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The New York Times featured Meg Howery’s debut novel THEY’RE GOING TO LOVE YOU on its list of “15 Books Coming in November,” writing: “Howrey, a former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, brings an insider’s view of the discipline to this buzzy novel, which is about a choreographer grappling with painful family memories after receiving the news that her father is dying.” Doubleday will publish the book on November 15, 2022.

STRANGERS TO OURSELVES by Rachel Aviv was featured on The New Yorker’s list of “The Best Books of 2022 So Far.” The citation reads: “Aviv, a staff writer, offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, through a series of portraits that illuminate the connections between identity and diagnosis. Aviv’s original reporting, about the challenges of taking psychiatric drugs, first appeared in the magazine, in 2019.” Farrar, Straus, & Giroux published the book on September 13, 2022.

THE FURROWS by Namwali Serpell continues to receive stellar media attention. Serpell was featured on the cover of Publishers Weekly’s October issue, and THE FURROWS was selected as one of Publishers Weekly’s top 10 books of 2022. THE FURROWS and THE OLD DRIFT were jointly selected as NPR’s “Book of the Day” on October 14, and Serpell was interviewed by NPR’s Scott Simon and Juana Summers. Serpell was also interviewed by CBC Radio and Electric Literature, the latter of which praises Serpell’s prose as “[having] a cutting nature to it, sharp and to the point, allowing you to truly feel these characters and their voices.” Lastly, Serpell appeared on LARB’s Radio Hour, where the accompanying blurb praises THE FURROWS as a work that “defies narrative conventions and readerly expectations.” Hogarth published the novel on September 27, 2022.

AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong is one of Publishers Weekly’s top 10 books of 2022. Random House published the book on June 21, 2022.

Rachel Aviv’s STRANGERS TO OURSELVES was featured on Wired’s “Picks for the 15 Books You Need to Read This Fall.” They write: “STRANGERS TO OURSELVES is occasionally maddening but always thoughtful, and anyone with even a passing interest in mental health, identity politics, the healthcare system, or philosophy of the mind will be riveted.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux published the book on September 13, 2022.

James Spooner’s THE HIGH DESERT is one of Publishers Weekly’s “Best Books of 2022,” in the Comics category. Harper published the book on May 17, 2022.

New York City Children’s Theater produced THE ADVENTURE OF HONEY AND LEON: THE MUSICAL, which ran between October 8 - October 23. The musical “celebrates and explores diverse family structures, the joy and struggles of sibling relationships, and self-empowerment.” Random House Books for Young Readers published THE ADVENTURES OF HONEY AND LEON on September 12, 2017.

Danielle Steel’s latest novel, THE HIGH NOTES, made its debut on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of October 30, 2022, appearing at #8 on Print Hardcover Fiction and #10 on Combined Print & E-Book Fiction. Delacorte Press published the book on October 11, 2022.

DISTANT THUNDER, the 63rd book in the Stone Barrington series by Stuart Woods, made its debut on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of October 30, 2022, appearing at #13 on Print Hardcover Fiction and #11 on Combined Print & E-Book Fiction. G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on October 11, 2022.

REST IS RESISTANCE by Tricia Hersey is a New York Times Bestseller, appearing at #4 on the Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous list. Little, Brown Spark published the book on October 11, 2022.