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March 22, 2024

A starred review from Kirkus for Plum Sykes’ WIVES LIKE US raves: “Sykes gives Kevin Kwan a run for his money in this saga of obscene wealth, designer outfits, miniature dog breeds, and over-the-top landscaping set in Oxfordshire, a rural area of vast estates now mostly in the hands of the nouveau riche…Crazy Rich Brits may not have the amazing cuisine of their Asian counterparts, but they are just as scheming, fabulous, and fun to read about…you’ll dive in and never look back.” The book was also featured in the UK’s The Times, where Simon Mills writes: “Its publication may still be two months away, but a new novel by Plum Sykes…is already being feverishly discussed…Attempting to do for the Cotswolds what F Scott Fitzgerald did for West Egg and its inspiration, the Hamptons (and what Peter Mayle did for Provence), WIVES LIKE US, set in the super-rich houses of West Oxfordshire, is a bandbox shiny satirette of country living where everyone is unmuddied but filthy rich.” Harper will publish WIVES LIKE US on May 14, 2024.

March 22, 2024

2054, the second novel from Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis following The New York Times Bestseller 2034, was named the NPR book of the day for March 18, 2024. Penguin Press published the book on March 12, 2024.

March 15, 2024

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, NEVER TOO LATE, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of March 24, 2024, appearing at #4 on the Print Hardcover Fiction list and #3 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the novel on March 5, 2024.

March 15, 2024

The Tenth Anniversary edition of 10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris debuted on The New York Times Bestseller list for the week of March 24, 2024, appearing at #5 on the Paperback Nonfiction list. Dey Street Books published the new edition on March 5, 2024.

March 15, 2024

In its first trade review, Catherine Con Morse's debut novel THE NOTES is hailed by Kirkus as "[a] compelling exploration of art, identity, and falling in love." Crown Books for Young Readers will publish the book on April 30, 2024.

March 15, 2024

The first trade review for Emily Hamilton's debut novel THE STARS TOO FONDLY is in, with Library Journal declaring: "This delightful debut is a space odyssey with just enough mystery and romance to keep readers thoroughly entertained.” NetGalley also named the novel one of its "Top 25 Debut Novels of 2024." THE STARS TOO FONDLY will be published by Harper Voyager in the US and Gollancz in the UK on June 11, 2024.

March 15, 2024

Electric Literature recently published the story "A New Book of Grotesques" by Jessi Jezewska Stevens, excerpted from her forthcoming debut collection GHOST PAINS, with a warm introduction by her editor Jeremy Davies: "[Stevens'] fiction perches upon and pries open little fissures in our prejudices about what fiction 'ought' to be doing at this moment in history. She manages, with rigor and strangeness, to make the old wounds hurt, to make our shallowness feel dangerous again." And Other Stories published GHOST PAINS on March 5, 2024.

March 15, 2024

In a glowing review, the New York Journal of Books celebrated the "virtuosic storytelling" of WAYS AND MEANS by Daniel Lefferts, declaring the book "an amazing debut novel from a prodigiously gifted young writer” and “a fascinating, complex, often funny saga of life in our troubled time.” A review in The Rumpus compares the novel to the works of Edmund White, praising its "freshness," "clever melding of high and low," and "propulsive energy," as well as "the wise and even important story Lefferts’ novel has to tell about power in sexual relations" with an "achingly self-conscious" voice. WAYS AND MEANS was published by Abrams on February 6, 2024.

March 15, 2024

CJ Leede's debut novel MAEVE FLY has been nominated for two awards: KillerCon's Splatterpunk Award for Best Novel and the Horror Writers of America's Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. The Splatterpunk Award finalists will be chosen by a panel of judges and named at KillerCon Austin in June, while the 2,000+ members of the Horror Writers of America will vote on their winners, who will be announced at the Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet during StokerCon™ 2024 in San Diego, California. MAEVE FLY was published by Tor/Nightfire on June 6, 2023.

March 15, 2024

HOT SHEET by Olga Massov and Sanaë Lemoine, enjoyed a tremendous launch this month. The book was featured on The New York Times, Eater, Food & Wine, The Washington Post, Epicurious, and many other outlets. and Boston Globe featured the cookbook on the front page of their food section. Massov and Lemoine appeared on Good Day DC to promote the book, and The Washington Post published a piece by Massov where she declares: “If I could write an ode to any piece of cookware or kitchen tool, I wouldn’t praise a fancy appliance…She’s inexpensive; she’s not showy; she’s downright homely looking. But she is mighty — and used to being underestimated and underappreciated. She is a sheet pan. I love sheet pans so much, I wrote an entire cookbook dedicated to them with my friend Sanaë Lemoine.” Harvest published HOT SHEET on March 5, 2024.