Al Woodworth

Jan 2, 2025 | amazon.com | James Clear |Arthur Brooks |Lindsay Powers |Al Woodworth

New Year, New You: Books that will improve your health, wealth, and mindsetYou’re perfect just the way you are! But should you want to work on a few goals—whether financial, physical, interpersonal, professional, or something else—these books below are a great place to start. We’ve rounded up the classics (Atomic Habits), brand new buzzy books (The Let Them Theory), and many in between. Cheers to living your best life in 2025.

Jun 27, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Al Woodworth

Since 2009, Amazon Literary Partnership has provided more than $17 million in funding to local, regional and national organizations across the country that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment and thrive in order to reach their audiences. This year, we are honored to provide nearly $1 million in funding to 93 literary organizations across the country that support and champion writers. At Amazon, we believe in the power of words to transform lives, communities and the world.

Jun 25, 2024 | amazon.com | Al Woodworth

What to read next: A juicy memoir, the latest from Tomi Adeyemi, a perfect summer romance, and moreWondering what to read next? We’re here to help. This week, the Editors suggest a juicy and buzzy memoir from a PR hitman, a novel with “Princess Bride vibes” that is just hitting Prime Video, a perfect summer romance read, the follow-up in Tomi Adeyemi’s knock-out series, and more. We also just announced the Editors picks for the Best Books of 2024 So Far, along with incredible category picks.

Jun 25, 2024 | amazon.com | Al Woodworth

Best Debuts of 2024 So Far, as chosen by the Amazon EditorsThere’s nothing like discovering a new author—it’s one of the best parts of reading and one of the best parts of our job as Editors. As a team we read thousands of books, and there’s nothing quite like the thrill of reading a debut novel. Last year, we introduced the debut category to our Best Books of the Year list and we thought we’d do the same for this year’s Best Books of the Year So Far.

Jun 18, 2024 | amazon.com | Salman Rushdie |Al Woodworth

Best biographies and memoirs of the year so farPutting together the best biographies and memoirs of the year so far is a thrill—it’s also hard. But this list—the best of the best—represents the wide and varied lives and experiences of humanity. From a public relations hitman to RuPaul, to one of today’s greatest literary luminaries, Salman Rushdie, to a sociopath (yes, you read that right), these are some of our favorites.