The paperback edition of SOCIOPATH by Patric Gagne debuted at #9 on the Paperback Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of April 27, 2025. Simon and Schuster published the hardcover edition on April 2, 2024, and the paperback on April 8, 2025.

HABITATIONS author Sheila Sundar joined co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast to discuss “the targeting of international university students, especially those involved in pro-Palestine speech or protests, by the Trump administration…[and] international students’ contributions to American intellectual life and how the current assault on diversity damages academia.” Sundar also read an excerpt from HABITATIONS. Simon & Schuster published the hardcover edition of HABITATIONS on April 2, 2024, and the paperback on April 8, 2025.

In an exclusive piece with People magazine, Padma Lakshmi shared details about her new cookbook, PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN: “Dishes featured in the upcoming release include Indian coconut rice, Peruvian tamales with chicken, Afghani dumplings with leeks and scallions, Oaxacan mushroom tacos and a strawberry, cardamom and cream cake…[and] Lakshmi’s 15-year-old daughter, Krishna, made her own contribution. ‘Krishna has her own recipe in there, and you can also see in the photos how she’s grown just in the years it took me to put this book together,’ the author says. ‘This book is a scrapbook of our lives in food over the last six-seven years.’” The book was also featured on Eater: “Arriving at a time when immigrant communities around the U.S. find themselves increasingly under scrutiny and threat, Padma’s All American describes itself as ‘a joyful book — a reflection of who we truly are as a nation, from one of our most essential culinarians.’” Knopf will publish PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN on November 4, 2025.

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, FAR FROM HOME, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of March 23, 2025, appearing at #4 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #5 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on March 4, 2025.

PERFECT VICTIMS by Mohammed El-Kurd debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of March 2, 2025, appearing at #9 on the Paperback Nonfiction list. Haymarket Books published PERFECT VICTIMS on February 11, 2025.

Publishers Weekly highlights WAYS AND MEANS by Daniel Lefferts as one of their “7 Books from 2024 You Shouldn’t Overlook.” Literary Fiction Reviews Editor David Varno writes: “It’s not unusual for a debut novel to be long and full of ideas, but it’s rare to come across one as fully formed and intensely readable as Lefferts’s…I love this one, and so does everyone I’ve made read it.” WAYS AND MEANS was published by Abrams on February 6, 2024.

AMERICAN WINGS by Sherri L. Smith has been nominated for a 56th NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens. The award aims to “continue its tradition of excellence, uplifting values that inspire equality, justice, and progressive change, and highlighting artists committed to these values.” AMERICAN WINGS was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers on January 16, 2024.

PEARL by Sherri L. Smith was featured on The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books’ “2024 Blue Ribbons” list. The graphic novel was published by Graphix on August 20, 2024.

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, NEVER SAY NEVER, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of January 26, 2025, appearing at #5 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on January 7, 2025.

THE STOLEN QUEEN by Fiona Davis debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of January 26, 2025, appearing at #13 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Dutton published the book on January 7, 2025.