Robert Jones Jr.’s highly anticipated debut THE PROPHETS has earned a starred review from Booklist. They write that the book is “[e]xquisite…Jones conveys powerful truths with well-chosen words in spare prose.” The novel also appeared on Northern Virginia Magazine’s list of the most anticipated books of the winter, praised as “[k]aleidoscopic…Anchored by the love story of two young men.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons will publish the book on January 5, 2021.

Deadline announced that Amazon is set to adapt YES, DADDY by Jonathan Parks-Ramage. Stephen Dunn is set to write and direct, and Patrick Moran is set to produce. The novel has already garnered glowing praise well ahead of its release: THE DARK DARK author Samantha Hunt calls the novel “a dark and aching account, where the treachery of powerful men preys on the bodies and minds of the young," while BROKEN PEOPLE author Sam Lanksy endorses the book as a “dazzling novel [that] deftly uses desire and violence to explode the allure of New York power gays.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish the book on June 22, 2021.

THE LAST DRUID by Terry Brooks, the conclusion to the long-running SHANNARA series, has been selected as one of Barnes & Noble’s best sci-fi and fantasy books of the year. Del Rey published the book on October 20, 2020.

GOLDEN GATES by Conor Dougherty is on TIME Magazine’s list of “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020.” TIME calls GOLDEN GATES a “striking book about the history and politics of the dire housing shortage in San Francisco. The journalist nimbly, and with significant humanity, covers a lot of ground.” Penguin Press published the book on February 18, 2020.

After its blockbuster debut at #4 on the NYT Bestsellers List, Wally Koval’s ACCIDENTALLY WES ANDERSON has garnered a rave review from The Washington Post, which calls it a “playful,” “visually rich book” that “provides the theatrical whimsy we need right now.” The Daily Beast also featured the book in its series on “beautiful travel-related coffee table books,” declaring it “delightful.” Voracious published the book on October 20, 2020.

Rachel Swearingen's debut story collection HOW TO WALK ON WATER has been featured in The New York Times' "New and Noteworthy." They call the book a "disconcerting and promising debut," addressing "themes of violence, chance and the consolations of imagination." New American Press published the book on October 1, 2020.

Latino Stories has included Michael Zapata, author of THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU, on their 2020 list of "Top Ten 'New' Latino Latinx Authors You, Your Family, and Teachers Need To Read." They write: "This first book by Michael Zapata, of Ecuadorian and Jewish heritage, thrives in its liminality and invites us to explore what it means to be in exile." Hanover Square Press published the book on February 4, 2020.

THE LAST DRUID, which is the final novel in Terry Brooks’ long-running SHANNARA series, made its debut this past weekend on the New York Times Bestseller list. It debuted at number 12 on the Combined Print and E-book Fiction list and at number 15 on the Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list. Del Rey published the book on October 20, 2020.

Historian Audrey Clare Farley’s biography of Ann Cooper Hewitt, THE UNFIT HEIRESS, has received two stunning bits of praise. #1 New York Times bestselling author Susannah Calahan calls the book “a sensational story told with nuance and humanity with clear reverberations to the presentt” and “a necessary call to remember the high stakes and terrible history of the longstanding fight for control over women's bodies.” Meanwhile, New York Times bestselling author Luke Dittrich raves: “Audrey Clare Farley has accomplished the rare feat of writing a book that is as thought-provoking as it is page-turning.” Grand Central Publishing will publish the book on April 20, 2021.

Less than a week out from publication, the New York Times published a stunning feature on Becky Cooper’s WE KEEP THE DEAD CLOSE, detailing Cooper’s decade-long research into the death of Harvard grad student Jane Britton and the college’s role in her murder investigation. Critic Emily Eakin calls the book “a true-crime procedural and a record of its author’s all-consuming obsession,” noting that “is also, more unusually, a young woman’s reckoning with an institution whose mythic reputation belies unsavory secrets.” The book has also been named a best book of November by Shondaland, Amazon Books, Town & Country, the Washington Post, and countless other outlets. Grand Central Publishing will publish the book on November 10, 2020.