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CAN YOU TOLERATE THIS? by Ashleigh Young
September 28, 2018

Ashleigh Young’s CAN YOU TOLERATE THIS? receives a rave from the New York Times Book Review. Reviewer Alice Bolin writes that CAN YOU TOLERATE THIS? is “a lovely, strange and profound debut.” Riverhead Books published the book on July 3, 2018.

SONORA by Hannah Lillith Assadi
September 28, 2018

Hannah Lillith Assadi is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree! “Think of it as the smallest, most prestigious fiction writers group in America,” writes Ron Charles for the Washington Post. “This year’s 5 Under 35 honorees, all born after Nov. 30, 1982, are a testament to the remarkable talent in the United States.” Soho Press published the book on March 28, 2017.

WAITING FOR EDEN by Elliot Ackerman
September 28, 2018

Rachel Martin interviewed Elliot Ackerman on NPR Morning Edition about his third novel, WAITING FOR EDEN, which she praises as “heart-wrenching stuff.” Knopf published the book September 25, 2018

FULL DISCLOSURE by Stormy Daniels
September 27, 2018

The much anticipated memoir by Stormy Daniels was announced on The View on September 12th. The book has also received write-ups in the New York Times, the Guardian and CNN. The book also received a review in the Washington Post, which called it “blunt, funny and authentic”. St. Martin’s Press will publish the book on October 2, 2018.

CRUDO by Olivia Laing
September 27, 2018

Olivia Laing was interviewed by Chris Kraus, author of I LOVE DICK in The Paris Review. In “Becoming Kathy Acker,” she discusses the process of writing her debut novel. Vanity Fair included CRUDO by Olivia Laing in their Fall’s Best Fiction, writing “Laing . . . dunks you into the narrative and its fast-moving waters. The book was also named by BuzzFeed News as one of their “Best Books of Fall 2018”. It’s only once you get to the end that you realize you’ve been holding your breath.” W.W. Norton published the book on September 11, 2018.

WELL-READ BLACK GIRL by Glory Edim
September 27, 2018

The anthology WELL-READ BLACK GIRL edited by Glory Edim, founder of Well-Read Black Girl Book Club, was named by Elle Magazine as one of the 28 Best Fall Books. Ballantine will publish the book on October 30, 2018.

Follow the link for more information:
https://www.elle.com/culture/books/g23024861/best-fall-books-2018/

INSURRECTO by Gina Apostol
September 27, 2018

The latest novel by Gina Apostol, was named by Buzzfeed as one of the Best Books of Fall 2018. Soho Press will publish the book on November 13, 2018.

YOUR DUCK IS MY DUCK by Deborah Eisenberg
September 27, 2018

The first story collection by Deborah Eisenberg since 2006s acclaimed collection TWILIGHT OF THE SUPERHEROES was named by Vanity Fair as one of This Fall’s Best Fiction books by Vanity Fair.

HEAVY by Kiese Laymon
September 27, 2018

The Boston Globe’s Ron Charles writes that Kiese Laymon’s HEAVY is “one of the most dynamic memoirs of the year… [it’s] exemplary.” Harper’s writes that Kiese Laymon’s HEAVY is “[a] tender, thorny, remarkable memoir… [Laymon] weaves a rich and elegantly colloquial self-interrogation in the service of a larger interrogation of the country he lives in.” Scribner will publish the book October 16, 2018.

OPEN ME by Lisa Locascio
September 27, 2018

Lisa Locascio’s debut novel OPEN ME is one of the New York Times Book Review’s 9 Books We Recommend This Week. Grove Atlantic published OPEN ME on August 7, 2018.