PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN received recognition from The Washington Post on their list of favorite cookbooks for this year. They write: “Fans will appreciate the peek behind the scenes, while cooks will be tempted by recipes such as vegetable pakoras, ‘biracial’ latkes, tuna laab, quick hotteok and banana lumpia.” Knopf published PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN on November 4, 2025.

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THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW by James Islington debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of November 30, 2025, appearing at #1 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Saga Press published the book on November 11, 2025.

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson’s CLAIRE MCCARDELL has been longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Simon & Schuster published CLAIRE MCCARDELL on June 17, 2025, and Dutton will publish Dickinson’s next book, THE RUBY SLIPPERS, in 2027.

MSNBC’s Morning Joe featured a nice segment on HISTORY MATTERS with Jon Meacham and Dorie McCullough Lawson, who put her father’s collection together with the help of longtime researcher Mike Hill. Meacham and Lawson were also interviewed by Scott Simon on NPR’s Weekend Edition. HISTORY MATTERS is also celebrating its 3rd straight week on the New York Times Bestseller List. Simon & Schuster published the book on September 16, 2025.

HISTORY MATTERS by David McCullough debuted on The New York Times Bestseller list for the week of October 5, 2025, appearing at #5 on both the Print Hardcover Nonfiction and the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction lists. HISTORY MATTERS was published by Simon & Schuster on September 16, 2025.

ART WORK by Sally Mann debuted on The New York Times Bestseller list for the week of September 28, 2025, appearing at #6 on the Print Hardcover Nonfiction list and #12 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list. Abrams published the book on September 9, 2025.

Bestselling film historian Scott Eyman’s remarkable account of Joan Crawford's dazzling, turbulent life has landed on Fall round ups for AARP and Salon. Salon senior writer Andi Zeisler raves: “Scott Eyman’s new biography pulls together the layers of invention and reinvention that transformed malnourished Texas tomboy Lucille LeSueur into screen legend Joan Crawford with so much immediacy and Hollywood-insider detail that reading it feels like a cinematic experience in itself…It renders studio politics, contract-negotiation minutiae, costuming conflicts and production-code headaches with thrilling immediacy, note-perfect dialogue and the perfect amount of attitude.” Simon & Schuster will publish the book on November 18, 2025.

People hosted an exclusive cover reveal for A REAL ANIMAL, Emeline Atwood’s forthcoming debut novel. In an interview with People, Atwood said the book is about “that ‘thing’ in the distance that you believe will finally complete you.” Catapult publishes A REAL ANIMAL on July 7, 2026.

Deadline reported that Osun Group will adapt Yrsa Daley-Ward’s debut novel, THE CATCH, for TV. Daley-Ward is also making her TV screenwriting debut. Early stage work has begun on an adaptation for a returning series, marking Osun’s first book-to-screen acquisition and a first scripted project unveiled from a slate of projects. Liveright published THE CATCH on June 3, 2025.