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People Magazine published an exclusive cover reveal for Yrsa Daley-Ward’s debut novel, THE CATCH, which will be the capstone title for Glory Edim’s Well-Read Black Girl series, launching next year. Founded in 2015 as a book club, Well-Read Black Girl promotes and encourages conversation about diverse new voices in books. “Our new literary series is determined to introduce narratives that are innovative and beguilingly genuine," Edim said in a statement to People. "Daley-Ward's writing fits the bill; the voices in her manuscript hovered over my head for days. My co-editor, Gina Iaquinta, and I can't wait for you to experience her powerful characters.” Liveright publishes THE CATCH on June 3, 2025.

The New York Times published a guest essay by Padma Lakshmi: “As a Cook, Here’s What I see in Kamala Harris.” Lakshmi writes: “I see what everyone else sees on Kamala Harris’s résumé: a history of public service that qualifies her for the presidency. But I would argue that the qualities she shows as a cook might say even more about her success as a leader. What qualities make for a good cook? Which make for a good president? In a lot of cases, they overlap. Cooking well requires organization, attention to detail, patience — and the impulse to bring people together. In a divided country, these qualities can help Ms. Harris be a good, even a great, president…In cooking, Ms. Harris displays the very qualities this country sorely needs — her care and her ability to tell a new kind of story about what it means to be American.” Mariner Books published THE BEST AMERICAN FOOD AND TRAVEL WRITING 2024 on October 22, 2024.

REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell is #3 on The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction and #2 on the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction Bestsellers lists. Little, Brown and Company published the book on October 1, 2024.

TRIANGLE by Danielle Steel is #8 on The New York Times Hardcover Fiction and Combined Print and E-book Fiction Bestsellers lists for the week of October 20, 2024. Delacorte Press published the book on October 1, 2024.

Lucy Ives’s essay collection AN IMAGE OF MY NAME ENTERS AMERICA has made the American Booksellers Association’s November 2024 Indie Next list, with independent booksellers across the country praising the book as “phantasmagoric and meticulously researched,” “regularly astonishing…spanning topics as wide-reaching as My Little Pony, the Assyrian Genocide, and the troubled history of romantic love,” “one of the smartest books I’ve ever read,” and “nothing short of spectacular.” Graywolf Press will publish AN IMAGE OF MY NAME ENTERS AMERICA on October 15, 2024.

ASTOR hit #7 on the LA Times Bestseller list for Paperback Nonfiction for the week of October 6, and #13 on The New York Times’ list for the week of October 13, 2024. HarperCollins published the hardcover September 19, 2023, and the paperback on September 17, 2024.

BROTHERS by Alex Van Halen

The New York Times included BROTHERS by Alex Van Halen on its list of most-anticipated nonfiction books for the Fall. Harper will publish the memoir on October 22, 2024.

A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY by Robert Hilburn

A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY by Robert Hilburn was featured on the LA Times' Fall music preview, praised as “passionate and richly reported.” Hachette Books will publish the biography on October 22, 2024.

UPWORTHY – GOOD PEOPLE by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell

UPWORTHY – GOOD PEOPLE by Gabriel Reilich and Lucia Knell debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers List for the week of September 22, 2024, appearing at #7 for Print Hardcover Nonfiction and #11 for Combined Print & E-Book. National Geographic published the book on September 3, 2024.

JOY by Danielle Steel debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list for the week of September 1, 2024, appearing at #4 on the Fiction Hardcover list and #7 on the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on August 13, 2024.