In a piece for The Guardian, SHUGGIE BAIN author Douglas Stuart calls Jakob Guanzon's ABUNDANCE "phenomenal," and Guanzon "an incredibly exciting new voice." He later followed the recommendation with a personal Twitter shout-out: "While I’m on here talking about books I love, here’s another shout for this brutal and brilliant gem ABUNDANCE by Jakob Guanzon. The last few chapters set my pulse RACING. I can’t believe this is a debut. Don’t miss it." Graywolf Press published the book on March 2, 2021.

Jonathan Park-Ramage’s debut novel YES, DADDY was featured on Goodreads' list of “9 Books that Goodreads Editors Highly Recommend.” Managing Editor Danny Feekes writes: “All is not what it seems and this book quickly becomes a heart-racing and heartbreaking thriller." Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the novel on May 18, 2021.

BuzzFeed News featured David Hoon Kim’s debut novel, PARIS IS A PARTY, PARIS IS A GHOST, as one its “28 New Books To Add To Your Summer Reading List ASAP." They call it a "hypnotic, inventive debut...It’s a brilliant and absurd meditation on what it means to be haunted.” Farrar, Straus, and Giroux will publish the novel on August 3, 2021.

TIME magazine featured THE ONES WHO DON’T SAY THEY LOVE YOU by Maurice Carlos Ruffin on its list of “36 New Books You Need to Read This Summer," praising the way Ruffin “highlights experiences both specific and universal about people living on the margins while simultaneously capturing the culture and spirit of New Orleans.” One World will publish the book on August 17, 2021.

TIME magazine featured CHINA ROOM by Sunjeev Sahota on its list of “36 New Books You Need to Read This Summer," praising the way Sahota “examines agency, power and human connection.” Viking will publish the novel on July 13, 2021.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. was featured on Goodread’s list of “9 Books that Goodreads Editors Highly Recommend.” Senior Editor Cybil Wallace raves: “Believe the hype, folks! This buzzy debut was one of the first books I read in 2021 and it's pretty much set an impossibly high bar for the rest of the year. Chronicling a gorgeous love story between two enslaved Black men on a Mississippi plantation, with a large and memorable cast of secondary characters, THE PROPHETS is by turns brutal and beautiful.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on January 5, 2021.

CHILD OF LIGHT, the first novel in a new fantasy series by Terry Brooks, received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They write: “[Brooks] offers an enticing new mystery while delivering enough familiar elements—in both tone and worldbuilding—to make his fans feel right at home…Brooks’s fans will be thrilled to have a new series to savor.” Del Rey will publish the book on October 12, 2021.

Bloomberg Businessweek featured an excerpt from Lauren Etter’s upcoming THE DEVIL’S PLAYBOOK. Crown will publish the book on May 25, 2021.

The New York Times featured Matt Bell’s APPLESEED on their list of most-anticipated summer reads, writing: “With its urgent warnings about our ecological future, this novel may not be textbook escapist reading, but it conjures up thought-provoking, immersive worlds.” Custom House will publish the novel on July 13, 2021.

Wallpaper featured Rosecrans Baldwin's EVERYTHING NOW on their list of “Architecture Books to Inspire Shelf Love.” They write: "Rosecrans Baldwin is a talented writer who is intrigued, rather than infuriated, by [Los Angeles’] eccentricities. Like many of his creative peers, he’s not a native Angeleno, but as an accomplished essayist and writer of fiction, Baldwin’s outsider status gives him a perfect vantage point to challenge, embrace or confront what it means to live in LA in the 21st century...This episodic piece of narrative non-fiction sub-divides the urban experience into personal vignettes, filtered through the city’s copious literature and the many voices Baldwin meets on his quest to understand LA.” MCD will publish the book on June 15, 2021.