The Today show named Deborah Eisenberg’s acclaimed short story collection as one of “6 Books to add to your 2019 Reading List.” Ecco published the book on September 25, 2018.

Kiese Laymon’s HEAVY is an Los Angeles Times, Barnes & Noble, NPR Code Switch, and Atlanta Journal Constitution Best Book of 2018. It was similarly honored by a dozen additional publications. The LA Times writes that it is “one of the most important and intense books of the year… the book thunders.” Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.

THE OLD DRIFT has been selected as a Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by the BBC, Huffington Post, Literary Hub, Nylon, Bustle, Electric Literature, and The Rumpus. “It’s hard to believe this is a debut, so assured is its language, so ambitious its reach, and yet The Old Drift is indeed Namwali Serpell’s first novel, and it signifies a great new voice in fiction,” writes Nylon. Hogarth will publish the book on March 21, 2019.

Elliot Ackerman’s third novel WAITING FOR EDEN is a Library Journal, WAMC, and Military Times Best Book of 2018. “Small in form but big in impact,” (Military Times) it is a searing example of the short novel. Knopf published the book on September 25, 2018.

Olivia Laing’s debut novel was featured by the New Yorker in their 2018 In Review piece “More Books We Loved in 2018.” Rebecca Mead, in her write-up on the book says CRUDO “is weird, intense, served in a small portion, and totally delicious, if that’s your kind of thing.” W.W. Norton published the book on September 11, 2018.

WINNERS TAKE ALL was featured by the New Yorker in their 2018 In Review piece “More Books We Loved in 2018.” Masha Gessen, in her write-up on the book says “In lucid and witty prose, Giridharadas exposes the magical-thinking nature of win-win solutions.” Knopf published the book on August 28, 2018.

Military Times named TOUCHING THE DRAGON by James Hatch and Christian D’Andrea as one of the Best Book of 2018, calling the memoir “irresistible.” Knopf published the book on May 15, 2018.

The New York Times calls THE INCOMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING “funny, well written…filled with humility and perpetually on the scan for moments of stray grace.” Simon & Schuster published the book on October 30, 2018.

Yrsa Daley-Ward’s memoir THE TERRIBLE has been longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award, awarded to “an exceptional book-length work of any genre by an author of color.” Jamal Jordan, the digital editor of the New York Times, also picked THE TERRIBLE for the week’s New & Noteworthy column. Penguin Books published the book on June 5, 2018.

Jen Silverman’s debut story collection THE ISLAND DWELLERS has been longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, awarded to a collection that “represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.” Random House published the book on May 1, 2018.