{"id":27971,"date":"2025-05-25T20:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T20:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-book-report-ron-charles-on-new-summer-reads-may-25\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T20:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T20:47:11","slug":"the-book-report-ron-charles-on-new-summer-reads-may-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-book-report-ron-charles-on-new-summer-reads-may-25\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book Report: Ron Charles on new summer reads (May 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are five hot new books to check out this summer:<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/30b7c259-1d9b-4400-b535-6e60942922e5\/thumbnail\/620x942\/0130f8444eed1dfc9a4370fc78a1d195\/empire-of-ai-penguin-press-cover.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"empire-of-ai-penguin-press-cover.jpg \" height=\"942\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/30b7c259-1d9b-4400-b535-6e60942922e5\/thumbnail\/620x942\/0130f8444eed1dfc9a4370fc78a1d195\/empire-of-ai-penguin-press-cover.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/30b7c259-1d9b-4400-b535-6e60942922e5\/thumbnail\/1240x1884\/483e68bdfabc640870558bbc37072eee\/empire-of-ai-penguin-press-cover.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Penguin Press<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re trying to figure out what&#8217;s happening with artificial intelligence, pick up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/743569\/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Empire of AI.&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> Journalist Karen Hao investigates the rise of OpenAI and its visionary co-founder, Sam Altman. <\/p>\n<p>With alarming detail, she shows how this once idealistic company became everything it said it would not be, even as it remakes and gobbles up the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ AN EXCERPT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao-artificial-intelligence-sam-altman-openai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman&#8217;s OpenAI&#8221; by Karen Hao<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/743569\/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman&#8217;s OpenAI&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Karen Hao (Penguin Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0593657500?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/empire-of-ai-karen-hao\/1146711257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/empire-of-ai-dreams-and-nightmares-in-sam-altman-s-openai-karen-hao\/4d0c1753c458e708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/karendhao.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>karendhao.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/9bf0ff1c-ce02-484e-a68b-445b01742885\/thumbnail\/620x936\/566db994f2a06555abb3ddd50124c2f5\/aviator-and-showman-cover-viking.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"aviator-and-showman-cover-viking.jpg \" height=\"936\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/9bf0ff1c-ce02-484e-a68b-445b01742885\/thumbnail\/620x936\/566db994f2a06555abb3ddd50124c2f5\/aviator-and-showman-cover-viking.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/9bf0ff1c-ce02-484e-a68b-445b01742885\/thumbnail\/1240x1872\/f6ea6397d0637b9b6166af0cacabb452\/aviator-and-showman-cover-viking.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Viking<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everybody knows about Amelia Earhart&#8217;s mysterious final flight. But what about the years before she disappeared?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/651831\/the-aviator-and-the-showman-by-laurie-gwen-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;The Aviator and the Showman&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (to be published July 15 by Viking), Laurie Gwen Shapiro draws on newly-uncovered sources to explore the famed pilot&#8217;s life and her marriage to wealthy publisher George Putnam. Theirs was a relationship that lifted love, publicity and especially risk to mythic heights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ AN EXCERPT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-the-aviator-and-the-showman-by-laurie-gwen-shapiro-amelia-earhart-george-putnam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;The Aviator and the Showman&#8221; by Laurie Gwen Shapiro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/651831\/the-aviator-and-the-showman-by-laurie-gwen-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon&#8221;<\/a> by Laurie Gwen Shapiro (Viking), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available July 15 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0593295900?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-aviator-and-the-showman-laurie-gwen-shapiro\/1146247126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-aviator-and-the-showman-amelia-earhart-george-putnam-and-the-marriage-that-made-an-american-icon-laurie-gwen-shapiro\/21786398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauriegwenshapiro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>lauriegwenshapiro.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/3bee7a4a-91e9-46c5-b5e6-485899c29749\/thumbnail\/620x930\/0a04b443fa3035cf08fa277b653c7e64\/great-black-hope-simon-and-schuster-cover.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"great-black-hope-simon-and-schuster-cover.jpg \" height=\"930\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/3bee7a4a-91e9-46c5-b5e6-485899c29749\/thumbnail\/620x930\/0a04b443fa3035cf08fa277b653c7e64\/great-black-hope-simon-and-schuster-cover.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/3bee7a4a-91e9-46c5-b5e6-485899c29749\/thumbnail\/1240x1860\/5287cd534e7029a45063ddf0d6688c40\/great-black-hope-simon-and-schuster-cover.