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THE ISLAND DWELLERS by Jen Silverman

Jen Silverman’s debut story collection THE ISLAND DWELLERS has been longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, awarded to a collection that “represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise.” Random House published the book on May 1, 2018.

OPEN ME by Lisa Locascio

Entropy Magazine nominated Lisa Locascio’s debut novel OPEN ME as one of the Best Fiction Books of 2018. Grove Atlantic published the book on August 7, 2018.

BEASTIE BOYS BOOK by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz

Audible honored BEASTIE BOYS BOOK as COOLEST DREAM CAST 2018, stating, “this a firsthand account of the history of one of the most groundbreaking musical groups of all time is reason enough for this to be a big deal, but once you get a look at the cast of narrators, you know why this book is meant to be heard.” Spiegel & Grau published the book on October 30, 2018.

BEAUCHAMP HALL by Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel’s latest novel will make its debut on the New York Times Bestseller list for the week of December 9, 2018. It will debut at number 9 on the Combined Print & E-book Fiction list and at number 11 on the Hardcover Fiction List. Dell published the book on November 20, 2018.

CAN YOU TOLERATE THIS? by Ashleigh Young

Ashleigh Young’s CAN YOU TOLERATE THIS? is one of PopSugar’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2018. Riverhead Books published the book on July 3, 2018.

WOULD YOU RATHER? by Katie Heaney

Katie Heaney’s memoir WOULD YOU RATHER? is one of PopSugar’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2018, and one of Autostraddle’s Best LGBT Books of 2018. Ballantine published the book on March 6, 2018.

FAILURE IS AN OPTION by H. Jon Benjamin

Audible honored FAILURE IS AN OPTION as best COMEDY and HUMOR title of 2018, calling it a “unique brand of comedy.” Dutton published the book on May 1, 2018.

CRUDO by Olivia Laing

Elif Shafak called CRUDO one of her favorite books of 2018 saying that it is “simply mesmerising, not only in the way in which it enters the mind of an iconic woman, Kathy Acker, but also for its originality, inventiveness and chuzpah. W.W. Norton published the book on September 11, 2018.

YOUR DUCK IS MY DUCK by Deborah Eisenberg

Deborah Eisenberg’s short story collection was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times book critic Parul Sehgal, who raves that the book is “so instantly absorbing that it feels like an abduction.” Pankaj Mishra also called it one of the best books of the year in The Guardian saying “Few writers of fiction have chronicled American power and its psychic costs as steadily and briskly over the decades as Deborah Eisenberg.” Ecco published the book on September 25, 2018.

BEAUCHAMP HALL by Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel was interviewed by Refinery29 for a feature called “Danielle Steel On Raising 9 Kids, Writing 174 Books, "Authoritarian" Ex-Husbands.”Delacorte Press published the book on November 20, 2018.