Yrsa Daley-Ward’s debut novel THE CATCH has been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. Judge Simon Okotie praises: “THE CATCH is an extraordinary shape-shifting, genre-defying work of fiction. Reading, by turns, as popular fiction, literary fiction and science fiction, it calls all such distinctions into question. An engrossing and thought-provoking work, THE CATCH brings a compulsive, formally inventive logic that is all its own." The winner of the award will be announced on November 5, 2025. Liveright published THE CATCH in the US on June 3, 2025.

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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.

Eugene Lim is a finalist for the 2025 John Dos Passos Prize, the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university. The winner will be announced at the end of this year. Coffee House Press published Lim’s most recent novel, FOG & CAR, on 7/16/24. Doubleday will publish Lim’s next novel, SPACE BAR, in 2027.

Haley Mlotek’s NO FAULT: A MEMOIR OF ROMANCE AND DIVORCE has been shortlisted for the 2025 Quebec Writers Federation Literary Awards’ Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction. Viking published NO FAULT on February 18, 2025.

In a starred review for PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN, Library Journal raves: “Once again, Lakshmi demonstrates true culinary grace and grit, in a book that is both homage and manifesto... [She] beautifully articulates what it means for her to use food as a lens into other people’s lives and cultures, and she gives voices to those whose daily lives are full of spices and specialties that many readers might, at first glance, view as unfamiliar…Lakshmi shows that these recipes, ranging from Afghani dumplings to Indian coconut rice to Peruvian tamales, are as all-American as apple pie in a book that is a love letter to the diversity of the United States, written through food.” Knopf will publish the book on November 4, 2025.

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Arabelle Sicardi’s essay collection THE HOUSE OF BEAUTY launched this week to great acclaim. Sicardi sat down for a Q&A with Ms. Magazine, discussing how “beauty is a labor issue,” and was a guest on the Trust Me podcast. Excerpts from the collection appeared in Allure and Business of Fashion. Sicardi has now embarked on a multi-city book tour that includes stops at Books are Magic in Brooklyn and “perfume swaps” in New York and LA. Norton published THE HOUSE OF BEAUTY on October 14, 2025.

Kim Willis’ NO FAIR MAIDENS was announced in The Bookseller this week, who reported the 11-way auction that preceded the sale. NO FAIR MAIDENS “recounts [Willis’] journey through the oldest mythologies of Great Britain, bringing magical heroines to the fore who restore our strength, wonder and connection to the place we call home.” Interviewed for the article, Willis said: “NO FAIR MAIDENS isn’t just a rejection of the false stories that suppress female power. It’s a rallying cry to all women, across the ages, who dare to live differently; offering us a mandala of wild heroines born of this soil, who together can guide our path and reawaken the spirit of the land. The fact we don’t know our own mythology tells us that some crime has occurred here. It’s time we shared that wisdom once again.” Doubleday UK will publish the book in 2026.

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.