News in March 2015

News in March 2015

Danielle Steel, PRODIGAL SON
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Danielle Steel’s latest novel will debut at number 4 on both the Combined Print & E-book Fiction and Hardcover Fiction New York Times bestseller lists for the week of March 15th. Delacourt published the book February 24, 2015.

GREEN ON BLUE by Elliot Ackerman
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Elliot Ackerman's GREEN ON BLUE is an Amazon celebrity pick of 2014 National Book Award Winner Phil Klay, author of Redeployment. Says Klay, “A decorated Marine veteran who served five tours overseas, Ackerman undoubtedly could have written a compelling memoir or autobiographical novel. Instead he made a key empathetic leap, telling the story of an Afghan fighter whose world has been shaped by war, and in the process exposing us to truths of war and human behavior which are all too often ignored.” Scribner published the book on February 17, 2015.

ONGOINGESS by Sarah Manguso
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Sarah Manguso’s ONGOINGNESS is a PW Pick of the Week, a Flavorwire “Ten Must-Read Books,” and was reviewed by The Millions, The AV Club, and NPR, which called it “her third exquisitely honed memoir” and said “Written in spare, elliptical bursts of hard-won insights, this slim meditation invites quoting and mulling… Manguso's insights resonate beyond her personal situation…The unexamined life? No chance of that with Manguso.” Graywolf published the book on March 3, 2015.

RUST by Jonathan Waldman
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One of Amazon's "best books of the month" and "Big Spring Reads." The New York Times says: "Rust" is “…Wide-ranging and consistently engrossing. Mr. Waldman makes rust shine…” Simon & Schuster will published the hardcover on March 10, 2015.

THE CHINA COLLECTORS by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac
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As The Washington Post notes, “Like so much of the best nonfiction, “The China Collectors” is as entertaining as it is eye-opening. After reading it, you’ll never visit an Asian art exhibit again without shuddering at how much Sturm und Drang went into the creation of such peacefulness and serenity.”
Palgrave Macmillan published hardcover March 10, 2015.

THE HUNGER OF THE WOLF by Stephen Marche
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Stephen Marche’s THE HUNGER OF THE WOLF was reviewed in the Miami Herald, which said, “The Hunger of the Wolf is simply one of the most observant and entertaining examinations of modern will-to-wealth that fiction has produced in recent years.” Simon & Schuster published the book on February 3, 2015.

10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris
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Now at #10 on the New York Times paperback nonfiction best seller list, this book “which is like your cool uncle’s guide to meditation—all the facts, none of the “bullshit” (his word, not ours)” according to the recent Well and Good article, is self-help that actually works.
IT books published the book in paperback December 30, 2014.

A SMALL INDISCRETION by Jan Ellison
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Jan Ellison’s A SMALL INDISCRETION was listed in The Week’s “Book List,” which called it, “[A] terrific debut novel…astonishing.” Random House published the book on January 27, 2015.

THE HOPEFUL by Tracy O’Neill
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THE HOPEFUL by Tracy O’Neill is on Refinery 29’s list of 21 New Authors You Need To Know. IG Publishing will publish THE HOPEFUL on June 16, 2015.

GREEN ON BLUE by Elliot Ackerman
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Elliot Ackerman's GREEN ON BLUE was reviewed in the Daily Beast, which said, "Ackerman's clear empathy for Afghanistan helps drive a graceful narrative that never bogs down in battlefield histrionics. Green on Blue's character of Aziz...is so refreshingly real because he is so new, especially in our current literary marketplace." Scribner published the book on February 17, 2015.

THE NIGHT CREW by Brian Haig
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In the latest thriller from New York Times Bestselling author, Brian Haig, Lieutenant Colonel Sean Drummond is a cocky US Army lawyer who’s not afraid to be blunt and finds himself up to his neck in a case he didn’t ask to take. Thomas and Mercer will publish the book on March 10th.

Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt, THE WHITES
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Richard Price’s new novel, THE WHITES will debut at number 5 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list for Sunday, March 8th. The book is also at number 15 on the Combined Print & E-book list. THE WHITES was published by Henry Holt on February 17, 2015.