News in June 2013

News in June 2013

NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT by Derek B. Miller
21th June, 2013

Derek B. Miller’s NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT has moved to the #11 spot on the German bestseller list, up from #15 last week. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released the book on May 21, 2013.

ONE HUNDRED APOCALYPSES AND OTHER APOCALYPSES by Lucy Corin
21th June, 2013

Lucy Corin’s forthcoming collection ONE HUNDRED APOCALYPSES AND OTHER APOCALYPSES is being excerpted by McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, in installments of one apocalypse per week “celebrating the end of the world.” McSweeney’s will publish the book August 13, 2013.

MEN IN MIAMI HOTELS by Charlie Smith
21th June, 2013

Charlie Smith’s MEN IN MIAMI HOTELS received a starred Booklist review, saying, “With his murderously charismatic protagonist calming himself by quoting Virgil’s Georgics, Smith turns a rogue gangster’s tale into a glimmering, sharply faceted, hauntingly philosophical tragedy of cosmic flaws, stunning betrayals, and bloody revenge.” Harper Perennial will publish the book on July 2, 2013.

THE MARRIAGE PLOT by Jeffrey Eugenides
14th June, 2013

Jeffrey Eugenides’ THE MARRIAGE PLOT has won the prestigious “Prix de Fitzgerald” in France, an annual prize awarded by the Society Club of the Hôtel Belle Rives to writing pieces that reflect, “the elegance, the wit, taste and style” of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux published the book October 11, 2011.

LEXICON by Max Barry
14th June, 2013

This novel is selected as a New York Times beach read, Amazon UK choice for the month of June, one of Salon’s This Summer’s Best Reads, listed in the Kirkus 10 Best Novels, a Hollywood Reporter Buzzy Book, a Best Book in Sci-Fi Fantasy for June on Amazon.com, and an iBookstore editor’s choice. Come meet Max himself Wednesday, June 19th at Barnes & Noble 86TH Street in New York. Penguin Press will publish the hardcover June 18, 2013.

THE RESURRECTIONIST by E.B. Hudspeth
14th June, 2013

THE RESURRECTIONIST commands the window at Macy's in downtown Philadelphia this weekend. Quirk published the hardcover May 21, 2013.

ECSTATIC NATION by Brenda Wineapple
14th June, 2013

ECSTATIC NATION by Brenda Wineapple is praised in Library Journal: “[Wineapple’s] powerful prose takes the pulse of a nation unmaking and remaking… readers looking for a reliable, readable, and riveting story of the people and process of Wineapple’s chosen era will find this title well worth the ride.” HarperCollins will publish the book on August 6, 2013

WITCH WRAITH by Terry Brooks
14th June, 2013

Terry Brooks will be going on tour for the publication of WITCH WRAITH, which Del Rey will be publishing on July 16, 2013, and stopping at the following places:

SPARTA by Roxana Robinson
14th June, 2013

Roxana Robinson will be reading a selection from her new novel SPARTA at BookCourt (163 Court Street, Brooklyn) on Sunday, June 16 at 7pm. Sarah Crichton Books/FSG published the book June 4, 2013.

SPARTA by Roxana Robinson
14th June, 2013

Roxana Robinson’s SPARTA received a 4-star review in People magazine: “this page-turner…is an exceptional account of life after war.” The book also received a positive review in the Wall Street Journal, which called it “a powerful reminder both of the illness's concrete existence and of the risk it poses to veterans of America's 21st-century wars.” Sarah Crichton Books/FSG published the novel on June 4, 2013.

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN by Ramona Ausubel
14th June, 2013

Ramona Ausubel’s A GUIDE TO BEING BORN was reviewed in the Barnes & Noble Review, which calls it: “both aggressively nontraditional and universally appealing” and says that “above all, Ausubel captures that eyeless beauty in the world.” Riverhead published the book on May 2, 2013

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by Thomas Harris
7th June, 2013

The film adaptation of Thomas Harris’ wildly popular 1988 novel, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, is featured in the June 2 New York Times film section. The article calls the infamous Hannibal Lecter ‘one of horror’s most hellish healers,’ and notes the character’s cultural longevity.