In an exclusive piece with People magazine, Padma Lakshmi shared details about her new cookbook, PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN: “Dishes featured in the upcoming release include Indian coconut rice, Peruvian tamales with chicken, Afghani dumplings with leeks and scallions, Oaxacan mushroom tacos and a strawberry, cardamom and cream cake…[and] Lakshmi’s 15-year-old daughter, Krishna, made her own contribution. ‘Krishna has her own recipe in there, and you can also see in the photos how she’s grown just in the years it took me to put this book together,’ the author says. ‘This book is a scrapbook of our lives in food over the last six-seven years.’” The book was also featured on Eater: “Arriving at a time when immigrant communities around the U.S. find themselves increasingly under scrutiny and threat, Padma’s All American describes itself as ‘a joyful book — a reflection of who we truly are as a nation, from one of our most essential culinarians.’” Knopf will publish PADMA’S ALL AMERICAN on November 4, 2025.

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, FAR FROM HOME, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of March 23, 2025, appearing at #4 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #5 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on March 4, 2025.

PERFECT VICTIMS by Mohammed El-Kurd debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of March 2, 2025, appearing at #9 on the Paperback Nonfiction list. Haymarket Books published PERFECT VICTIMS on February 11, 2025.

Publishers Weekly highlights WAYS AND MEANS by Daniel Lefferts as one of their “7 Books from 2024 You Shouldn’t Overlook.” Literary Fiction Reviews Editor David Varno writes: “It’s not unusual for a debut novel to be long and full of ideas, but it’s rare to come across one as fully formed and intensely readable as Lefferts’s…I love this one, and so does everyone I’ve made read it.” WAYS AND MEANS was published by Abrams on February 6, 2024.

AMERICAN WINGS by Sherri L. Smith has been nominated for a 56th NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens. The award aims to “continue its tradition of excellence, uplifting values that inspire equality, justice, and progressive change, and highlighting artists committed to these values.” AMERICAN WINGS was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers on January 16, 2024.

PEARL by Sherri L. Smith was featured on The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books’ “2024 Blue Ribbons” list. The graphic novel was published by Graphix on August 20, 2024.

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, NEVER SAY NEVER, debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of January 26, 2025, appearing at #5 on the Hardcover Fiction list and #7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on January 7, 2025.

THE STOLEN QUEEN by Fiona Davis debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of January 26, 2025, appearing at #13 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Dutton published the book on January 7, 2025.

Alex Van Halen joined Anderson Cooper on his All There Is podcast for “an emotional, and musically rich interview [where] Alex talks about Eddie’s life and death and the communication he feels he still has with him.” BROTHERS was included on The New York Post’s guide for the “best books to gift to the readers in your life this Christmas.” Harper published the book on October 22, 2024.

Variety included A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY on their "Best Music Books of 2024" list. Variety Chief Music Critic writes: "[T]he case for Newman as popular music’s greatest social commentators is the one being pressed most of all by former L.A. Times rock critic Hilburn in his latest biography (following his excellent Paul Simon tome)...Through interviews with Newman’s friends and family as well as the man, Hilburn gets at all the psychology we need while respecting that genius is sometimes its own motivation." Hachette Books published the book on October 22, 2024.