News of note for readers: June 3, 2025

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice! 

• We have two more book lists that cover 2025 so far: Barnes & Noble picked its best fiction so far, while Goodreads shared a variety of genres' most-read so far.

• The Audio Publishers Association released the results of its latest survey into audiobook sales and listenership, which found that 51 percent of American adults have listened to an audiobook (Book Riot).

• The CEO of one newspaper that ran the AI-hallucinated book recommendation list has issued an explanation and apology for what happened (The Chicago Sun-Times).