Stephen Davis joined Lunchtime Live on BBC Scotland to discuss his book, Flight 149 (titled OPERATION TROJAN HORSE in the UK). PublicAffairs published the book in the US on September 7, 2021, and John Blake publish the book in the UK on July 22, 2021.

Barack Obama included Dawnie Walton’s debut novel, THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV, in a tweet about his favorite books of 2021. 37 Ink published the book on March 30, 2021.

The paperback edition of Rutger Bregman’s HUMANKIND will debut at number 13 on The New York Times’ bestseller list for Paperback Nonfiction for the week of December 26, 2021. Little, Brown and Company published the hardcover edition on June 2, 2020, and the paperback on November 16, 2021.

Electric Lit has named COSMOGONY by Lucy Ives one of its favorite short story collections of 2021: "Vast in both genre and style, the stories in Lucy Ives’ debut collection COSMOGONY animate the little, off the beaten path moments that make up everyday life…The intricacies and cleverness of Ives’ writing extend throughout the collection, where everyday life clashes with the surreal to unpack and explore the nature of human existence.” Soft Skull published the book on March 9, 2021.

The New Yorker featured Eugene Lim’s novel SEARCH HISTORY in the Briefly Noted section of the magazine’s December 20, 2021 issue. The review praises Lim’s “humorous philosophical novel” for its “subversions of...conventional structure,” adding: “As the book toggles between the narrator’s autobiography, a meandering quest for the friend, and conversations among the search party about grief, selfhood, and Asian American authorship, Lim evokes the disorienting idiosyncrasy of an Internet search history.” Coffee House Press published SEARCH HISTORY on October 5, 2021.

Rutger Bregman joined Late Night with Seth Meyers and The New York Times podcast Sway to discuss his book HUMANKIND. Little, Brown and Company published the hardcover on June 2, 2020, and the paperback on November 16, 2021.

Alex McElroy’s debut novel THE ATMOSPHERIANS was acknowledged for numerous end-of-year accolades from outlets including The Washington Independent Review of Books, Esquire, and Electric Literature. Atria Books published the novel on May 18, 2021.

Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel OF WOMEN AND SALT has received a cascade of end-of-year awards and recognitions. The novel appeared on best-of lists from The Washington Post, Real Simple, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Amazon Books, Debutiful, and Goodreads, and is the winner of the She Reads Best of 2021 Award for Literary Fiction. Flatiron Books published OF WOMEN AND SALT on March 30, 2021.

James Han Mattson’s debut novel REPRIEVE continues to receive strong critical acclaim. The book is among Esquire’s “50 Best Books of 2021,” and The London Times’s special issue fiction recommendations. William Morrow published the book on October 5, 2021.

VIRTUE by Hermione Hoby has enjoyed another wave of strong press. The novel was included on book-of-the-year roundups from Good Housekeeping and Esquire, the latter of which places VIRTUE at the top of its list and describes it as a “trenchant story of complacency and social consciousness.” Riverhead Books published the novel on July 20, 2021.