Hannah Orenstein’s novel LOVE AT FIRST LIKE is one of Glamour’s favorite books to read for rom-com lovers. Atria published the book on August 6, 2019.
Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky, authors of ASTRO POETS, let the New York Times follow them around for a day. They also joined Buzzfeed’s AM2DM for a special publication day interview and spoke to Entertainment Weekly, Vogue.com, and finally Nylon, where they discussed why Mariah Carey is the ultimate Aries. ASTRO POETS is also one of USA Today’s 5 Books Not to Miss, as well as one of Bookmark’s 9 Witchy New Books for Halloween. Lastly, Lit Hub excerpted the Astro Poets’ Field Guide to Scorpios. Flatiron Books published the book on October 29, 2019.
The latest novel from Danielle Steel will make its debut on the New York Times Bestseller list for the week of October 27, 2019. The book will debut at number 4 on the Combined Print & E-book Fiction list and number 9 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Dell published the book on October 8, 2019.
Time Magazine interviewed Andre Aciman about FIND ME, the long-awaited sequel to CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. The book was also reviewed in the Guardian, which called it “an unashamedly romantic and philosophical novel.” Aciman also published an essay in Conde Nast Traveler, where he discusses his love for the places featured in his novels. Farrar, Straus and Giroux will publish the book on October 29, 2019.
Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky’s ASTRO POETS received a great review from Publisher’s Weekly, who write that: “readers wishing to learn more about their type will be charmed by this splendid handbook.” Alex and Dorothea were also featured in the New Yorker, in an article on astrology. Flatiron Books will publish the book on October 29, 2019.
Shelf Awareness gave David Heatley’s graphic memoir QUALIFICATION a strong review, writing, “This memoir is a masterful inventory of a life lived in search of intangible purpose. It's difficult material, but the message is striking: whomever we may choose to put our power in, we must start with faith in ourselves . . . Acclaimed artist David Heatley delivers a heavy but self-revelatory examination of 12-step programs and the nature of addiction.” Pantheon published the book on October 1, 2019.
Ronan Farrow appeared on Pod Save America last week and was interviewed by The Guardian about his new book CATCH AND KILL. According to Little, Brown and Company, the book, released last week, is already in its third printing. Little, Brown and Company published the book on October 15, 2019.
Namwali Serpell, author of THE OLD DRIFT, gave a rave review of THE SHADOW KING in the New York Times. She says the novel “somehow manages to solve the riddle of how to sing war now. She doesn’t seek a narrow path between the straits of these artistic and ethical questions. Instead, she encompasses them in all their contradiction, laying them out in breathtakingly skillful juxtaposition.” W.W. Norton & Company published the book on September 24, 2019.
Maxim Loskutoff recently won the High Plains Book Award in the short stories category for his debut collection COME WEST AND SEE. The twelve stories expose the simmering rage and resentments of small-town America and shatter the myths of the West: a lonesome trapper falls in love with a bear; a newly married woman hatches a plot to murder a tree; and an unemployed millworker joins a militia after returning home. W.W. Norton published the book on May 8, 2018, and it was released in paperback on August 6, 2019.
Prof. Mary Fulbrook’s groundbreaking RECKONINGS has been named a finalist for the 2019 Cundill History Prize, alongside works by Jill Lepore and Julia Lovell. One of the jurors called the book “harrowing, absorbing, and extremely well-written.” The winner will be announced on November 14. Oxford University Press published the book on October 2, 2018.