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SONORA by Hannah Lillith Assadi
April 17, 2017

Hannah Lillith Assadi’s SONORA was written up in the New Yorker’s Briefly Noted section, with the editor’s endorsement: “it powerfully evokes the sense of being an outsider.” The book has also been selected as Bustle’s American Woman Book Club pick for April, which called it “a poetic coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, secrets, and obsession that will haunt you long after you turn the final page." Soho Press published the book March 28, 2017.

MIDNIGHT AT THE BRIGHT IDEAS BOOKSTORE by Matthew Sullivan
April 17, 2017

Kirkus and Publishers Weekly both gave early positive reviews to this debut thriller. Kirkus called the novel “an intriguingly dark, twisty story [with] eccentric characters [who] make this book a standout,” and Publishers Weekly said, “quirky characters and a keen sense of place distinguish this multigenerational tale of abandonment, desperation, and betrayal… inventive and intricately plotted.” Scribner will publish the novel June 13, 2017...

THE LAST KID LEFT by Rosecrans Baldwin
April 17, 2017

Publishers Weekly reviewed Rosecrans Baldwin’s “well-crafted” literary mystery THE LAST KID LEFT. MCD, Sean McDonald’s new imprint at FSG, will publish the book June 6, 2017..

OUR LITTLE RACKET by Angelica Baker
April 17, 2017

Angelica Baker’s “ambitious debut” OUR LITTLE RACKET was reviewed in this week’s issue of Publishers Weekly, which called it “a personal, thought-provoking portrait…of the American Dream.” Ecco will publish OUR LITTLE RACKET on June 20, 2017...

SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA by Jaroslav Kalfar
April 17, 2017

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reviewed Jaroslav Kalfar’s SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA, calling it “an intensely satisfying debut from an author who shows a profound understanding of the uncertainties of life and how difficult it can be to voice them…a gratifying introduction to an author who, one can hope, is just beginning.” Little, Brown published SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA on March 7, 2017...

THE FIFTH TRIMESTER by Lauren Smith Brody
April 7, 2017

Lauren Smith Brody appeared on Good Morning America to discuss her book THE FIFTH TRIMESTER. Doubleday published the book on April 4, 2017.

THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson
April 7, 2017

Maggie Nelson’s book was named on the shortlist for the Rathbones Folio Prize, formerly the Folio Prize, an award given for the best work of literature regardless of form. Melville House UK published the book in the UK on April 7, 2016.

PARTY GIRLS DIE IN PEARLS by Plum Sykes
April 7, 2017

Publisher’s Weekly writes, “Fortune favors Ursula Flowerbutton, the spunky “fresher” (first-year student) and aspiring reporter who stars in this frothy series launch set at Oxford University in 1985 from bestseller Sykes (Bergdorf Blondes). The orphan from Gloucestershire become instant besties with American gardening tools scion Nancy Feingold—thereby gaining entrée to the most exclusive soirées, as well as borrowing rights to a bottomless stash of Dynasty-worthy regalia...

A DIVIDED SPY by Charles Cumming
April 7, 2017

The audio edition of A Divided Spy earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly this week: “At the start of Cumming’s third Thomas Kell novel, the disillusioned, disgraced ex-British spy is still mourning the death of his paramour, Rachel Wallinger, when a former associate provides him with a way to avenge her murder. Kell convinces his former boss, MI6 chief Amelia Levene, to assist him in a plan to blackmail Russian SVR officer Alexander Minasian, whom Kell holds personally responsible for Rachel’s death...

SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA by Jaroslav Kalfar
April 7, 2017

Jaroslav Kalfar’s “zany first novel” SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA receives a full page review in the New York Times Book Review, which writes, “For all the strangeness of outer space, it is the writing about his home village, the place to which he longs to return and perhaps never can, that beats strongest in this wry, melancholy book.”