Plus, a big debut from Instagram’s #1 employee 📸
 | | Hello there! Every reader on the planet knows about Prince Harry’s new memoir —but do you know who else in the Firm has spilled their soul in literary form? Plus, the top titles trending on Likewise this week, and adventure stories for everyone counting the days until Harrison Ford re-dons his famous fedora. |  | The Bookends |
| | | Royals Get Real | | | In The Bookends, we pick an exciting new release and pair it with an older title readers will also love. This week: Juicy royal tell-alls. | | |
 | | Spare | | Prince Harry’s blockbuster new memoir offers a candid look at his childhood, adolescence, and the current rift between the Prince and his family. | |
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| |  | | Diana: Her True Story | | Although Diana didn’t write this book herself, she gave hours of secret interviews that were journalist Morton’s primary source material. | |
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| | I’m looking for books with themes like Indiana Jones and The Mummy—treasure-hunting adventures. Any ideas? - Brenna J. | Hi Brenna! Sometimes people take “escapist” to mean “romantic comedies,” but what’s more escapist than an action-packed, globe-trotting adventure?
Between the Lines
Like the movies you referenced in your question, lots of adventure stories come in series starring swashbuckling heroes and heroines with the uncanny ability to escape from literally any situation. I’m suggesting two excellent series starters and one standalone adventure that’s even more incredible because it’s true. | | | | | |
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 | | Seven Deadly Wonders | | As a growing sunspot threatens the Earth, a unlikely crew of heroes searches for the seven wonders of the world and with them, the seven pieces of a golden pyramid capstone that may be the only thing that can save humankind. First in the Jack West series. | |
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|  | | Relic | | An archaeological team working the Amazon basin sends a relic back to the Museum of Natural History; its arrival coincides with a series of mysterious murders at the museum. First in the long-running Pendergast series. | |
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 | | Lost City of Z | | In 1925, a British explorer disappeared while in the Amazon while searching for the lost city of Z. In the early 2000s, New Yorker writer David Grann retraced the explorer’s steps in his own attempt to find the famed city. | |
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Emily Calkins has worked at public libraries across the US. Tell her what you’re looking for! | | |
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Booklist calls National Book Award finalist Amber McBride’s second novel “stunning.” Shelf Awareness says the novel, which follows two teenagers struggling with depression, is “raw and poignant and promis[es] hope.” | |
 | | We Are All So Good at Smiling | | Whimsy and Faerry meet in the hospital where they’re being treated for mental health issues and discover they’re both drawn to the mysterious magical forest in their neighborhood. | |
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The Big Debut
According to his bio, debut author Josh Riedel was Instagram’s first employee, so it’s not surprising that his tech-company dystopia is generating buzz! Vulture calls it “dark, funny, and highly inventive.” | |
 | | Please Report Your Bug Here | | A low-level employee at a hot new dating app discovers a glitch in the software that transports him to strange alternate worlds. | |
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