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Koethi Zan, THE NEVER LIST
August 19, 2013

THE NEVER LIST is currently #20 on the UK hardcover bestseller list. The book was also recently reviewed by The Guardian which raved that “The Never List is still a read-in-one-go sort of book, and if you're after a genuinely disturbing thriller to take on holiday this summer, it'll be hard to beat.” Pam Dorman Books/Viking published in the U.S. on July 16, 2013.

MY 1980s AND OTHER ESSAYS by Wayne Koestenbaum
August 19, 2013

Wayne Koestenbaum’s MY 1980’s AND OTHER ESSAYS was reviewed in Flavorwire, the Atlantic, the Chicago Tribune, and Lambda Literary. The Atlantic said, “Koestenbaum elevates pop culture discourse,” while Flavorwire called Koestenbaum “one of our most original essayists” and the book “one of the best accounts of how writers wrote about, lived, and worked in that decade of greed and conservatism.”

VERY RECENT HISTORY by Choire Sicha
August 19, 2013

Choire Sicha’s VERY RECENT HISTORY: AN ENTIRELY FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF A YEAR (c. AD 2009) IN A LARGE CITY has been reviewed by the New Yorker blog and NPR Books. The book has also been featured in Time Magazine, New York Magazine, GQ and Interview. The New Yorker blog calls Sicha “one of the most esteemed documentarians of the Internet’s eternal present” and says that “What Sicha has written is exultant in a way no mere clever premise can be.”

LOSS OF INNOCENCE by Richard North Patterson
August 13, 2013

Kirkus Reviews says, “Patterson writes a family saga of class and money, power and pretense, love and loyalty. Think The Thorn Birds or Rich Man, Poor Man among the Martha’s Vineyard moneyed set.” Quercus will publish LOSS OF INNOCENCE in the U.S. on October 1, 2013.

SAFE KIDS, SMART PARENTS by Rebecca & Elizabeth Bailey
August 13, 2013

SAFE KIDS, SMART PARENTS by Jaycee Dugard’s personal therapist and leading family psychologist, Rebecca Bailey and her sister Elizabeth Bailey, was reviewed in the July 2013 issue of BOOKLIST, which said: "The information imparted is valid and worthy of note. Final chapters deal with how to discuss the topic of safety with children of various ages. All in all, quite a useful resource.” Simon & Schuster published the book on June 11, 2013.

LOSS OF INNOCENCE by Richard North Patterson
August 13, 2013

Library Journal gives LOSS OF INNOCENCE a starred review, saying, “A title that is dripping with summer diversions, youthful passion and ideals, class tensions, and familial disruptions makes for wonderful reading whatever the season.” Quercus will publish LOSS OF INNOCENCE in the U.S. on October 1, 2013.

Josh Weil in the New York Times
August 13, 2013

Josh Weil published the article “In Mongolia, the Skyline by the Steppes” in the New York Times. Grove Atlantic published his first book, THE NEW VALLEY on May 11, 2010. His first novel, THE GREAT GLASS SEA, is forthcoming from Grove Atlantic in late 2013.

MY 1980S & OTHER ESSAYS by Wayne Koestenbaum
August 13, 2013

Wayne Koestenbaum’s MY 1980S & OTHER ESSAYS was featured on the New Yorker’s Book Blog under “Books To Watch Out For: August,” saying, “These essays combine personal reflections and cultural criticism in Koestenbaum’s lavish, fragmented style.”

A GUIDE TO BEING BORN by Ramona Ausubel
August 2, 2013

Ramona Ausubel’s A GUIDE TO BEING BORN was named by Flavorwire as one of its “Best Works of Fiction So Far,” saying, “Not only is Ausubel’s first collection of stories one of the best of the year so far, but its cover is standing nearly unrivaled as one of the most weirdly beautiful and alluring ever. The stories here are both surreal and unnervingly close to home.” Riverhead published the book on May 2, 2013.

ONE HUNDRED APOCALYPSES AND OTHER APOCALYPSES by Lucy Corin
August 2, 2013

Lucy Corin’s ONE HUNDRED APOCALYPSES AND OTHER APOCALYPSES was reviewed in Kirkus, which called it “experimental, postmodern and quirky.” McSweeney’s will publish the book on August 13, 2013.