Summer 2019’s biggest movies and books: Which films and beach reads were the season’s winners? – CBS News

These were the winners at the movie box office this summer; and what were the biggest books of the season?

Top Summer Movies

Source: Box Office Mojo

“The Lion King” ($513 million)

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“Toy Story 4” ($427 million)

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“Spider-Man: Far From Home” ($380 million)

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“Aladdin” ($353 million)

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“John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” ($170 million)

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This Summer’s Non-Fiction Bestsellers

Source: The New York Times Book Review

“Educated” by Tara Westover

• Tara Westover’s unlikely journey from isolation to Cambridge education (“CBS This Morning,” 2/21/19)

“Becoming” by Michelle Obama

• Michelle Obama interview with Gayle King – full transcript (“CBS This Morning,” 1/01/19)
• Michelle Obama: “Vindication in the moment is so short term” (“CBS This Morning,” 11/13/18)

“How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi

• Ibram X. Kendi on the difference between “antiracist” and “not racist” (“CBS This Morning,” 8/12/19)
• What makes Trump’s tweets racist? Ibram X. Kendi explains (“CBS This Morning,” 7/16/19)

“The Pioneers” by David McCullough

“Thank You for My Service” by Mat Best with Ross Patterson and Nils Parker

• Mat Best on Black Rifle Coffee (“CBS This Morning,” 2/03/18)

This Summer’s Fiction Bestsellers

Source: The New York Times Book Review

“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

• Delia Owens on “Where the Crawdads Sing” (“Sunday Morning,” 3/17/19)

“Old Bones” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

“The Inn” by James Patterson and Candice Fox

“One Good Deed” by David Baldacci

“The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead

• Colson Whitehead on “The Nickel Boys” and exhuming tales of the dead (“Sunday Morning,” 7/14/19)
• Extended interview: Colson Whitehead on writing “The Nickel Boys” (“Sunday Morning,” 7/14/19)

         
Story produced by Derrell Bouknight.

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