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2 months ago | 
amazon.com | Seira Wilson |Vannessa Cronin |Abby Abell
Chef, cookbook author, and foodie icon Alton Brown’s favorite recent readsAlton Brown is the witty food scientist and chef-host of multiple Food Network shows including Good Eats and Cutthroat Kitchen, the author of several best-selling cookbooks, and someone who brings a style all his own to the culinary world.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
amazon.com | Sarah Gelman |Vannessa Cronin
Editorial Director Sarah Gelman’s New Year, New You picks, as seen on CBS MorningsAs Amazon’s Editorial Director, my team and I read a LOT of books to find the ones we think readers will love. Every month I go on CBS Mornings to talk about some of the team’s favorites. Now that 2025 is here, it’s time for books that inspire us to take the new year by storm! If you didn’t catch me today, here’s the list of books I recommended and why.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
amazon.com | Erin Kodicek |Vannessa Cronin
Best literature and fiction of January 2025, as chosen by the Amazon EditorsA warm-hearted yarn from the host of the eponymous Graham Norton Show, a novel fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid will enjoy, and much more. Learn more about these and all of our picks for the best literature and fiction of the month. Graham Norton is the affable host of the eponymous talk show that is one of the most popular programs on the BBC.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
amazon.com | Vannessa Cronin
What to read next: books to be thankful for, from a real page-turner to an absolute treatWe don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Ireland, but luckily, ‘thankful’ is a concept that transcends cultural, geographical, and language barriers. The Amazon Editors are feeling thankful this week and naturally, it involves books.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
amazon.com | Vannessa Cronin
James Patterson on Alex Cross, ‘Along Came a Spider,’ and the new Prime Video show, ‘Cross’Cross, the new adaptation of James Patterson’s iconic detective, is nearly here on Prime Video, and, as major fans of the books, we can’t wait. Alex Cross is a devoted family man, a skilled psychologist, and a relentless detective—not to mention, as wily as the killers he goes up against.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
amazon.com | Vannessa Cronin
What to read next: A book about tipping points, a cat-and-mouse thriller, and Stanley TucciWe editors are convening in Seattle this week to decide on our Best Books of 2024 (check out our mid-year roundup here). With that little project underway—our favorite of the year—we editors have been reading feverishly. Some of the books below are in contention for a best of the year nod, others are just reads we love and recommend. Read on to see if any of these make your best read of the year list.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
amazon.com | Vannessa Cronin
Last chance to save on great reads with Prime Big Deal DaysIf you haven’t already checked out Prime Big Deal Days offers on books, now’s the time, as we count down to the last deals on these and many more great reads. You have just a few hours left to treat your shelf!This steamy western romance from the Rebel Blue Ranch series caught me by surprise with its tenderness and vulnerability. Ada Hart is ready for independence after the end of her short-lived marriage to a controlling man.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
amazon.com | Vannessa Cronin |Abby Abell
Best mysteries and thrillers of October, as chosen by the Amazon EditorsThe sequel to a global bestseller, the latest by an author whose last thriller was a sleeper smash hit, the sixth in a bestselling series (soon to be adapted for TV), and the follow up to a thriller that made the longlist for the National Book Award. Scroll on for some amazing reads in October and don’t forget to check out the complete list of the Best Mysteries and Thrillers this month.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
amazon.com | Vannessa Cronin
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month“Write what should not be forgotten” wrote Isabel Allende. Of course, what should not be forgotten varies from author to author and country to country. Below is a selection of books—set in countries from Mexico to Spain—that the Amazon Editors consider unforgettable. This memoir is harrowing. It’s heart-breaking. You have to read it. We named it the best nonfiction book of 2022 when it published and it went on to win the LA Times Book Prize that year.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
amazon.com | Rachel Kushner |Richard Osman |Vannessa Cronin
Best mysteries and thrillers of September 2024, as chosen by the Amazon EditorsSeptember is pretty much the biggest month in publishing (foreshadowing: followed by October), and so our roundup of all the great crime fiction we read this month is a little longer than usual.