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Simon &amp; Schuster\/Summit Books<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Take a chance on a new writer, and you may be delighted: Rob Franklin&#8217;s debut novel, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Great-Black-Hope\/Rob-Franklin\/9781668077436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Great Black Hope,&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> follows a young African American man whose family launched him for success \u2013 but after an arrest for drug possession and the death of a close friend, his once-bright future feels anything but guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ AN EXCERPT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-great-black-hope-by-rob-franklin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;Great Black Hope&#8221; by Rob Franklin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Great-Black-Hope\/Rob-Franklin\/9781668077436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Great Black Hope&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Rob Franklin (Simon &amp; Schuster\/Summit Books), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available June 10 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-Black-Hope-Rob-Franklin\/dp\/1668077434?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/great-black-hope-rob-franklin\/1146384402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/great-black-hope-rob-franklin\/21930322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robert-michael-franklin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>robert-michael-franklin.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/16924f2e-cec2-407c-b01f-ae1a5f3683ec\/thumbnail\/620x930\/e26ac0580a2eb5f6639f962f955cf8b6\/a-summer-for-the-books-cover-mira-harpercollins.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"a-summer-for-the-books-cover-mira-harpercollins.jpg \" height=\"930\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/16924f2e-cec2-407c-b01f-ae1a5f3683ec\/thumbnail\/620x930\/e26ac0580a2eb5f6639f962f955cf8b6\/a-summer-for-the-books-cover-mira-harpercollins.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/16924f2e-cec2-407c-b01f-ae1a5f3683ec\/thumbnail\/1240x1860\/305652e50756a3436247d7dae54b49d2\/a-summer-for-the-books-cover-mira-harpercollins.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                MIRA\/HarperCollins<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What better escape this July than a novel called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/a-summer-for-the-books-michelle-lindo-rice?variant=43118704853026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;A Summer for the Books&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>? Michelle Lindo-Rice tells the story of Jewel, a bestselling writer, and Shelby, a bookstore owner \u2013   two old friends who went their separate ways years ago &#8230; but! When Shelby loses her memory after a bike accident and reaches out to Jewel for help, how can she refuse?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ AN EXCERPT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-a-summer-for-the-books-by-michelle-lindo-rice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;A Summer for the Books&#8221; by Michelle Lindo-Rice<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/a-summer-for-the-books-michelle-lindo-rice?variant=43118704853026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;A Summer for the Books&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Michelle Lindo-Rice (MIRA\/HarperCollins), in Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available July 15 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Summer-Books-Novel-Michelle-Lindo-Rice\/dp\/0778334392?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-summer-for-the-books-michelle-lindo-rice\/1146227744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/a-summer-for-the-books-original-michelle-lindo-rice\/21769866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michellelindorice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>michellelindorice.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/3686d36c-2259-41b3-acfb-479a7610b795\/thumbnail\/620x938\/d15cfadbf2eab6f10da208e61dc6df79\/so-far-gone-cover-harpercollins.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"so-far-gone-cover-harpercollins.jpg \" height=\"938\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/3686d36c-2259-41b3-acfb-479a7610b795\/thumbnail\/620x938\/d15cfadbf2eab6f10da208e61dc6df79\/so-far-gone-cover-harpercollins.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/24\/3686d36c-2259-41b3-acfb-479a7610b795\/thumbnail\/1240x1876\/adec12b13307df4e167b40e128bff7e0\/so-far-gone-cover-harpercollins.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                HarperCollins<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jess Walter, the bestselling author of &#8220;Beautiful Ruins,&#8221; is back with a new novel called <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/so-far-gone-jess-walter?variant=43112475099170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;So Far Gone.&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> It&#8217;s about Rhys Kinnick, a journalist who&#8217;s been living off the grid. But when his grandchildren are kidnapped by a right-wing militia, Rhys is forced back into the world \u2013    and he charges off on a wild adventure to save them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ AN EXCERPT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-so-far-gone-by-jess-walter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;So Far Gone&#8221; by Jess Walter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/so-far-gone-jess-walter?variant=43112475099170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;So Far Gone&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Jess Walter (HarperCollins), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio formats, available June 10 via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0062868144?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/so-far-gone-jess-walter\/1146276744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/so-far-gone-jess-walter\/21845730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesswalter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>jesswalter.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for the Book Report. For these and other suggestions about what to read this summer, talk with your local bookseller or librarian.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Ron Charles. Until next time, read on!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more info:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/><em>Produced by Cameron Jimenez. Editor: Carol Ross.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more reading recommendations, check out these previous Book Report features from Ron Charles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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