STRANGER FACES by Namwali Serpell is part of Lit Hub’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2020, Part 2” list. They write: “STRANGER FACES explores the idea of beauty, it interrogates the notion that the face is the way we understand humanity, and it forces us to confront what happens when we encounter something more unrecognizable . . . You’ll never look at a face the same way again.” The book was also included in The Millions’ Great Second Half 2020 Book Preview. Transit Books will publish the book on September 29, 2020.

Robert Jones, Jr. is one of Publishers Weekly’s "Writers to Watch" this fall. The site’s write-up provides an overview of Jones’ writing career, and includes a quote from Jones on his inspiration for writing THE PROPHETS: “I wanted to write about a black queer person during antebellum slavery . . . following Toni Morrison’s command, which was, ‘If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it,’ I knew I had to write this book.” G.P. Putnam's Sons will publish the book on January 5, 2021.

Xiaolu Guo’s A LOVER’S DISCOURSE is one of Lit Hub’s most anticipated books for the second half of 2020. They write: “[Guo] gives her careful eye and her wonderful ear for dialogue to this love story, this exploration of what it looks, sounds, and feels like to merge two cultures and two lives together.” Grove Atlantic will publish the book on October 13, 2020.

Lit Hub interviewed David Goodwillie about his latest book, KINGS COUNTY. Goodwillie says: “I’ve always been fascinated by the people who move to a place like New York City — be it from a distant town or nearby suburb — when so many of their friends and classmates stay behind. That inner drive, that restlessness, that decrescent idea of betterment . . . that’s what I set out to write about in KINGS COUNTY.” Avid Reader Press will publish the book on July 28, 2020.

The Mass Market edition of THE DARK SIDE debuted at #1 on the New York Times Mass Market bestseller list for July 2020. Dell released the Mass Market edition of the book on May 26, 2020.

Amazon picked MINOR FEELINGS by Cathy Park Hong as one of its best books of the year so far (Biographies and Memoirs category), as did BBC. One World published the book on February 25, 2020.

Larry Watson’s THE LIVES OF EDIE PRITCHARD is an Amazon best book of the month for literature and fiction. Booklist also gave the novel a starred review, enthusing that: “Watson remains incapable of creating characters who aren’t fully formed individuals, as courageous as they are vulnerable, and here he again displays his rare ability to craft strong women and to describe their everyday lives with rare power.” Algonquin Books will publish the book on July 21 2020.

Richard Hasen, author of ELECTION MELTDOWN, published an op-ed in the New York Times titled “Bring On the 28th Amendment: Efforts by Trump and his allies to suppress the vote are only part of the problem.” Hasen writes: “In a democratic system, we expect our elected officials to be responsive to the views and interests of the voters. If the universe of voters — and, of course, campaign donors — is skewed toward older, wealthier, better educated whiter voters, political decisions will be as well.” Yale University Press published ELECTION MELTDOWN on February 4, 2020.

The New Yorker calls HUMANKIND by Rutger Bregman a “lively social history” that “offers a compelling case for reshaping institutions and policies along genuinely humane lines.” Bregman also spoke about his book on the podcast The Intercept’s Deconstructed. Little, Brown and Company published the book on June 2, 2020.

The New York Times highlighted Conor Doughterty’s GOLDEN GATES in their compilation of texts that have done the most to deepen our understanding of racism in America. They write: “With engaging profiles of housing advocates and the opposition they face, Conor Dougherty’s GOLDEN GATES (2020) focuses on California, but has lessons for all metropolitan areas.” Penguin Press published the book on February 18, 2020.