217233977" data-asin="B0FYFMRBJB" class="butter" rel="noopener">For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters)</a> by Angela Song sold 1.6 million copies in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, and Spain; while <a title="Buy from Thriftbooks" product-id="0593798430" href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-correspondent_virginia-evans%2F53574174%2F" target="_blank" butter="butter" nofollow="nofollow" data-title="The Correspondent: A Novel" data-publisher="Crown" data-releasedate="2025-04-29" data-author="Evans, Virginia" data-ean="9780593798430" data-asin="0593798430" class="butter" rel="noopener">The Correspondent</a> by Virginia Evans sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Stateside, leading sales were populated by books that had been adapted, such as <a title="Buy from Thriftbooks" product-id="0593135229" href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fproject-hail-mary_andy-weir%2F26830049%2F" target="_blank" butter="butter" nofollow="nofollow" data-title="Project Hail Mary: A Novel" data-publisher="Random House Publishing Group" data-releasedate="2022-10-04" data-author="Weir, Andy" data-ean="9780593135228" data-asin="0593135229" class="butter" rel="noopener">Project Hail Mary</a> by Andy Weir and <a title="Buy from Thriftbooks" product-id="0451531795" href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fwuthering-heights_emily-bront%2F248054%2F" target="_blank" butter="butter" nofollow="nofollow" data-title="Wuthering Heights" data-publisher="Signet" data-releasedate="2011-03-01" data-author="Bronte, Emily" data-ean="9780451531797" data-asin="0451531795" class="butter" rel="noopener">Wuthering Heights</a> by Emily Brontë. </p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Florence Pugh Is an Adaptation Darling</h2>
<p>Miss Mamas is everywhere collecting an adaptation coin—and I can’t say I’m mad. The only performance of hers I’ve seen that didn’t quite do it for me was her role in Marvel’s <em>Black Widow</em>, and that was because of that Temu Russian accent she did. I would absolutely watch these other things she’s starring in, though! There’s the adaptation of Matt Haig’s super bestselling <a title="Buy from Thriftbooks" product-id="B09DMRJG9D" href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fthe-midnight-library_matt-haig%2F26805242%2F" target="_blank" butter="butter" nofollow="nofollow" data-title="The Midnight Library (Korean Edition)" data-publisher="Influential" data-releasedate="2021-04-28" data-author="Matt, Haig" data-ean="9791191056556" data-asin="B09DMRJG9D" class="butter" rel="noopener">The Midnight Library</a>, which she is also producing. <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/global/florence-pugh-the-midnight-library-adaptation-studiocanal-1236744076/">Shooting for that is set to start in 2027</a>. She’s also getting back to the classics with her role as Cathy Ames in <em>East of Eden</em>, which is being adapted from <a title="Buy from Thriftbooks" product-id="0142004235" href="https://prf.hn/click/camref:1101lkCeo/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Feast-of-eden-by-john-steinbeck%2F250151%2F" target="_blank" butter="butter" nofollow="nofollow" data-title="East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial Edition" data-publisher="Penguin Books" data-releasedate="2002T" data-author="Steinbeck, John" data-ean="9780142004234" data-asin="0142004235" class="butter" rel="noopener">John Steinbeck’s book of the same name</a>. The seven-episode series is out on Netflix this fall, and <a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/east-of-eden-series">there’s already a trailer for it</a>.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees Have Been Announced</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards/">Comic-Con just announced the nominees for this year’s Eisner Awards</a>, which are considered “the Oscars” of the comic book world. The nominees include more than 170 print and online titles from around 75 publishers, and are judged across 32 categories. As far as publishers go, DC Comics is leading the pack with the most nominated titles (16), but indie publisher Fantagraphics isn’t too far behind with its 14 titles. I also noticed that a few of the authors nominated were some of the same ones who authored comics nominated for our Best Comics of the Century So Far list (more on that below). Among them are Raina Telgemeier, K. O’Neill, Trung Le Nguyen, Mariko Tamaki, Alison Bechdel, and Juni Ba.</p>
<p>Eisner Award winners will be announced during a gala awards ceremony on July 24. </p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Best Comic Books of the Century So Far</h2>
<p>Speaking of comics! I had a <em>time</em> helping to assemble our list of <a href="https://bookriot.com/best-comic-books-of-the-century-so-far/">the Best Comics of the Century So Far</a>. Even as a longtime comics reader, there were so many great titles nominated by our staff and contributors that were new to me. Comics have really been a part of cultural discourse for so long, and our list of the best ones from the 21st century really showcases their full range.</p>
<p>These comics, graphic novels, and graphic nonfiction include coming-of-age tales set during revolutions, ones that use fabulism to explore queer realities, and others that tell stories entirely through illustration. There are manga from Japan that have taken the world by storm, and even relatable comics geared towards younger readers that have ushered them into a lifetime of reading.</p>
<p>You should absolutely get involved with <a href="https://bookriot.com/best-comic-books-of-the-century-so-far/">the list</a> and <a href="https://bookriot.com/best-comics-of-the-year-and-the-century-altogether#comments-container">let us know what you think! </a>Which comics would you add? Or even takeaway, if you’re feeling spicy.</p>
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