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News - Literary News

March 17, 2023

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, WORTHY OPPONENTS, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of March 26, 2023, appearing at #2 on Print Hardcover Fiction and #6 on Combined Print & E-Book Fiction. Delacorte Press published the novel on March 7, 2023.

March 17, 2023

THE LONDON SÉANCE SOCIETY by Sarah Penner made its debut on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of March 26, 2023, appearing at #7 on Print Hardcover Fiction. Park Row published the novel on March 7, 2023.

March 17, 2023

The sixty-fifth anniversary Penguin Classics Black Spine edition of THE BEST OF EVERYTHING by Rona Jaffe is the first book on Lit Hub’s “16 New Books to Check Out this Week” list. It was also featured in The Atlantic’s “One Story to Read Today” daily newsletter, where Apoorva Tadepalli writes: “Young women everywhere could relate to the experience of juggling all the things they were expected to achieve in order to finally make it and be happy. The book gave voice to their specific desires, even as it tapped into the hardships of moving to a new city, starting a life alone, and grasping, by turns, for connection and independence.” Kirkus Reviews Fiction Editor Laurie Muchnick also commented on the book’s timelessness, noting that she was “blown away by Jaffe’s sharp, fizzy writing; her pointed analysis of women’s roles and restrictions; and her matter-of-fact depiction of sexual harassment in the workplace decades before the Clarence Thomas hearings or #MeToo.” The New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme, who wrote the introduction to the reissue (which can be found on The New Yorker website), and author Maris Kreizman will be holding a free discussion on the book on March 17 at 6pm at Rizzoli. Penguin Classics published the book on March 14, 2023.

March 17, 2023

Lakiesha Carr spoke to Shondaland about her debut novel, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SKIN. Pantheon published the book on February 28, 2023.

March 3, 2023

The mass market edition of BEAUTIFUL debuted at #1 on the New York Times Mass Market bestseller list for March 2023.

March 3, 2023

Kathleen McLaughlin was interviewed in the Guardian about her book BLOOD MONEY. Atria/One Signal Publishers published the book on February 28, 2023.

March 3, 2023

Alexandra Auder’s forthcoming memoir DON’T CALL ME HOME earned a place on literary tastemaker Zibby Owens’s list of the “Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Books.” Elsewhere, Publishers Weekly offered a strong review, writing: “Funny, bracing, and compulsively readable, Auder’s memoir resists juicy gossip in favor of hard-won truths. This story of fraught but unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters is a gem.” Viking will publish DON’T CALL ME HOME on May 2, 2023.

February 27, 2023

The mass market edition of HIGH STAKES debuted at #1 on The New York Times Mass Market bestseller list for February 2023.

February 27, 2023

Isle McElroy’s sophomore novel PEOPLE COLLIDE enjoyed a beautiful cover reveal from Electric Literature. The article praises: “PEOPLE COLLIDE is rich and rewarding, a tender portrayal of ambition, sacrifice, desire and loss, and shared lives and bodies. It shines a refreshing light on everything we thought we knew about love, sexuality, and the truth of who we really are.” McElroy also spoke with the outlet about the interplay between the cover art and their own artistic vision for the novel: “My editor Rakesh Satyal originally sent four cover options. I knew immediately which one I wanted. While the other options were great, this was the cover that truly embodied People Collide. The designer, Stephen Brayda, and I went through a few rounds of revisions before landing on the version seen here… Over the process of choosing a cover, I discovered something about my book that I hadn’t previously been able to articulate. The hand reaching out of the border, for instance, reveals the novel’s deeper anxiety about partnership. Even as these two figures are so intimately embraced, one hand appears to be testing out an escape. To paraphrase Newton: for every collision, there is an equal and opposite separation. It was my curiosity about this emotional space—the action and the reaction—that drove me to write PEOPLE COLLIDE.” HarperVia will publish the book on September 19, 2023.

February 17, 2023

DECENT PEOPLE by De'Shawn Charles Winslow continues to receive critical acclaim. The book received a wonderful review from the Historical Novel Society, where reviewer K. M. Sandrick praises: "DECENT PEOPLE instantly connects readers with West Mills in time and place. It resonates, capturing the individual rhythms and sounds as each character speaks in his or her own voice. It engages you, revealing the complexities of each character’s relationships and the choices he or she makes, and draws readers into a community they want to learn more about." Brooks Geiken of The Arts Fuse calls the novel “a hypnotic and politically-tinged tale of deception and murder,” adding: “DECENT PEOPLE is a fine but sad book that tackles tough questions about racism and homophobia.” A review by Robert Hayes for The Wilmington Apple praises: “The author’s fondness for the comfort of a tiny town cocoon, along with his deep knowledge of the harm perpetrated by its lack of privacy, make this brilliant sociological mystery sophomore effort almost as fine as his debut novel, IN WEST MILLS.” A review by D.G. Martin for North Carolina’s Chapelboro writes: “DECENT PEOPLE assures Winslow a place in the pantheon of great Southern writers. Lastly, Winslow was interviewed for Essence, Queerty, and South Florida Gay News. Bloomsbury Publishing published DECENT PEOPLE on January 17, 2023.