Anticipation continues to build for De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s DECENT PEOPLE, which was included on
The Millions’ “Most Anticipated: The Great 2023A Book Preview,” alongside generous praise: "[An] expertly-plotted and character-driven follow-up to [IN WEST MILLS]…A haunting, page-turning mystery, DECENT PEOPLE makes a must-read on anyone’s literary list." The book was featured on CrimeReads’ “10 Crime Novels You Should Read This January,” BookBub's “21 of This Winter’s Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers," AARP’s “41 of Winter’s Best New Books,” Lambda Literary's “January’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature,” and Book Riot's “The Best Mystery Books: 2023 Upcoming Titles.” Amazon Book Review also featured DECENT PEOPLE on its round-up of their editors’ best-of picks for January. Editor Vannessa Cronin raves: “I absolutely tore through DECENT PEOPLE, [Winslow’s] second novel set in the fictional Southern town of West Mills…The novel is a straight up whodunit, but Winslow cleverly has the police recede into the background as the questions Jo asks around town set off gossip, finger-pointing, speculation, and rumor. And it’s through those conversations that the townspeople reveal their painful prejudices, shameful secrets, and dark histories in this smart, canny, and page-turning historical Southern mystery.” Bloomsbury will publish the novel on January 17, 2023.

Connie Wang’s debut essay collection OH MY MOTHER! appeared on most-anticipated lists from Elle and Oprah Daily. Viking will publish the book on May 9, 2023.

Lakiesha Carr's AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SKIN was included on Oprah Daily's list of “The Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2023.” They write: "In an immersive journey that shifts among multiple central characters, this novel features women you’ll want to fight for—three generations whose very survival hinges on struggle not just with the men in their lives but the very flesh and skin they are living in and the ghost who refuses to leave." Pantheon will publish the novel on February 28, 2023.

THE LAST ANIMAL by Ramona Ausubel received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The reviewer calls the book a “gem,” adding: “Ausubel is at her best when exploring the ties that bind, especially in a family flung into unprecedented circumstances. In charting the parallel worlds of grief, scientific devotion, and adolescence, Ausubel comes up with a seamless global caper that brims with compassion and makes the reader glad to be alive.” THE LAST ANIMAL was also included on most-anticipated lists from Today and Chicago Review of Books, and is a She Reads “Best Book Club Pick of 2023” for April. Riverhead Books will publish the novel on April 18, 2023.

Publishers Weekly featured SWIM HOME TO THE VANISHED author Brendan Shay Basham on its list of “Writers to Watch in Spring 2023.” Harper will publish SWIM HOME TO THE VANISHED on June 6, 2023.

Publishers Weekly featured HOUSE OF COTTON author Monica Brashears on its list of “Writers to Watch in Spring 2023.” Flatiron Books will publish the novel on April 4, 2023.

Idra Novey’s TAKE WHAT YOU NEED was included on Oprah Daily's list of “The Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2023,” praised as a “sublime new novel.” Viking will publish the novel on March 14, 2023.

Publishers Weekly featured WE ARE A HAUNTING author Tyriek White on its list of “Writers to Watch in Spring 2023.” Astra House will publish WE ARE A HAUNTING on April 25, 2023.

DECENT PEOPLE by De'Shawn Charles Winslow has received a wealth of critical acclaim ahead of its publication this month. The novel received a starred review from BookPage. Reviewer Alice Cary writes: “Anyone who adored Charmaine Wilkerson’s BLACK CAKE and Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s TAKE MY HAND, take note. Winslow invites readers on a satisfying ride that, through his keen observations of human nature, leads to deeper considerations of the glacial progress of racial equality…To reveal such underlying truths, DECENT PEOPLE twists the light this way and that, showing the simmering tensions that can indeed turn deadly.” Cary also interviewed Winslow for BookPage, where Winslow discussed his inspirations for DECENT PEOPLE as well as ideas that he has for his next book. DECENT PEOPLE was also selected as book of the month by both Amazon Books and Apple Books, and was featured on 2023 most-anticipated and must-read lists from Good Housekeeping, USA Today, Electric Literature, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Root, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Millions. Bloomsbury Publishing will publish the book on January 17, 2023.

Ed Yong’s AN IMMENSE WORLD continues to receive praise. It was selected as one of KCRW's “Life Examined’s Best Reads of 2022,” as well as one of New York Magazine's The Strategist’s “Best Books for Every Type of Dad,” specifically as a book “[f]or the dad who’s on his fifth watch of David Attenborough’s LIFE IN COLOR.” Random House published the book on June 21, 2022.