Erica Katz’s THE BOYS’ CLUB has been named one of Cosmopolitan’s “12 Books You’ll Be Desperate to Read This Summer.” Pitched as SWEETBITTER meets THE FIRM, this legal thriller is sure to be a summer favorite. Harper will publish the book on August 4, 2020.

Gabriella Burnham’s exquisite debut, IT IS WOOD, IT IS STONE, is one of Elle’s most anticipated books of the summer. They call the novel “a lush depiction of privilege and power, sex and stability.” One World will publish the book on June 30, 2020.

Ed Young, the bestselling author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, wrote an essay for the Atlantic called “Our Pandemic Summer” about the issues that will come from re-opening the U.S. after the COVID-19 outbreak subsides. Ecco published I CONTAIN MULTITUDES on August 9, 2016.

A new documentary film from Grammy Award-winning Beastie Boys members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz is coming to Apple TV+. Sterogum announces: “In the past few years, [Horovitz] and [Diamond], the two surviving Beasties, have been invested in finding interesting ways to tell their own stories. Those efforts have already led to BEASTIE BOYS BOOK, one of the best music memoirs of all time. And now they’ve also teamed up with their old collaborator Spike Jonze for BEASTIE BOYS STORY, a new documentary film that involves the two Beasties telling the whole story of their friendship.” Spiegel & Grau published the book on October 30, 2018.

Vogue included PERFECT TUNES by Emily Gould on their list of books to read while you’re stuck at home. They write: “This exploration of music, motherhood, identity, and the dividing line between love and lust feels like a time capsule of post-9/11 New York, and its time jump to present-day Brooklyn will feel familiar to many readers struggling to keep families intact under less-than-ideal circumstances.” Avid Reader Press published the book on April 14, 2020.

Jessica Pearce Rotondi appeared on Zibby Owen’s Instagram Live show, #MomsDontHaveTimeToReadBooks, to discuss her forthcoming memoir WHAT WE INHERIT. Rotondi will also be doing an Instagram takeover for The Chicago Review of Books starting April 15th. Unnamed Press will publish the book on April 21, 2020.

Victoria James, partner and beverage director of COTE Korean Steakhouse in NYC, published an article in Refinery29 about supporting local businesses during quarantine by purchasing wine. “[D]rinking right now can also be a virtuous act,” says James, “one that could save a lot of small businesses from financial ruin. By drinking a bottle you purchased from your local restaurant or wine shop, you are helping these places stay afloat during the lockdown.” Ecco published James’s memoir, WINE GIRL, on March 24, 2020.

Max Barry’s PROVIDENCE earned a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly. Newsweek also featured the title on their list of must-read books for spring, referring to it as a “brain-bending adventure.” The book was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons on March 31, 2020.

People Magazine named Helen Monks Takhar’s PRECIOUS YOU a “Best New Book” in their April 6th issue. They call it “[a] hypnotic dance of obsession, gaslighting and revenge that doesn’t let up until its final unnerving reveal.” Random House published the book on March 10, 2020.

Richard Hasen, the Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, published a new piece in Slate about the possible effects of the coronavirus on the 2020 election. His latest book, ELECTION MELTDOWN, was published by Yale University Press on February 4, 2020.