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News - Book Reviews

I CONTAIN MULTITUDES by Ed Yong

Ed Yong’s acclaimed debut I CONTAIN MULTITUDES will debut at number 20 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list for the week of September 2nd. The author appeared on NPR Fresh Air with Terry Gross, for the segment: “Eating Yogurt Is Not Enough: Rebalancing The Ecosystem Of The Microbes Within Us.”

THE LONELY CITY by Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing’s THE LONELY CITY was favorably reviewed in the New Yorker’s Briefly Noted section. Picador published the book March 1, 2016...

WAYS TO DISAPPEAR by Idra Novey

Idra Novey’s WAYS TO DISAPPEAR received a very favorable review in The Sunday Times, where Francesca Angelini praised it as a “comic, noir-ish page-turner and a clever, metafictional reflection on the nature of translating.” Little, Brown and Company published the book on February 9, 2016..

THE INSEPERABLES by Stuart Nadler

Stuart Nadler’s THE INSEPARABLES garnered a rave review in the New York Times Book Review. Stuart Nadler wrote an essay for Lit Hub, “To All the Characters I’ve Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still,” which ran on the website and was picked up for their newsletter. Little, Brown and Company published the book on July 19, 2016...

NINTH CITY BURNING by J. Patrick Black

Booklist gave NINTH CITY BURNING glowing review, calling it a “thrilling kickoff to an action-packed series.” Ace will publish the book on September 6, 2016....

WHITE NIGHTS IN SPLIT TOWN CITY by Annie DeWitt

Bookforum gave WHITE NIGHTS IN SPLIT TOWN CITY a long and glowing review. “White Nights is the study of a failing family—how it is dismantled from within, how it is threatened by the world outside. DeWitt steers headlong into the most intimate and uncomfortable aspects of this disintegration, but, like Olds, she shows the glory in the terrible, the beauty in the bomb.” Tyrant Books published the book on August 9, 2016....

THE MORTIFICATIONS by Derek Palacio

THE MORTIFICATIONS garnered a starred review in Kirkus, which called it “searching, heartbreaking, and achingly beautiful.” Tim Duggan Books will publish the book on October 4, 2016...

WHO SHOT SPORTS by Gail Buckland

As her starred Kirkus review states, “Essential for all students of sports history and of photography” this anthology of remarkable sports photographs is stunning. Knopf published the hardcover July 5, 2016...

THE MORTIFICATIONS by Derek Palacio

Publishers Weekly published a favorable review of THE MORTIFICATIONS, which described his characters as breathing “with vital intensity.” Tim Duggan Books will publish the book on October 4, 2016.

A NONE’S STORY by Corinna Nicolaou

The New York Times Book Review reviewed A NONE’S STORY by Corinna Nicolaou, and said of the book that “[Nicolaou’s] determination to understand practice rather than ideology is wise.” Columbia University Press published the book on March 29, 2016...