As usual, we’re joined by veterans of the trade Betsy Burton, Catherine Weller, and Ken Sanders. Get ready for eagerly awaited new novels from Salman Rushdie and Abraham Verghese. Or if you want lighter fare this season, maybe Peter Heller’s new thriller is for you. And if you’ve got big plans to up your baking game, check out “Sweet Enough: A Baking Book” by Alison Roman. Plus tons more. We hope you’ll join us this Friday at 12 p.m.
The King’s English will host an in-person discussion and book signing with Abraham Verghese at the First Baptist Church of Salt Lake City at 777 S. 1300 East on Wednesday, June 14 from 6-8 p.m. You can find details here.
GUESTS –
- Betsy Burton | Co-founder of The King’s English Bookshop
- Catherine Weller | Book buyer for Weller Book Works
- Ken Sanders | Owner of Ken Sanders Rare Books
VOICE TALENT –
- Abraham Verghese for "The Covenant of Water"
- T. Ryder Smith for "Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and its Aftermath"
- Dion Graham for "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder"
Airdate: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 11 a.m.
Summer Reading List:
The King’s English (*Titles out later this summer)
Fiction:
- The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, Grove hardcover, $30 Abraham Verghese to appear at an event for TKE June 14, 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Salt Lake, 666 South 1300 East in the sanctuary.
- *Somebody’s Fool, Richard Russo, Knopf hardcover, $29 (out July 25)
- Be Mine, Richard Ford, ecco hardcover, $30
- Enter Ghost, Isabella Hammad, Grove hardcover, $28
- *The English Experience, Julie Schumacher, Doubleday hardcover, $27 (Out August 15)
- *The History of a Difficult Child, Mihret Sibhat, Viking hardcover, $28 (Out June 27)
Nonfiction
- *A Wild Promise: An Illustrated Celebration of the Endangered Species Act, Allen Crawford, Introductory Essay by Terry Tempest Williams, Tin House Paper-Over-Board, full color illustrations, $35 (Out July 11) Event with TKE TBA!
- History Centered on People Who Actually Existed Seen Through the Eyes of Novelists
- The Siberia Job, Josh Haven, Mysterious Press hardcover, $26.95
- *The Romantic, William Boyd, Knopf hardcover, $28 (Out August 15)
- The East Indian, Drinda Charry, Scribner hardcover, $28
- The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf hardcover, $28
Mysteries and Thrillers
- *The Last Ranger, Peter Heller, Knopf hardcover, $27 (Out August 1)
- Independence Square, Martin Cruz Smith, Simon & Schuster hardcover, $26.99
- The Lock-up, John Banville, Hanover Square hardcover, $30
- The Siberia Job, Josh Haven, Mysterious Press hardcover, $26.95 (see above)
Children’s Picture Books
- NO Is All I Know!, Chris Grabenstein illustrated by Leo Espinosa, Random House hardcover, $18.99
- Flower Girl, Amy Bloom illustrated my Jameela Wahlgren, Norton hardcover, $18.95
- Baba’s Gift: A Persian Father’s Love of Family, Ariana Shaheen Amini and Christina Maheen Amini, illustrated by Elaheh Taherian, Little Bigfoot hardcover, $18.99
- The You Kind of Kind, Nina West, illustrated by Hayden Evans, Princeton Architectural Press hardcover, $18.99
Chapter Books for Children and Young Adults
- Free Water, Amina Luqman-Dawson, Little, Brown hardcover, $16.99
- North of Supernova, Lindsey Leavitt, Henry Holt Hardcover, $18.99
- The Paper Daughters of Chinatown, Heather B. Moore and Allison Hong Merrill, Shadow Mountain hardcover, $18.99
- You: The Story, Ruta Sepetys, Viking hardcover, $19.99
Fiction:
- Blue Skies by T.C. Boyle, hardcover, Liveright Publishing, hardcover, $30.00
- Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana-Kwame Adeji-Brenyah, hardcover, Pantheon, $27.00
- Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, hardcover, Grove Press, $32.00
- Curator by Owen King, hardcover, Scribner Book Company, $28.99
- Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs, hardcover, Morrow, $27.99
- East Indian by Brinda Charry, hardcover, Scribner Book Company, $28.00
- Lone Women by Victor Lavalle, hardcover, One World, $27.00
- Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller, hardcover, WW Norton, $27.95
- Mrs. S by K Patrick, paperback, Europa Editions, $18.00
Non-fiction:
- Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny, hardcover, W.W. Norton, $30.00
- Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back by Cory Doctorow, hardcover, Beacon Press, $26.95
- Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship that Saved Yellowstone by Dean King, hardcover, Scribner, $30.00
- Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall, hardcover, Abrams Press, $28.00
- Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon by Morgan Sjogren, paperback, Torrey House Press, $19.95
- Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of American History by Ned Blackhawk, hardcover, Yale University Press, $35.00
- Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and its Aftermath by Richard Turley and Barbara Jones Brown, hardcover, Oxford University Press, $34.95
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann, hardcover, Doubleday Books, $30.00
Cooking, humor, etc:
- On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor that Seduced the World by Raghavan Iyer, hardcover, Workman, $30.00
- Sweet Enough: A Baking Book by Alison Roman, hardcover, Clarkson Potter, $35.00
- Tasting History: Explore the Past through 4,000 Years of Recipes (A Cookbook) by Max Miller, hardcover, S&S, $30.00
Kids:
- America Redux: Visual Stories from our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-Riger, hardcover, Balzer & Bray, $24.99 (young adult, 14-17)
- Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, illustrated by Boulet, hardcover, First Second, $19.99 (middle grade, 8-12)
- Human Kaboom by Adam Rubin, hardcover, GP Putnam & Sons, $18.99 (middle grade, 8 - 12)
- Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri, hardcover, Levine Querido, $21.99 (middle grade, 8-12)
- Moth Keeper (a Graphic Novel) by K O’Neill, paperback, Random House Graphic, $13.99 (middle grade, 8-12)
- Night Tent by Landis Blair, hardcover, Margaret Ferguson Books, $18.99 (picture book, 4 -8 years)
- Pirate & Penguin by Mike Allegra, hardcover, Page Street Kids, $18.99 (picture book, 4-8)
- Ramen for Everyone by Patricia Tanumiardja, hardcover, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (picture book, 4-8)
- Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby, hardcover, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99
- You are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh, hardcover, Allida, $18.99 (middle grade, 8-12)
Fiction, Poetry & Memoir
- A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung. Harper Collins, 2023. Hardcover, $29.99
- Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea. Little, Brown & Company, 2023. Hardcover, $29
- The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling. Milkweed Editions, 2023. Hardcover, $26
- Stay True by Hua Hsu. Doubleday, 2022. Hardcover, $26
- Always Crashing in the Same Car: A Novel after David Bowie by Lance Olsen. Fiction Collective 2 (FC2), 2023. Paperback, $18.95
- Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson. Penguin/Random House (Pamela Dorman Books), 2023. Hardcover, $28
- Victory City by Salman Rushdie. Random House, 2023. Hardcover, $30
- Children of Memory (Children of Time series, Book 3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Orbit, 2023. Paperback, $18.99
- Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood. Doubleday, 2023. Hardcover, $30
- The Solar Circus by Gustave Kahn. First to Knock, 2022. Perfect bound, $19
Children’s & YA
- Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner. Little, Brown and Company, 2023. Hardcover, $18.99
- Remember by Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade. Random House Studio, 2023. Hardcover, $18.99
- The A’s & B’s of Our Inland Sea by Nicole Anderson and Johanna Bossart. Aspen Creek Press, 2022. Paperback, $12.99
- What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris. Tiny Reparations Press, 2022. Paperback, $17.
- Chasing Pacquiao by Rod Pulido. Viking Books for Young Readers, 2023. Hardcover, $18.99
- Woven of the World by Katey Howes and Dinara Mirtalipova. Chronicle Books, 2023. $17.99
Illustrated, Graphic & Gift Books
- Pecos by Hope Mora. Victory in the Wilderness Museum, 2023. Limited edition of 100. Paperback, $15.
- Roots to the Earth by Wendell Berry and Wesley Bates. Counterpoint, 2014. Hardcover, $26
- Queering Fashion by Elise by Olson. The International Library of Fashion Research, 2022. Staple-bound, $12.
- MS Davis: A Graphic Biography by Sybille Titeux de la Croix, Amazing Ameziane and Jenna Allen. Fantagraphics Books, 2023. Hardcover, $24.99
- Platonic Love by A ee mi. Paradise Systems, 2023. Offset printed paperback, $19.95
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Penguin, 2023. Hardcover, $32
Utah & The West/Regional
- Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath by Richard E. Turley and Barbara Jones Brown. Oxford University Press (USA), 2023. Hardcover, $34.95
- Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon by Morgan Sjogren. Torrey House Press, 2023. Paperback, $19.95
- Pushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre by Ana Maria Spagna. Torrey House Press, 2023. Paperback, $18.95
- Charisma Under Pressure: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1831-1839 by Dan Vogel. Signature Books, 2023. Hardcover, $49.95
- Like a Fiery Meteor: The Life of Joseph F. Smith by Stephen C. Taysom. University of Utah Press, 2023. Paperback, $34.95
- Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author by Stephen Carter. Signature Books, 2023. Paperback, $14.95
Natural History & the Environment
- A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars by Erin Shakey, Carolyn Finney, Amando Codjoe, et al. Milkweed Editions, 2023. Paperback, $20
- The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next Migration by Jake Bittle. Simon & Schuster, 2023. Hardcover, $28.99
- Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny. W.W. Norton & Company, 2023. $30
- Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell. Random House, 2023. Hardcover, $28.99
- Uncertain Climes: Debating Climate Change in Gilded Age America by Joseph Giacomelli. University of Chicago Press, 2023. Hardcover, $40
History & Politics
- It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders. Crown, 2023. Hardcover, $28
- The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni. Algonquin Books, 2023. Hardcover, $28
- Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Hardcover, $27
- Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life by Kristen R. Ghodsee. Simon & Schuster, 2023. Hardcover, $29.99
- It Did Happen Here: An Antifascist People’s History by Moe Bowstern, Mic Crenshaw, Alec Dunn, Celina Flores, et al. PM Press, 2023. Paperback, $21.95
- Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies by Scott Branson, Raven Hudson, and Bry Reed. PM Press, 2023. Paperback, $22.95
- Depreciating Assets by Jessica Vaughn. Printed Matter Books, 2021. Limited edition of 600. Perfect bound, $25.