THE OLD DRIFT was featured on The Today Show in the segment Beach Book Bingo: Inside the Summer's Hottest Reads. Isaac Fitzgerald, who selected it, said: “Namwali Serpell's debut novel centers around three families in Zambia over three generations . . . A saga of both a whole nation and of three particular families within it, 'The Old Drift' is thrilling and rewarding, enormous in scope and boundless with riches." Hogarth published the book on March 26, 2019.

Anna Pitoniak’s “smart and stylish” NECESSARY PEOPLE is one of Town & Country’s Best New Books in May. It also made Thrillist and Cosmo’s best summer books lists. Little, Brown will publish the book on May 21, 2019.

Elaine Welteroth’s forthcoming memoir MORE THAN ENOUGH is one of PopSugar’s Best Summer Books. Popsugar calls it “a must read for women of all ages and would make the perfect graduation gift.” Viking will publish MORE THAN ENOUGH on June 11, 2019.

Anna Pitoniak’s forthcoming novel NECESSARY PEOPLE makes Crime Reads’ list of Best Psychological Thrillers. Crime Reads writes that the book “both delivers interesting ideas and chronicles a shocking murder.” Little, Brown will publish the book on May 21, 2019.

The acclaimed book from the Pulitzer Prize winning biographer of Lyndon Johnson debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list for the week of April 28th. The book debuted at number 6 on the Hardcover Nonfiction list and number 10 on the Combined Print & E-book Nonfiction list. Knopf published the book on April 9, 2019.

Ryan Chapman’s debut novel RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN is a most anticipated book of the month of May for Literary Hub, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and The Millions. Amazon has named RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN its May Debut Spotlight. Simon & Schuster will publish the book on May 21, 2019.

Anna Pitoniak’s forthcoming NECESSARY PEOPLE has been featured in Bustle and O Magazine’s Most Anticipated Books lists, Crime Reads’ monthly list of Best New Crime Fiction, and Refinery29’s The Books of May roundup. Little, Brown will publish the book on May 21, 2019.

Vulture featured Kiese Laymon’s memoir HEAVY in their “6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right Now” roundup, writing: “The most exciting kinds of memoirs are the ones that throw you into the story of a life even while encouraging you to step back and consider the art of its framing. Heavy is one of the best of the bunch. Kiese Laymon’s writing about size and race, addiction and ambition in America is nothing less than thrilling — every sentence sings.” Scribner published the book on October 16, 2018.

Vulture featured Andrea Lawlor’s PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL in their “6 New Paperbacks You Should Read Right Now” roundup, writing: “Shape-shifting meets ’90s nostalgia in this delightful experimental novel featuring a hero who can change at will into different sexual personae… Set in a college town where academic theory and pop-culture digressions are as important as racy sex scenes, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is a testament to the search for connection and the fluidity of identity.” Vintage reissued the book April 23, 2019; Rescue Press published the book originally on November 1, 2017.

For The Atlantic, Lily Meyer writes that Namwali Serpell’s debut novel THE OLD DRIFT is a “sprawling epic that unfolds with the wild detail of a Bosch painting,” and notes its sharing of a “provocative core idea: that colonialism was a massive invasion of privacy, and that technology is on track to rival it." Hogarth published the book on March 26, 2019.