Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews, also known as Kirkus Media, is a publication that focuses on book reviews in the United States. It was established in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus, who lived from 1893 to 1980. The magazine is based in New York City.

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Memoir by Marla Gibbs Coming in 2026

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

A memoir from actor Marla Gibbs is coming in 2026. Amistad will publish Gibbs’ It’s Never Too Late next year, the press announced in a news release.
Shortlist for Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Revealed

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

The shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction have been revealed, with eight authors in the running for the annual award given annually to “a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction.”Vajra Chandrasekera made the shortlist for Rakesfall, along with Andrea Hairston for Archangels of Funk, Nalo Hopkinson for Blackheart Man, and Margaret Killjoy for The Sapling Cage.
Memoir by Charlie Sheen Coming This Fall

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Charlie Sheen will tell the story of his life and career in a memoir, People magazine reports. Gallery will publish The Book of Sheen this fall. “Charlie Sheen should not be alive to write this book,” the press says.
NOT MY TYPE | Kirkus Reviews

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | E. Jean Carroll

An unexpectedly entertaining tale that neatly damns the sitting president with his own ill-chosen words. Breezily barbed account of the author’s years battling Donald Trump in court. “Donald Trump’s entire defense rests on calling everyone a liar,” says one of Carroll’s battery of lawyers before an entranced jury. Trump is, of course, the centerpiece of Carroll’s story, a mix of legal transcripts and memoir hinging on her heavily publicized civil suit against him for assault and defamation.
Reese Witherspoon Launches Podcast for Book Club

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Reese Witherspoon’s popular book club is getting its own podcast, Variety reports. The actor will launch Bookmarked by Reese’s Book Club later this month, with journalist Danielle Robay as the host. Witherspoon launched her book club in 2017 with the goal of “sharing stories centered around women to elevate their voices,” and it has since become a phenomenon in the publishing world, almost guaranteeing bestseller status for titles that have been selected.
Clinton, Patterson Talk New Book on ‘Daily Show’

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Former President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson stopped by the Daily Show to discuss their latest novel, The First Gentleman. Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper asked Clinton, “What’s it like to live inside the headspace of the first gentleman?”“I don’t know, I tried,” Clinton replied, to laughter and applause from the audience. “Let me say, it’s not easy. Our guy…he’s a complicated figure. He’s not hung up about his wife being the president.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Earned Over $2M on Book

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson earned more than $2 million from her memoir, CNN reports. Jackson, who was appointed to the court by former President Joe Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2022, reported the earnings in her annual financial disclosure. She had previously earned almost $900,000 on the memoir. Two other justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch, also reported income from books in their disclosures.
Barry Diller Talks Memoir With Seth Meyers

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Barry Diller stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers to discuss his new memoir with the talk show host. The business executive and media mogul’s Who Knew: My Story was published by Simon & Schuster last month; the book made headlines when it was revealed that Diller comes out as gay. A critic for Kirkus called the book “highly instructive for would-be tycoons, with plenty of entertaining interludes.”“I’m kind of sick of the sound of my own voice, but I’ll try,” Diller responded.
Julia Quinn Talks Bridgerton With ‘CBS News’

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

Julia Quinn talked about her Bridgerton series of historical romance novels, and the television series based on the books, on CBS News Boston. In an interview at Lovestruck Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Quinn told CBS Boston digital producer Riley Rourke, “My favorite character to write is actually Lady Danbury,” the powerful matron portrayed in the Netflix series by Adjoa Andoh.
William Langewiesche Dies at 70 | Kirkus Reviews

1 week ago | kirkusreviews.com | Michael Schaub

William Langewiesche, the journalist and author known for his reporting on a wide range of topics, has died at 70, the New York Times reports. Langewiesche was born in Connecticut and educated at Stanford University. During college and afterwards, he worked as a pilot, having been taught to fly as a child by his father. He worked as a writer for Flying magazine but left in order to pursue his dream of writing literary nonfiction.