News in July 2024
News in July 2024
![THE BEST AMERICAN FOOD AND TRAVEL WRITING edited by Padma Lakshmi](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281813%29.jpg?itok=jPHY4g4g)
The cover has been revealed for this year’s THE BEST AMERICAN FOOD & TRAVEL WRITING. Mariner Books will publish the collection on October 22, 2024.
![LIARS by Sarah Manguso](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281812%29.jpg?itok=_4_HIIGX)
LIARS by Sarah Manguso received fantastic reviews surrounding its publication this week. For The New York Times Book Review, Brian Dillon writes: "’LIARS is an unflagging and acridly funny assault on [the narrative of a happy marriage], but also a formally canny study of how such tales get told — and how fragile our replacements may turn out." Meanwhile, NPR reviewer Heller McAlpin writes: “[LIARS] is a tour de force, but it is also relentless…Bitterness is never attractive. But good writing is. LIARS makes an old story fresh.” Lastly, Jenessa Abrams reviewed the book for The Los Angeles Review of Books, examining it “in the wake of Andrea Skinner’s revelation about her sexual abuse and her mother Alice Munro’s silence.” Hogarth published LIARS on July 23, 2024.
![PEARL by Sherri L Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281811%29.jpg?itok=NlUQ55Cq)
PEARL by Sherri L. Smith received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The reviewer praises Smith for her “carefully plotted dialogue and character interactions,” and illustrator Christine Norrie’s “[h]arrowing scenes of violence and tragedy…in a haunting progression of inky black panels while a muted blue and white palette adds ethereal ambiance to Amy’s everyday life.” Graphix will publish the novel on August 20, 2024.
![BRANDON AND THE TOTALLY TROUBLESOME TIME MACHINE by Seth Fishman](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281810%29.jpg?itok=fGRHMEqM)
Seth Fishman’s forthcoming picture-book, BRANDON AND THE TOTALLY TROUBLESOME TIME MACHINE, received a positive review from Kirkus: “Lighthearted and joke-filled…[T]his flippantly funny selection will appeal to reluctant readers, mistake makers, and homework shirkers alike. A lively lesson on the value of hard work and perseverance embedded in a wacky time travel adventure.” Penguin Workshop will publish the book on October 15, 2024.
![HABITATIONS by Sheila Sundar](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281782%29_4.jpg?itok=JaD_wSEH)
Debutiful featured an interview with Sheila Sundar, where Adam Vitcavage calls the book “a deeply moving story about motherhood, immigration, and loss,” adding: “It quickly became a favorite book about motherhood that falls in line with NIGHTBITCH, THE NURSURY, and THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS. What makes this book so exquisite is how subtle and supple Sundar’s writing is. She crafts keen dialogue where you feel you’re in the room with her characters talking. She also allows moments of joy and grief to coexist without pushing one out of the way. The world she allows readers to inhabit is informative both emotionally and intellectually.” HABITATIONS was published by Simon & Schuster on April 2, 2024.
![RESURRECTION by Danielle Steel RESURRECTION by Danielle Steel](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281806%29.jpg?itok=NJUqkat3)
RESURRECTION by Danielle Steel is #5 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list and #7 on the Combined Print and E-book fiction list for the week of July 14, 2024. Delacorte Press published the hardcover edition on June 25, 2024.
![WHEN THE NIGHT COMES FALLING by Howard Blum WHEN THE NIGHT COMES FALLING by Howard Blum](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281807%29.jpg?itok=y_Czfn4T)
WHEN THE NIGHT COMES FALLING by Howard Blum is #11 on The New York Times Combined Print and E-book Non-fiction Bestseller list and #14 on the Hardcover Non-fiction list for the week of July 14, 2024. Delacorte Press published the hardcover edition on June 25, 2024.
![THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%20%28103%29_1.jpg?itok=yqFWKRVT)
Joan Didion’s memoir was included at number 12 on the New York Times list of the best books of the 21st century. Knopf published the book on October 4, 2005.
![THE PASSAGE OF POWER by Robert Caro THE PASSAGE OF POWER by Robert Caro](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%20%28718%29_0.jpg?itok=fe1Suxsj)
The 4th volume of Robert Caro’s biography was included on the New York Times list of the best books of the 21st century. Knopf published the book on May 1, 2012.
![HEAVY by Kiese Laymon HEAVY by Kiese Laymon](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%281316%29_24.jpg?itok=931yrxcI)
Kiese Laymon’s acclaimed memoir was included on the New York Times list of the best books of the 21st century. Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.
![MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%20%28104%29_0.jpg?itok=pggsCo5g)
Jeffrey Eugenides novel was included on the New York Times list of the best books of the 21st century. FSG published the book on September 4, 2002.
![THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson](/sites/default/files/styles/news_thumb/public/news_images/cover_%28993%29_8.jpg?itok=pW_ufb4j)
Maggie Nelson’s memoir was included on the New York Times list of the best books of the 21st century. Graywolf Press published the book on May 5, 2015.